Official: Sampdoria sign Ekdal
Sampdoria have officially confirmed the signing of former Juventus midfielder Albin Ekdal. The Swedish international is an experienced Serie A campaigner, having joined the Bianconeri in 2008 before moving to…
Official: Sampdoria sign Ekdal
Sampdoria have officially signed Sweden international midfielder Albin Ekdal from Hamburger SV. The player’s contract has been deposited with the Lega Serie A this afternoon. He already passed his medical…
Ekdal flies in for Sampdoria
Sampdoria have struck a deal with Hamburger SV for Albin Ekdal and the midfielder is expected to have his medical tomorrow. According to Sky Sport Italia, the details were finalised…
Ekdal on verge for Sampdoria
Albin Ekdal is on the verge of completing his €2m move to Sampdoria, as Hamburger SV confirmed “the player has asked to leave.” The 29-year-old Sweden international is only under…
Andersson: ‘Ekdal out against Italy’
Sweden Coach Janne Andersson confirmed Albin Ekdal is out of the World Cup play-off against Italy, but they remain confident of qualification. They won the first leg 1-0 and the…
Sweden to make two changes
Sweden are expected to bring in Mikael Lustig and Jakob Johansson for the decisive World Cup play-off with Italy. They won the opener 1-0 in Solna on Friday evening and…
Ekdal ‘expected stronger Italy’
Sweden international Albin Ekdal “expected Italy to be stronger, but everything could change” in the second leg of the World Cup play-off. A deflected Jakob Johansson effort gave the Swedes…
Chiellini ‘cleared air’ with Ekdal
Giorgio Chiellini “cleared the air” with Sweden midfielder Albin Ekdal, who called the Italy defender “a swine” on the pitch. The pair met again in today’s 1-0 Azzurri victory in…
Ekdal: ‘Chiellini can be a swine’
Sweden midfielder Albin Ekdal warned Giorgio Chiellini “can be a swine” on the pitch, “but everyone wants a player like that.” Both players start in Toulouse for the Euro 2016…
Ekdal: ‘Italy worry Sweden’
Albin Ekdal admits Sweden are “worried” about facing Italy at Euro 2016. “They are stronger than we expected.” The Hamburger SV midfielder has experience in Italy with Cagliari and knows…
Sweden squad amid Ekdal doubts
Sweden announced their 23-man squad for Euro 2016, where they’ll face Italy, but Albin Ekdal’s freak injury creates a problem. The Azzurri are in the same group as Sweden, Belgium…
Palermo refuse Sweden calls
A row has erupted after Palermo refused to release Oscar Hiljemark and Robin Quaison to Sweden. The players had been called up for international duty to replace Marcus Berg and…