– Serie A

Having just completed the takeover of the club, Chelsea’s new owners have just announced Thomas Tuchel will have around £200 million to spend in the transfer window this summer. Meanwhile, Tottenham’s shareholders are putting £150 million into the club to satisfy manager Antonio Conté’s transfer aspirations. Elsewhere, Manchester City, who have already bought Erling Haaland for £51 million and Julian ...

The 2022 summer transfer window for clubs in England and Scotland will open on June 10th. However, according to FIFA’s transfer window, the summer window opens in major European countries like France, Italy, Germany and Spain on July 1st. That means that even those deals that have already been concluded – like Erling Haaland’s switch from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester ...

Juventus midfielder Arthur Melo is once again being linked with a move to Arsenal. The Gunners were heavily interested in signing him during the January window, but, in the end, the Turin club were unwilling to let him leave without sourcing a replacement first. However, with the Brazilian international seeing little game time over the remainder of the season, they ...

According to reports in Italy, Arsenal are closing in on the signing of Bologna full-back Aaron Hickey. The 19-year old Scottish international joined the Serie A club from Hearts two years ago, and has already played for Bologna 48 times, notching up five goals. It is even claimed that the Gunners have submitted a bid of £21.75 million for Hickey. ...

Inter Milan are set to hold talks with representatives of Romelu Lukaku about a return to the Serie A club for the Belgian striker. Lukaku re-signed for Chelsea for a club record fee of £97.5 million, but the move has not worked out as either player or club would have liked. He started in just 16 Premier League games and ...

Fans of Serie A club Fiorentina are unhappy now that their option to buy Lucas Torreira from Arsenal at a pre-agreed fee has expired. The Uruguayan international had spent the season on loan at Fiorentina and had impressed with a  consistent string of performances in their midfield. It seemed inevitable that the club was going to take up their option ...

Continuing the series about footballers who excelled at other sports. (For Part One click here; and Part Two click here). Paolo Maldini Paolo Maldini is regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all-time. The epitome of the one club man he spent his entire career with his boyhood club AC Milan, winning 25 trophies with the Rossonieri, and he ...

The agent of Arsenal midfielder Lucas Torreira has blamed Fiorentina for his proposed permanent move to the Serie A club collapsing. When he was allowed to join the Serie A side on loan at the start of last season, it was agreed that they would have the option to buy him on a permanent basis for £12.5 million, although there ...

Arsenal could be set to sign another player from Brazilian football this summer. They have already agreed a deal for winger Marquinhos from Sao Paolo – confirmation of that is expected imminently – but now there are reports that they are interested in midfielder Danilo as well, currently playing for Palmeiras. The Gunners though are not alone – both Juventus ...

Continuing the series about footballers who excelled at other sports. (For Part One please click here). Petr Cech As a boy growing up in the Czech Republic, Cech loved ice hockey and played it as a boy. However, he was forced to choose between it and football when he was a  teenager and, having made his choice, could not play ...