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Inter coach Antonio Conte has welcomed Zlatan Ibrahimovic back to Serie A following his move to rivals Milan and recounted attempting to take him to Chelsea.

Ibrahimovic, 38, became a free agent after his contract with LA Galaxy expired at the end of the 2019 MLS season and a return to Italy always looked his most likely next step.

Napoli and Bologna were both linked with the Swede, but he ultimately opted for Milan, whom he previously spent two years with – the first on loan from Barcelona – until 2012.

Ibrahimovic made his second comeback from the bench in Monday s clash with Sampdoria but was unable to inspire Stefano Pioli s men to victory, as they were held to a goalless draw at San Siro.

Conte expects the former Manchester United, Barca, Inter a…

Ashley Young has signed a one-year contract extension with Manchester United, the Premier League club has confirmed.

The deal will see the 33-year-old – signed from Aston Villa in June 2011 remain at Old Trafford until the end of the 2019-20 season.

Young initially arrived at the club as a winger, but has since developed into a versatile full-back, utilised on both sides of United’s defence.

The England international has won five trophies in his time with the Red Devils, including the Premier League in 2012-13 and the League Cup and Europa League double under former boss Jose Mourinho at the end of the 2016-17 campaign.

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Juventus are set to join the race to sign Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey, according to the Daily Star.

The Wales international has been linked with a move away from the Emirates Stadium after a decade with the Gunners, with Manchester United leading the chase for his services.

Jose Mourinho is on the lookout for a new midfielder with Paul Pogba’s Old Trafford future in question though Juve boss Massimiliano Allegri is keen to partner him in the centre of midfield with Liverpool’s Emre Can.

Since signing from Cardiff City in the summer of 2008, Ramsey has played three hundred and twenty times for Arsene Wenger scoring fifty-four goals a tally that includes the winner in the 2014 FA Cup final victory over Hull City.

He has also been capped fifty-t…

Javier Tebas has announced he is resigning as LaLiga president in order to stand for re-election.

The 57-year-old has been in charge of the Spanish top flight since 2013 and is into his second term, having also stepped down in 2016 to run unopposed for re-election.

His latest term was due to be up in October 2020, but he has again taken the decision to force an early open election.

Explaining his reasoning in an open letter on his Twitter page, Tebas said: I have decided to resign from my role as president so that a new electoral process starts, which I plan to run in, and I hope to gain support to stay four more years.

A new political term is starting, where it is possible that in our national parliament and in the European parliament there may be laws…

Undefeated Manchester City felt the sharp end of Pep Guardiola s tongue after letting their standards slip against Feyenoord, according to Yaya Toure.

With qualification to the Champions League knockout stages already secure, Guardiola made seven changes to his starting line-up for the visit of the faltering Eredivisie holders and a patchy, listless contest was drifting towards a goalless conclusion before Raheem Sterling expertly dispatched his 11th goal of the season two minutes from time.

That made it five wins out of five in Europe this term, securing top spot in Group F in the process, while City have taken a remarkable 34 points from the 36 on offer in the Premier League.

Speaking after Saturday s considerably more impressive 2-0 win at Leicester, Guardiola…

Benfica head coach Jorge Jesus dismissed speculation linking LaLiga giants Barcelona with Darwin Nunez.

Nunez became Benfica s most expensive signing when he arrived from Almeria in a €24million deal in September.

The 21-year-old forward opened his account with a hat-trick in the Europa League last month, while the Uruguay international has netted four goals across all competitions.

Barca are reportedly interested in Nunez, who has been tipped by Jesus to surpass Joao Felix as the club s most expensive sale following the latter s €126million transfer to Atletico Madrid last year.

Jesus was asked about Nunez and rumoured interest following Benfica s shock 3-0 Primeira Liga loss to Boavista on Monday.

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Kalidou Koulibaly insisted he loved Napoli, but said we ll see what happens amid speculation over his future.

Koulibaly, 29, has regularly been linked with a move away from the Serie A side, with Liverpool reportedly interested in the defender.

The Senegal centre-back, who is contracted at Napoli until 2023, acknowledged the interest in him, but said he loved the Italian club.

I love Naples and Naples loves me, that s the most important thing, Koulibaly said, via Sky Sport, after Thursday s 1-0 Europa League win over Real Sociedad.

I always make myself available game after game, I still have three years of contract, I m calm, the teams are looking for me but I m still here.

I play at my level and I help this team and these people because I wa…

Liverpool continued their relentless march towards the Premier League title with a 1-0 victory over Tottenham while Sergio Aguero sent records tumbling in Manchester City s resounding win at Aston Villa.

The Reds moved 16 points clear at the top thanks to Leicester City s defeat to Southampton – as Danny Ings kept up his superb form – though the gap was reduced slightly when City thrashed Villa on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Manchester United ended a three-match winless streak with a resounding 4-0 triumph over lowly Norwich City.

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Mohamed Salah is rightly jealous of former Liverpool team-mate Dejan Lovren appearing at the World Cup, according to the Croatia defender.

Lovren is set to feature in the finals for Croatia and the centre-back knows he cannot come up against ex-Reds colleague Salah, who failed to qualify with Egypt.

A missed penalty from Salah in a shoot-out against Senegal in March proved costly as the Pharaohs missed out on a place in Qatar.

Asked on Sunday whether Salah would be jealous of him making it to the tournament, Lovren said: One hundred percent! I would be jealous too.

He said he would support me but, to be honest, I m sad he didn t qualify. He was very close. He said he would come with the Croatian flag!

Croatia start their campaign against Morocco…

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Newcastle United have a chance in midweek to drag themselves away from the relegation dogfight as they host Leeds United at St James Park.

The Toon come into Tuesday evening s clash in absolutely horrendous form but are coming up against a Leeds side who are somewhat low on confidence themselves.

Newcastle United

Despite a somewhat promising start to the campaign in which Steve Bruce s men lost four of their opening 11 league games, Newcastle are now in the midst of a horrendous run of form that has seen them plummet towards the relegation zone. The Magpies are winless in eight league games, having lost their last four, with two places, and seven points, now separating the club and the drop z…