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Acquah scores as Empoli beat Sassuolo

Ekow Amoasi February 17, 2019 21 0

Afriyie Acquah scored as Empoli earned their first win of 2019 after beating Sassuolo 3-0 in the Italian Serie A on Sunday afternoon. Empoli broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute with a sensational solo effort from Krunic. He gathered in midfield, surged forward, shrugged off several challenges Read More

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Inter spark Icardi exit rumours as star striker stripped of captaincy

Ekow Amoasi February 13, 2019 23 0

Inter have named goalkeeper Samir Handanovic as their new club captain, stripping star striker Mauro Icardi of the role amid persistent transfer rumours. Argentina international Icardi has been heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid recently, as talks over a new contract at San Siro continue to stall. Icardi’s agent and wife Wanda Nara has […]Read More

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Arsenal midfielder Ramsey signs £400k-a-week deal to join Juventus

Ekow Amoasi February 11, 2019 34 0

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has signed a pre-contract agreement to join Juventus in the summer in a deal that will earn him over £400,000 a week. The 28-year-old has agreed a four-year contract that will see him join the Italian champions as a free agent, ending his 11-year spell with Arsenal. Ramsey passed a two-part […]Read More

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AC Milan turned down the chance to re-sign Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ekow Amoasi February 8, 2019 42 0

According to Calciomercato.com, AC Milan denied Kevin-Prince Boateng a third spell at the club before he moved to Barcelona. The Ghanaian forward completed a €2million move to Barcelona from Serie A side, Sassuolo in the winter transfer window with an €8million option for the Catalan giants to buy Boateng if he impresses. The Serie A giants […]Read More

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Mourinho linked with Inter Milan return

Ekow Amoasi February 8, 2019 39 0

Jose Mourinho is to hold talks with Inter Milan director Beppe Marotta over becoming manager of the Italian club for a second time. The sacked Manchester United boss is still adored by Inter fans having delivered the treble in 2010. Mourinho, 56, was dismissed from his post at Old Trafford on December 18 and is […]Read More

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Marek Hamsik: Napoli midfielder’s proposed China move ‘suspended’

Ekow Amoasi February 6, 2019 43 0

Napoli midfielder Marek Hamsik’s proposed move to an unnamed Chinese club has been “suspended”. Napoli boss Carlo Ancelotti had said the 31-year-old was “in talks” over a move but the club’s Twitter account now says previously agreed financial terms have not been met. Hamsik, who played in the 3-0 win over Sampdoria on Saturday, joined Read More

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Still unstoppable at 34 – Ronaldo is the greatest athlete in football history

Ekow Amoasi February 5, 2019 68 0

If Cristiano Ronaldo were like other Ballon d’Or winners, he would have hung up his boots by now, like Ronaldinho, Michael Owen or Zinedine Zidane, perhaps after a spell in MLS, like Kaka. But Cristiano Ronaldo is not like other Ballon d’Or winners. Eleven years on from first being crowned the best player in the […]Read More

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Serie A round-up: Juventus draw with Parma as Napoli keep pace

Ekow Amoasi February 3, 2019 56 0

Gervinho scored twice as Parma came back from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 at Serie A leaders Juventus on Saturday. Cristiano Ronaldo also scored twice – making him Serie A’s leading scorer with 17 goals – to put Juve in command but a brilliant flicked goal by Gervinho followed by a stoppage-time equaliser meant the […]Read More

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Marek Hamsik ‘in talks’ over China move – Carlo Ancelotti

Ekow Amoasi February 2, 2019 45 0

Napoli manager Carlo Ancelotti says the club’s all-time leading scorer, Marek Hamsik, is “in talks” over a possible move to China. Hamsik, who has scored 121 goals for the club, started Saturday’s 3-0 win over Sampdoria. Ancelotti said the club has “great respect” for the Slovak midfielder who has made “history”. “Talks Read More

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Dzeko faces lengthy suspension after Roma striker spits at referee [VIDEO]

Ekow Amoasi January 31, 2019 39 0

Roma striker Edin Dzeko is facing a lengthy stint on the sidelines after appearing to spit at the referee during his side’s thumping by Fiorentina. The Bosnian international, a Premier League winner during his time with Manchester City, was dismissed in the 72nd minute of Roma’s 7-1 thrashing for dissent. Video and images appear to show the 32-year-old spitting Read More

