Mauro Icardi scored twice and Milan Skriniar was also on target as they came back to haunt former club Sampdoria and send Inter to the top of Serie A, for 24 hours at least, with a 3-2 win on Tuesday.
Having claimed a thrilling 3-2 derby win over AC Milan and then held Napoli to a 0-0 draw in their last two games, Luciano Spalletti s men continued their unbeaten start to the season with a dominant display at San Siro.
It represented a second defeat of the season for sixth-placed Samp while Inter moved a point clear of Napoli, who visit Samp s arch-rivals Genoa on Wednesday, and four ahead of champions Juventus and Lazio ahead of their respective games with SPAL and Bologna.
Skriniar left Samp for Inter in the close season and his scruffy 18th-minute opener wa…
Newcastle United will compete the signing of Rob Holding from Arsenal this week, according to . It has been reported that Arsenal have made a decision to send the central defender to Premier League rivals Newcastle on loan for the 2020-21 campaign.
Holding joined Arsenal from Bolton Wanderers in 2016 amid much expectations, but the 24-year-old has failed to establish himself as a regular in the first team at the Emirates Stadium. The English centre-back has also been impeded by injury problems, and it seems that he will get a fresh chance to get his career back on track at Newcastle.
Newcastle are an ambitious club who are well established in the Premier League. Steve Bruce is a very good manager, and under him, Holding could flourish. What is important is that Holding …
Riyad Mahrez has thanked Leicester City after completing his move to Premier League champions Manchester City.
Pep Guardiola s side announced the signing of the winger, who had looked set to join City in January, on Tuesday, paying a reported club record fee of £60million.
Mahrez arrived at Leicester in 2014, going on to play a crucial role in the club s remarkable Premier League title win in 2015/16, scoring 17 goals.
And the Algeria international took to his official Twitter feed on Wednesday to pay tribute to his former club.
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To all Leicester fans, we have made some amazing memories and history together, Mahrez tweeted.
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Kevin De Bruyne s latest injury setback has dealt a blow to Manchester City s Premier League title defence.
The Belgium midfielder only recently returned to first-team action from damaging the lateral collateral ligament in his right knee in August.
During the closing stages of City s 2-0 EFL Cup win over Fulham on Thursday, De Bruyne suffered damage to his left knee in a challenge with Timothy Fosu-Mensah and must now return to the sidelines for five to six weeks
Pep Guardiola s side have coped impressively without their talisman so far this term, going unbeaten over the course of the first 10 Premier League games to sit above Liverpool at the summit on goal difference.
They also lead the way in their Champions League group, but will they be able to main…
Kevin De Bruyne sees no reason why Manchester City cannot complete a clean sweep of trophies this season as Pep Guardiola s side continue to swat aside any and all opposition.
City head into Sunday s visit to Huddersfield Town on the back of 16 wins from 17 across all competitions – a sequence interrupted only by an EFL Cup draw and subsequent penalty shoot-out triumph over Wolves.
De Bruyne has been in sensational form and already looks a strong bet to scoop various individual honours at the end of the campaign.
But it is collective glory that interests the Belgium international, whose four goals and nine assists have inspired City to an eight-point lead atop the Premier League, five wins from five in the Champions League to secure qualification to the kno…
Arsenal are looking for a player to take them to the next level in the January transfer window after losing Gabriel Jesus to injury, says manager Mikel Arteta.
The Gunners entered the World Cup break five points clear of champions Manchester City at the Premier League summit, leading some to tip them as contenders for a first top-flight title since 2004.
Striker Jesus has played a key role for Arsenal this season, but he underwent surgery earlier this month after suffering a knee injury during Brazil s World Cup campaign.
With reports suggesting Jesus could be absent for three months, Arteta is targeting reinforcements – though he will only move for the ideal player.
I never gave a date on Jesus – it will take some time, for sure. He s gone through …
It was hard to think of a way to top the spine-tingling gravitas of Andrea Bocelli performing Nessun Dorma on a balmy Rome evening.
The organisers of Euro 2020 clearly felt it best not to try not to compete, so sent the matchball for Italy s 3-0 win over Turkey out to the Stadio Olimpico pitch via a remote-control car.
The restricted 16,000-crowd cheered the presence of UEFA s questionable accessory – the sort of thing a fun uncle might stick under the tree at Christmas – but then they gave full-throated appreciation to everything. After a 12-month delay and unimaginable heartache in the wider world, Euro 2020 was here.
Especially during those dark early months of the coronavirus pandemic when sport stopped, we all took solace in nostalgia and re-runs o…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic only expects to be out for one or two weeks with his recently sustained injury and the Milan striker has given another strong indication he wants to make a Sweden comeback.
The in-form Ibrahimovic limped off with a hamstring issue after scoring twice in a 3-1 Serie A win at Napoli on Sunday.
There were concerns the 39-year-old could be sidelined for a month, but he allayed those fears after being named Swedish Player of the Year for a 12th time.
Ibrahimovic told Aftonbladet: It s nothing serious. Only one or two weeks [out].
The veteran recently hinted he is ready to end his international retirement by posting an image of himself in a Sweden jersey on social media, captioned: Long time no see.
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Ronald Koeman says Frenkie de Jong and Barcelona are equally responsible for the Netherlands midfielder missing out on Euro 2024 through injury.
De Jong was ruled out of the tournament after failing to recover from an ankle injury sustained during Barca s Clasico defeat by Real Madrid on April 21.
The 27-year-old was named in the provisional Dutch squad, but it was confirmed he would play no part following their final warm-up match against Iceland on Monday.
Koeman initially criticised the Blaugrana s handling of De Jong s injury and, on Wednesday, said the issue also depends on the player himself .
However, the Netherlands head coach is keen to move forward, with the Oranje opening their Group D campaign against Poland on Sunday.
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It s the goal of every single international team on the planet to reach the FIFA World Cup, even this year with such a cloud of controversy hanging over it. Last night, we saw one of our biggest batches of qualifiers yet with a parade of countries ensuring they will be on the plane to Qatar this winter.
That includes Poland who, in their own backyard, managed to see off the challenge of Sweden and push through to the finals in their one-legged play-off.
Polish grit
It was said before, during and after the game that Poland were suffering from a string of injuries and in many instances, we saw that play out on the pitch. They were more than happy to surrender the possession advantage to the Swedes with the visitors having 61% of the ball, as well as 12 shots compared to …