Fiorentina scored and a league celebrated. Nicolas Gonzalez’s goal in extra-time against Viktoria Plzen did not only return his team to the Conference League semi-finals in back-to-back years, it nudged Serie A into an unassailable position in the UEFA co-efficient. A fifth spot in next season’s expanded Champions League was assured. “I thought it was … Read more
JUVENTUS have been ordered to pay Cristiano Ronaldo more than £8million after he won his legal battle against his former side over unpaid wages. Ronaldo, now at Saudi side Al-Nassr, claimed he had been left out of pocket from his time in Turin during the Covid pandemic. 1 Juventus have been ordered to pay Cristiano … Read more
Convicted rapist and former Brazil international Dani Alves left a prison near Barcelona on Monday after posting the one-million-euro bail set by a court to ensure his release pending appeal. The 40-year-old has been in jail since his arrest in January 2023 on suspicion of raping a young woman in the VIP bathroom of a … Read more
TARTAN Army hero Scott McTominay is set to be showpieced in a museum dedicated to Portuguese icon Cristiano Ronaldo – as a draught excluder. A Scots firm which turns footie stars into door stoppers has received a surprise order for a giant McTominay cushion from the CR7 exhibition in Portugal. 6 Scott McTominay’s draught excluder is … Read more
French international and world cup winner Paul Pogba has been handed a four-year ban after a failed anti-doping test in September 2023. The Juventus midfielder, now age 30, believes that the verdict is “incorrect” and will file an appeal to the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS). The former Manchester United midfielder was initially handed … Read more
A PUNTER lost a £500 betting slip only for it to be cashed in miles away, as police launch an investigation. The incident happened at a bookies in Trafford, Manchester, earlier this month. 2 Manchester cops have issued a photo of a man they want to speak to in connection with the betting slipCredit: MEN … Read more
Tottenham Hotspur are close to finalising a deal to sign Romanian centre back, Radu Dragusin, from Serie A side, Genoa, for a transfer fee in the region of £21.5 million with an additional £4 million in add-ons. As part of the deal, Spurs will send right back Djed Spence on loan to Genoa for the … Read more
Juventus and France midfielder, Paul Pogba, is facing a lengthy ban from professional football after Italy’s anti-doping prosecutors requested that he be handed a four-year ban for testing positive for the banned substance, DHEA. It was announced in September that Pogba had tested positive for DHEA from being drug tested after Juventus’ Serie A fixture … Read more
