What is the going rate for a striker in today’s transfer market? It appears to be at least €100m. That is the price that Manchester United have been told they need to pay by Torino if they want 23-year-old striker Andrea Belotti. That is the value of Belotti’s release clause and Torino president Urbano Cairo […]
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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. […]
Inter Milan sporting director Piero Ausilio still believes the Inter squad is of a similar calibre to any of the teams above them in Serie A. In a bitterly disappointing season the Nerazzurri could manage only a seventh place finish, and ended the season 29 points behind champions Juventus. After firing three manager this 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 […]
Italian sources continue to insist Antonio Conte has decided to leave Chelsea at the end of the season, and that he has already received offers from Inter Milan, Barcelona and another club. The tactician celebrated last night with a 1-0 win away to West Bromwich Albion, mathematically securing the title at his first attempt. Conte […]
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 […]
With only two points in their last seven games, the position of manager Stefano Pioli had become untenable and on Tuesday, Inter announced that Pioli had been fired, with three games left in the season. The club wrote in the statement, “Inter Milan announces that it has parted ways with coach Stefano Pioli and his […]
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 […]