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Paulo Fonseca manager of Roma with his players.Roma players and coaching staff have agreed to go without pay for the next four months to help the club’s finances during the coronavirus pandemic.Roma said in a statement on Sunday that the players would forgo the wages they were due to receive between March and the scheduled end of the season in June.Roma also said the players would top up the wages of other club employees who were placed on the Italian government's social safety net scheme to ensure they received their regular monthly income."We always talk about unity at Roma and in volunteering to cut their salaries for the rest of the season, the players, the coach, and his staff, have all proved that we really are in this together," said chief executive Guido Fienga."(Club captain) Edin...

Juventus Star Cristiano Ronaldo.The Juventus football legend played for Real Madrid between 2009 and 2018, before his transfer to the Italian club. He joined Real Madrid after his €96 mln buyout from Manchester United. However, it turns out that the famous Portuguese maestro was offered another lucrative proposition before Italian move, which he turned down.Manchester United wanted to sell Cristiano Ronaldo to Barcelona between 2007 and 2008, former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon revealed to Al Mayadeen in an interview.According to Calderon, Alex Ferguson who coached the English club did not want to lose the star player, especially to rival Real Madrid.Nevertheless, Ronaldo was adamant about his decision to join the Spanish club and his proposed move to Barcelona never gained tractio...

Krzysztof Piatek of Hertha BSC.Former AC Milan player Marco Simone criticized AC Milan for transferring Polish striker Krzysztof Piatek to Hertha Berlin."I think they shouldn't have let Piatek go. The Pole is young and he is still learning on the pitch. The cooperation with [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic would be beneficial for him as he had someone to share the responsibility for scoring," Simone was quoted by La Gazzetta dello Sport."They would create a dangerous attack. If Zlatan leaves, a center forward will be missing at San Siro," he added.Piatek left San Siro during the winter market after Hertha offered nearly 30 million euro for him, and AC Milan is believed in need to strenghen the attack as Ibrahimovic' contract expires in July 2020.Simone urged the club to buy a sniper in the summer."The...