Ciro Ferrara

Former Napoli and Juventus defender Ciro Ferrara has claimed: ‘Maradona was an antihero, he paid for his mistakes.’ Ferrara had been a teammate of Maradona at Napoli for seven seasons.…

Ciro Ferrara believes Milan won’t continue their run of form until springtime: ‘Their real target is a Champions League placement.’ The Rossoneri are on top of the Serie A table…

“Antonio Conte would’ve preferred that Inter sign Arturo Vidal rather than Christian Eriksen,” claims Ciro Ferrara. The Nerazzurri spent weeks negotiating with Tottenham Hotspur and eventually agreed to pay the…

Former Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio looked back on his career and credits Ciro Ferrara for “giving me an identity on the pitch.” Marchisio retired from the game last summer after…

Ciro Ferrara and Alessio Tacchinardi won the 1996 Champions League with Juventus and said Ajax team manager David Endt “ought to be ashamed” for accusing them of doping. Endt worked…

Ciro Ferrara but believes Max Allegri and Carlo Ancelotti will keep things unpredictable in today’s Juventus-Napoli showdown. It kicks off at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT), click here for a…

Legendary defender Ciro Ferrara is confident Cristiano Ronaldo “won’t get more than 30 goals” this season for Juventus. “It’s different in Italy.” There were bets being made on the former…

Ciro Ferrara believes Zinedine Zidane’s exit from Real Madrid and Juventus keeping Max Allegri were behind Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer. Ronaldo will be unveiled as a Juve player next week after…

The full list of players for Andrea Pirlo’s farewell match has been revealed, including Ronaldo, Frank Lampard, Alessandro Del Piero and Clarence Seedorf. The former midfielder retired at the end…

Former Napoli and Juventus defender Ciro Ferrara admits his heart is going for the Partenopei ahead of Friday’s Serie A showdown. Ferrara turned out for only Napoli and Juve in…

Ciro Ferrara admits “I want to coach Italy” but “I’m not the right profile at this time”. The former centre-back has been on the bench at Juventus, Sampdoria and Wuhan…

Gianluigi Buffon offers some names for a five-a-side team but admits “I’m very friendly with defenders, and I hate the strikers!” The Juventus and Italy goalkeeper gave a long interview…

Ciro Ferrara warns “this is not the time to demolish everything” Italy have been working on, as the focus must be on World Cup qualification. There have been growing calls…

Ciro Ferrara sees Kalidou Koulibaly as “among the top three” Serie A defenders. The former Juventus and Napoli man is in Naples for the restoration project of the Stadio Collana,…

Former Juventus and Napoli defender Ciro Ferrara believes whistles “could be terrific motivation” for Gonzalo Higuain on Sunday. The striker left the Partenopei in the summer to join the champions,…

Ciro Ferrara has sensationally been sacked as Coach of Wuhan Zall just two games into the new Chinese season. The former Juventus tactician confirmed the news himself by retweeting commiserations…

Former Italy defender Ciro Ferrara believes 'the future of the Azzurri is safe' with Daniele Rugani and Alessio Romagnoli. After declaring Carlos Bacca the biggest danger to Juve in the…

Former Juventus defender Ciro Ferrara believes that Milan striker Carlos Bacca poses the biggest threat to the Bianconeri in the Supercoppa Italiana. The 49-year-old, now in charge of Chinese side…

Atalanta are in negotiations will Ciro Ferrara’s Chinese club Wuhan Zall to sell them Chile international Mauricio Pinilla. The overhead kick specialist is struggling for any playing time in Bergamo…

Diego says he has “no regrets” about joining Juventus, but should have stayed “at least another year”. The Brazilian joined the Bianconeri from Werder Bremen in 2009 for a fee…