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Juventus set date for Di Gregorio medical

Michele Di Gregorio of AC Monza reacts during the Serie A TIM match between AC Monza and SS Lazio - Serie A TIM at U-Power Stadium on May 04, 2024 in Monza, Italy.The agreement was reached for a total of €18m some time ago, but Monza goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio will finally have his Juventus medical on Friday.The shot-stopper was a primary target for new coach Thiago Motta and director of sport Cristiano Giuntoli, so they worked early on the deal and clinched it before the season was over.It is expected to be a loan for €4m with obligation to buy at the end of the season for a further €14m, taking the grand total cost of the operation to circa €18m.Di Gregorio arriving for JuventusMultiple sources including Sky Sport Italia, La Gazzetta dello Sport and more all report that the date has ...
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Juventus sign Brazil star Douglas Luiz from Aston Villa

Douglas Luiz of Aston Villa celebrates scoring his team's third goal during the Premier League match between Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest at Villa Park on February 24, 2024 in Birmingham, England.Juventus signed Brazil midfielder Douglas Luiz from Aston Villa in a deal worth a reported £42.3 million ($53.5 million) on Sunday.Luiz agreed a five-year contract with the Italian club as he became the latest player to leave Villa Park due to the Premier League club's financial fair-play cost-cutting.Signed from Manchester City in 2019, the 26-year-old spent five years with Villa and was a key player in their surprise fourth-place finish in the Premier League last season.Luiz, who scored 22 goals in 204 appearances for Villa, completed his medical ahead of the Juventus move while on internat...
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Juventus Keeping in Touch with the Entourage of Sancho

 Jadon Sancho of Borussia Dortmund celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2023/24 round of 16 second leg match between Borussia Dortmund and PSV Eindhoven at Signal Iduna Park on March 13, 2024 in Dortmund, Germany.Juventus only want a winger on loan for now and, after testing the waters, they had new contacts with the representatives of Jadon Sancho. The youngster is back at Manchester United after temporarily returning to Borussia Dortmund last season.According to Alfredo Pedullà, nothing is imminent concerning the signing, but he’s one to watch should the Bianconeri proceed with this strategy. They are keen on Mason Greenwood as well, but he’s likely to be sold outright. Lazio have moved with more determination, offering a moderate fee and a large...
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Napoli to present Antonio Conte today at Royal Palace

 Italian professional football manager and former player Antonio Conte poses for portraits in his home on February 7, 2024 in Turin, Italy. Antonio Conte will be formally presented as the new coach of Napoli today in a grand ceremony at the legendary Palazzo Reale.The tactician already signed the three-year contract on June 5, having been out of work since leaving Tottenham Hotspur by mutual consent in March 2023.He arrived in Naples with his wife on Tuesday, where he had a meeting with President Aurelio De Laurentiis, director Giovanni Manna and other members of staff, as well as agent Mario Giuffredi.They then went out for dinner and De Laurentiis will be at Conte’s side today in the presentation press conference this afternoon at approximately 14.00 UK time.Conte welcomed like...
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Bologna Strike Deal to Sign Juventus Target

 Emil Holm of Atalanta BC poses for a portrait after the team's victory in the UEFA Europa League 2023/24 final match between Atalanta BC and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Dublin Arena on May 22, 2024 in Dublin, Ireland. Bologna and Spezia have reportedly agreed on a €12m for offensive-minded full-back Emil Holm to switch to Renato Dall’Ara. According to Calciomercato, the 24-year-old will join forces with Vincenzo Italiano’s side for a reported fee of €7m.However, several add-ons in the deal could bring the total cost to €12m. Bologna have beaten Juventus to the punch, closing the operation in a blitz to anticipate the Turin giants’ rumored interest in the Sweden international. In addition to the Bianconeri, Genoa and Lazio were also keen on Holm.Spezia signed Holm from Danish outfit S...
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Milan Get Linked to Tottenham Wantaway Midfielder

