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Juventus was one of the clubs closely monitoring Italy’s match against Belgium last night, as they had several players to watch. The Bianconeri, currently undergoing a rebuild, are constantly scouting new talents to strengthen their squad under Thiago Motta’s leadership. Although Juventus had some of their own players in the Italy squad during the international break, their focus wasn’t solely …

United States men’s national team defender Tim Ream has claimed that training sessions are more intense under manager Mauricio Pochettino. The Argentine coach recently entered the fray with the Stars and Stripes following the removal of Gregg Berhalter. The now-former USMNT manager departed the national team after a disappointing showing at Copa America 2024. Speaking on the Player/Manager podcast, Ream …

Thomas Tuchel is in ‘advanced talks’ to become the new head coach of England, according to a report in Germany. Welt is suggesting the former Chelsea boss is now the Football Association’s preferred candidate and that an agreement could soon be reached. Lee Carsley, the interim boss, said after last night’s dismal 2-1 defeat at home to Greece that he …

October 11 – Former England manager Gareth Southgate is to take a year off and will not join any club or national team during that time following speculation he could be a target for Manchester United. “I won’t coach in the next year, for sure. I’m certain of that,” Southgate said during an on-stage interview to an audience of hundreds of …

In a recent interview with Mundo Deportivo, Spain coach Luis de la Fuente opened up about a wide range of topics, including several Barcelona players as well as the team’s progress this season. The 63-year-old, who led Spain to Nations League and European Championship titles, notably heaping praise on Barcelona’s latest signing, Lamine Yamal. De la Fuente on Lamine Yamal …

Juventus is eager to secure Dusan Vlahovic on a new contract while avoiding paying him up to €12 million per season. The striker currently earns €8 million net per season, which could rise to €10 million with bonuses, and a loyalty bonus would push his earnings to €12 million in the final year of his contract. This agreement was made …

The English Football Association (FA) issued a fine to Nottingham Forest of nearly $1 million for previous social media comments last season. The East Midlands side took to X to heavily criticize match referee Anthony Taylor and VAR lead Stuart Attwell following a defeat to Everton in April. Forest officials felt as if three different penalty decisions went against them …

Adam Silver believes that the NBA will return for games in China one day, despite controversy surrounding the league playing there when teams visited in 2019. NBA Will Return To China Adam Silver was speaking at Columbia University this week in a sports management conference where he addressed speculation that the league could return to China for games for the …

Former France winger Jerome Rothen has demanded Kylian Mbappe be stripped of the Les Bleus captaincy after being seen in a Stockholm nightclub while skipping international duty due to a thigh injury. Mbappe was left out of the France squad named last week by Didier Deschamps for the Nations League games against Israel and Belgium. But he started for Real …

October 11 – It was the perfect tribute to a player who died tragically young. Greece beat England on Thursday for the first time in history and celebrated by holding up the No. 2 jersey of George Baldock, the Panathinaikos defender who was found dead in his Athens home the previous day at the age of 31.  Baldock, born in England but …