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Liveblog: Serie A Wk38 Final Saturday
Liveblog: Serie A Wk38 Final Saturday
Join us for all the build-up and action as it happens from today’s five Serie A games, including Atalanta-Inter for second, Ciro Immobile’s Lazio for the record at Napoli and Juventus-Roma. If you are on a mobile device or tablet, then follow the Liveblog HERE. We begin at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT) at the […]
Agent: ‘Osimhen wanted to be sure of Napoli’
Agent: ‘Osimhen wanted to be sure of Napoli’
Victor Osimhen’s agent explains the striker ‘wanted to be sure it was the right choice’ to join Napoli and had offers from England and Germany too. The transfer was finally completed yesterday for €50m cash, €10m in bonuses, plus ownership of Orestis Karnezis and three youth team players. It took longer than expected because Osimhen […]
Griezmann back in training for Napoli match
Griezmann back in training for Napoli match
Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele have returned to light training with Barcelona, so could recover for the Champions League with Napoli. The first leg of this Round of 16 tie ended 1-1 at the Stadio San Paolo and the decider is on August 8. Barça have struggled in the final weeks of their domestic season, […]
ADL: ‘Unleash Hell’ in Barcelona
ADL: ‘Unleash Hell’ in Barcelona
Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis warns he will ‘unleash Hell’ if his players or staff catch COVID-19 in the Champions League trip to Barcelona. While the virus is relatively contained now in Italy, it is spiking again in Spain, above all in the Catalunya region. Nonetheless, UEFA continue to assure there’s no need to move […]
Official: Immobile Europe’s top scorer
Official: Immobile Europe’s top scorer
Lazio striker Ciro Immobile is officially the 2020 Golden Shoe winner, as Cristiano Ronaldo isn’t even in the Juventus squad to face Roma. Ronaldo is the only player who could feasibly still catch Immobile on 35 Serie A goals this season, having found the net 31 times already. However, Maurizio Sarri has rested CR7 for […]
Immobile poised to make history
Immobile poised to make history
Ciro Immobile could make history this evening, as the Lazio striker can become Capocannoniere, win the Golden Boot and break the all-time Serie A season scoring record. The Biancocelesti visit Napoli at the Stadio San Paolo, which is also where the record of 36 goals was set by Gonzalo Higuain with his hat-trick against Frosinone […]
Giuntoli: ‘Napoli complete with Osimhen’
Giuntoli: ‘Napoli complete with Osimhen’
Napoli director Cristiano Giuntoli maintains their ‘attack is complete’ with the arrival of Victor Osimhen, although Hirving Lozano has ‘taken longer than expected’ to adapt. Osimhen completed his transfer from Lille on Friday, with President Aurelio De Laurentiis confirming the deal is worth around €80m. However, it’s believed the cash element is only €50m, plus […]
ADL: ‘Milik will join the highest bidder, or…’
ADL: ‘Milik will join the highest bidder, or…’
Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis warns ‘there will be no discounts’ for Arkadiusz Milik and if he rejects a transfer, he’ll be left on the bench for a year. The Poland international is set to leave this summer after failing to negotiate a new contract, considering his current deal expires in June 2021. “Milik has […]
ADL drops Koulibaly hint, slams ‘stupid’ Sarri
ADL drops Koulibaly hint, slams ‘stupid’ Sarri
Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis continues to drop hints Kalidou Koulibaly could leave, while insisting Maurizio Sarri was ‘stupid’ to leave for Chelsea and Juventus. The President has been on a media frenzy with a series of interviews today after finally announcing Victor Osimhen’s transfer from Lille for €50m cash, €10m in bonuses, goalkeeper Orestis […]
Intermediary: ‘Osimhen strongly wanted Napoli’
Intermediary: ‘Osimhen strongly wanted Napoli’
The intermediary who worked on Victor Osimhen’s transfer to Napoli confirms ‘many other clubs wanted him,’ but the Lille striker ‘strongly wanted to join.’ It was finally announced this afternoon, at a cost of a reported €50m cash, €10m in bonuses plus Orestis Karnezis and three youth team players, after weeks of negotiations with Lille. […]