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Joao Mario was meant to be the hard-running wing-back for Juventus worth the sacrifice of Alberto Costa to FC Porto, but Igor Tudor is far from happy with the exchange. With what we have seen so far this season, the player shows no signs of breaking into the first team, even when there is a shortage of other alternatives. We …

According to Sky Sport Italia, Ruben Loftus-Cheek has not recovered from a muscular problem and won’t be part of the Milan squad against Pisa tomorrow. It kicks off at San Siro on Friday evening at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT). The Rossoneri are clear at the top of the Serie A table, despite suffering from a huge injury crisis that …

Crystal Palace's Ismaila Sarr and Jean-Philippe Mateta. (Reuters/Matthew Childs) Tottenham’s start to the 2025/26 Premier League season has been encouraging, if not flawless. Under Thomas Frank, Spurs have rediscovered their attacking rhythm — goals have been flowing freely — yet consistency in the final third remains an issue. While Mohammed Kudus has impressed, misfiring form from Richarlison and the ongoing …

Fiorentina in crisis hope to revitalise their fortunes in the Conference League against Rapid Vienna with Edin Dzeko and Roberto Piccoli. It kicks off at the Weststadion in Vienna at 17.45 UK time (16.45 GMT). You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game, Steaua Bucharest-Bologna and Roma-Viktoria Plzen on the Liveblog. It has been …

Bologna look to Riccardo Orsolini and Jonathan Rowe in the Europa League trip to Steaua Bucharest, but coach Vincenzo Italiano remains in hospital. It kicks off at the National Arena in Bucharest at 17.45 UK time (16.45 GMT). You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game, Roma-Viktoria Plzen and Rapid Vienna-Fiorentina on the Liveblog. …

This page will update live with the latest relevant news, no need to refresh the page! Join us for all the build-up and action as it happens from the Europa League with Steaua Bucharest-Bologna and Roma-Viktoria Plzen, plus Rapid Vienna-Fiorentina for the Conference League. We begin with two fixtures at 17.45 UK time (16.45 GMT). Bologna are without coach Vincenzo …

Italy international Guglielmo Vicario and Inter full-back Denzel Dumfries have been named in the official UEFA Champions League Team of the Week. The ideal XI from the Matchday 3 games was chosen by the UEFA Technical Observer Group, who analysed every single fixture played this week in the tournament. Italy player Vicario was a rock in the Tottenham Hotspur net …

Italy international Mateo Retegui hints AC Milan made an approach this summer, but Al Qadsiah ‘were the team that wanted me the most.’ The striker was flying high last term as Capocannoniere of Serie A with Atalanta and first choice centre-forward for Italy. It was therefore somewhat surprising when he opted to make the move to the Saudi Pro League, …

Milan and Como head coaches Massimiliano Allegri and Cesc Fabregas that the Serie A match between their two sides, scheduled for February 8, would be ‘better played in Italy’, rather than in Perth, Australia.  Earlier this month, UEFA granted permission for the Serie A match between Milan and Como to be played in Australia on a one-off basis. At the …

Recent reports claim there are growing doubts over the feasibility of playing the Serie A match between Milan and Como in Australia, with suggestions that the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) are under increasing pressure to stop the game from going ahead.  Earlier this month, UEFA granted permission for the Serie A match between the Rossoneri and Como, scheduled for February …

Fabio Capello has compared Antonio Conte’s predicament with Kevin De Bruyne and Scott McTominay to his own difficulties with Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard while in charge of the England national team between 2007 and 2012.  Despite a promising start to the 2025-26 season, including four consecutive league wins at the start of the campaign, Napoli have since lost three …

Manchester United's Lisandro Martinez and Joshua Zirkzee. (Reuters/Andrew Couldridge) Manchester United’s 2025/26 season has been far from smooth, but there are tentative signs of recovery under Rúben Amorim. After back-to-back Premier League wins over Liverpool and Sunderland, and just one defeat in their last four league games, optimism is starting to creep back into Old Trafford. The Red Devils sit …

Sandro Tonali is becoming an increasingly integral figure for Newcastle United in the Premier League and Champions League alike, asserting himself as an essential player under Eddie Howe, and recent revelations regarding his contract extension only strengthens the bond between the player and club.  There has been a lot of talk lately about Tonali’s contract extension with Newcastle. The Italy …

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has earned big praise from pundit Peter Crouch for the way he’s come back after so much criticism and ridicule. Maguire has not had the easiest time of it at Old Trafford since his big-money move from Leicester City in the summer of 2019, but he’s still at the club and increasingly seems like an …

Lautaro Martinez claimed his third Champions League goal of the 2025-26 campaign during Inter’s 4-0 win over Union Saint-Gilloise on Tuesday evening, which brings his European tally up to 11 for the calendar year, a record that is only matched by Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane.  The Nerazzurri captain struck just before half-time in Brussels on Tuesday evening: His third Champions …