Napoli say that they have turned down a €55m offer for striker Edinson Cavani, whose 13 league goals this season helped Napoli end the year in fifth place, one point out of a Champions League spot. Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis told Radio Monte: “Cavani is a warrior who embodies all that’s best of the […]
Serie A
It has been a miserable first half to the season for AC Milan, who where thrashed 4-2 by Roma yesterday. Despite qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages, the Rossoneri will begin the new year in seventh place, nine points behind second place Lazio, and a massive 17 points behind leaders Juventus. After the match, […]
Juventus coach Antonio Conte expressed pride in his team’s achievement after they set a new Italian league record of 94 points in a calendar year with a 3-1 win over Cagliari on Friday. Victory means Juventus have still dropped just eight points so far this season in their pursuit of a successful title defence and […]
Napoli’s hope of catching Serie A leaders Juventus have been dealt a blow with the news that the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) have docked them two points after defenders Paolo Cannavaro and Gianluca Grava were handed six-month bans for failing to report match-fixing. Former Azzurri goalkeeper Matteo Gianello has been banned for 39 months for […]
Reports are starting to surface in Spain and Italy that Juventus and Barcelona are talking about a January loan deal for David Villa. Juventus have been looking for a top striker since the summer and it looks like they have failed to sign former Chelsea star Didier Drogba. The Italian champions have also been linked […]
Juventus stretched their lead at the Serie A summit to seven points with a comprehensive 3-0 victory against ten-man Atalanta, on a day when Napoli blew the chance to move second. Atalanta have claimed some considerable scalps this season but any ambitions of adding to that list looked bleak when Mirko Vučinić swept in after […]
Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has said he is close to agreeing a contract extension with the Serie A champions but is looking for a “short-term deal”. Buffon and Juventus have been negotiating all season over extending his current deal with the I Bianconeri. But the Italy keeper, who recently made his 100th appearance in European […]
Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting that Juventus are in talks with former Chelsea star Didier Drogba about joining the Italian champions in January. Drogba is set to leave Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua as that failed experiment comes to a close due to the Chinese sides financial uncertainty. Juve were linked with Drogba in the summer […]