Monthly Archives: December 2017
De Rossi: Roma before Napoli & Juve
De Rossi: Roma before Napoli & Juve
Daniele De Rossi admits Roma come before Napoli and Juventus in the race for Serie A supremacy but believes his side could have drawn with the Bianconeri. Roma lost 1-0 to Juve in their Serie A showdown before Christmas, with former Lupi defender Medhi Benatia scoring the winner against his old club. However, the midfielder […]
Neymar reveals he was nearly paralyzed during World Cup
Neymar reveals he was nearly paralyzed during World Cup
28 December at 16:00 Neymar has told The Players’ Tribune that doctors told him he was fortunate to be able to walk again following the challenge that ended his participation in the 2014 World Cup with Brazil. Speaking to former Barcelona teammate Gerard Pique for the website, he recalled the aftermath of the challenge that […]
Official: Cannavaro retires for China
Official: Cannavaro retires for China
Paolo Cannavaro has announced his retirement from football and will assist brother Fabio at Guangzhou Evergrande. “It’ll be a new year and a new life.” Cannavaro will bid farewell to not only Sassuolo but professional football in general when the Neroverdi face Roma on Saturday, the 36-year-old set to join his older sibling in China. […]
Agent: Napoli mistreated Giaccherini
Agent: Napoli mistreated Giaccherini
Emanuele Giaccherini’s agent has accused Napoli of mistreating his client. “They still don’t understand that he’s a midfielder, he can improve any squad.” Giaccherini has seen just 118 minutes of action for Napoli this season, prompting Furio Valcareggi to put the 32-year-old in the shop window, with Chievo reportedly interested. “I don’t think Napoli can […]
Real reason why Juventus are benching Dybala
Real reason why Juventus are benching Dybala
28 December at 13:45 The reason why Serie A giants Juventus have been benching their Argentine superstar Paulo Dybala has been revealed.Dybala has made only 12 starts for the Old Lady this season and the last time he started for Massimiliano Allegri’s men was back on the 1st of December, when Juventus had picked up […]
Paper talk: Serie A duo in for Man Utd defender, Barça to pay Griezmann release clause
Paper talk: Serie A duo in for Man Utd defender, Barça…
28 December at 12:15 The January transfer window is just around the corner and several reports in Italy are already focusing on the possible winter deals. Today’s front page of Tuttosport shows Gaya, Darmian and Spinazzola, three full-backs that have been linked with a move to Juventus. Spinazzola will make return to Turin at the […]
Virgil van Dijk: Where new Liverpool man fits in list of world’s most expensive transfers
Virgil van Dijk: Where new Liverpool man fits in list of…
THE £75m Liverpool will pay Southampton for defender Virgil van Dijk places the Dutchman equal seventh on the list of the most expensive footballers of all time. He costs more than Luis Suarez did when bought by Barcelona, £20m more than Kevin de Bruyne’s purchase price at Manchester City and double what Real Madrid paid […]
Arsenal suffer transfer blow in Medhi Benatia pursuit: Juventus snub £35m bid
Arsenal suffer transfer blow in Medhi Benatia pursuit: Juventus…
ARSENAL’S £35m bid for Medhi Benatia has been rejected by Juventus. GETTY Juventus star Medhi Benatia has been targeted by Arsenal Arsene Wenger is keen to improve his defence[1] after a series of calamitous performances. The Gunners have conceded a total of 23 goals in 19 Premier League matches so far this season, which is […]
Marcelo Brozovic One Booking Away From Suspension
Marcelo Brozovic One Booking Away From Suspension
The Lega Calcio disciplinary committee announced their verdicts from Day 18 of the Serie A ahead of the last round of matches to be played in 2017, which incidentally also marks the half way point of the Serie A season. Inter’s Croatian midfielder Marcelo Brozovic received his fourth booking on Saturday against Sassuolo and is […]
Gianluca Vialli: the Juventus diaries
Gianluca Vialli: the Juventus diaries
In part three of a four-part series looking at the career of the iconic Gianluca Vialli, Dan Davison recalls his glory-filled Juventus years, which created a legacy like few others in the golden Football Italia era. CRISTIANO RONALDO, DIEGO MARADONA, Johan Cruyff, Zinedine Zidane, Neymar, Ronaldo, Gareth Bale. These are just some of the footballers […]