A record number of 13 Real Madrid players have been nominated for long list of the FIFPro World XI, while Manchester United’s Paul Pogba and Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez lead the pool of Premier League nominees. A total of 25,000 professional footballers were asked to select a team of 11 players – one goalkeeper, four defenders, […]
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Gianluigi Buffon, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the three nominees for the 2016/17 UEFA Men’s Player of the Year Award. The winner will be announced at the Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday 24 August. The shortlist of three players was selected by a jury comprising the 80 coaches of the […]
Alessandro Murgia scored a last-minute winner as Lazio beat Juventus 3-2 on Sunday to win the Italian Super Cup despite Juventus coming back from a two goal deficit. Two goals from Ciro Immobile, including an opening penalty, had seemingly set Lazio on the way to a comfortable win. But Paulo Dybala netted a stunning free […]
Juventus star Paulo Dybala will become the latest in a long line of legends to pull on the No 10 shirt for the upcoming season. Dybala has been heavily linked with a move to Barcelona as a replacement for Neymar, but Juventus nipped that story in the bud with the announcement that the Argentine will […]
Manchester United have moved clear of Real Madrid as the most valuable football club in Europe, a report by auditors KPMG has found. United have been valued at €3.004 billion, ahead of both Real (€2.895bn) and Barcelona (€2.688bn). KPMG had estimated Madrid and United as being worth €2.9bn at the end of the 2015-16 season. […]
Juventus clinched a record sixth straight Serie A title with a 3-0 win over relegation-threatened Crotone in the penultimate round on Sunday. With the win, Juventus made history by becoming the first club to win six successive Serie A titles. Mario Mandzukic gave Juventus the lead 12 minutes in by redirecting a cross from Juan […]
Massimiliano Allegri believes Juventus have the required quality to win the Champions League after swatting aside Monaco 4-1 to reach the final. Goals from Mario Mandzukic and the star of the tie Dani Alves were enough to see off the Ligue 1 leaders 2-1 at Juventus Stadium, backing up their win in the principality last […]
Italian football has been hit by another race storm after on-loan Juventus defender Mehdi Benatia was called a ‘s***** Moroccan’ live on television. The centre back was giving an interview to Italian broadcasters Rai after Saturday’s 1-1 draw against Torino before he heard a technician’s voice in his earpiece asking: ‘What are you saying, s***** […]
This is why Juventus spent so much money to sign striker Gonzalo Higuain for rivals Napoli this past summer. Higuain was brought in for the big European night and he delivered on Wednesday as he scored twice to give Juventus a 2-0 win at Monaco in the Champions League semi-final first leg. The Argentine gave […]