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Highest paid Serie A coaches revealed
Highest paid Serie A coaches revealed
Massimiliano Allegri tops the list of highest paid Serie A coaches, with the Juventus boss earning a cool €7.5 million a season. The Bianconeri made headlines this summer by signing Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid, with the Portuguese star taking over the mantle of best paid player thanks to his wages of €30m. It looks like Juve […]
Napoli to loan Arsenal goalkeeper
Napoli to loan Arsenal goalkeeper
Yet another goalkeeper will arrive at the Stadio San Paolo this summer with Napoli bringing David Ospina to the club on an initial season-long loan from Arsenal. Alex Meret had been brought in as No.1 but an unfortunate injury has him out of action until September at the earliest, while another summer arrival Orestis Karnezis […]
Inter starlet Karamoh set for Parma loan
Inter starlet Karamoh set for Parma loan
Parma look to receive a boost in their attempts to overturn a five-point deficit and survive relegation in their Serie A return by bringing exciting Inter winger Yann Karamoh to the Stadio Ennio Tardini. Keita Balde Diao’s arrival at the Stadio San Siro has pushed the Ivorian further away from the starting XI despite impressing […]
De Laurentiis: Napoli fans want me to spend millions but they buy fake jerseys
De Laurentiis: Napoli fans want me to spend millions but…
The war between Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis and certain sections of the club’s support continues to boil over, with the man in charge showing no signs of being willing to mend fences. Relations between him and some supporters have long been frosty at best but have now taken a new turn after the president […]
Serie A 2018/19: Juventus season preview
Serie A 2018/19: Juventus season preview
One man rightly stole the headlines in Italy this summer, with the capture of Cristiano Ronaldo a major coup for Juventus and Serie A, but his arrival also brings huge expectation. The Bianconeri’s domestic invincibility of late only highlights their European failings – Champions League runners-up in 2015 and 2017 – and is something that […]
Predict the 2018/19 Serie A standings
Predict the 2018/19 Serie A standings
The new Serie A season is almost upon us, with Juventus hoping to continue making history and clinch an eighth successive Scudetto. However, a host of sides are hot on their heels. Inter and Roma have been active in the transfer market, as have AC Milan, who should expect to challenge for the Champions League […]
Forza Italian Football Podcast LIVE | Serie A 2018/19 season preview
Forza Italian Football Podcast LIVE | Serie A 2018/19 season…
A new Serie A season is coming and your favourite Italian football podcast is here to look ahead at what is to come in 2018/19. Host and Editor-in-Chief Conor Clancy is flanked by his reliable southern hemisphere duo of Vito Doria and Nicholas Carroll as they excitedly discuss what lies ahead in Italian football. Be […]
Sampdoria set to win race for Napoli defender Tonelli
Sampdoria set to win race for Napoli defender Tonelli
Napoli defender Lorenzo Tonelli looks set to end his association with the club he joined two years ago, with the centre-back set to move north to fellow Serie A side Sampdoria. The ex-Empoli stopper followed coach Maurizio Sarri to the Stadio San Paolo in the summer of 2016 for €10 million, but never managed to […]
Napoli consider move for ex-Fiorentina man Tatarusanu
Napoli consider move for ex-Fiorentina man Tatarusanu
Former Fiorentina shotstopper Ciprian Tatarusanu could be heading back to Serie A with Napoli considering a move for the Romanian to ease the goalkeeping crisis at the Stadio San Paolo. After Pepe Reina had moved onto AC Milan during the summer, the Partenopei brought in Italian youngster Alex Meret from Udinese, but will be missing […]
Ancelotti to tactically evolve Napoli squad
Ancelotti to tactically evolve Napoli squad
New Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti is reportedly planning to overhaul the Partenopei in a tactical sense as they prepare for their first Serie A campaign since the departure of Maurizio Sarri to Chelsea. The Ciucciarelli have suffered a couple of embarrassing losses including a 5-0 humiliation from English club Liverpool[1] as well as a 3-1 […]