Napoli are interested in signing Dejan Kulusevski from Tottenham Hotspur in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Giovanni Manna wants Napoli to make a move for Kulusevski. Manna is now working at Juventus, but he is set to leave the Serie A giants at the end of the season and become the new Sporting Director of defending Italian champions Napoli.
Kulusevski is one of the best young players in the Premier League and has been a big player for Tottenham. The Sweden international is one of the first names on the Tottenham teamsheet and has done well for the North London club over the years. The 23-year-old has made 77 appearances in the Premier League so far in his career. He has scored 13 goals and given 18 assists in those games.
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Arsene Wenger lamented his Arsenal side playing within themselves during Sunday s 0-0 draw with Premier League leaders Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium.
The hosts were unable to break the deadlock and end Wenger s winless run in matches against Jose Mourinho.
Wenger was left frustrated by his side s toothless display as they struggled to muster clear-cut opportunities in the stalemate.
I believe that we played with the handbrake on at times. We were conscious of being hit on the counter-attack and it was important not to lose, he told Sky Sports.
We produced a performance that was requested. In the first half we played with the right intensity but we lacked the right decisions.
In the second half our intensity dropped and it was too comfortabl…
Former Besikas president Yildirim Demiroren has been confirmed as the new head of the Turkish Football Federation.
Demiroren, who replaces Mehmet Ali Aydinlar as the head of the TFF, was the overwhelming favourite to win the race for presidency, and did so with 221 votes out of a possible 253.
The 48-year-old, the former de facto head of the Turkish clubs union, told reporters after the win, I d like to thank everyone who voted for me. We re all in this together. We will steady the ship with your support.
His predecessor, Aydinlar, had proposed a motion to abolish a clause that made relegation compulsory for all Turkish teams found guilty of match-fixing.
That motion ultimately proved unsuccessful at the turn of the year, and Aydinlar stepped down at th…
Pep Guardiola is hopeful in-form forward Raheem Sterling can extend his stay at Manchester City.
England international Sterling has been in dazzling form for the Premier League leaders this season, with his haul of 13 goals across all competitions already his best for a single campaign.
His latest strike was a brilliant injury-time winner to sink Southampton 2-1 on Wednesday, having similarly seen off Huddersfield Town last weekend.
Sterling signed a five-year deal when he joined City from Liverpool in 2015 but the club are reported to be keen on offering him fresh terms due to his increasing importance to Guardiola s side – August links to Arsenal as a makeweight in a deal for Alexis Sanchez fading evermore quickly from view.
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Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri believes only a goal was missing as he was left otherwise satisfied with his team s display in a 0-0 draw against Inter.
For the first time since August 2015, Juve failed to score at home in a Serie A game as they stayed third in the table.
But Allegri was pleased with what he saw from his team, saying all that was missing from their performance was a winning goal.
Running is not the most important thing in football but it definitely helps. It allows you to bring your technical ability to the fore, and that s what wins you games, he said, via the club s website.
We played very well – perhaps even better than I imagined. We restricted the team that s top of the league to very few chances indeed.
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Niclas Fullkrug came off the bench to spare Germany s blushes in their lone World Cup warm-up as they claimed a 1-0 friendly win over Oman in Muscat.
The Werder Bremen attacker replaced fellow debutant Youssoufa Moukoko at half-time and scored with 10 minutes to play in a lacklustre encounter at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.
Even with a pick-and-mix side that blended experienced faces with fresh blood, head coach Hansi Flick is likely to have some concerns a week out from his side s Qatar 2022 curtain raiser against Japan in Group E.
Despite a performance below the standards Die Nationalmannschaft are likely to set themselves, the former Bayern Munich boss will hope to have found clarity rather than confusion in their encounter with Branko Ivankovic s hosts.<…
West Bromwich Albion are interested in taking Southampton forward Jay Rodriguez on loan, .
The one time England international has played just six minutes of league football so far this season having fallen down the pecking order under new Saints’ boss Claude Puel and looks set for a transfer ahead of next week’s deadline.
Hull City, who have won their opening two games of the season despite having just thirteen senior players registered are also interested in signing the twenty-seven year old who moved to St Mary’s Stadium from Burnley in the summer of 2012.
Since arriving on the South Coast he has racked up ninety-two appearances in all competitions, scoring twenty-nine goals though he missed the entire 2014/15 season through injury.
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Jose Mourinho believes people are too preoccupied about him amid the notion that the Chelsea manager is motivated by winning an unprecedented third UEFA Champions League crown with a third club, claiming he is already special.
Mourinho won Champions League titles with Porto (2004) and Inter (2010) but his bid to become the first manager to win the illustrious club competition with three different teams continues after Chelsea crashed out on away goals to French champions Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.
Many believe a third European trophy is the driving force behind Mourinho, who is on track to complete a Premier League-League Cup double this season, however the controversial Portuguese boss hit back at those claims on Saturday, pointing to his haul of silverware.
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Defending champions Ivory Coast begin their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations campaign on Monday against a Togo side whose primary aspiration is to act as troublemakers .
Ivory Coast defeated Ghana on penalties two years ago in Equatorial Guinea to clinch their first African title since 1992 and finally make the most of their so-called golden generation .
A number of that team s more experienced players have since retired or been phased out, with Kolo Toure, Yaya Toure, Siaka Tiene, Boubacar Barry and Seydou Doumbia all missing, while Gervinho is absent through injury.
But now coach Michel Dussuyer has a strong core of young talent at his disposal, as Eric Bailly, Serge N Guessan, Franck Kessie and Wilfried Zaha all prepare to take centre-stage for their title defence, …
Former AC Milan coach Arrigo Sacchi has claimed the Rossoneri did not act on his advice to sign Paulo Dybala two years ago.
Dybala came through the youth academy at Instituto in his native Argentina, rising to prominence at Palermo after moving to Italy in 2012.
The 22-year-old did enough to convince Sacchi of his quality during his first two seasons in Sicily, but Milan apparently ignored their illustrious ex-coach when he suggested they snap up the forward.
Dybala then left Palermo a year later for Juventus, where he has become a key figure, and Sacchi has stressed things could have gone differently had Milan listened to him.
I am a keen admirer of Dybala, Sacchi told La Stampa.
I am convinced he will become a great.
If only someone a…