Massimiliano Allegri has no regrets after choosing Juventus over Real Madrid despite the Bianconeri’s 15-point penalty in Serie A. Juve were penalised on Friday after an investigation into past transfer dealings, which the club are expected to appeal, before sharing the spoils in a 3-3 thriller with Atalanta two days later. The stalemate saw the […]
Roberto Firmino was “frustrated” at missing out on Brazil’s World Cup squad, but intends to use it as motivation. The Liverpool forward was a surprise omission by head coach Tite for the tournament in Qatar, where Brazil were knocked out in the quarter-finals on penalties by Croatia. Firmino had made a good start to the […]
Matthijs de Ligt has no issues with being left out of Louis van Gaal’s starting line-up for the Netherlands’ past three games as he “expected to play nothing” at this World Cup. De Ligt came on as a 93rd-minute substitute in the Netherlands’ 3-1 win over the United States in Saturday’s last-16 encounter. That marked […]
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp labelled the decision to leave Roberto Firmino out of the Brazil World Cup as “madness” before netting in Saturday’s 3-1 win over Southampton. Firmino missed the cut for Tite’s 26-man Brazilian squad in midweek despite being in their squad for friendlies against Ghana and Tunisia in September. The Brazilian put aside […]