Antonio Conte has been urged to stay at Juventus and resist the lure of coaching elsewhere by the club s former manager Giovanni Trapattoni.
Conte, who played under Trapattoni at Juve, has guided the Turin club to successive Serie A titles since returning to the club in a managerial capacity in May 2011.
The 44-year-old former Italy international has recently been mooted in the media as a possible successor to Arsene Wenger at Arsenal.
But Trapattoni believes Conte is well placed to enjoy more success domestically and in Europe if he remains with Juve, who are third in Serie A behind leaders Roma and Napoli.
I do feel ready to give him some advice: the longer he resists the fascination of trying a different league, the better, Trapattoni told Tuttosport.
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Sir King Kenny
If a group of MPs get their way, Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish will soon join Sir Alex Ferguson as a knight of the realm. Thirteen members of parliament have now signed a House of Commons motion calling for Dalglish to be knighted.
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The MP for Liverpool Walton, Steve Rotherham, raised the motion on the twenty-second anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, saying it would be a fitting tribute to the families of the ninety-six people who died in the tragic events of 1989.
If the motion achieves it s objective, Dalglish would receive the award for an outstanding contribution to British football .
On that awful day, 15th April 1989, Dalglish was the Liverpool manager. The fans were crushed during the FA Cup semi-final and footbal…
New Bayern Munich recruit Serdar Tasci suffered a head injury in training on Wednesday that forced him to miss his own welcome news conference.
Tasci joined Bayern on loan from Spartak Moscow on transfer deadline day, with the club retaining an option to make the move permanent in June.
The Germany international, who won the last of his 14 caps in 2010, was set to provide immediate defensive cover, with Jerome Boateng and Javi Martinez sidelined due to respective adductor and knee problems.
Attending the presentation with a Bayern shirt bearing Tasci s name and number, but without the player himself, Bayern sporting director Matthias Sammer announced the 28-year-old sustained a clash of heads and was being assessed for a possible concussion.
Sammer did no…
Mikel Arteta has been charged by the Football Association over comments he made after Arsenal’s defeat by Newcastle earlier this month.
The Gunners boss branded the VAR decision not to rule out Anthony Gordon’s goal in his side’s 1-0 defeat at St James’ Park “an absolute disgrace”.
An FA statement read: “Mikel Arteta has been charged with a breach of FA Rule E3.1 following comments that he made in media interviews after Arsenal’s Premier League game against Newcastle United on Saturday, November 4.
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“It’s alleged that his comments constitute misconduct as they are insulting towards match officials and/or detrimental to the game and/or bring the game in…
There is simply no stopping Robert Lewandowski right now, despite Bayern Munich s relative struggles.
Bayern were fourth in the Bundesliga heading into the weekend and have sacked coach Niko Kovac, yet Lewandowski has 21 goals in 17 games in all competitions.
Even after caretaker boss Hansi Flick revealed on Tue Lewandowski requires groin surgery, the striker went out the next day and scored against Olympiacos.
Now, as he prepares to face former club Borussia Dortmund in Der Klassiker, the latest incredible record of a sensational career is within sight.
With the help of Opta data, we break down Lewandowski s ridiculous goalscoring form.
THE BEST FORM OF HIS CAREER
Lewandowski has been a prolific goalscorer throughout his Bayern car…
Bayern Munich were naive against Kylian Mbappe and Paris Saint-Germain and must wise up for the second leg, Bixente Lizarazu has said.
Mbappe scored twice as PSG claimed a 3-2 first-leg win over the holders in their Champions League quarter-final encounter in Germany last week.
PSG had 36 per cent of the possession and just six shots to Bayern s 31 but made the most of some clinical counter-attacking play as Mbappe and Neymar exploited the hosts high defensive line.
By contrast, Bayern – who had an expected goals figure of 3.8 for the match, compared with PSG s 1.3 – could not make the most of their chances in the absence of the injured Robert Lewandowski.
Lizarazu, a Champions League winner in 2001 during a glittering career with the Bundesliga gia…
Chelsea cruised into the Europa League quarter-finals as Olivier Giroud s hat-trick helped secure a resounding 5-0 win over Dynamo Kiev at the Olympic Stadium on Thursday.
The Blues travelled to Ukraine with a commanding 3-0 lead from the first leg in London a week ago and any faint hopes that Alyaksandr Khatskevich s side had of clawing their way back into the tie were extinguished by Giroud s fifth-minute opener.
The Frenchman added a second shortly after the half-hour mark before Marcos Alonso tapped in a third just before the interval.
Giroud completed his hat-trick in the 59th minute and Callum Hudson-Odoi added a fifth 12 minutes from time as Maurizio Sarri s side made it four wins from their last five games in all competitions.
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In terms of mentality, he is stronger than anyone else. Every day he finds personal objectives to hit and he can find them within himself, said Allegri, who won the 2011 Scudetto with Milan before joining Juve in 2014.
A player who has won everything he has at the age of 34 will find it difficult to feel hungry, but he is deadly in that sense. He has this determination that is incredible.
We should all learn from Ronaldo, and I too have learned, because it s not everyone who gets to work with the best player in the world.
For example, on Saturday morning we have a game between ranks in training. He has fun, but his fun is winning the game. I explained it to him, and I ve written the same about Ibra in the book, his idea of fun is winning, but I told him not e…
Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool s next manager has a big decision to make regarding Mohamed Salah s future, adding the Reds definitely need to move on from Darwin Nunez.
Liverpool s title hopes suffered a potentially fatal blow at Goodison Park on Wednesday, as goals from Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert-Lewin handed Everton a memorable 2-0 win.
The defeat – Liverpool s first at Goodison since 2010 – means they are three points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal and one clear of Manchester City, who have two games in hand.
Jurgen Klopp now looks likely to end his final season at the helm with just February s EFL Cup triumph to show for his efforts, with Carragher declaring Liverpool s title hopes to be over on Wednesday.
He also believes K…
Vikings GM Rick Spielman was trotted out in front of the media today to explain why the Minnesota Vikings decided to reinstate Adrian Peterson despite the fact that he has been indicted on child injury charges in a case where none of the facts are in dispute. Spielman explained that Peterson was deactivated on Friday, right after the news of Peterson's indictment broke, because the organization wanted to "take a step back" and "gather information." Having gathered the same information that everyone else has, including disturbing images of the physical wounds that Peterson's son had a week after the incident and witness testimony that included phrases like "Daddy Peterson hit me on my face," Spielman said that allowing Peterson to return to the tea…