Author Archives: James Grundy
Sarri: ‘Wouldn’t have lasted at Milan’
Sarri: ‘Wouldn’t have lasted at Milan’
Maurizio Sarri predicts he “wouldn’t have lasted long” had he been appointed as Milan Coach. The Napoli boss was linked with the Rossoneri in the summer of 2015, but they appointed Sinisa Mihajlovic while Sarri went to Naples. Arrigo Sacchi has said he advised Silvio Berlusconi to appoint the Tuscan, but the 58-year-old isn’t sure […]
Sarri: ‘Juventus still favourites’
Sarri: ‘Juventus still favourites’
Maurizio Sarri insists Juventus remain Scudetto favourites, and it would be “presumptuous” to compare his Napoli to them. The Bianconeri have won Serie A for the past six years in a row, but they currently lie two points off the top, as the Partenopei have won all of their seven games so far. “Calm down, […]
Sarri: ‘Not thinking of leaving Napoli’
Sarri: ‘Not thinking of leaving Napoli’
Maurizio Sarri says leaving Napoli “is the last thing on my mind right now”, despite the release clause in his contract. The Coach can leave in the summer if another club is willing to pay €8m to release him from his contract, but the Partenopei boss is happy to stay at the San Paolo. “On […]
Carlo Sartori: the Italian Busby Babe
Carlo Sartori: the Italian Busby Babe
BEFORE MATTEO DARMIAN, FEDERICO MACHEDA AND MASSIMO TAIBI, there was another Italian on the books at Old Trafford – the Red Devils’ first ever non-British player, Carlo Domenico Sartori. Born on 10 February 1948 in Caderzone, it a municipality with a population of fewer than 500 people, outside the northern territory of Trento. One of […]
Probable line-ups: Albania-Italy
Probable line-ups: Albania-Italy
Italy are expected to go back to their 4-2-4 system against Albania with Leonardo Spinazzola, Antonio Candreva and Eder coming in. It kicks off in Shkoder on Monday at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT). Although the Azzurri are in the World Cup play-offs, only a win would guarantee they’d be top seeds in the draw […]
Paladino: ‘Napoli a work of art!’
Paladino: ‘Napoli a work of art!’
Painter and sculptor Mimmo Paladino has compared the Napoli squad to a work of art, with Marek Hamsik as a Goya and Kalidou Koulibaly Beethoven. Paladino’s work can be found in the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the Venice Biennale and Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, but his first love is football. […]
Cannavaro: ‘Napoli almost perfect’
Cannavaro: ‘Napoli almost perfect’
Fabio Cannavaro believes the Scudetto race will be a “battle to the end” between “almost perfect” Napoli, Juventus, Roma and Inter. The current Coach of Tianjin Quanjian played for three of those four clubs during his Serie A career. “By now, Napoli are almost the perfect team,” native Neapolitan Cannavaro told Sky Sport Italia. “They […]
Roma-Napoli brought forward?
Roma-Napoli brought forward?
Roma-Napoli is scheduled for Saturday at 20.45 local time, but could be moved to 18.00 due to fears over crowd safety. The match at the Stadio Olimpico is due to kick off at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), though there are plans to perhaps shift it forward to 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT). This is […]
Napoli target Corinthians’ Jo
Napoli target Corinthians’ Jo
Napoli are prepared to double Corinthians striker Jo’s current salary to take him to the Stadio San Paolo in January, claim Brazilian reports. ESPN Brazil pundit Jorge Nicolas suggested the approach after 30-year-old Jo declared he might not still be at his club in 2018. His current contract is due to expire in December 2019 […]
‘Lazio can compete with anyone’
‘Lazio can compete with anyone’
Luis Alberto believes Lazio are capable of competing with anyone after their fine start to the season. The Spaniard is experiencing a new lease of life under Simone Inzaghi and has helped the Biancocelesti claim 16 points from their first seven matches of the campaign. “We have started the League season very well,” Alberto told […]