Antonio Nocerino hopes Antonio Conte returns to coach Italy as the celebrated football nation attempts to pick up the pieces after their failure to qualify for the World Cup.
Football s showpiece international tournament will be staged without four-time champions Italy for the first time since 1958 following November s embarrassing play-off defeat to Sweden.
Gian Piero Ventura was sacked after the shock 1-0 play-off loss, with Italy Under-21 coach Luigi Di Biagio appointed on a caretaker basis for this month s international friendlies against Argentina and England.
Chelsea boss Conte, who oversaw Italy s run to the Euro 2016 quarter-finals, is on the shortlist to replace Ventura, while Zenit s Roberto Mancini and former Bayern Munich head coach Carlo Ancelotti ha…
Chelsea are reportedly interested in signing Atletico Madrid playmaker Arda Turan, according to Galatasaray president Unal Aysal.
The Turkey international has enjoyed a successful season with Atletico, having won the Copa del Rey and secured a third-place finish in La Liga.
Turan began his career at Galatasaray before joining Atletico in 2011.
His former club are hopeful of luring the 26-year-old back to the Super Lig, but their president believes they will be unable to compete with Chelsea s bid.
Chelsea are involved with Arda and we won t be able to match what they are offering, Aysal told Turkish newspaper Milliyet.
The west London club are looking to add depth to their squad for next season, having struggled to compete with the likes of Manch…
Championship club Burley have moved to deter potential suitors by placing a £7 million price tag on striker Charlie Austin, according to .
The club are keen to keep hold of their prize asset, who has scored 40 league goals since becoming previous manager Eddie Howe’s first signing back in 2011.
Twenty-four of those goals came last season, helping his side to eleventh place in the table, missing out on the play-offs by just seven points.
Aston Villa and Hull City have recently shown an interest in the former Swindon Town man, though they will need to pay a similar figure to what Southampton paid the Clarets for Jay Rodriguez a year ago.
Burnley co-chairman Mike Garlick remained coy on the situation, telling the Lancashire Telegraph: “He is a Burn…
Serie A strugglers Torino FC have changed their head coach for the second time this season with Giancarlo Camolese replacing the out-going Walter Novellino.
The 55-year-old Novellino, who was dismissed from his first stint in the role in April 2008, returned as coach after Gianni De Biasi s sacking in December. However, with the Granata third from bottom in the Italian top flight and two points from safety following Sunday s 3-1 home defeat by UC Sampdoria, the Turin club decided to recall another former coach in Camolese.
Camolese, 47, played for Torino in the 1970s and was first appointed as coach in 2000 taking the side to promotion from Serie B during his debut season in charge. In Serie A, he led the Granata to the UEFA Intertoto Cup before the club dispensed with …
Real Madrid s French midfielder Lassana Diarra has claimed to have learnt nothing from Arsene Wenger during his short-lived time at Arsenal.
In an interview with El Pais newspaper, Diarra said: I have the impression that I never played at Arsenal. If you hadn t reminded me of it, I would have forgotten about it. It is something erased from my head.
Asked about any influence Wenger had on him, Diarra said: Me? Nothing. With Wenger I learnt nothing. Well, he only taught me how to doubt everything.
I played 15 matches. The relationship I had with him was not good.
Wenger never spoke to me until I told him I was leaving. He spoke with the others but not me.
Diarra signed for Arsenal from Chelsea in September 2007 but transferred to Portsmouth in …
Virgil van Dijk will start for Liverpool in the Club World Cup final against Flamengo in Doha on Saturday.
The Netherlands star sat out the 2-1 semi-final win over Monterrey after falling ill, meaning Jordan Henderson started at centre-back alongside Joe Gomez.
Van Dijk returns for the match at Khalifa International Stadium, though, while Trent Alexander-Arnold also comes back into the starting line-up at right-back in place of James Milner.
Henderson moves into midfield, with Adam Lallana dropping to the bench, while Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane come in for Divock Origi and Xherdan Shaqiri.
This will be the second competitive meeting between Liverpool and Flamengo, the Brazilians having won 3-0 in the previous meeting in the Inter-Continental Cup fin…
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The 2021 Gold Cup is in full flow right now with the nations being dwindled down to just four for the semi-finals. All of the remaining sides will feel as if they re all in with a good chance of actually winning the trophy, but as we all know, international football is often as unpredictable as it gets. Today, we re going to be taking a look at what should be an unpredictable battle between Qatar and United States.
Qatar
The 2022 World Cup hosts may have to deal with quite a bit of controversy next year, but in the present day, they re a nation on the rise. They just seem to be thriving under the spotlight whenever they re given the chance to do so and it really is quite fascinating to watch. They re the reigning Asian Cup champions, they re scoring g…
Slowly but surely, Neymar s return to Barcelona appears to be getting closer.
The Paris Saint-Germain star, who is sidelined with an ankle injury, is heavily linked with a return to Camp Nou, two years after his world-record €222million switch to the Ligue 1 giants.
Amid reports of talks between Barca and PSG, steps continue to be taken for a possible return for Neymar.
TOP STORY – NEYMAR S FATHER MEETING WITH BARCA
Neymar s father and his lawyer are set to meet Barcelona representative Andre Cury on Tuesday, according to Esporte Interativo.
The report says Cury, who was involved in Neymar s sale, will put forward Barca s point of view.
If those talks go smoothly, Barcelona would only need to seal negotiations with PSG for a…
Chelsea have the appointment of Frank Lampard as their new manager.
The London Blues parted ways with Maurizio Sarri at the end of the 2018/19 season and reports immediately appeared about the possibility of Lampard returning to the club where he spent the best part of his career.
I am immensely proud to be returning to Chelsea as head coach. Everyone knows my love for this club and the history we have shared, however, my sole focus is on the job in hand and preparing for the season ahead. I am here to work hard, bring further success to the club and I cannot wait to get started, the 41-year-old told the club s official website.
As a player, Lampard joined Chelsea from West Ham back in 2001 and spent 13 illustrious years at Stamford Bridge, winning three Pre…
Inter have announced the departure of head coach Roberto Mancini by mutual agreement amid reports of a fallout with the club hierarchy.
The 51-year-old returned for a second spell as manager at San Siro in November 2014, but has been unable to steer the club back to the Champions League.
The only full season of Mancini s latest spell ended with Inter finishing fourth in Serie A, even though they had sat top as late as January.
The club released a statement on Monday that read: F.C. Internazionale Milano confirms that it has parted company with head coach Roberto Mancini by mutual agreement.
Inter would like to place on record its thanks to Roberto for the work carried out with the team since joining in November 2014.
Last season the club led Ser…