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Sampdoria Defender Tonelli Came Close to Retirement
Sampdoria Defender Tonelli Came Close to Retirement
Due to battling with injuries while he was at Napoli[1], Sampdoria[2] defender Lorenzo Tonelli[3] has revealed that almost retired from football, but the move to Ligurian club has helped change his mental approach and training methods. The 28-year-old joined the Doriani on loan from the Partenopei in the summer and he had been feeling low […]
Italy Player Ratings: Substitutes make amends for Mancini
Italy Player Ratings: Substitutes make amends for Mancini
A late Jorginho penalty rescued a 1-1 draw for Italy[1] in their UEFA Nations League opener against Poland[2] at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara in Bologna on Friday night. Roberto Mancini’s first competitive outing with the Azzurri saw them go a goal down thanks to a Piotr Zielinski effort, but his former Napoli teammate stepped up […]
Napoli president accused of dodging San Paolo payments
Napoli president accused of dodging San Paolo payments
Napoli president and owner Aurelio De Laurentiis has reportedly accumulated outstanding payments regarding the Stadio San Paolo in the latest feud between the city of Naples and it’s football club. This follows months of angry back and forth between the two sides as De Laurentiis described the San Paolo as “a toilet”, with the mayor […]
Napoli defender returns to training
Napoli defender returns to training
Napoli left-back Faouzi Ghoulam took part in training for the first time since suffering a double knee injury, while Amin Younes and Alex Meret continue their rehabilitation. The Algerian defender has been out of action since November after first rupturing his cruciate ligament followed by sustaining a broken kneecap, both of which required surgery. With […]
Albiol: Juventus can’t expect 40 goals from Cristiano Ronaldo
Albiol: Juventus can’t expect 40 goals from Cristiano Ronaldo
Napoli centre-back Raul Albiol has reflected on former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo’s arrival in Serie A, and asserted that the Juventus star would struggle to replicate his prolific form in Spain. The Portugal international completed a sensational switch to the Bianconeri in July, arriving in Serie A five years after Albiol departed Real Madrid […]
Napoli to renew three more stars
Napoli to renew three more stars
Following Kalidou Kouliably’s commitment to a new Napoli contract, the club have now turned their attention to renewing the deals of three further first team players. After negotiations throughout the summer, the central defender put pen to paper on a contract extension at the Stadio San Paolo this week, which also included a €100 million […]
Serie A Salaries: Cristiano Ronaldo the seventh highest paid ‘club’ in Italy
Serie A Salaries: Cristiano Ronaldo the seventh highest…
Cristiano Ronaldo earns more before tax than the entire squads of 14 Serie A clubs, with the Portuguese earning a gross annual sum of €62 million. After tax his pay halves to €31m, though that itself is still more than ten of the 20 clubs in the Italian top tier. Juventus unsurprisingly lead the way, […]
Pirlo: Only AC Milan and Fiorentina coaches are showing courage
Pirlo: Only AC Milan and Fiorentina coaches are showing courage
Roberto Mancini has found an ally in the debate over young Italian talent in Serie A in the form of Andrea Pirlo, who believes that coaches are afraid to give homegrown youth an opportunity. It is a topic that raised its head on Monday at the start of international week when the Azzurri boss bemoaned […]
Totti: Roma must prioritise Champions League over Serie A
Totti: Roma must prioritise Champions League over Serie A
Given the difficulty of bridging the domestic gap to Juventus, Roma director Francesco Totti has admitted that the Champions League must be their focus. Despite being unable to break the Bianconeri’s stranglehold on Serie A over the past seven years, the Lupi did surprise many by going on a run to the Champions League semi-final […]
Five Serie A clubs feature in Europe’s top 20 spenders this decade
Five Serie A clubs feature in Europe’s top 20 spenders…
Both Roma and Juventus are in the top ten European clubs for transfer fees invested into their squads since 2010, with the Serie A pair outspending Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur and Borussia Dortmund. While it is not overly surprising to see Juventus feature among Europe’s elite, the Giallorossi’s presence in the top ten is […]