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates after their sides victory during the Premier League match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Tottenham Hotspur at American Express Community Stadium on October 08, 2022 in Brighton, England.Milan have Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in their crosshairs as they are canvassing the market for the right midfielder to add to their squad. The Dane has been unhappy with his playing time for a while. He’s likely to leave this summer as his contract is up in 2025, Corriere dello Sport informed (via Fantacalcio).The Rossoneri brass aim to sign a physical and defensive-minded midfielder. It wouldn’t hurt if he could play in front of the defense. They are poised to switch to a purer three-man line. The Spurs stalwart might be a better fit for that purpos...
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Milan call agents of Arsenal defender Kiwior – report

Jakub Kiwior of Arsenal applauds the supporters following the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal FC at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 28, 2024 in London, England.Milan directors have reportedly had ‘direct contact’ with representatives of Arsenal defender Jakub Kiwior, but it remains to be seen if the Gunners are willing to sell the Poland international.Calciomercato.com reports Milan directors once again inquired about Kiwior’s availability through the Arsenal defender’s agents.The ex-Spezia centre-back has been a long-time target of the Rossoneri, who opened talks with Arsenal and the player’s representatives during the 2024 winter transfer window.Milan will surely sign a new centre-back in the summer and Kiwior is among their primary targets. The 24-year-old ...
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Ibrahimovic to announce Fonseca as new Milan coach today

 Paulo FONSECA (Entraineur Lille LOSC) during the Ligue 1 Uber Eats match between Brest and Lille at Stade Francis-Le Ble on March 17, 2024 in Brest, France.Milan will announce that Paulo Fonseca is their new coach today with a three-year contract, as Zlatan Ibrahimovic holds his first press conference.The decision to appoint the Portuguese tactician had been made weeks ago, with Stefano Pioli terminating his contract by mutual consent, but the confirmation was delayed until today.It is reported that Fonseca signed a three-year contract to June 2027, rather than a two-year deal with option to extend for a third.The 51-year-old is set to earn €3m per season at San Siro.This is a return to Serie A for Fonseca, who was at Roma from 2019 to 2021, then had a two-year spell in France with L...
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Roma star Dybala rejects lucrative Al-Nassr offer

 Paulo Dybala of AS Roma celebrates scoring his team's third goal and his hat-trick during the Serie A TIM match between AS Roma and Torino FC at Stadio Olimpico on February 26, 2024 in Rome, Italy. Paulo Dybala reportedly rejected a lucrative offer from Saudi side Al-Nassr as he waits to sign a new deal with Roma.The 30-year-old Argentinian forward has been a shining star for the Giallorossi since his arrival on a free transfer two years ago, picking up 34 goals and 18 assists across 77 matches in the last two seasons.With his current contract set to expire in June 2025 and seeing his salary rise to around €7m net per season, Roma are keen to set up a new deal for Dybala, looking to help spread out his wages over the coming years to maintain their sustainability, something he’s ...
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Juventus Set To Have An Interesting Summer Amid Comings And Goings

 Wojciech Szczesny of Juventus warms up prior to the Coppa Italia 2023/2024 Final match between Atalanta BC and Juventus FC at Olimpico Stadium on May 15, 2024 in Rome, Italy.The transfer market is still in its infancy, but things are beginning to rumble in he background. International football will rightly taker center stage for the next four weeks. With Euro 2024 and the Copa America just around the corner.For teams in Serie A, some are still finalizing who the new coaches are going to be. Only Juventus and Milan are left to officially announce their new managers, but it’s likely that both Thiago Motta and Paulo Fonseca will be confirmed by the end of the week. Napoli, Lazio and Fiorentina. Meanwhile, have all confirmed their new bosses.Yet despite not formally announcing Motta, Juv...
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Official: Lazio Sell Unsettled Luis Alberto for €10m

