Author Archives: James Grundy
Miranda And Candreva Set To Miss Friendly With Lyon
Miranda And Candreva Set To Miss Friendly With Lyon
Gazzetta dello Sport is today reporting that there will be two more absences, in addition to the usual two unavailable announced Radja Nainggolan and Borja Valero, for Inter before the match this evening against Lyon in Lecce. Luciano Spalletti will not be able to count on the presence of Antonio Candreva, who has Muscle Fatigue or Joao Miranda, who has […]
Ghoulam tests next week
Ghoulam tests next week
Napoli full-back Faouzi Ghoulam is expected to have a medical check-up next week, but he won’t be back before late September. The Algerian international is on the recovery trail after breaking his knee cap, and returned early from holiday last month to have further scans. Professor Pier Paolo Mariani, a knee specialist, gave him the […]
De Laurentiis slams San Paolo
De Laurentiis slams San Paolo
Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis slams the city council over the state of the Stadio San Paolo – “it’s ever-increasingly a toilet”. Renovation work is going on at the stadium over the close season, with the man responsible, Attilio Auricchio, assuring it will be ready for the first home game of the season on August […]
ADL: ‘Don’t expect too much’
ADL: ‘Don’t expect too much’
President Aurelio De Laurentiis looks forward to Napoli’s friendly with Liverpool this evening but doesn’t expect too much from his side. The Partenopei face the Premier League side at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium, with a sell-out crowd anticipated. And speaking during one of his regular true-or-false interviews with Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli, the film producer described […]
Liverpool-Napoli, Arsenal-Lazio and more: list of today’s friendlies for Serie A clubs
Liverpool-Napoli, Arsenal-Lazio and more: list of today’s…
04 August at 12:30 Here’s the list of today’s friendly games that will be played by Serie A clubs today. H. 16.00 Watford-SAMPDORIA H. 17.00 BOLOGNA-Norimberga H. 17.00 Hoffenheim-CHIEVO H. 17.00 SPAL-Belluno H. 19.00 Triangolare Folgore Caratese-SASSUOLO-PARMA H. 19.00 Liverpool-NAPOLI H. 19.00 Montpellier-GENOA H. 19.00 UDINESE-Hannover H. 20.00 Arsenal-LAZIO H. 20.00 INTER-Lione H. 20.30 Ponsacco-EMPOLI […]
Lallana headlines four absentees for Napoli friendly
Lallana headlines four absentees for Napoli friendly
Liverpool are to leave Adam Lallana out for the final preseason game against Napoli in Dublin this afternoon. The midfielder has sustained an injury to his calf according to the Liverpool Echo,[1] and will not be risked by manager Jürgen Klopp in the final preparations before the new Premier League season. Lallana missed swathes of time […]
Chelsea fans discover why they missed out on top striker transfer
Chelsea fans discover why they missed out on top striker…
Gonzalo Higuain was linked heavily with Chelsea for long periods this summer, especially once his boss from his final season at Napoli, Maurizio Sarri, had taken over in West London. In the end nothing came of that interest, and Higuain has now joined AC Milan in a fascinating twist of the Serie A power balance. #SerieA […]
Man City transfer news: Pep Guardiola identifies Jorginho replacement after star’s snub
Man City transfer news: Pep Guardiola identifies Jorginho…
MANCHESTER CITY have applied for a word permit for youngster Douglas Luiz – who Pep Guardiola is banking on after losing out to Chelsea for Jorginho. GETTY City boss Guardiola has lined up a replacement to fill in the void in his midfield City thought they were landing Italy international Jorginho from Napoli. But Chelsea […]
Chelsea transfer news: Alvaro Morata reveals where he wants to play this season
Chelsea transfer news: Alvaro Morata reveals where he wants…
GETTY Morata had been linked with a move back to Serie A Morata failed to set the Premier League alight in his first season at Chelsea. But Chelsea have not signed any attacking players this summer so Morata will have another chance to impress. A rumoured deal for Gonzalo Higuain never materialised, with the Argentine […]