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Koulibaly and City stall Gabriel to Napoli
Koulibaly and City stall Gabriel to Napoli
Manchester City have reportedly offered €65m for Kalidou Koulibaly, but Napoli are not prepared to drop their asking price below €80m, stalling Gabriel from Lille. Multiple Italian reports including La Repubblica claim a deal has already been done with Lille for centre-back Gabriel Magalhanes for €20m. However, having just purchased Victor Osimhen from the same […]
Napoli confirm Reguilon pursuit
Napoli confirm Reguilon pursuit
Napoli confirm they are interested in Sergio Reguilon, but only want him on loan from Real Madrid, while there’s competition from Chelsea and Arsenal. The 23-year-old left-back is impressing during his loan spell at Sevilla, scoring one of the goals against Roma that helped them reach the Europa League quarter-finals. Sportitalia claim they spoke to […]
Juve would sacrifice Dybala for Pogba
Juve would sacrifice Dybala for Pogba
There are reports Juventus are prepared to sacrifice Paulo Dybala for Paul Pogba, but not if he turns down Manchester United, while Andrea Pirlo picks his centre-forward. The tactician spent most of Thursday in talks with President Andrea Agnelli, vice-president Pavel Nedved and director Fabio Paratici. According to multiple reports, the meeting lasted six hours […]
De Jong: ‘Pjanic will make Barca stronger’
De Jong: ‘Pjanic will make Barca stronger’
Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong said Barcelona ‘did well’ to overcome Napoli in the last 16 of the Champions League and thinks the arrival of Miralem Pjanic will ‘make the team stronger’. The 23-year-old felt Napoli ‘were a difficult opponent’ last weekend and said the Blaugrana ‘did well’ to beat the Partenopei at Camp Nou. […]
Valencia in for Reina?
Valencia in for Reina?
Valencia have reportedly entered talks with Milan goalkeeper Pepe Reina, who recently returned from a loan stint at Aston Villa in the Premier League. The Spanish shot stopper has one year left of his deal at San Siro, but Il Corriere dello Sport claims the former Napoli player is looking for regular first-team football elsewhere. […]
Report: Pezzella to extend with Fiorentina
Report: Pezzella to extend with Fiorentina
Fiorentina defender German Pezzella has reportedly rejected Napoli and Roma and plan to sign a new deal with the Viola. Il Corriere Fiorentino claims Napoli, Roma and Valencia have targeted Fiorentina’s Argentine captain, who played 33 games in 2019-20 and scored three goals in the process. But the newspaper says the defender has decided to […]
Reina in talks with Valencia
Reina in talks with Valencia
Milan goalkeeper Pepe Reina is in negotiations for a move to Valencia, claim reports in both Spain and Italy. The veteran returned to base after six months on loan at Aston Villa in the Premier League. According to Onda Cero, via Football Espana, Sky Sport Italia and Radio Rossonera, Reina is now in talks for […]
Juventus approach for Dzeko
Juventus approach for Dzeko
Sportitalia claim Juventus have started negotiations with Roma for Edin Dzeko as an alternative to Arkadiusz Milik and Alvaro Morata. New coach Andrea Pirlo seemingly wants a strong and hard-working centre-forward who can hold up the ball for his teammates as well as score goals. Milik has long been linked, including when Maurizio Sarri was […]
Todibo is Barcelona player with COVID
Todibo is Barcelona player with COVID
Defender Jean-Clair Todibo has confirmed he is the Barcelona player who tested positive for COVID-19. ‘I am asymptomatic and feel fine.’ The news emerged this morning that the Blaugrana had received a positive test from within their squad. This is the team that has remained in Barcelona, not the group travelling to Portugal for the […]
Tuchel: ‘It’s Icardi’s moment’
Tuchel: ‘It’s Icardi’s moment’
PSG coach Thomas Tuchel ‘trusts’ Neymar will deliver in ‘the big matches’ but has stressed the importance of a good performance from former Inter forward Mauro Icardi on Wednesday. Paris Saint-Germain will face Atalanta in the quarter-finals but will have Kylian Mbappe on the bench, as he is still recovering from an ankle injury, and […]