Author Archives: James Grundy
Acerbi: ‘Doomed to fail at Milan’
Acerbi: ‘Doomed to fail at Milan’
Lazio defender Francesco Acerbi has confessed his spell at Milan ‘was over before it even began’ and that he is ‘crazy’ about Nicolo Zaniolo. Acerbi joined Milan in the summer of 2012, just a week after Thiago Silva departed for Paris Saint-Germain, but he played just 10 times for the Rossoneri, in a stint marked by […]
Boga: ‘Sassuolo perfect for me’
Boga: ‘Sassuolo perfect for me’
Jeremie Boga says Sassuolo are the ‘perfect’ club for him but will never forget his time at Chelsea, which ‘will remain with me for a lifetime’. Chelsea have a €15m buyback option for Boga, who has also been linked with the likes of Napoli and Barcelona, but the French attacker made it clear he was […]
Chelsea midfielder sent saucy texts to Arsenal fan’s girlfriend
Chelsea midfielder sent saucy texts to Arsenal fan’s girlfriend
Jorginho arrived at Chelsea with his mum, looking like he was going to be one of those clean cut Brazilians. Perhaps one of those baptism lovers like Alisson at Liverpool. But if you believe what you read in the tabloids recently (and we normally wouldn’t but this is a tough time for Chelsea news), that […]
Italian football summit for Wed
Italian football summit for Wed
Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora has called a meeting with Italian football’s chiefs for Wednesday to discuss resuming the Serie A season. The plans are already in place and the FIGC (Italian Football Federation) sent over the protocol for training in safety during the coronavirus pandemic. Now Minister for Sport Spadafora has called a videoconference […]
Champions League set for August
Champions League set for August
UEFA are expected to present their plans for the Champions League, played from August 7-31 with a game every three days until the Final on August 29. A series of meetings have been set up for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week, to discuss how to proceed in concluding the 2019-20 season amid a coronavirus […]
Italian football summit set for Wed
Italian football summit set for Wed
Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora has called a meeting with Italian football’s chiefs for Wednesday to discuss resuming the Serie A season. The plans are already in place and the FIGC (Italian Football Federation) sent over the protocol for training in safety during the coronavirus pandemic. Now Minister for Sport Spadafora has called a videoconference […]
Napoli battle for Azmoun
Napoli battle for Azmoun
Napoli face competition from Atletico Madrid and West Ham United for Zenit St Petersburg’s Iranian striker Sardar Azmoun. The Partenopei have been repeatedly linked with an offer for Azmoun, who is 25 years old and spent practically his entire career in Russia with Rubin Kazan, Rostov and since 2019 Zenit. According to the Corriere del […]
The idea to restart football in Italy again: both Coppa Italia semifinals in Naples
The idea to restart football in Italy again: both Coppa…
18 April at 15:00 Restart the football season as soon as the right security guarantees are in place. This is the great goal that the leaders of Italian football have set themselves and it cannot be excluded that the ball will be able to roll again by the end of May. As reported by La Repubblica (via […]
My Favourite Game: A Prince leads a spirited comeback in Puglia
My Favourite Game: A Prince leads a spirited comeback in Puglia
AC Milan[1]’s 4-3 win at Lecce[2] back in October 2011 stands out for me as one of the single greatest comebacks in my time watching football. It exemplified a fighting spirit that, at the time, I could only really appreciate by looking at games that had already past. It endeared me further toward my favourite […]