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Exclusive: Osimhen resolves Napoli issues
Exclusive: Osimhen resolves Napoli issues
Victor Osimhen will sign for Napoli over the next 48 hours, our sources tell Football Italia, as the problem was always with his agent, who is now threatening to sue the Lille striker. Multiple sources including L’Equipe claim that final negotiations are taking place today and tomorrow in Sardinia to secure the deal, worth in […]
Valeri ref for Sassuolo-Juventus
Valeri ref for Sassuolo-Juventus
Paolo Valeri will officiate the match between Sassuolo and Juventus, while Rosario Abisso takes Udinese-Lazio and Marco Piccinini works on Bologna-Napoli. The AIA (Italian Referees’ Association) assigned the officials for Wednesday’s Serie A Week 33 matches. You can read a betting preview for Milan vs. Parma and Sassuolo vs. Juventus on Eurotips.co.uk. Bologna-Napoli (Piccinini, VAR […]
Serie A sides on alert for Umtiti loan
Serie A sides on alert for Umtiti loan
Spanish newspaper Sport claims that Barcelona are prepared to release Samuel Umtiti on loan, with Napoli, Roma, Lazio and Torino interested. The 26-year-old France international was signed from Olympique Lyonnais for €25m in 2016 and is under contract until 2023, but has struggled for playing time due to numerous injury concerns. The centre-back managed only […]
Roma sacrifice Dzeko for Milik?
Roma sacrifice Dzeko for Milik?
Roma are going in for Napoli striker Arkadiusz Milik, claims the Corriere dello Sport, by sell Cengiz Under to the Partenopei and Edin Dzeko to Inter. According to today’s newspaper, Milik has emerged as the primary transfer target of the summer to strengthen their anaemic attack. The Poland international has been given a price-tag of […]
L’Equipe: Osimhen now ready for Napoli
L’Equipe: Osimhen now ready for Napoli
Napoli director Cristiano Giuntoli is in intensive negotiations with Lille, hoping to finally convince Victor Osimhen, as L’Equipe claim the deal is done for €81m. The 21-year-old Nigerian forward already visited the Napoli training facilities, plus the homes of coach Gennaro Gattuso and President Aurelio De Laurentiis. He spoke to Kalidou Koulibaly, who reassured him […]
L’Equipe: Napoli to get Gabriel too
L’Equipe: Napoli to get Gabriel too
L’Equipe claim Napoli are not only close to a deal with Lille for Victor Osimhen, but also defender Gabriel Magalhaes for €22m plus bonuses. According to the French newspaper, intensive negotiations have been taking place over the last 24 hours between director of sport Cristiano Giuntoli, Lille President Gerard Lopez and various agents and intermediaries. […]
Report: Milan close in on Szoboszlai
Report: Milan close in on Szoboszlai
Milan are reportedly closing in on a deal to sign RB Salzburg midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai. After it emerged last week that Milan had begun working on Szoboszlai’s arrival, Le Bombe di Vlad has gone one step further this evening. As per the website, there has been a sudden ‘acceleration’ on the Rossoneri’s part and negotiations […]
Gasp: ‘Thought Juve was won’
Gasp: ‘Thought Juve was won’
Gian Piero Gasperini admits he thought Atalanta’s match against Juventus was ‘already won’ as they gear up for a derby with Brescia tomorrow. The two sides are based in Lombardy but have contrasting fortunes, with Atalanta closing in on a Champions League place and Brescia nine points adrift of Serie A safety. “It’s a derby […]
Gattuso: ‘Milan should keep Maldini’
Gattuso: ‘Milan should keep Maldini’
Napoli boss Gennaro Gattuso believes Milan should keep Paolo Maldini as a director. ‘He can still do very good things for them.’ Gattuso and Maldini won two Champions Leagues together as players for Milan and resumed their relationship at San Siro last season, when Rino was coach and the ex-defender returned in an executive capacity. […]
‘FIGC right to investigate Atalanta’
‘FIGC right to investigate Atalanta’
Minister Vincenzo Spadafora has commended the FIGC for investigating Atalanta’s team manager after he discriminated against a Napoli fan. Last week was not a good week for Italian sport in its fight against discrimination, starting with Paralympic athlete Beatrice Ion. Ion, who plays for Italy’s wheelchair basketball team and is of Romanian extract, was racially […]