Italy have been drawn against Denmark, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Armenia and Malta in their 2014 World Cup Qualifying draw. While it is not the easiest of draws it could have been a lot worse as Italy avoided both France and Russia. Regardless, it will be a major shock if Italy does not head to Brazil […]
Serie A
Roma’s impressive offseason continues with the news that they have signed Netherlands goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg from Ajax for €6.3m Stekelenburg is new Roma coach Luis Enrique’s sixth offseason signing, following Bojan Krkic, Gabriel Heinze and others. Capped 40 times by the Netherlands, Stekelenburg made his debut with Ajax in 2002 and went on to play […]
Giuseppe Rossi’s agent Federico Pastorello says that the striker will stay at Villarreal and will not make his much anticipated move to Juventus. Like most La Liga teams, Villarreal are in serious debt, but the sale of playmaker Santi Cazorla to Malaga for €19 million has eased their financial worries, and as a result they […]
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis was furious over the fixture list for the upcoming Serie A season, De Laurentiis stormed away from a televised ceremony announcing the schedule. Before the start of the ceremony featuring leading officials from each club seated in a semi-circle with two presenters in the middle, De Laurentiis said that the […]
Paris St Germain are ready to make Palermo playmaker Javier Pastore their headline signing of the summer and will now battle Chelsea for his signature. Chelsea were assumed to be in the pole position to sign Pastore after Palermo vice-president Guglielmo Micciche said last week that the 22-year-old was “very likely ” to move to […]
Former Manchester United and Real Madrid defender Gabriel Heinze has become the latest player to sign for AS Roma. The 33-year-old former Argentina international was officially presented on Saturday after his move from Marseille where he spent the previous two seasons. “It’s a great honour to wear this shirt,” Heinze told reporters. “It’s easy to […]
Barcelona have confirmed an agreement has been reached over the signing of Udinese’s Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez on a 26 million euro transfer. The deal also includes a potential 11.5 million euros in add-ons. “Udinese and FC Barcelona have reached a final agreement for the transfer of Alexis Sanchez,” Barca said in a statement. The […]
There is a huge club v country brawl brewing at the Copa America’s as Napoli president Antonio De Laurentiis has warned Uruguay he is prepared to take strong action if they risk the health of Edinson Cavani. Cavaini, who picked up a knee injury in the group stages, has seen his Uruguay side reach the […]