Pepe Reina and Ivan Strinic have completed moves to AC Milan on three-year deals.
The Serie A club announced that the signings of both players were sealed on Monday.
Goalkeeper Reina and defender Strinic were both available on free transfers after their contracts expired at Napoli and Sampdoria respectively.
Reina s arrival is likely to fuel speculation Gianluigi Donnarumma could leave Milan, although sporting director Massimiliano Mirabelli previously indicated this would not be the case if the 35-year-old former Liverpool star did sign.
Donnarumma s agent Mino Raiola has regularly spoken about taking the shot stopper away from San Siro, the teenager having been the centre of a long-running transfer saga in 2017.
While Reina s arrival adds to the…
Barcelona put their weekend humiliation at the hands of Hercules behind them with two-goal Lionel Messi inspiring a 5-1 Champions League rout of Panathinaikos on Tuesday in their Group D opener.
Barcelona fell behind to a Sidney Govou goal on 20 minutes but responded with three goals in 24 minutes with Argentine Messi scoring twice, in the 21st and 45th minutes, and Spanish star David Villa netting his first Champions League goal for Barcelona.
Pedro Rodriguez and Brazilian Dani Alves scored late goals to complete the rout while Messi came agonisingly close to a hat-trick missing a penalty and hitting both posts in the second half.
It was a big win from the 2009 champions as they gave the perfect reply to Saturday s painful 2-0 league defeat to promoted Hercules…
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Desperate to make an immediate return to winning ways on Tuesday night, Millwall will welcome a struggling Reading to the Den when the midweek fixtures open up.
Starting with the hosts, putting in a sluggish display away at Huddersfield over the weekend, there is no doubt that Millwall will be seeking an immediate boost on Tuesday. Hit with a deserved 1-0 loss on their travels, the Lions will be glad to make a return to home soil in midweek as they hope to extend their buffer in the top-half. Although the south London outfit might still be tipped as an outside pick to clinch a play-off spot this season, Gary Rowett s side have still impressed over the past six weeks. Including back-to-back victories against Stoke and Sheffield …
The agent of Manchester United winger Nani, Andrea Pastorello, expects the player to leave the club when the transfer window re-opens in the summer.
Nani, who joined United from Sporting CP for €25.5 million in the summer of 2007, put pen to paper on a new five-year contract at Old Trafford in September.
Upon securing Nani s services until 30 June 2008, : I m really pleased Nani has re-signed for the next five years.
He has great ability and experience beyond his 26 years. I ve been impressed with his approach to training and look forward to working with him in the coming seasons.
However, the Portugal international, 27, has made just nine English Premier League appearances without a goal this season and finds himself behind the likes of A…
Oleksandr Zinchenko is out for two or three weeks with an injury, according to Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola, who may now be forced into bringing in additional cover at left-back.
Utility player Zinchenko, who has yet to play a single minute for City in 2020-21, provided cover at left-back last season while Benjamin Mendy battled with injuries.
Mendy is fit again and featured in City s 3-0 EFL Cup victory over Burnley on Wednesday, but Guardiola confirmed after the game that Zinchenko has suffered a set-back in his recovery from a muscle injury.
Yesterday, or two days ago, he was injured again, Guardiola told reporters.
He was recovered, but he got injured again and is out for two or three weeks.
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Jamie Vardy will revisit the club where he made his name after Fleetwood Town beat Hereford 2-0 to set up an FA Cup third round clash with Leicester City.
The England striker scored 31 goals in 36 appearances for Fleetwood to finish as the top scorer in the Conference Premier in 2011-12, before making a lucrative move to the King Power Stadium.
Fleetwood have since risen to League One and in their FA Cup second round replay against non-league Hereford they ran out 2-0 winners courtesy of a brace from club captain Cian Bolger.
Leicester were knocked out of the FA Cup by Millwall in the fifth round last season, and Claude Puel s side will travel to Fleetwood in search of a win on January 6.
Well done looking forward to going back to Highbury Stadium
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When Sevilla defeated Inter in their gripping Europa League final clash last August, there was a sense of deja vu for Los Nervionenses. Not only because they were winning that trophy for the sixth time, but also that talk quickly turned to the next step .
Sevilla had been here before: Their back-to-back UEFA Cup successes under Juande Ramos were supposed to transform them into a new power in Spanish football, but it didn t quite happen.
Then the Europa League three-peat with Unai Emery was supposed to elevate them, but in the 13 months that followed the hat-trick-clinching win over Liverpool, Sevilla lost two coaches (Emery and his popular successor Jorge Sampaoli), revered sporting director Monchi and some of their best players.
Monchi returned in 2019 followin…
Germany striker Miroslav Klose believes his side are well equipped to win Euro 2012, describing them as the strongest team in Europe .
The Lazio forward, who will miss Friday s international friendly against next year s co-hosts Ukraine with a knee injury, is confident that Joachim Loew has put together the right mix of players who will ensure a formidable challenge next summer.
This Germany is the strongest team in Europe, Klose said.
We can win the European Championships next summer without any doubt.
Klose has been in sensational form in Serie A, helping his side join Udinese at the top of the league.
I am having a splendid time at Lazio, said the 33-year-old, who moved to Italy from Bayern Munich in the summer.
The Germany interna…
In what can only be described as a cursed primetime football game, the New England Patriots are visiting the Pittsburgh Steelers in a battle of backup quarterbacks. Despite the potential ugliness of this game, the NFL odds have the Steelers as six-point favorites.
The difference in this one is the playmakers the Steelers have with taking the field, something Bill Belichick’s team has been in search of all season. While he hasn’t been consistent, George Pickens has the talent to be the biggest game-changer in what will likely be a defensive stalemate.
You can see how I’m betting on the Steelers wide receiver as we dive into the TNF odds in my free NFL picks below.
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