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Napoli cool on €50m Lozano
Napoli cool on €50m Lozano
PSV Eindhoven want €50m for forward Hirving Lozano, but Napoli are only willing to pay somewhere in the region of €35m-€37m for the Mexico international. According to TuttomercatoWeb, the two clubs are quite a distance away from finding an agreement, with the Eredivisie side refusing to budge from their €50m valuation, while the Azzurri deem […]
Agent: Hysaj & Sarri at Juve!
Agent: Hysaj & Sarri at Juve!
Elseid Hysaj’s agent ‘thinks’ Maurizio Sarri will go to Juventus and possibly bring the Napoli full-back with him. Hysaj announced his desire to leave Napoli on Friday, and Mario Giuffredi believes a reunion with Sarri at Juve could be in the offing. “Four years have passed and a player like Hysaj may want to try […]
Roma close in on Fonseca?
Roma close in on Fonseca?
Shakhtar Donetsk boss Paulo Fonseca is reportedly close to becoming the next Roma Coach. According to Leggo, incoming sporting director Gianluca Petrachi met Bologna’s Sinisa Mihajlovic and Francesco Totti is pushing for Milan old boy Gennaro Gattuso. However, the newspaper expects consultant Franco Baldini to ‘win again’ with his pick of Fonseca, who is considered […]
Will Sarri stay, or will Sarri go?
Will Sarri stay, or will Sarri go?
Italian reports claim Maurizio Sarri has agreed to join Juventus, but The Times counters the Coach is prepared to stay at Chelsea. Sportitalia’s Alfredo Pedulla was the journalist who broke news of Sarri’s move to Chelsea last summer, and he wrote in a column for Corriere dello Sport on Friday that the former Napoli boss […]
Hysaj confirms Napoli exit
Hysaj confirms Napoli exit
Elseid Hysaj has confirmed that he will leave Napoli this summer as ‘I need change and want to win something.’ Hysaj has made 170 appearances for Napoli since joining the club in 2015, establishing himself as one of Maurizio Sarri’s most trusted performers. However, he has become more of a peripheral figure under Carlo Ancelotti […]
Juve fans sign Conte petition
Juve fans sign Conte petition
Over 3,000 Juventus fans have signed a petition asking for Antonio Conte’s star to be removed from the club’s stadium. The user ‘Buddy Guy Black & White’ created the Change.org page in response to Conte’s imminent appointment at Inter, who are traditionally Juve’s closest rivals. “Antonio Conte was a beloved captain, who also played with […]
ADL: Was a Chelsea fan!
ADL: Was a Chelsea fan!
Aurelio De Laurentiis says he supported Chelsea in the Europa League Final because of Maurizio Sarri. “Taking him to Napoli was my decision.” Sarri won the first major trophy of his professional career on Wednesday, almost a year after he found himself in the middle of a tug-of-war between Chelsea and De Laurentiis. “Of course […]
Ancelotti: Naples could be nicer…
Ancelotti: Naples could be nicer…
Carlo Ancelotti admits that while he hopes to stay at Napoli for a long time, ‘this city could be nicer, with a little more public spirit from everyone.’ Ancelotti has just reached the end of his first season at Napoli, guiding them to second place in Serie A, although he failed to bring any silverware […]
Di Lorenzo ‘can’t wait’ for Napoli
Di Lorenzo ‘can’t wait’ for Napoli
Empoli right-back Giovanni Di Lorenzo says he ‘can’t wait’ to join Napoli, play in the Champions League and work under ‘legend’ Carlo Ancelotti. Di Lorenzo underwent a medical with Napoli on Thursday ahead of a €10m transfer, and he could hardly contain his excitement about the switch. “I can’t wait,” he told Gazzetta dello Sport. […]
Juve ‘informed of Sarri arrival’
Juve ‘informed of Sarri arrival’
Juventus players have reportedly been told to expect that Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri will be their Coach next season. According to the Daily Mail, Juve are prepared to pay the £5m (€5.7m) to release Sarri from his contract. It comes after Bianconeri President Andrea Agnelli met Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck before Wednesday’s Europa League Final, […]