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Serie A football returns from the international break with a potential banger at Stadio Ennio Tardini where Parma will play host to Lazio on Sunday afternoon. The hosts have adapted well to their life in the top flight and will be looking to make their presence known even further when they welcome high-flying Biancocelesti.
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Parma Calcio 1913 went a long distance in just a three years’ time. Declared bankrupt following years of financial turmoil, the club was re-founded in Serie D in 2015 and went on to achieve three consecutive promotions to reach the top flight of Italian football in 2018.
Parma returned to the Serie A on the back of an automatic promotion, having finished the…
Diego Simeone decided to extend his Atletico Madrid after the club followed his wish not to sell any key players during their transfer embargo.
Atleti have held onto the likes of Antoine Griezmann, Saul Niguez and Koke during a ban from registering new players over the past two transfer windows due to breaches of regulations regarding the signing of foreign players under the age of 18.
Griezmann turned down the chance to join Manchester United due to the sanctions imposed on the Spanish side, while Saul was linked with a switch to LaLiga rivals Barcelona.
But Atleti s ability to retain their star names convinced Simeone to sign a two-year contract extension on Tuesday, despite last year agreeing to cut the same amount off his deal amid speculation he was heading …
Eljero Elia has completed his move to Feyenoord from Werder Bremen on a free transfer.
The Dutch winger spent the second half of last season on loan at Southampton, making 17 appearances for the Premier League side, and had previously expressed a desire to remain at St Mary s Stadium on a permanent basis.
However, he will now return to the Eredivisie for the first time since leaving Twente in 2009.
Elia has signed a two-year deal at Feyenoord, whose technical director Martin van Geel said: With his experience and his qualities he can definitely help our team. We are very happy that Eljero has chosen Feyenoord.
He has played over the years at big clubs in major European leagues.
Elia joined Bremen from Juventus in 2012, having previously spe…
Norway s Prime Minister appeared to wish Ole Gunnar Solskjaer good luck amid mounting speculation he will be appointed interim manager at Manchester United.
The 20-time English champions sacked Jose Mourinho on Tuesday, with their limp weekend loss at Liverpool a damaging blow too far in what has been a dispiriting season to date at Old Trafford.
United announced they would appoint a caretaker until the end of the 2018-19 campaign while an extensive recruitment process to identify Mourinho s long-term successor is carried out.
It increasingly looks like former United and Norway striker and current Molde boss Solskjaer has got the nod.
Late on Tuesday, a now deleted video page on the club s official website, showing Solskjaer s winning goal in the 1999 …
David Beckham has urged Cristiano Ronaldo to re-join Manchester United if he decides to leave Real Madrid.
Ronaldo – who inherited the number seven shirt from Beckham at Old Trafford – has in recent months been linked with a move away from Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, where he boasts a sensational goal-scoring record for the club.
Since leaving United in 2009, the Portugal international has scored 326 goals in 315 games to become Madrid s all-time leading scorer.
However, Ronaldo s future continues to be the subject of speculation.
Paris Saint-Germain continue to be heavily linked with a swoop, but Beckham believes a return to United should be his next move.
I d never advise anyone not to come back to United, Beckham is quoted as saying by the …
Robin Olsen is set to join Aston Villa from AS Roma in the coming days, according to . The clubs involved, including Sheffield United where the goalkeeper spent the first half of the season on loan, are in total agreement over the transfer, and the goalkeeper is scheduled to undergo a medical today (Tuesday).
The 32-year-old s move to Villa Park will also be on a temporary basis, and he ll remain contracted to Roma until the summer of 2023.
Having gone through the youth ranks at several clubs in Sweden, Olsen played for Malmo, PAOK Salonika in Greece, and FC Copenhagen in Denmark, before joining Roma in 2018. He s already been on loan at Everton since, and joined the Blades last summer. This season, Olsen has made 11 Championship appearances, conceding 17 goals and keep…
Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel is loving life under new manager Guus Hiddink and is confident the Dutchman can get the reigning Premier League champions back on track.
Hiddink was brought in to replace Jose Mourinho after the Portuguese was fired following Chelsea s dismal start to the season.
Former Netherlands boss Hiddink was in the stands to watch Chelsea s 3-1 victory over Sunderland last weekend and Mikel is pleased to be reunited with the 69-year-old after his previous tenure in 2009.
He is still the same man. He likes to get involved in training, have a bit of banter with the players but at the same time it is all serious business and that is what we need, Mikel told the official Chelsea website.
He is always like a father figure to th…
Real Betis interim coach Juan Merino does not believe Gareth Bale s absence will impact Real Madrid when they visit Estadio Benito Villamarin in La Liga on Sunday.
Madrid forward Bale was taken off at half-time during their 5-1 win over Sporting Gijon because of a calf problem and is reportedly set for up to three weeks on the sidelines.
The injury deprives Madrid of a player who has netted 13 goals in 17 appearances this season.
However, Merino whose side are winless in their last 10 games in all competitions feels the loss of the Wales international will not affect Madrid s performance.
In Madrid you take away one [player] and put in another who is equal, Merino said. They will continue to be the same team because they have the same quality.…
Academy graduate Jarell Quansah was denied a dream first goal by VAR in the final minute of added time as Liverpool squandered the chance to secure qualification for the Europa League knockout stage with a 3-2 defeat in Toulouse.
The 20-year-old, replacing ill captain Virgil van Dijk in the side, poked home in the seventh additional minute to claim what would have been a barely-deserved point in southern France.
However, VAR alerted referee Georgi Kabakov to a potential handball after the ball bounced up off Alexis Mac Allister’s chest in the build-up and the Georgian official contentiously chalked it off.
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Even a draw would have hardly papered over the individual errors and a lack of cohesion throughout a te…
Lukasz Piszczek has agreed a contract extension with Borussia Dortmund, committing himself to the Bundesliga club until June 2020.
The 32-year-old s new terms bolt a further 12 months on to his previous deal at Signal Iduna Park, which he agreed last April.
Poland international Piszczek joined Dortmund from Hertha Berlin in 2010 and has made 290 appearances in all competitions.
He is one of the remaining members of the side that won back-to-back Bundesliga titles under Jurgen Klopp in 2010-11 and 2011-12.
We are delighted to after Marco Reus tie another player to our club for long term who identifies absolutely with Borussia Dortmund, said chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke.
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