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Liverpool leading for Koulibaly
Liverpool leading for Koulibaly
Napoli will not accept less than €100m for Kalidou Koulibaly, claim reports, with Liverpool leading the race ahead of Manchester United and Real Madrid. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Partenopei are prepared to consider offers for the Senegal international this summer. However, their asking price will not go under €100m, which is already […]
Ancelotti: ‘Milan don’t fear foreigners’
Ancelotti: ‘Milan don’t fear foreigners’
Carlo Ancelotti has assured that Milan are only ‘afraid of bad coaches, not foreign ones’, amidst Ralf Rangnick speculation. Rangnick has been heavily linked with leading a youth revolution at Milan this summer, but talk of his appointment has not gone down universally well with fans. “We met when I was in Germany,” continued Ancelotti […]
Official: Sassuolo to resume training
Official: Sassuolo to resume training
Sassuolo have become the first Serie A side to announce they will return to training on Monday. The region of Emilia-Romagna announced earlier this week that its professional clubs could resume sporting activity, in compliance with social distancing. Although Parma and SPAL are both preferring to wait for the FIGC and government to reach an […]
Napoli allowed to train in centre
Napoli allowed to train in centre
Napoli have permission to begin training at their centre from Monday May 4, announced the regional authorities. The latest Government decree in the coronavirus pandemic response allows running in parks from May 4, but not athletes in team sports to enter a training ground until May 18. However, as the pandemic is largely localised in […]
Alessio: ‘Between Conte and Juve…’
Alessio: ‘Between Conte and Juve…’
Former assistant manager Angelo Alessio covers Antonio Conte’s decision to walk away from Juventus, taking the Inter job and why Maurizio Sarri ‘can only get stronger.’ Alessio was most recently in Scotland as manager of Kilmarnock, but was sacked in December. He is most famous as the assistant to Conte at Juventus from 2011-14, an […]
SPAL not resuming training
SPAL not resuming training
SPAL have followed Parma in announcing that they will not resume training on Monday, despite permission from the Emilia-Romagna region. The move came as a surprise, given it directly contradicted the government’s order for only individual sports to return on May 4. However, SPAL said in a statement: “First-team activity will remain suspended, pending the health […]
Napoli to restart on Monday?
Napoli to restart on Monday?
Napoli could resume training on Monday after Campania chief Vincenzo De Luca said he was ‘in favour’ with the club’s plans. Campania is one of the regions least hit by coronavirus, accounting for just 354 of Italy’s deaths, and De Luca is happy for its biggest club to get back to work imminently. “I talked […]
Totti: ‘Tonali will be one of the greatest’
Totti: ‘Tonali will be one of the greatest’
Francesco Totti reveals he tried to sign Nicolò Barella for Roma and advised them to do anything possible to get Brescia’s Sandro Tonali. Barella ended up joining Inter from Cagliari last summer in a deal worth €12m for the loan and another €25m to buy outright. “He was one of my favourites. I tried to […]
Milan out of Europe with points system
Milan out of Europe with points system
If Serie A were to stop early and use the French points per game system, then Milan would drop below Hellas Verona and Parma, with Lecce, SPAL and Brescia relegated. Ligue 1 was officially called off today and a statement confirmed the final table was calculated using points per game, to even out the situation […]
Mario Rui: ‘Napoli can upset Barcelona’
Mario Rui: ‘Napoli can upset Barcelona’
Napoli full-back Mario Rui praises Gennaro Gattuso for his man-management and believes they can still upset Barcelona in the Champions League. Serie A training ought to resume on May 18, but there are talks to get that moved up to May 4 with social distancing in training grounds. “I miss football, but we must all […]