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Conte all-time top Serie A earner
Conte all-time top Serie A earner
Antonio Conte is reportedly the highest-paid Coach in Serie A history on €11m per year at Inter, double the salary of second-placed Maurizio Sarri of Juventus. La Gazzetta dello Sport drew up a list of this season’s top-earning tacticians and found that not only was Conte leading the way for the 2019-20 campaign, but also […]
Milik to miss Liverpool & Samp
Milik to miss Liverpool & Samp
Arkadiusz Milik is expected to miss Napoli’s upcoming matches against Sampdoria and Liverpool as he continues to nurse a muscle injury. Milik has been out of action since August 10 and appeared to be closing in on a return. However, Sky Sport Italia and Sport Mediaset both report the striker will only resume training on Monday. […]
Agent: Callejon rejected Napoli offer
Agent: Callejon rejected Napoli offer
Jose Callejon’s agent admits that while the forward could sign a new contract with Napoli, their opening offer ‘didn’t satisfy the player.’ Callejon is one of the most successful foreign players in Napoli’s history, repaying their €10m investment in 2013 with 79 goals, 70 assists and a Coppa Italia, as well as playing a key […]
Lautaro makes Argentina history
Lautaro makes Argentina history
Inter striker Lautaro Martinez has become the first Argentina player to score three goals against Mexico since 1930. Martinez took just 16 minutes to bag a first-half hat-trick as Argentina thrashed Mexico 4-0 on Tuesday evening. With that, the 22-year-old made history as the first player to accomplish such a feat since since former Napoli […]
‘Milik-Llorente better than Icardi!’
‘Milik-Llorente better than Icardi!’
Aurelio De Laurentiis believes Napoli are better off with Arkadiusz Milik and Fernando Llorente over Mauro Icardi, who has it ‘easier’ at Paris Saint-Germain. Napoli are expected to vie for the Scudetto with Juventus and Inter this season, but De Laurentiis revealed he tried to take Antonio Conte before Carlo Ancelotti. “I can’t talk about […]
Report: Agnelli wants 18-team Serie A
Report: Agnelli wants 18-team Serie A
As Andrea Agnelli is ‘honoured’ to be re-elected ECA chairman, it is reported the Juventus patron wants only 18 teams in Europe’s top five Leagues. Agnelli was reconfirmed at the helm of the European Club Association on Tuesday, his reign extended until 2023. The 43-year-old told the organisation’s website: “I am honoured to have been […]
ADL & Gazidis on UEFA committee
ADL & Gazidis on UEFA committee
Aurelio De Laurentiis and Ivan Gazidis have elected as European Club Association (ECA) representatives on the UEFA Club Competitions Committee. De Laurentiis is already the chairman of the Marketing and Communication Working Group at the ECA, and his influence has now been extended to UEFA. The Napoli President is joined by Milan CEO Gazidis, who […]
Llorente: Pressure all on Juve
Llorente: Pressure all on Juve
New Napoli signing Fernando Llorente has warned Juventus that the pressure is ‘all on’ them in the Scudetto race this season. Llorente recently joined Napoli on a free transfer, in what is a return to Serie A for the striker after his two Serie A titles with Juve between 2013 and 2015. “I’ve not been […]
ADL: Napoli must be ‘angry’
ADL: Napoli must be ‘angry’
Aurelio De Laurentiis claims Carlo Ancelotti did not have to play Napoli’s big names against Juventus and wants his players to be ‘very angry’. Napoli thrashed European champions Liverpool 3-0 in a preseason friendly but lost 4-3 to Serie A rivals Juve before the international break. “Sometimes it’s not necessary to respect hierarchies within a […]
Revealed: Serie A’s highest earners
Revealed: Serie A’s highest earners
Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo is Serie A’s runaway highest earner on €31m a season, with Matthijs de Ligt and Romelu Lukaku already second and third. An investigation by Gazzetta dello Sport discovered Serie A was spending €1.36bn on gross salaries – the most in the League’s history. That is chiefly down to Ronaldo’s extravagant income […]