 Luis Alberto of Lazio celebrates after scoring the team's first goal during the Serie A TIM match between Genoa CFC and SS Lazio at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on April 19, 2024 in Genoa, Italy. Lazio and Al-Duhail have finalized the agreement for wantaway playmaker Luis Alberto to continue his career in Qatar. The Middle East outfit took to social media to announce the Spaniard’s arrival, posting a video of the illustrious midfielder wearing the club’s scarf on X.Alberto signed a contract extension with Lazio last summer. But despite pledging his future to the Stadio Olimpico until 2027, something had gone wrong for the ex-Liverpool outcast. He fell out of favor with the club hierarchy and fans toward the final stretch of his career in Rome.There wasn’t a way back. Lazio had sought a...
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Juventus contemplates replacing Milik with Morata

 Álvaro Morata of Atletico Madrid looks dejected during the Copa del Rey Semifinal match between Athletic Club Bilbao and Atletico de Madrid at San Mames Stadium on February 29, 2024 in Bilbao, Spain.Alvaro Morata could still return to Juventus as he continues to be linked with a move back to the Allianz Stadium.The striker has already had two successful spells with the Bianconeri and is well-loved by the club’s fans. Atletico Madrid is open to his departure, which has set the stage for the Spaniard to have a third spell at Juve.Morata is frequently linked with a move to Juve, and a summer rarely passes without such speculation.The striker is now being linked again, with a report on Football Italia claiming Juventus is considering bringing him in as a replacement for Arkadiusz Milik.M...
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Cagliari interest in Slovakia coach Calzona for after EURO 2024

 Francesco Calzona, Head Coach of SSC Napoli, reacts during the UEFA Champions League 2023/24 round of 16 first leg match between SSC Napoli and FC Barcelona at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on February 21, 2024 in Naples, Italy. Francesco Calzona could well remain in Serie A following his Napoli experience, as Cagliari have asked after the coach of the Slovakia national team.The tactician had a rather strange situation at Napoli, taking over from sacked Walter Mazzarri as their third boss of the campaign in mid-February, only ever planning to remain until the end of the season.He had these duties on top of preparing Slovakia for the EURO 2024 tournament and has now gone back to his ‘day’ job.According to Sky Sport Italia, despite the difficult situation where he oversaw three wi...
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Napoli makes Antonio Conte its fifth manager in just over a year

Italian professional football manager and former player Antonio Conte poses for portraits in his home on February 7, 2024 in Turin, Italy.Antonio Conte was confirmed as the new Napoli coach on Wednesday, making him the team’s fifth manager in little more than a year for the deposed Serie A champion.Napoli announced Conte signed a three-year contract, which Italian media reported will earn the former Italy coach six million euros ($6.5 million) a season plus bonuses.“Napoli is a club of huge importance on the international stage,” Conte said in a statement. “I’m happy and excited by the idea of taking my seat in the Napoli dugout.“I can certainly promise one thing: I’ll give my all to develop the team and the club. I’m fully committed to the task at hand, as are my staff.”Conte, a league ti...
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Fiore coach quits after Serie A win, Venezia promoted

ACF Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Italiano looks on before during the Serie A TIM match between Atalanta BC and ACF Fiorentina at Gewiss Stadium on June 02, 2024 in Bergamo, Italy. Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Italiano has confirmed he is leaving the Serie A club after their season-ending win over Atalanta.Fiorentina beat Atalanta 3-2 in their last game of the campaign on Sunday thanks to an Andrea Belotti double either side of a strike by Nicolas Gonzalez, all inside the first half, a week after the 2023-34 Serie A season concluded for the other clubs.Ademola Lookman and Giorgio Scalvini scored for hosts Atalanta.The game was postponed in March when Fiorentina's general manager Joe Barone was admitted to hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest, one day before he died.Fiorentina were beate...
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Juventus remains the highest-valued team in Serie A

