Tommasi: ‘Roma mindset wrong’
Damiano Tommasi believes Roma “must get into the right mindset”, and criticises a lack of reform in Italian football. The former midfielder spent 10 years with the Giallorossi, winning the…
Damiano Tommasi believes Roma “must get into the right mindset”, and criticises a lack of reform in Italian football. The former midfielder spent 10 years with the Giallorossi, winning the…
Legendary striker Paolo Rossi “can’t understand” Juventus dropping Gonzalo Higuain. The Argentinian joined from Napoli for a Serie A-record €90m this summer, but Mario Mandzukic played ahead of him in…
Mino Raiola claims “no-one can afford Romelu Lukaku in Italy” after mentioning “talk” of the Everton striker possibly joining Juventus over the summer. Lukaku revealed a fortnight ago that Juve…
PSG midfielder Thiago Motta stands up to critics and reveals “I worked with Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti, but nobody like Gian Piero Gasperini.” The Brazilian-born player chose to wear…
France Football has announced it will retake control of the Ballon d’Or starting from the next award. The French magazine founded the award in 1956, but the award merged with…
Dino Zoff has warned Italy’s European representatives that referees are among their biggest threats. “They’re very touchy”. Zoff focused his piece in Thursday’s Il Mattino on Napoli’s 2-1 Champions League…
FIGC President Carlo Tavecchio admits Aleksander Ceferin’s rise to UEFA power happened “in a way that not even we expected”. Ceferin was the unanimous choice to succeed Michel Platini on…
Sky Sport Italia have fired Paolo Di Canio after he showed his Fascist ‘Dux’ tattoo on air. The former Lazio, Juventus, Napoli, Milan and West Ham United player had been…
New UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has hailed Italy for being “one of my biggest supporters” during his campaign trail. Ceferin was unanimously sworn in as Michel Platini’s permanent successor on…
Italian international Marco Verratti insists he’d rather retire than change his style of play. The Paris Saint-Germain player is regarded as one of the finest midfielders in the world, but…
Marco Verratti is confident Mario Balotelli “will change and become one of the best strikers in the world” at Nice. Balotelli scored a brace on his Nice debut over the…
Italy boss Giampiero Ventura has revealed his intention to “build a group of lads who can demonstrate their talent” at the 2018 World Cup. Antonio Conte regularly complained about a…
Carlo Ancelotti has relaxed his stance on taking the Italy job one day. “Maybe it’ll interest me as I get older...” Ancelotti intimated at the start of the month that…
Giovanni Trapattoni has revealed he could have coached Germany, but did not because of this wife. In an interview with ItaSportPress, the 77-year old explained how he received an offer…
Mario Balotelli made a spectacular start to his Ligue 1 career, scoring two goals as Nice beat Olympique Marseille 3-2. The Italy international took just seven minutes to break his…
Former Palermo midfielder Franco Vazquez believes Italy “are at the same level” as Argentina as a call from Antonio Conte was enough to convince him. Vazquez ended five years with…
Mirko Valdifiori hopes to return to the Italy squad by impressing at Torino - “if a call-up comes I’ll be delighted”. The midfielder made his Azzurri debut against England in…
Giorgio Chiellini’s poor form for Italy could see him rested for Saturday’s Serie A clash between Juventus and Sassuolo. The defender gave away two goals in the 3-1 friendly defeat…
Marcello Lippi admits “I’m thinking about a return to China” as he can’t be Italy technical director. The World Cup-winner was expected to be appointed to work with CT Giampiero…
Alvaro Morata is glad former Juventus teammate Giorgio Chiellini is suspended for Italy-Spain - “my ankles are grateful…” The Bianconeri centre-back was sent off in Monday’s win over Israel, meaning…