Filip Kostic has expressed his excitement at the prospect of linking up with fellow Serbia international Dusan Vlahovic after joining the striker at Juventus.
Having played a key role in Eintracht Frankfurt s Europa League triumph last season, Kostic finalised a €16million move to the Bianconeri on Friday, ending a four-year spell with the Bundesliga outfit.
Kostic is already familiar with Vlahovic, having teamed up with him on a regular basis on the international stage, and the 29-year-old s creative abilities will likely be received well by the Juve striker.
Vlahovic scored 29 goals in all competitions last season – including nine for Juve following his January transfer from rivals Fiorentina. He averaged a strike every 182 minutes after joining the Tu…
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La Liga returns for yet another massive round of games as the competition continues to excite and enthral fans across the world. The league has remained incredibly tight, with a win often able to see a side catapulted up the table, and with this in mind, relegation-threatened Malaga travel to face Getafe on Friday evening.
Getafe have been in good form this season and they are looking to put as much space between themselves and the relegation zone as possible. After 18 games they have won six, drawn five and lost seven, while they have scored 22 goals and conceded 18 times. In their last five they have won two, lost two and drawn once, which has helped them onto 23 points for the season so…
AC Milan s persistence with a formula that seemed destined to fail finally appears to have paid off.
The Rossoneri have struggled for stability since the sacking of Massimiliano Allegri in 2014, the last head coach to lead them to the Scudetto, with Gennaro Gattuso becoming their sixth different permanent boss in four years when he was appointed last November.
With the club seemingly unfazed by the disappointing tenures of three former players, ex-Milan midfielder Gattuso was promoted from his role with the youth team as the replacement for Vincenzo Montella.
The 40-year-old has gradually turned the Rossoneri s fortunes around and earned himself a three-year contract on Thursday, something that did not initially appear likely.
Gattuso s tenure began with …
It begins is the slogan Manchester City have used to herald Pep Guardiola s first week in charge. Whatever it is, he s ready for it.
The new manager s first media conference in England may have lacked the punch of Jose Mourinho s pre-season mind games on the other side of Manchester this week, but it gave poignant insight into why City have worked so long to put this man in charge.
On Monday, the new Manchester United boss took aim at predecessor Louis van Gaal, critics of his record with youth players and of course Arsene Wenger. Guardiola trod a more diplomatic path, but the steely edge shone through just the same.
The Catalan told fans to fasten their seat belts when he took over at Barcelona in 2008; he vowed to offer relentless, attacking football when he t…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes that Manchester United are struggling to find their own identity in the post-Alex Ferguson era.
Ibrahimovic scored 17 goals in 28 games for the Old Trafford club under the guidance of then manager Jose Mourinho, before leaving the club to join MLS side LA Galaxy in March 2018.
Mourinho was sacked in December, becoming the third full-time head coach to be dismissed since Ferguson s 27-year tenure ended in May 2013.
David Moyes and Louis van Gaal also failed to live up to the lofty expectations set by Ferguson, who won 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups, four League Cups and two Champions League trophies during his time in charge.
Since Ferguson s departure, United have won one FA Cup, one League Cup and the Europa…
AC Milan will spend a sixth season outside the Champions League despite completing their Serie A campaign with a Franck Kessie-inspired 3-2 win at SPAL on Sunday.
The Ivory Coast international scored twice after setting up Hakan Calhanoglu s opener but victories for Atalanta and Inter, who scored in the 81st minute to overcome Empoli 2-1, forced the Rossoneri to settle for fifth and a place in the Europa League.
It had appeared as though the visitors would leave Stadio Paolo Mazza without holding up their end of the bargain after Francesco Vicari and Mohamed Fares erased a two-goal deficit.
Kessie s 66th-minute penalty ensured that would not be the case, but Gennaro Gattuso enters the off-season on shaky ground.
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AC Milan should turn to club legend Paolo Maldini to reverse their ailing fortunes, according to Zvonimir Boban.
Maldini made his debut for Milan in 1985 and went on to make 902 appearances for the club, counting seven Serie A titles and five Champions League medals among the plethora of honours he claimed before retiring in 2009.
The former centre-back was the heartbeat of several famous Rossoneri sides, but the current crop are a far cry from those teams with Milan seventh and in danger of missing out on European football for a third successive season.
Overshadowing their troubles on the pitch are questions regarding the future of Milan s ownership with president Silvio Berlusconi looking to sell the club.
Boban wants to see a speedy resolution to the …
Mario Balotelli s form for Nice this season warrants a long-awaited Italy recall, according to Marco Materazzi.
Balotelli is enjoying one of the most prolific spells in his career, having scored 31 goals in 49 Ligue 1 appearances for Nice during the last two seasons.
The centre-forward has not appeared for his country since the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, having been overlooked by successive coaches in the form of Antonio Conte, Gian Piero Ventura and recent caretaker Luigi Di Biagio.
Materazzi, though, wants to see the 27-year-old offered the opportunity to add to his 33 caps and 13 international goals, as the Azzurri, who missed out on a place at the World Cup in Russia, prepare to try and qualify for Euro 2020.
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The last month has seen some great soccer matches with the Euros and the Copa America seeing the top South American and European nations battling it out. after an extra-time goal from Lautaro Martinez saw them defeat Colombia.
In Germany, England fans had been hopeful that their time had come to win a major tournament for the first time since 1966, but Spain had other ideas.
While English fans were left licking their wounds and manager Gareth Southgate vacated his post the following day, one football fan was not disappointed in the least. Famous fighter Connor McGregor not only reveled in watching England being defeated, he also made a tidy sum.
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Arsenal are interested in signing Aurelien Tchouameni from Real Madrid in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that if the Gunners are unable to bring in Moises Caicedo from Brighton and Hove Albion or Romeo Lavia from Southampton, then they will make a move for Madrid and France international defensive midfielder Tchouameni.
Premier League club Arsenal have long admired Tchouameni, but Madrid do not want to sell the France international. Los Blancos president Florentino Pérez has told head coach Carlo Ancelotti to “provide Tchouameni with more minutes next campaign as part of a double-pivot” and will not accept anything less than €100 million for him.
Tchouameni moved to Madrid from AS Monaco in the summer of 2022. The 23-year-old ma…