 Juventus fans hold up a banner bearing the clubs logo during the Serie A match between Juventus and FC Internazionale at Allianz Stadium on November 06, 2022 in Turin, Italy.Juventus is the biggest team in Italian football, but rival fans are quick to downplay that fact.Many do so because the Bianconeri haven’t won a league title in four seasons.However, on and off the field, the Old Lady continues to demonstrate that almost no team can come close to them.A recent Football Benchmark report shows that the Bianconeri remain the most valuable club in Italian football.AC Milan had a good year, with the report finding that the Milan side had the highest Enterprise Value increase over the last year.However, they ranked only 14th overall among the 32 European teams, while Juventus ranked 12...
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Lazio boss Igor Tudor considering early exit as club fail to renew Daichi Kamada

 Lazio head coach Igor Tudor during the SS Lazio training session at the Formello sport centre on March 22, 2024 in Rome, Italy. Serie A side Lazio are at the risk of losing manager Igor Tudor due to their failure of agreeing a new deal with Daichi Kamada.The Japan midfielder seems close to joining Crystal Palace and unite with former Eintracht Frankfurt boss Oliver Glasner and this is having an impact on the managerial situation at Lazio, report La Lazio Siamo Noi.It is reported that Tudor saw Kamada as a key part of his project and the club’s future and the additional demand of wanting a release clause seems to have broken Lazio’s back in the saga. There is said to be state of chaos at Lazio over how things have turned out and the failure to sign the midfielder is directly in c...
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Osimhen: Napoli striker ruled out of Nigeria World Cup qualifiers through injury

 Victor Osimhen of SSC Napoli celebrates after teammate Matteo Politano (not pictured) scored their team's second goal during the Serie A TIM match between AC Monza and SSC Napoli at U-Power Stadium on April 07, 2024 in Monza, Italy. Napoli striker Victor Osimhen will miss Nigeria’s upcoming qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup after picking up an injury in the closing stages of the 2023-24 Serie A season.Osimhen ruled out againThe Partenopei leading goalscorer took part in the club’s final league game of the season, a 0-0 draw with Lecce, appearing as a second half substitute to replace Jens Cajuste. He had missed the previous league outing, a 2-2 draw with Fiorentina due to muscular fatigue.He has, however, picked up an injury issue since then, as confirmed by the Nigeria Super Ea...
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Inzaghi to meet Oaktree on Tuesday to discuss Inter future

Simone Inzaghi, Head Coach of FC Internazionale, lifts the Italian EA Sports FC Supercup Final trophy at full-time following victory in the Italian EA Sports FC Supercup Final match between SSC Napoli and FC Internazionale at Al-Awwal Stadium on January 22, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A new dawn is rising in the capital of fashion as Inter embark on a new chapter in the club’s storied history following Oaktree’s takeover. On the same night the Nerazzurri ‘Tifosi’ paid tribute to the outgoing president Steven Zhang, manager Simone Inzaghi vowed to hold a comprehensive meeting with the new leadership. Inter and Hellas Verona shared the spoils in Serie A season finale’s dead-rubber affair at Marc’Antonio Bentegodi as Marko Arnautovic’s first-half double inspired the new champions ...
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The two stars Thiago Motta could push out of Juventus

Thiago Motta head coach of Bologna FC looks on during the serie A TIM match between SSC Napoli and Bologna FC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on May 11, 2024 in Naples, Italy .Juventus are set to welcome Thiago Motta as their next manager, as they already decided to fire Max Allegri after another underwhelming Serie A season in which the Bianconeri were more than 20 points behind arch rivals Inter Milan for the Scudetto.Next up, Juventus will need to navigate the choppy waters of the summer transfer window carefully, as they are at risk of losing key players like Bremer while they still have a handful of pressing needs to address.Thiago Motta is expected to help Juventus recruit within Calcio, as he has already earned a big reputation for pushing Bologna to a Champions League place and ge...
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