Monthly Archives: August 2018
Chelsea vs Arsenal preview: Team news and likely line-ups ahead of Premier League derby
Chelsea vs Arsenal preview: Team news and likely line-ups…
GETTY Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger (left) and Arsenal’s Granit Xhaka in action last weekend The London rivals got off to contrasting starts as the Premier League returned last weekend. The Blues recorded a convincing 3-0 victory away to Huddersfield, while the Gunners were poor as they went down 2-0 at home to champions Manchester City. And […]
Transfer news LIVE updates: Pogba agreement with Barcelona, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea
Transfer news LIVE updates: Pogba agreement with Barcelona,…
Transfer news live: Updates, gossip, rumours and done deals from Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, and the rest of the Premier League, Championship and Europe. Thursday, August 16 Paul Pogba has ‘agreed terms’ with Barcelona and could leave Man Utd this month Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina is set for a medical at Napoli Chelsea are […]
Serie A 2018/19: Napoli season preview
Serie A 2018/19: Napoli season preview
It may never be the same for Napoli. Maurizio Sarri has gone and while Carlo Ancelotti is a superstar name in the world of football coaching, it is arguable that his best years are behind him and he has quite a job on his hands to even keep Napoli at the level they reached last […]
Serie A start postponed?
Serie A start postponed?
It’s reported that the first weekend of Serie A could be postponed, in light of the tragic bridge collapse in Genoa. The Ponte Morandi collapsed on Tuesday morning, leaving at least 39 people dead and many more injured. Sampdoria have asked for their match with Fiorentina to be postponed while the city mourns, and Genoa’s […]
Breaking: Serie A matchday 1 could be postponed
Breaking: Serie A matchday 1 could be postponed
16 August at 15:18 The Morandi bridge on the Genoa highway collapsed on Tuesday morning causing 39 deaths and 16 wounded. Twenty people are still missing and Italian firemen have been constantly searching for people alive beneath the ruins over the last 72 hours. Both Sampdoria and Genoa have already requested not to play against Fiorentina and AC Milan respectively while […]
5 reasons to get excited about the new Serie A season
5 reasons to get excited about the new Serie A season
This weekend means one thing and one thing only, the return of calcio. While England’s Premier League started back last weekend after what seemed like the shortest of turnarounds between World Cup action and domestic football beginning again, fans of Serie A can hardly contain their excitement. With the national team absent from Russia in […]
Arsenal goalkeeper undergoing Napoli medical
Arsenal goalkeeper undergoing Napoli medical
16 August at 14:05 Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina is now undergoing a medical at Napoli, ahead of a summer move to the Stadio San Paolo. After being linked with the likes of Guillermo Ochoa, Simon Mignolet and Michel Vorm, Napoli have agreed to sign Ospina from Arsenal on a season-long loan deal of about 1 million euros. The move will be made permanent if the […]
Banti to referee Lazio-Napoli
Banti to referee Lazio-Napoli
The referees for Week One of Serie A have been announced, with Luca Banti to officiate Lazio-Napoli. The Italian top flight returns this weekend, with Chievo and Juventus kicking things off on Saturday evening. Fabrizio Pasqua has been assigned to that tie, Pier Paolo Mazzoleni on the VAR. The weekend’s biggest fixture sees Napoli travel […]
Ospina has Napoli medical
Ospina has Napoli medical
David Ospina is taking his Napoli medical in Rome, ahead of his loan move from Arsenal. The goalkeeper flew in to Italy last night to complete the transfer, which is thought to be a loan with option to buy, which will become obligatory if the Partenopei win Serie A. This morning he arrived at the […]
Arsenal goalkeeper arrives for Napoli medical
Arsenal goalkeeper arrives for Napoli medical
16 August at 12:10 Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina has arrived for his medical at Napoli, ahead of completion of a move to the Stadio San Paolo this summer. Ospina is likely to not be a regular feature of the Arsenal side under Unai Emery this season, especially following the arrival of Bernd Leno from Bayer Leverkusen. Petr Cech is […]