Inter have confirmed they are still interested in Manchester City forward Mario Balotelli and that they could make an official bid for the player’s services in the near future.
The controversial striker left the Neroazzurri for Manchester City in August 2010, but he has failed to justify the hefty price tag.
City boss Roberto Mancini is slowly losing patience with the 21-year-old and he could decide to cash in on him in the summer.
That has sparked speculations that Balotelli could return to Giuseppe Meazza and Inter technical director Marco Branca now admits that the Neroazzurri are still interested in the Italian international.
“Balotelli? We’ll see in a few months, but we never closed the door to him and never will turn our backs on a potential …
Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish is convinced Roy Hodgson will be well received when he returns to Anfield for the first time on Sunday.
The former Fulham manager spent an unhappy eight months on Merseyside in 2010, ending in a dismissal that brought about Dalglish s dramatic return to the club he had left 20 years earlier.
Whilst the Scot presided over an upturn in results at Anfield, Hodgson went on to guide West Brom clear of the relegation zone.
Speaking to reporters at the club s training ground, Dalglish said: It will be good to see Roy. To see him back at Anfield obviously we ve played them down there already will be good and I m sure he ll get a warm reception from the supporters.
He s a man with real integrity and dignity and he tried his best for…
Cristiano Ronaldo s Al Nassr scored three goals in injury time to earn a stunning 3-1 win over Al Batin and move top of the Saudi Pro League on Friday.
Ronaldo s side were 1-0 down and looked to be on their way to a first defeat in five matches against an Al Batin team sat bottom of the league and with just one win all season.
But Abdulrahman Ghareeb levelled in the 93rd minute, before Mohammed Al Fatil dramatically put Al Nassr ahead in the 12th minute of additional time.
The points were made safe two minutes later, as Ghareeb set up Mohammed Maran to add a third and move Al Nassr to the top of the table.
Despite his team s spectacular comeback, Ronaldo failed to register a goal involvement for the first time in five matches.
It was not for the w…
Genoa defender Kakha Kaladze has announced that he will retire from football at the end of the season.
The 34-year-old made a decision to call it quits after what was a pretty successful career that lasted 19 years.
Kaladze started his professional career at Georgian giants Dinamo Tbilisi, where he spent six years before moving to Dynamo Kiev.
AC Milan splashed no less than €16 million on the player in 2001 and he enjoyed a lot of success with the Rossoneri until deciding to leave for Genoa in August 2010.
The Georgian defender announced his plans at a press conference on Saturday.
“I am moved to tell you that after 18 years of football I’ve decided to retire,” Kaladze explained. “I must thank Genoa, Milan, the fans and all of my teamma…
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Turning their attention back to Serie A duties on Saturday evening, Juventus will welcome Torino to the Allianz looking to close the buffer at the top of the table.
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Starting with the hosts, landing themselves what turned into a routine 3-0 victory against Dynamo Kyiv in midweek and already securing their spot in the knockout stage of this year s tournament, Juventus will be desperate to get back to winning ways on Serie A duties this weekend. Now under the guidance of former icon Andrea Pirlo, the Old Lady open Saturday s fixtures just about hanging onto their spot in the top-four and they re six points adrift of leaders AC Milan. While Juve might be yet to taste defeat across all formats since opening the 2020/2021 campaign, …