Zlatan Ibrahimovic says Cristiano Ronaldo playing in Serie A is “important”, he is proud of Dejan Kulusevski but also that “the challenge is with myself” at Milan. The second half of Ibrahimovic’s presentation as a Milan player saw him asked about perennial rival Ronaldo and upcoming Swedish talent Kulusevski, who recently joined Juve. “It’s nice that Cristiano is in Italy,
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Federico Chiesa sees France and Portugal as the main rivals for Italy at Euro 2020 and described the importance of tactics for new Fiorentina coach Beppe Iachini. The Azzurri qualified with a 100 per cent record of 10 wins out of 10 and will face Turkey, Switzerland and Wales in the group stage of the tournament proper. “I feel we
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Inter coach Antonio Conte reveals how defeats impact on him more than victories and accepts he is not “very diplomatic” when speaking to the Press. Conte is known for his animated celebrations in the dugout, but he insists the euphoria is “very short”, compared to the sensation of losing, which lasts for “a day or two”. “You can see the passion
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Paul Pogba could return to Juventus in January for €60m cash plus Emre Can to Manchester United, claim Tuttosport. Rumours of a potential comeback to Turin have surrounded the 26-year-old France international ever since he left for €105m in August 2016. He is known to be frustrated with the situation at Old Trafford and has made only seven competitive appearances this season,
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Mario Mandzukic officially terminated his contract at Juventus and is ready for a move to Al Duhail in Qatar after four and a half years at the club. When Maurizio Sarri arrived at the Allianz Arena last summer, it seemed like the former Croatia international would be heading for the door immediately, but a transfer during the summer never materialised. One of
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Cristiano Ronaldo is dreaming of leading Juventus to a Champions League final victory over Real Madrid this season. The Portuguese superstar has won the trophy on five occasions and four times with Real Madrid – between 2014 and 2018. He joined the Bianconeri in a landmark €100m deal 18 months ago and landed the Serie A title last season with the club,
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Gennaro Gattuso will be appointed Napoli coach, after the club announced that his mentor Carlo Ancelotti. The decision had been in the air for at least a week and was only stalled until now because they wanted to play the final Champions League group game. Just hours after a 4-0 victory over Genk that sent them through to the Round of 16,
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Roma hero-turned-agent Francesco Totti is reportedly about to make Inter striker Sebastiano Esposito his first client. Esposito has already played three times in Serie A and twice in the Champions League, despite still being just 17. Totti will be starting a new adventure in the next few weeks, as the head of a new football agency in conjunction with Stellar Group, and
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On October 15, 2016, Bayer Leverkusen lost 2-1 to Werder Bremen, but despite the defeat, the club still made history. Coach Roger Schmidt could have put on one of his more experience substitutes, but instead called 17-year-old Kai Havertz into action in place of Charles Aranguiz, late in the second half. Aranguiz had picked up a yellow card earlier in
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“I have seen my son play for Barcelona, so I can now die happily.” That was how Ansu Fati’s father reacted to his son’s debut appearance for the Barcelona first team, when he came on for the final 12 minutes of the team’s 5-2 victory over Real Betis in August to become the youngest Barcelona player to make a League
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