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Coppa Italia: Holders Juventus crash out, Fiorentina thump Roma 7-1

Ekow Amoasi January 31, 2019 34 0

Holders Juventus crashed out of the Coppa Italia on Wednesday with a 3-0 defeat at Atalanta, as striker Duvan Zapata scored twice to continue his electric form. Timothy Castagne and Zapata struck in the 37th and 39th minutes to stun the record 13-times winners, with Colombia striker Zapata netting another late on to set up […]Read More

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Asamoah reveals his football idol

Ekow Amoasi January 29, 2019 40 0

Kwadwo Asamoah has named Adriano as his greatest football idol revealing that his friends used to call him by the former Inter Milan striker’s name. The Ghanaian midfielder joined Inter Milan as a free agent in summer from Juventus. Asamoah has adjusted well and has become a first-choice left-back at the club, making 23 appearances […]Read More

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Inzaghi replaced by Mihajlovic at Bologna

Ekow Amoasi January 29, 2019 41 0

Serie A strugglers Bologna have sacked coach Filippo Inzaghi and replaced him with former coach Sinisa Mihajlovic. Mihajlovic returns to the club having also coached them in the 2008-09 season. His last job was at Sporting Lisbon where he was sacked after only nine days in the job. Under ex-Italian international Inzaghi who joined in June, […]Read More

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Italian coach banned

Ekow Amoasi January 29, 2019 43 0

The coach of Italian Serie C team Lucchese has been given a five-month ban for head-butting a member of the opposing team’s staff and telling a player to break an opponent’s legs. Footage of the match showed the shaven-headed Giancarlo Favarin head-butting Gaetano Mancino, assistant coach of rivals Alessandria, during a brawl at the end […]Read More

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Has Mourinho been left behind by modern football?

Steve Darko January 29, 2019 39 0

Guillem Balague is the host of BBC Radio 5 live’s Football Daily podcast on Thursdays covering European football. Here he gives his view on Jose Mourinho’s current standing in football management. Having been told by executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward that his tenure at Manchester United was at an end, an unshaven Jose Mourinho spent around […]Read More

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Arsenal in talks to sign Ivan Perisic

Steve Darko January 26, 2019 47 0

Arsenal are in talks to sign winger Ivan Perisic from Inter Milan, according to Sky in Italy. The Gunners want to sign the 29-year-old on loan with an option to buy, but the Italian side are only interested in a permanent deal. Perisic has scored three goals and registered five assists in 25 appearances in […]Read More

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Inter Milan tracking Thomas Partey

Ekow Amoasi January 25, 2019 52 0

Italian Serie A side, Inter Milan have expressed their interest in signing Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid. The 25-year-old who has had limited play time under Coach Diego Simeone in the ongoing campaign is said to be unhappy with lack of action under the same manager who watched him blossom into a big star. Partey […]Read More

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Newcastle agree Lukaku deal

Steve Darko January 24, 2019 42 0

Newcastle have agreed a loan deal for Lazio left-back Jordan Lukaku, according to Sky sources. Lukaku will be Rafa Benitez’s first signing of the January transfer window. The 24-year-old, brother of Manchester United forward Romelu, has joined until the end of the season. Newcastle have reportedly been keen on Lukaku since the window opened earlier […]Read More

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Genoa striker completes £30m move to AC Milan

Ekow Amoasi January 24, 2019 32 0

Genoa striker Krzysztof Piatek has joined Serie A rivals AC Milan for about 35m euros (£30m). The Poland international, 23, will replace Gonzalo Higuain, who has joined Chelsea from parent club Juventus. Piatek, who has signed a deal until 2023, scored 19 goals in 21 games after joining Genoa from Cracovia in July. He became the […]Read More

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Ronaldo pleads guilty over tax fraud and fined £17m

Ekow Amoasi January 22, 2019 62 0

Cristiano Ronaldo has accepted a £17m fine and a suspended 23-month jail sentence after pleading guilty to tax fraud in Spain. Ronaldo had previously agreed the deal with Spanish state prosecutors and tax authorities but still had to appear in court to sign off the agreemeent. Spanish law allows for some sentences under two years […]Read More

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Ronaldo refused special treatment for Madrid tax fraud hearing

