A Uruguayan defender is nearing his return for a third spell in Turin, while the Bianconeri boss has confirmed that a Moroccan star is heading out Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri insists Martin Caceres is not a “makeshift solution” as the Uruguayan closes in on a return to the club to facilitate Medhi Benatia’s expected departure. Morocco international Benatia is close to signing for Qatari club Al-Duhail, as revealed by Goal, in a deal which will make him their first major signing since appointing Jose Mourinho’s former assistant Rui Faria as head coach. Caceres, 31, has been picked as his replacement, with Juve confirming on Saturday he has arrived in Turin…

The forward scored his first Serie A goal since November against Frosinone, but his all-round play pleases his manager the most Massimiliano Allegri was delighted to see Paulo Dybala end his Serie A goal drought with a stunning strike in Friday’s 3-0 win over Frosinone. The Argentina forward blasted home from 25 yards after just six minutes of the game at the Allianz Stadium, before Leonardo Bonucci and Cristiano Ronaldo rounded off a routine win. It was Dybala’s first league goal since the 3-1 defeat of Cagliari on November 3 and just his eighth in 29 appearances in all competitions. Article continues below Editors' Picks Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa…

Reports of a return to Serie A for the Uruguayan are getting stronger, but the Italian ‘keeper expects him to stay in Paris at least until June Gianluigi Buffon is confident Edinson Cavani will not leave Paris Saint-Germain in favour of a return to Napoli before the end of the season because of the Parisians’ better chances in the Champions League. Cavani spent three seasons at Napoli before joining PSG in 2013, enjoying arguably the best years of his career at the Stadio San Paolo. Although the Uruguayan failed to reach the 20-goal mark in his first three seasons in Paris, he has been lethal ever since, netting 35 and…

Click:如何查询手机号是否注册微信 The Rossoneri have made two statement signings since 2017 and lost them both, showing just how far the seven-time European champions have fallen When Leonardo Bonucci decided to return to Juventus last summer after just one season at AC Milan, team-mate Suso admitted, “He feels he took a step back signing for us and that is why he is going back to Juventus.” Despite receiving “several offers” from elsewhere himself, the Spanish winger insisted that he was happy to stay put, buoyed by the club’s acquisition of then Bianconeri forward Gonzalo Higuain. “When the project is interesting and players like him arrive,” he reasoned, “it is always positive.” Article…

The Argentine striker was stripped of the captaincy and missing from their squad list on Wednesday but now says that he is undergoing treatment Mauro Icardi appeared to confirm that he is suffering from an injury on Thursday as his absence from Inter’s Europa League squad took a further twist. Icardi was replaced by Samir Handanovic as captain on Wednesday and was later a notable absentee when the club named a 19-man party for the trip to Rapid Vienna in the round of 32.  Despite an initial assumption Icardi had been dropped, coach Luciano Spalletti later clarified that the Argentina international withdrew from the squad himself, although the Nerazzurri boss did not offer a reason.…

The Juventus forward has been accused of sexually assaulting Kathryn Mayorga in 2009 – a claim the Portuguese firmly denies Cristiano Ronaldo’s lawyer Peter Christiansen insisted a warrant for the Juventus superstar’s DNA is a “very standard request” amid the ongoing investigation into a rape allegation.  American Kathryn Mayorga has accused Ronaldo of sexually assaulting her in a hotel in Las Vegas in 2009, with the Portugal captain having come out to “firmly deny” the claims.  German publication Der Spiegel first reported the accusations, which also included the suggestion Ronaldo paid Ms Mayorga $375,000 (£288,000) in 2010 as part of a privacy agreement, preventing her from going public with the…

The Argentine forward’s wife explained that both she and her husband were blindsided by the club’s decision, but insists they aren’t looking to leave Wanda Nara , wife and agent for Mauro Icardi, claims that taking away the captain’s armband from her husband was akin to taking away one of his legs.  Inter named goalkeeper Samir Handanovic as their new club captain last week, stripping their star striker of the role amid persistent transfer rumours. Icardi was then left out of the squad for the first leg of their Europa League last-32 tie against Rapid Vienna, and was once again not part of the side as the club claimed a win…

The Argentine’s long-running stand-off with the club’s board appears close to an end as both parties agree terms on a contract extension Mauro Icardi is finally closing in on signing a new deal with Inter, Goal can confirm. A meeting has been scheduled between the two parties before the end of the month, with Icardi set to earn €7 million (£6m/$8m) per season. It is understood that the deal will include a release clause of somewhere in the region of €160-180m (£140-160/$180-$205m) and is likely to run until 2023. Article continues below Editors' Picks Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes…

Blues boss Maurizio Sarri is rightly frustrated by his employers’ reluctance to invest in players over 30 – if you’re good enough, you’re old enough Before selling Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus, the biggest mistake Real Madrid president Florentino Perez had ever made in the transfer market was allowing Claude Makelele to join Chelsea. In the summer of 2003, the French defensive midfielder was seeking a pay rise that still would have only seen him earn half as much as his compatriot, Zinedine Zidane. In an embarrassing show of ignorance, Perez utterly dismissed the merits of a player who was integral to how Real were playing at the time and deemed…

The talented teenager admits he is improving by playing alongside the Portuguese and says he is a big fan of Mario Balotelli Moise Kean says he living out his childhood dreams by playing alongside Cristiano Ronaldo at Juventus, and also revealed that Mario Balotelli was his idol growing up. At just 18 years of age, a highly-rated talent in Turin is already a record-breaker and a frontman considered to boast considerable potential. He is not the first Italian to fall into that bracket, with some enigmatic performers having gone before him. Article continues below Editors' Picks Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes…