Juventus boss Antonio Conte will reportedly accept a three-month ban and a 200,000 Euros fine rather than try to prove his innocence as part of the match-fixing probe. Conte has been charged with failing to report having knowledge of attempts to allegedly fix two Siena games while he was in charge of the Tuscan outfit. While the tactician has been […]
Serie A
BBC Sport is reporting that Liverpool have accepted a bid of £7 million from Fiorentina for midfielder Alberto Aquilani. The 28-year-old has flown to Italy from the Reds’ pre-season tour of the United States to complete his move. Aquilani had recently said that he was optimistic of returning to the Liverpool first team fold under new manager Brendan Rodgers […]
In a big statement of intent for this season, Roma have bought striker Mattia Destro from Genoa. Genoa will receive a fee of €11.5m for Destro’s initial 12-month loan, a further €4.5m if Roma want to make the switch permanent next year and co-ownership of promising duo Giammario Piscitella and Valerio Verre. The latter will […]
AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has confirmed that Milan have made an offer for Montpellier centre-back Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa. The Montpellier captain played 32 matches in his side’s successful capture of the Ligue 1 title. Partnering either Hilton or Garry Bocaly, he helped ensure that the French side had the best defensive record in the league […]
Udinese forward Antonio Di Natale has spoken of his belief that the Udine side can challenge for the Serie A title despite the sale this summer of midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah and right-back Mauricio Isla to Serie A champions Juventus. While Udinese fans were upset with the sales, Di Natale believes that the squad of players still at […]
Juventus have cooled their interest in signing Arsenal skipper Robin van Persie, despite at one stage appeared favourites to secure the Dutchman’s signature. As the transfer saga surrounding 28-year-old Van Persie took another twist, Juventus director Giuseppe Marotta said: “Talk of our real interest in him seems excessive to me.” Arsenal are believed to want […]
The ink is barely dry on the 2012-13 Serie A fixture list and already Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis is complaining about Napoli’s fixture list. “The final round looks like it was made for Juventus and Milan.” The calendar was drawn up today and the last games on May 19 2013 will be Roma v […]
Julio Cesar could be the latest Inter player to have his contract terminated as Inter’s cost cutting continues. Inter have been focused on getting younger this summer, and they have already released Lucio and Diego Forlan this summer, rather than pay their sizeable wages. The goalkeeper is on the market and has been left off […]