Felipe was recently called up to the Italy national football team by manager Roberto Mancini, thanks to his Italian citizenship through his great-grandfather from Vicenza.
Despite a rough start to this year's campaign, the Bianconeri seem to have confronted the point of inflection as Juventus have managed to pull of an impressive 2-1 victory at the Allianz Stadium against Sassuolo in the quarter finals of the Coppa Italia. Following Juventus' dominant display, Allegri spoke to Sport Mediaset after the fixture about the Bianconeri's performance.
After the Bianconeri's well-deserved victory against Verona over the weekend, Juventus have managed to edge Sassuolo in 2-1 victory, securing their spot in the semi finals of the Coppa Italia where they are set to face off against Fiorentina.
The Milan management hosted a pair of key summits at their headquarters Thursday. They met with the agents of Sven Botman, who is their top target for the summer. Moreover, they talked with the entourage of Theo Hernandez. They are looking to secure their lead for the Dutchman, while their star will soon extend his contract.
Inter have not entirely given up hopes on keeping Ivan Perisic. The winger has only a few months left on his deal. The negotiation to prolong it had been dormant for a few months. However, the parties recently resumed talking, although they are not on the same page as it pertains to his salary.
The Blucerchiati pounced upon the opportunity to sign the skillful attacker as a direct replacement for Manolo Gabbiadini, who has been ruled out with a long-term knee injury.
Franck Kessié will be a free agent in a few months, and, despite previous rumors, he is now considered unlikely to end up at Barcelona. The Blaugrana see his contractual demands as “exorbitant" according to Spanish reports. Juventus and the Premier League giants remain in the running for the midfielder.
After much speculation in the transfer market regarding his future, French forward Anthony Martial moved from Manchester United to Sevilla on a loan deal until the end of the season.
José Mourinho was not too down in the dumps in front of the press after the Coppa Italia defeat to Inter. He stated that his team had played well besides the first five minutes when they gave up an early goal. He had a much different attitude in the locker room, where he did not spare expletives.
In terms of receipts from incoming transfers, Italy ranks in fifth position, earning $71.5m from transfer receipts, behind England ($108.6m), France ($99.2m), Portugal ($94.3m) and USA ($73m).
Villarreal face Juventus in the Champions League Round of 16 first leg clash at El Madrigal on February 22 and Yellow Submarines’ coach Unai Emery has delivered his opinion on the high-profile continental clash.
Duvan Zapata returned from a thigh strain against Cagliari, but he quickly subbed off with a more severe injury. The striker is visiting with Finnish tendon specialist Sakari Orava in Turku. The situation is rather bleak and he will be out for at least eight-to-ten weeks. Atalanta are considering signing a free agent striker.