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Guardiola: ‘Napoli are incredible’
Guardiola: ‘Napoli are incredible’
Manchester City Coach Pep Guardiola calls Napoli “an incredible team”, and praises Carlo Ancelotti. The Partenopei beat Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday, and with City facing the Reds on Sunday the Catalan was asked if he was surprised by the match. “You are surprised because you don’t know what happens in Europe,” Guardiola […]
Agent: ‘Malcuit will play more’
Agent: ‘Malcuit will play more’
The agent of Napoli defender Kevin Malcuit believes his client “will play a lot more often”, after speaking with Carlo Ancelotti. The 27-year-old has made only two appearances for the Partenopei so far, but his representative expects that to change in the near future. “I was lucky enough to talk to Ancelotti about a week […]
Albiol: ‘Serie A isn’t over’
Albiol: ‘Serie A isn’t over’
Napoli defender Raul Albiol insists the Scudetto race “isn’t over”, despite Juventus’ perfect start. The Bianconeri have won all seven of their opening matches and have already established a six point lead over Carlo Ancelotti’s side, having beaten them last weekend. “A few mistakes cost us,” Albiol recalled on Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli. “In those […]
Serie A president: ‘Marotta is an ideal candidate for us’
Serie A president: ‘Marotta is an ideal candidate…
05 October at 18:10 Serie A president Gaetano Micciche has revealed that Beppe Marotta would have been perfect for taking up a role at the Serie A committee. Marotta recently announced a rather shocking exit from Juventus as the club’s CEO after the Old Lady picked up an impressive 3-1 win over Napoli in the Serie A this past weekend. Micciche was recently talking to a Serie A assembly and […]
Allegri: Ronaldo will start for Juventus against Udinese
Allegri: Ronaldo will start for Juventus against Udinese
Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri insists Cristiano Ronaldo will start against Udinese on Saturday despite the recent rape allegations made against him. Police in Las Vegas have re-opened a 2009 investigation involving accuser Kathryn Mayorga, resulting in Nike and EA Sports stating they are closely monitoring the situation involving the 33-year-old. That won’t stop Allegri from […]
Giovinco earns Italy recall
Giovinco earns Italy recall
Toronto FC forward Sebastian Giovinco has been named to the Italy[1] squad for the first time in three years. The Azzurri take on Ukraine in a friendly on October 10 and Poland four days later in a Nations League match, and there are some new faces included in Roberto Mancini[2]’s side. ? The biggest name […]
Adam Lallana back in full training ahead of Manchester City clash
Adam Lallana back in full training ahead of Manchester City…
Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana is back in full training ahead of the Reds’ game against Manchester City on Sunday afternoon. The 30-year-old has been out of action for about a month after he picked up a muscle injury whilst he was training with England during the last international break. Lallana has missed a lot of […]
Koulibaly’s former agent: ‘Barcelona really like him’
Koulibaly’s former agent: ‘Barcelona really…
05 October at 16:15 Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly’s former agent Bruno Satin has revealed that Barcelona really like the centre back and the player could play at any top club in the world. Koulibaly was part of the Napoli side that beat Liverpool 1-0 in the UEFA Champions League in the midweek and the defender has already made nine appearances so far this season for the partenopei, impressing under Carlo Ancelotti. Koulibaly’s former […]
Agent: Barca like Koulibaly, but…
Agent: Barca like Koulibaly, but…
Kalidou Koulibaly’s former agent claims Barcelona ‘like’ the Napoli defender, who ‘can play for any team in the world’. Koulibaly ended speculation about his future by signing a new contract with Napoli, but Bruno Satin – who until now had represented the stopper – revealed Barca were still following his ex-client. “Are Barcelona interested in […]