The older I get the more and more I’m sure that Italy is my footballing home. My history with the sport started as a six year old watching Italia 90′ and falling in love with Calcio. Working in retail means it’s never easy getting the time to get to a game in Scotland never mind […]
Posted on November 14th, 2024 by scott
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It is fairly unusual for an elite footballer to take a year out and comeback to top tier, first team football. David de Gea left Manchester United in June 2023 after his contract expired. Many seen the Spanish goalkeeper as a busted flush as he stayed on the free agency market. Talks would fall through […]
Posted on November 5th, 2024 by scott
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Some managers just know how to get the best out of certain players. When Antonio Conte took over the SSC Napoli job in in the summer he made it clear he wanted to bring in Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku. The two worked together at Inter Milan, winning the Scudetto in the 2020-21 season with Lukaku […]
Posted on October 19th, 2024 by scott
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Inter Milan have a unique and wonderful talent in centre-back Alessandro Bastoni. The twenty five year old often starts games as the Nerazzurri’s left sided defender in a back three. But the Italian international will rarely stick to that role when the Serie A champions have the ball. Bastoni is very comfortable with the ball […]
Posted on October 10th, 2024 by scott
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Scott McTominay was thrown into the deep end as he made his first start for Napoli in their recent away trip against Juventus. The Serie A clash didn’t seem to phase the Scottish internationalist. Napoli boss Antonio Conte decided to change his formation to a 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 and give Scott a prominent role as an attacking […]
Posted on September 23rd, 2024 by scott
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It’s been a bit of an inauspicious start for AC Milan this season. The Italian giants are lying in tenth place in Serie A after four games, with their only win coming against newly promoted Venezia last weekend. But any ideas that they could build on that victory were soon dashed as they were humbled […]
Posted on September 20th, 2024 by scott
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We all know that Italian clubs have been actively scouting the Scottish Premiership for the past few years. They know that there’s talent to be had in Scotland and that our market represents good value for money. With that in mind, I wondered who could be currently catching the eye of Italian scouts within Scottish […]
Posted on August 14th, 2024 by scott
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Napoli have recently been linked with a move for Brighton & Hove Albion star Billy Gilmour. The Football Italia website states that the Italian side are ready to make an another approach this week. I still think The Partenopei will need to bid more than the suggested €12m plus add ons to secure the twenty-three […]
Posted on August 9th, 2024 by scott
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Getting back into Italian football in the last twelve or so months, I have noticed that the Italian top flight has been embraced by a greater number of North Americans. Footballers have been making the crossing to the peninsula for a few decades now. Alexi Lalas called Padova home for a few years in the […]
Posted on August 2nd, 2024 by scott
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In August 2020, when Lille OSC spent $35 million to bring Jonathan David across the border from Belgian club Gent (Via Sports Illustrated), no one would have predicted four years later the 24-year-old would be potentially set to leave the Ligue 1 club for free. A move which goes against everything LOSC’s well oiled […]
Posted on July 30th, 2024 by scott
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