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SERIE A LIVE: Napoli v Venezia
SERIE A LIVE: Napoli v Venezia
Welcome to Forza Italian Football[1]’s live coverage of the Serie A[2] match between Napoli and Venezia[3][4] which is coming to you from the Stadio Diego Maradona[5] in Naples. Venezia[6] will play their first Serie A[7] game in 19 years and in their last top flight campaign they lost their opening match 4-0 against Juventus[8] in […]
Serie A season preview: The most open Scudetto race in a decade
Serie A season preview: The most open Scudetto race in a decade
Just six weeks after the Italian men’s national team triumphed at Euro 2020[1], domestic football returns to the peninsula, with the 2021/22 Serie A campaign looking set to be the most exciting and unpredictable in seasons. With Inter somewhat imploded since lifting the Scudetto last term, Juventus will look to recapture a crown they lost […]
Fiorentina’s Milenkovic wanted by Tottenham and Wolves
Fiorentina’s Milenkovic wanted by Tottenham and Wolves
Fiorentina[1] defender Nikola Milenkovic[2] is being hunted by a number of London-based clubs as La Viola struggle to ward away a pack of interested Premier League[3] suitors. West Ham[4] have had their eye on the 23-year-old Serbian for some time now[5], but they’ve been joined in the race by fellow Londoners, Tottenham[6], as well as […]
Napoli consider Sassuolo winger as potential Insigne replacement
Napoli consider Sassuolo winger as potential Insigne replacement
With Napoli[1] captain Lorenzo Insigne being linked with Inter[2], I Partenopei[3] are reportedly looking at Sassuolo[4] winger Jeremie Boga[5] as his replacement. The 30-year-old Italy[6] international[7] is contracted to the Neapolitans until the end of June 2022 and he has not found an agreement with Ciucciarelli president Aurelio De Laurentiis on a new deal. Il […]
Inter are serious about Napoli’s Insigne
Inter are serious about Napoli’s Insigne
Inter[1] are very serious about their known interest in Napoli[2] forward Lorenzo Insigne[3], but a move for the Italian may have to wait until next summer. The offer that Inter have reportedly made to Napoli is for €15 million plus Alexis Sanchez[4]. This will almost certainly not work because the €7 million a year wages […]
Napoli forward linked with MLS or Serie B move
Napoli forward linked with MLS or Serie B move
Adam Ounas might find himself on the move before the 2021/22 season gets underway, with clubs in Serie B and Major League Soccer keen to sign him. Having spent last season on loan at Cagliari and then Crotone[1], Ounas’ future is likely to lie away from the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. According to Il Corriere […]
Serie A presidents pushing for stadiums at 50 percent capacity
Serie A presidents pushing for stadiums at 50 percent capacity
Lega Serie[1] A are hoping to have Serie A stadiums[2] filled to 50 percent of capacity when the 2021/22 season kicks off on the weekend of August 21/22, but club presidents are pushing for a decision to be made soon. During an assembly on Monday, Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis[3] highlighted the need to have […]
Correa to remain at Lazio, PSG bids inadequate
Correa to remain at Lazio, PSG bids inadequate
Argentina international[1] Joaquin Correa is expected to remain at Lazio for the 2021/22 season due to Paris Saint-Germain not being able to provide a sufficient bid yet. The 27-year-old reportedly wanted to leave at the end of the 2020/21 campaign[2], but I Biancocelesti have replaced Simone Inzaghi with Maurizio Sarri[3] as coach and that could […]
Napoli to sell two players before acquiring Chelsea defender
Napoli to sell two players before acquiring Chelsea defender
Emerson Palmieri remains a player of interest[1] to Napoli but I Partenopei have to sell two players before they purchase the Italian[2] international from Chelsea. New Ciucciarelli coach Luciano Spalletti wants the club to sign a new left-back but they need to raise funds before they can present the Blues with an offer worth €20 […]
Napoli defender Koulibaly wanted by big-spending PSG
Napoli defender Koulibaly wanted by big-spending PSG
Kalidou Koulibaly[1] is the latest player to take the fancy of big-spending[2] Paris Saint-Germain as the Ligue[3] 1 club continues to build a super squad. The 30-year-old Napoli defender is the latest name on the French club’s list, amidst talk of his failure to agree a new contract with the Serie A club. The Senegalese […]