The World Cup winner was agonizingly close to becoming a Rossoneri player in the summer of 2021, but instead chose to cross the Atlantic to join Mexican club Tigres.
Lazio will have to find another backup for Ciro Immobile in the summer, and they have shown interest in Dries Mertens. The Napoli mainstay will be out of contract at the end of the season, but Partenopei have an automatic option to extend his expiring deal.
Torino coach Ivan Juric spent two years at Hellas Verona from June 2019 to May 2021, coinciding his stay in the 2019/20 season with Kumbulla’s emergence as a new talent.
Sassuolo risk being pillaged by the top teams in the next transfer market window. Their CEO Giovanni Carnevali commented the rumors, starting with Giacomo Raspadori’s links to Juventus. He also weighed in on Gianluca Scamacca, Maxime Lopez, Davide Frattesi, Domenico Berardi and Hamed Traorè.
Croatian coach Igor Tudor is eagerly anticipating his side’s clash against Inter at the Giuseppe Meazza on the weekend. Hellas Verona arrive on the back of a narrow 1-0 victory over Genoa, as do Inter, with the same scoreline over Juventus.
Juventus seek to take advantage of the positive relationship with Sassuolo, having recently onboarded central midfielder Manuel Locatelli from their ranks. Max Allegri envisions a different Bianconeri side by reinforcing the attack line with young talents.
Juventus are seeking a new left-back as they wish to move on from Alex Sandro. The veteran is under contract until 2023, and they prefer cashing in on him, at least moderately, rather than facing the risk of losing him for nothing. They are eyeing a Chelsea pair and more foreign targets.
The race to sign Paulo Dybala is moving slowly, and if he had to stay in Italy, he would pick Milan over Inter. However, such proposition clashes with the salary policy of the Rossoneri and his requests. The Nerazzurri talked to his entourage but did not propose a wealthy contract.
The former Scudetto winner believes the fight for the championship title will pull along to the final day, with only seven match weeks yet to be played in Italy.
Roma could have another opportunity to take a close look at Ola Solbakken tonight, whom they might pursue in the future. He has scored three times against them in the two matches in the group stage of the European Conference League. However, he is questionable to play due to an illness.
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Emiliano Mascetti died at the age of 79, due to an illness that he had been suffering from for some time. He made the history of Verona, making 330 appearances and scoring 42 goals in 11 seasons as a player, with a brief stint at Torino (from 1973 to 1975).