Gennaro Gattuso will need to get the fans onside if he is to be a success at Napoli, according to former midfielder Massimo Crippa.
Napoli sacked Carlo Ancelotti after Tuesday s 4-0 win over Genk secured their passage into the last 16 of the Champions League, the 60-year-old paying the price for a string of poor results and discord between the players and president Aurelio De Laurentiis
Former Milan boss Gattuso was confirmed as the successor to Ancelotti – who he won two Champions League titles under as a Rossoneri player – at a news conference on Wednesday.
Gattuso had been out of work since leaving Milan at the end of last season after they missed out on Champions League qualification.
The 41-year-old outlined his ambition to steer the team from se…
Sergio Ramos will remain at Real Madrid for the foreseeable future after agreeing to spurn an offer from China stating his dream is to retire at the Santiago Bernabeu.
The star centre-back fronted a news conference at the LaLiga club s training complex on Thursday to dispel all doubts about his commitment, just days after seemingly angling for a move away.
Madrid president Florentino Perez earlier this week admitted to rebuffing captain Ramos request to take up a lucrative opportunity in the Chinese Super League.
Perez refused to sanction a proposed a free transfer, claiming it would set a bad precedent for a player under contract until 2021, and the four-time Champions League winner is content to focus on a 15th season with the club.
Indeed, the 33-ye…
Radovan Curcic will not have Neven Subotic available for Serbia s Euro 2016 qualifier with Portugal after the defender rejected a call-up.
Neven Subotic will not make his international return with Serbia this month, coach Radovan Curcic has revealed.
The Borussia Dortmund central defender has not featured for his country since 2013, when he expressed his frustration at their failure to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.
Subotic has since suffered a serious knee injury, but has nevertheless made 15 Bundesliga starts for Dortmund this season.
Discussions with Curcic – and Serbian Football Association vice-president Savo Milosevic – took place after Dortmund s 3-0 win over Schalke on Saturday, yet the 26-year-old will not feature in Serbia s squad to fa…
Brendan Rodgers has moved to keep expectation levels surrounding Jordan Henderson in check ahead of Liverpool s FA Cup quarter-final against Blackburn Rovers.
Henderson has captained the Merseyside club in the absence of the injured Steven Gerrard and is arguably in the form of his career.
Comparisons have been made between Henderson and his team-mate Gerrard, who is closing in on a return from a hamstring injury, but Liverpool boss Rodgers is wary of linking the two midfielders.
Addressing the media on Friday, Rodgers said: You should stop trying to put pressure on Jordan Henderson.
Just because he shoots from outside the box doesn t mean he s Steven Gerrard. He s making his own headlines.
Henderson has hit the headlines by netting fin…
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Hoping to make an immediate return to winning ways on Saturday afternoon, Barrow will welcome AFC Wimbledon to Holker Street.
Starting with the hosts, after eventually getting hit with a 1-0 loss away at Harrogate last weekend, Barrow will be seeking an immediate response here. Although Pete Wild’s side might know that they face a huge uphill struggle if they are to claim a shock play-off spot this season, the Bluebirds should find the mood in their camp at a real high. In fact, on a run that is highlighted by an impressive 1-0 victory against Bradford on February 18th, the Cumbria-based outfit should be smelling a golden opportunity here. Shipping just a pair of strikes in their last six appearances, Wild’s men should also be …
Manchester United fans might have got their hopes up over a new billionaire owner, but it would seem the chances of Elon Musk investing in the club are slim.
South African-born American businessman Musk, who among his many ventures is the founder of SpaceX and chief executive of Tesla, caused a stir on Tuesday by claiming he was going to buy United.
The club s fanbase have long wanted its current owners, the Glazer family, who also own the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, to sell up, with many supporters and pundits blaming the team s failures in the post Alex Ferguson era on sub-par investment.
Just three days after United suffered a humbling 4-0 defeat at Brentford, Musk wrote on Twitter: I m buying Manchester United ur [you re] welcome.
In the wake of Musk s fir…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has completed his much-anticipated move from Manchester United to Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy.
Ibrahimovic s contract was terminated by United on Thursday and he confirmed his MLS arrival in an interview with the LA Times on Friday, Galaxy s announcement coming a few hours later on Twitter.
The 36-year-old Sweden great has won top-division titles in Netherlands, Italy, Spain and France, representing Ajax, Inter, Barcelona, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain in the process.
He left PSG as the club s all-time record goalscorer – a mark recently surpassed by Edinson Cavani – to join United on a free transfer in 2016.
Ibrahimovic s debut campaign at Old Trafford yielded 28 goals in 46 games and added the EFL Cup and Europa League …
Manchester City are ready to offer Raheem Sterling a new contract, according to ESPN.
The winger has been in stunning form for the Premier League leaders this season, netting twenty goals in all competitions twice as many as he managed last term while he is almost certain to be part of England’s World Cup squad after turning in a man of the match performance in Tuesday evening’s 1-1 draw with Italy.
He still has two years remaining on his current deal but the Citizens are keen to tie him down long term after already securing new deals for Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Fernandinho and Nicolas Otamendi in recent months.
Since signing from Liverpool, Sterling has played one hundred and forty-one times in all competitions, scoring forty-one times while he hel…
Southampton have joined the race to sign Queens Park Rangers hotshot Charlie Austin, .
Newcastle United had previously been installed as favourites to land the 25 year old, though the Saints have joined the battle to secure his services along with West Bromwich Albion.
In a lack-lustre campaign for QPR, the former Burnley man has been a consistent performer with seventeen Premier League strikes – a tally that is only bettered by Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero, Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane and Diego Costa of champions Chelsea.
Austin swapped Turf Moor for Loftus Road in the summer of 2013, and in total has thirty-seven goals for the club in sixty-eight outings in all competitions while he had had a scoring ratio of one in two for the Clarets.
Pep Guardiola has admitted he is not capable of delivering the treble for Bayern Munich every year.
Guardiola has come in for criticism in recent times after the Bundesliga champions were knocked out of the DFB-Pokal and UEFA Champions League in the semi-finals.
Bayern will be given the Bundesliga trophy following Saturday s final-day clash with Mainz at the Allianz Arena.
The former Barcelona coach led Bayern to the double last season, but has so far been unable to match the achievement of Jupp Heynckes, who won the treble prior to Guardiola s arrival in 2013.
And in his pre-match media conference ahead of the Mainz game, Guardiola said: They speak too much here in Germany. They should have more respect for the German champions.
I ve learnt tha…