Tottenham Hotspur are interested in signing Lorenzo Insigne from Napoli in the January transfer window, according to . It has been reported by the Italian news outlet that Tottenham are among the clubs who have enquired about the availability of the Italy international winger.
Insigne has been on the books of Napoli since 2006 and is a huge figure at the club. The 30-year-old, who won Euro 2020 with Italy in the summer of 2021, has played over 300 games in Serie A for the Neapolitan club. However, the winger is out of contract at Napoli at the end of the season, and no new deal is in place.
Tottenham are struggling for creativity at the moment, and Insigne could help with that. The winger remains at the top of his game and has a fair few years left in him at the highest…
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With La Liga making its return to action for the first time since March this week, Valencia bragging rights will be up for grabs when the Bats welcome Levante to the Estadio de Mestalla on Friday night.
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Starting with the hosts, crashing out of the Champions League courtesy of a woeful two-legged display against Serie A outfit Atalanta, the enforced break couldn t have come quick enough for Valencia. Watching their top-six ambitions take a real dent after only snatching a point off of Alaves in their last La Liga appearance, the Bats have won just one of their last eight matches across all competitions and previously found the mood in their camp at a season-low. Marking their return to action three…
Bayern Munich have announced that midfielder Jamal Musiala has tested positive for coronavirus.
The 18-year-old was absent from training on Tuesday and it was confirmed by Bayern on Wednesday he has contracted the virus.
Musiala will serve a period of self-isolation and is set to sit out Saturday s Bundesliga trip to Bochum, as well as next week s Champions League last-16 first leg with Salzburg.
has tested positive for Covid-19. He is currently self-isolating and is doing well.
— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN)
That is a blow for Julian Nagelsmann as Musiala has played in 27 of Bayern s 30 matches in all competitions this season – only five others have featured more regularly.
The Germany international has been directly involved in…
Bruno Fernandes is targeting more individual honours after being named Manchester United s Player of the Year for a second straight season but wants to supplement such accolades with team trophies.
Fernandes followed in the footsteps of United greats Cristiano Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy after the Portugal international became only the fifth player in United history to win the club s annual award in consecutive campaigns.
Roy Keane and David de Gea have also received the distinction in back-to-back years.
Fernandes claimed the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year gong on Tuesday after receiving an overwhelming 63 per cent of the votes cast by supporters; Luke Shaw came in second place on 21 per cent.
He edged out Anthony Martial to last year s award des…
OGC Nice are set to sign Salvatore Sirigu as a free agent on a short-term contract in the coming days, according to Fabrizio Romano. The Italian goalkeeper has been training with the Ligue 1 club for a week, and it seems they ve already seen enough to decide to take him on board for the remainder of the season.
Sirigu rose through the youth ranks at Venezia, and has played for no less than 10 clubs at senior level in his long career so far: Palermo, Cremonese, Ancona, Paris Saint-Germain, Sevilla, Osasuna, Torino, Genoa, Napoli and Fiorentina. He also has 28 caps as an Italy international to his name.
Fiorentina signed Sirigu on a free transfer from Napoli in January this year, also on a short-term contract which expired at the end of June, and the 36-year-old shot-stop…
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Putting their final preparations together before this summer s European Championships, Belgium will welcome Greece to the Stade Roi Baudouin on Thursday night.
Starting with the hosts, while Belgium would have been disappointed to have only collected a point against the Czech Republic on World Cup qualifying duties back in March, The Red Devils bounced back in some style. Tipped as one of the leading contenders heading into this summer s European Championships, Roberto Martinez last saw his side land a stunning 8-0 romp against Belarus on home soil. Looking to keep the mood in their camp at a high and get some welcomed minutes under their belt, the one-time Wigan boss…
Donny van de Beek is expecting to learn a lot from new Everton boss Frank Lampard after completing a loan switch to Goodison Park from Manchester United.
The Netherlands international has been given an opportunity to kick-start his career with Everton in the second half of 2021-22 following a frustrating time at United.
Van de Beek failed to start a single Premier League game for the Red Devils this term and has started just 19 games in all competitions since joining from Ajax in September 2020.
To put that into context, 19 others have started more games for United over that period, with Bruno Fernandes leading the way (76).
Indeed, only once has Van de Beek started back-to-back games for the Red Devils in all competitions – against Istanbul Basaksehir …
Niko Kovac has departed Bayern Munich after a 5-1 loss at Eintracht Frankfurt left the champions fourth in the Bundesliga table.
Pressure has been growing on Kovac all season despite the Croatian leading Bayern to the Bundesliga title and a DFB-Pokal triumph in his first year in charge.
Saturday s trip to Frankfurt saw Bayern beaten 5-1 by Kovac s old club, who he led to DFB-Pokal glory in 2017-18 before moving to Bavaria.
Bayern failed to keep a clean sheet in any of Kovac s last eight games in all competitions and they needed a late comeback to win at second-tier side Bochum in the DFB-Pokal in midweek.
Despite Kovac leading Bayern to three wins out of three in the Champions League, the Bundesliga champions have now opted for a change of coach.
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Manchester City striker Alvaro Negredo believes Manuel Pellegrini s honesty is hugely beneficial to the club s dressing room.
Negredo has benefited from Pellegrini s tough love previously, when the manager sold him from Real Madrid to Sevilla in 2009.
Pellegrini s arrival in the Spanish capital coincided with Negredo s return from Almeria, with Real taking advantage of a buy-back clause after his impressive form.
Negredo was not in Pellegrini s first-team plans though, and the Chilean quickly advised him to move on something he did to great effect with Sevilla.
That straight-talking was appreciated by Negredo, who was persuaded to join free-scoring City by Pellegrini in July.
Madrid had exercised the option to buy me back from Almeria (in 2009), said Negred…
West Ham s new signing Enner Valencia has revealed that his clubs aim for the near future is qualifying for Europe
According to West Ham’s new signing Enner Valencia the Irons are targeting qualification for Europe in the near future and even looking to get into the Champions League.
I have to say that is a rather ambitious target for the side from east London.
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Valencia told : Before signing we spoke a lot about that, the ambitions of the club to try to play European football,
I m going to work very hard for it and they re going to try to make top four.
After the World Cup several offers came around but when I found out that West Ham were interested I said definitely yes because it is one of my dreams to play in the Premier Le…