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Rasmus Hojlund isn’t the only Napoli player missing tomorrow’s game against Inter, as Alex Meret has also been ruled out with a fracture of the second metatarsal in his right foot.

Spurs are ready to sell Richarlison. (REUTERS)

Antonio Conte will not speak to the media on the eve of a Serie A match between his Napoli side and Inter.

Sky Sport Italia reports that Napoli will be forced to cope without their top goal scorer, Rasmus Hojlund, in a Serie A game against Inter tomorrow.

Inter head coach Cristian Chivu says that he trusts his players’ ‘professionalism and responsibility’ after granting them an extra day off ahead of their big Serie A match against Napoli this weekend, and has warned of the atmosphere at the Stadio Maradona, which he warns ‘won’t be easy’. 

Manchester United have reportedly set aside €120m to spend on two signings at the request of manager Ruben Amorim.

Davide Nicola says he won’t ‘play these games’ as Juventus coach Igor Tudor claimed the Bianconeri would have been table leaders if they had met Cremonese rather than Milan.

The 2025-26 season of Serie A has started with some real drama. The current top five teams are only separated by three points after seven games. Milan are at the top of the standings with 16 points, but Napoli, Inter and Roma came behind on 15, followed by Bologna with 13.

Jan Ziolkowski has been criticised by the Italian press and Roma coach Gian Piero Gasperini following a 2-1 loss against Viktoria Plzen, but the Giallorossi’s main problem comes from the fact that the coach’s transfer requests were not satisfied over the summer.

Napoli and Inter will go head to head in a top-of-the-table Serie A match on Saturday evening, which will be just the second time that Antonio Conte and Cristian Chivu have gone up against each other in the dugout. Here’s what happened the last time the two coaches clashed in Serie A. 

Italian agent and intermediary Giovanni Branchini says that Xabi Alonso wants to bring Juventus’ star Kenan Yildiz to Real Madrid: ‘He’s willing to let everyone go, except for Kylian Mbappé, to get him.’

Liverpool manager Arne Slot has discussed one possibility behind Mohamed Salah’s dip in form and struggles to finish off his chances.

Italy international Federico Chiesa has been awarded as the Liverpool Player of the Month for September: ‘I hope I keep on pushing and keep on giving something back to the fans.’

La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that the Australian FA has given the green light to host Milan-Como in Perth in February 2026, so the Asian Football Confederation and FIFA now need to give their final approval.

Liverpool will make the trip to the capital this weekend for their Premier League clash with Brentford, after securing their first win in four in the Champions League.