According to a recent report from Sport, Philippe Coutinho’s agents are set to meet members of Barcelona’s higher ups in order to discuss the Brazilian’s future at the club. It’s no secret that the 26 year old has been considering his possibilities in La Liga for quite some time now, despite only moving to the Nou Camp in 2018. He started off his tenure with Barca pretty well after making his big move from Liverpool but things have kind of fizzled out since then, which is why there’s so much interest from around Europe for him. Chelsea and Manchester United are considered to be two of the primary contenders for his signature, although it’d be interesting to see whether or not he decides against Old Trafford courtesy of his links to Liverpool.
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Chelsea have confirmed Antonio Conte s first match in charge will be a pre-season friendly against Rapid Vienna.
The fixture, which is set to take place at the newly constructed Allianz Stadion on July 16, will be followed four days later by a clash with Wolfsberger at the Worthersee Stadion in Klagenfurt.
Conte will take the reins at Stamford Bridge after leading Italy at Euro 2016 and begins his tenure by taking Chelsea to the same Velden base at which they prepared for their title-winning 2014-15 campaign under Jose Mourinho.
Following their stint in Austria, Chelsea face International Champions Cup fixtures against Liverpool, Real Madrid and AC Milan during a tour of the United States.
Conte was confirmed as Mourinho s permanent successor this mont…
Harry Kane will have to come off the bench if he is to continue his fine goalscoring form for Tottenham, the striker having been named among the substitutes for Tuesday s clash with Swansea City.
Spurs revealed on Friday that the England international had been suffering with an illness and, although he has travelled, he has not been deemed fit enough to start at Liberty Stadium.
That will likely come as welcome news to struggling Swansea, as Kane finished 2017 with consecutive hat-tricks in the Premier League.
He [Kane] is okay, Mauricio Pochettino told the club s official website. It s just a bit of a risk to play him from the beginning.
If we need him, I m sure we will use him. We play twice in 48 hours and need to manage the team.
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Udinese president Giampaolo Pozzo has revealed that talented forward Diego Fabbrini could be farmed out on loan in the January transfer window.
Fabbrini, 22, has been unable to hold on to a regular starting berth at Friuli and has expressed his desire to leave the club in search of first team football.
Udinese chairman Giampaolo Pozzo is ready to grant the player’s wish, but states that outright transfer is out of the question.
“He wants to play more regularly, but the Coach can only pick 11 players,” chairman Giampaolo Pozzo told Il Messaggero Veneto.
“If he wants to go and play somewhere else then we’ll send him out on loan, but we’ll never sell him outright because we believe in him.”
Diego Fabbrini arrived at Friuli in the summe…