Valencia have appointed former Italy boss Cesare Prandelli as their new head coach on a deal that runs until June 2018.
The appointment of the 59-year-old who has been without a club since he was sacked by Galatasaray in November 2014 was confirmed in a statement on Saturday.
Prandelli will take a watching brief as Los Che host Atletico Madrid in LaLiga on Sunday before formally taking charge and meeting the media on Monday.
The Italian is the club s eighth head coach in a little over four years as Valencia have struggled to recapture the consistency they enjoyed in the previous four seasons under Unai Emery, which yielded three successive third-place finishes.
Having lost their opening four games of the season under Pako Ayestaran, caretaker Voro has ste…
Udinese star Antonio Di Natale has stressed he would prefer Alexis Sanchez over Neymar if he had to choose between the Arsenal man and the Barcelona forward.
Neymar and Alexis played together at Barcelona in 2013-14 before the Catalans opted to cash in on the Chile international and bring in Luis Suarez from Liverpool.
Di Natale would have held on to his former team-mate, though, had he been in charge and has nothing but praise for the 26-year-old.
Alexis and Neymar are both wonderful players, who play talismanic roles for top club sides, he said.
When you re talking about players at that level, it s always difficult to say who s better. If I was a coach, I d love to have both of them in my team.
But if I had to choose one, I d choose Alexi…
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Looking to build off of their recent resurge, Chelsea will be smelling a golden chance when they make the trip to a struggling Southampton on Saturday lunchtime.
Southampton
Starting with the hosts, while Southampton might have managed to pick up a much-needed boost while on FA Cup duties last week, the Saints came immediately crashing back down to earth. Watching Wolves pick up their revenge on the South Coast last weekend, Ralph Hasenhüttl s men threw away the lead in a worrying fashion. Eventually hit with a 2-1 defeat against the Oranges, the former RB Leipzig boss finds his side in the midst of a real Premier League nightmare. Freefalling down the table and with their European ambitions taking what appears to be a critical blow,…
Leeds United are interested in signing Ben Godfrey from Everton before the January transfer window closes on Thursday, according to . The report has claimed that Leeds, who are aiming to win automatic promotion from the Championship at the end of the season, are likely to make a second offer for Godfrey after having their first bid turned down.
Daniel Farke’s Leeds made a loan offer for Godfrey, but Everton, who are aiming to avoid the dreaded drop from the Premier League at the end of the season, turned it down. The West Yorkshire club are likely to make a second offer for the 26-year-old English defender.
Football Transfers has reported that Leeds head coach Daniel Farke is personally pushing for a move for Godfrey. Farke worked with the defender at Norwich City and…
German newspaper that Tottenham Hotspur have reached an agreement to sign defender Kevin Wimmer from FC Koln.
Spurs were hot on the trail of the talented centre-back for quite a while, but they have surprised everyone by wrapping up the deal well ahead of the summer transfer window.
According to Bild, Tottenham will pay €6 million for the 22-year-old stopper, who will sign a four-year contract with the Premier League side.
Kevin Wimmer joined FC Koln from LASK Linz in the summer of 2012 and he helped the Billy Goats gain promotion to the Bundesliga in his first season at the club.
The youngster continued the rich vein of form in Germany s top flight, starting no fewer than 24 league matches this term.
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Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has taken the time to praise Neymar ahead of Sunday s La Liga encounter with Eibar and feels the 23-year-old has consistently been great for the Catalans since joining them from Santos in 2013.
The Brazil international has been in sublime form in the past few weeks, netting four times in the 5-2 win over Rayo Vallecano last Saturday before setting up both of Barca s goals in their 2-0 Champions League victory against BATE, yet Luis Enrique is not surprised by his recent goalscoring exploits.
Are we seeing the best Neymar since he joined Barcelona? No, I don t think so. He has always been a great player for us, the Barcelona coach said at a news conference.
He is a very special player, a unique player. He has been great all these y…
Hernan Crespo has been sacked by Banfield after just nine months in charge, the club announced on Monday.
Banfield parted with head coach and Argentine great Crespo five matches into the Superliga Argentina season.
Crespo, who signed an 18-month contract with Banfield in December, paid the price for overseeing only one win in five league games this term.
Friday s goalless draw away to Defensa y Justicia left Banfield – 16th in 2018-19 – languishing in 19th position and without a win in three games.
The board of directors of the Banfield Athletic Club wishes to thank Hernan Crespo and his entire technical body for their dedication, commitment, effort and commitment throughout these nine months at the helm of our first team, a statement read.
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Juventus are ready to go big for Ferran Torres! The Valencia winger is one of those youngsters that are still to fully blossom, but is already clear he holds great potential and Juventus want to make him their player before his price skyrockets. Torres performances at Mestalla and during the U-21 European Championship in 2019 (which he won with Spain) have shown that the right winger could go very far.
That is why now Bianconerri are ready to even offload players in order to get the player and have a place for him in the team. At least that is what the media in Italy are claiming.
Apparently, Juve are considering selling Douglas Costa as they could go for Valencia star this summer. Some reports even suggest Federico Bernardeschi could be sold, but that is harder to see …
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Barcelona have moved five points clear at the top although Real Madrid do have a game in hand. Valencia and Sevilla remain in third and fourth place three and four points respectively further back.
Barcelona followed up their midweek away win at Xerez with another away win, this time at Deportivo. Messi gave Barca a first half lead but Deportivo went into the break level. The visitors left it late but Messi again, ten minutes from the end and Ibrahimovic in the last two minutes gave them a 3-1 win.
Real Madrid also picked up three points but not without incident. All looked to be calm and going according to plan when Sergio Ramos gave them a 1-0 lead over Almeria at half-time. However, seventeen minutes into the second-ha…
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Arsenal will be looking to put behind them a stuttering performance against strong home performers Burnley, whilst traveling to the Emirates knowing any sort of result will be hard to come by.
Arsenal fans will have been shocked to see their team matched in midweek by new Premier League team Burnley, particularly given their superb comeback in the second half against Liverpool last weekend. It s been a stop start season this year for Arsenal with several good results often followed by surprising results against less established teams, such as Sunderland whom they lost to a few weeks ago, and Burnley last weekend. Arsenal will see this home game against Hull City as a great opportunity to get back to winning ways and Manager Arsene Wenger will expect n…