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AZ Alkmaar's Kees Smit in action with Crystal Palace's Tyrick Mitchell. (REUTERS/Tony O Brien)

Sassuolo star Domenico Berardi has admitted that he was on the verge of joining a ‘big club’ before dropping into Serie B with the Neroverdi last season, but is unwilling to give away too many details other than the fact that the team in question plays in stripes. 

Massimo Mauro admits Luciano Spalletti’s job at Juventus won’t ‘be easy at all’ and feels the Bianconeri must ‘become a reference point’ again for top Italian footballers.

Atletico Madrid's Thiago Almada, Giuliano Simeone and Julian Alvarez. (REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura)

Former Juventus winger Massimo Mauro feels Kenan Yildiz hasn’t yet become a leader at the Allianz Stadium, but would ‘fit perfectly at Manchester City or Real Madrid, where responsibilities are shared among five or six players.’

Germany's Leroy Sane and Karim Adeyemi. (REUTERS/Annegret Hilse)

Arsenal are reportedly the latest big club to join the race for the transfer of Nottingham Forest central midfielder Elliot Anderson, and it’s easy to see why.

Carlo Ancelotti feels Antonio Conte was right to take some days off and is not surprised by Luka Modric’s impact at Milan: ‘Last season, he was the only Real Madrid player who didn’t miss a single training session.’

Carlo Ancelotti is confident that Italy will qualify for the 2026 World Cup and hopefully meet Brazil in the Final: ‘Emotionally, it would be wonderful.’

Chelsea scouts have reportedly started showing an interest in Brazilian wonderkid Felipe Morais, who has been compared to the legendary Kaka.

Ardon Jashari and Christian Pulisic are back in the Milan XI for a friendly against Entella this morning.

The 2026 World Cup playoff draw will take place on Thursday, November 20, at 13:00 CET, and Italy will be in pot one.

Italy are practically guaranteed to end up in the playoffs in March, as they will need to defeat Norway by nine goals on Sunday to secure a direct qualification for the 2026 World Cup.

Como’s start to the 2025-26 Serie A season has caught just about everyone off guard. Eleven games in, the Lombardy club sits seventh with 18 points, only four shy of the Champions League places.

Moldova was only beaten in the dying minutes (2-0).