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 […]
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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 […]
Gianluigi Donnarumma thanked AC Milan fans for the welcome he was given in the club’s Europa League win on Thursday and claimed as if ‘nothing happened’ during his controversial contract saga. The Italian outfit beat Craiova 2-0 in the second leg of their Europa League third qualifying round clash in front of 65,673 fans at […]
The head of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play commission warns “Milan will not be an exception” to the rules. The Rossoneri will present their plans for a voluntary agreement with European football’s governing body this fall, and have spent big this summer in advance of that. “Milan will not be an exception to Financial Fair Play, […]
Inter Milan manager Luciano Spalletti would like to speak with star midfielder Ivan Perisic, who he says has become “distracted” by interest from Manchester United. United manager Jose Mourinho has identified the Croatia international as a key target in his summer rebuilding program at Old Trafford, and sources confirmed to ESPN FC’s Mark Ogden that […]
Hours after missing out on the striker that manager Antonio Conte desperately wanted, Chelsea announced the signing of defender Antonio Rudiger from Roma in a deal worth £31m. With add-ons the fee could rise to as much as £35m. The 24-year-old has signed a five year deal with the Premier League champions. After the move, […]
AC Milan’s teenage goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma will not renew his contract at San Siro, the club have announced, setting up a domino effect that will impact Real Madrid, Manchester United and Chelsea. Donnarumma is without a doubt the best young goalkeeper in Europe, but his agent Mino Raiola, has bigger plans for his client than the […]
Alvaro Morata’s agent has told footmercato.net that the striker will leave Real Madrid this summer unless his demand to “play more” is met by the Champions League winners. Morata returned to Madrid after a successful spell at Juventus 12 months ago, hoping to establish himself in coach Zinedine Zidane’s plans and break the stranglehold Real’s […]