Ekow Amoasi January 22, 2019 58 0

Cristiano Ronaldo will have to enter a Madrid courthouse on foot on Tuesday after he was refused special treatment, officials at the court where he will appear for tax fraud said. According to a court document dated January 18 and unveiled on Monday, the 33-year-old Juventus forward and former Real Madrid player was denied special […]Read More

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Kevin-Prince Boateng: The first Ghanaian player to join FC Barcelona

Ekow Amoasi January 22, 2019 55 0

FC Barcelona’s new signing, Kevin Prince Boateng, becomes the first Ghanaian in the history of the club. The son of a Ghanaian and a German, and the older brother of Bayern centre-back, Jérôme Boateng, the 31-year-old forward was an international in Germany’s lower categories until he achieved dual German-Ghanaian nationality in 2010. Playing for Ghana […]Read More

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KP Boateng recounts moment Mandela told him; My daughter wants to marry you

Ekow Amoasi January 21, 2019 1688 0

“I was so nervous. I was sweating. My legs were trembling.” Kevin-Prince Boateng was a long way from the Berlin streets where he grew up; a long way from the football pitch too, although it was a game that brought him to the United Nations in Geneva. It was March 2013. It was also, he says, “the […]Read More

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Barcelona set to sign KP Boateng on loan from Sassuolo

Ekow Amoasi January 21, 2019 72 0

Sky Sport Italia reports Sassuolo star Kevin-Prince Boateng is on the verge of joining Barcelona in a shock move. According to Gianluca Di Marzio, Barca have identified Boateng as ‘the right man’ to strengthen their forward line this month. Consequently, the Catalans would have reached ‘an agreement in principle’ to take the 31-year-old on ‘an […]Read More

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Why Higuain’s move is delayed by AC Milan

Ekow Amoasi January 21, 2019 63 0

AC Milan’s on-loan striker Gonzalo Higuain remains in Italy as the club attempts to secure a replacement for the Argentine before sanctioning his move to Chelsea. The 31-year-old, on loan from Juventus, has not travelled with his team-mates to Monday’s Serie A game at Genoa. Talks are continuing over a deal that would take him to Stamford […]Read More

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What Higuain said about Chelsea move at airport

Steve Darko January 18, 2019 43 0

Chelsea are on the verge of announcing Gonzalo Higuain, even though the Argentine played it cool when he touched back down in Italy, following AC Milan’s Supercoppa defeat to Juventus. Higuain came on as a substitute in Jeddah on Wednesday evening, after nearly missing what appears to be his farewell game, having been suffering from […]Read More

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Ramsey signs Juventus pre-contract

Steve Darko January 17, 2019 73 0

Aaron Ramsey has signed a pre-contract agreement to join Juventus from Arsenal in the summer, according to Sky in Italy. The midfielder completed his Juventus medical over the weekend, and Sky Sports News understands the move will be made official in February. Ramsey has been free to negotiate a pre-contract agreement this month with clubs […]Read More

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Chelsea agree Higuain deal with Juve

Steve Darko January 17, 2019 62 0

Chelsea have agreed a deal with Juventus to sign Gonzalo Higuain on loan until the end of the season, according to Sky in Italy. It is understood the loan could then be extended for another 12 months subject to certain conditions. Higuain has been on loan at AC Milan from Juventus since the start of […]Read More

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Juventus 1-0 AC Milan: Cristiano Ronaldo header wins Supercoppa for Juve

Ekow Amoasi January 16, 2019 54 0

Cristiano Ronaldo’s header was enough for Juventus to beat AC Milan and claim a record eighth Supercoppa Italiana in a game played in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Portugal forward nodded in Miralem Pjanic’s lofted pass in the second half to settle a meeting between Italian football’s two most successful clubs. It was Ronaldo’s 16th goal […]Read More

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Supercoppa Italiana: Cristiano Ronaldo targets first trophy with Juventus

Ekow Amoasi January 16, 2019 94 0

Cristiano Ronaldo will be hoping to add another to his trophy cabinet with Juventus today when they face off with AC Milan in the Italian Super Cup today in Saudi Arabia. The Supercoppa Italiana, which was first staged in 1988, has often been played outside of Europe. This happened first was in 1993, when Milan and Torino […]Read More