Giorgio Chiellini will bring down the curtain on his international career this summer after Italy face Argentina in the so-called ‘Finalissima’ at Wembley, the site of his greatest career triumph.
Inter Milan and Juventus face off on Sunday with their title hopes in the balance as Italy fully opens its doors to supporters for the first time in two years and fans focus on domestic concerns following the national team’s World Cup flop.
Paulo Dybala will leave Juventus at the end of the season after the Serie A club confirmed on Monday that it would not renew the Argentinian’s contract, which expires in the summer.
Chelsea put their off-field troubles to one side to seal a place in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday as a Cesar Azpilicueta goal clinched a 2-1 win at Lille in the second leg of their last-16 tie, and a 4-1 aggregate victory.
Uefa chief Aleksander Ceferin said Thursday he was sick of talking about a breakaway European Super League, accusing club chiefs still committed to the idea of living in a “parallel world”.
Catch up with the highlights from Tuesday evening’s action in the Uefa Champions League which saw Chelsea ease to a 2-0 win over Lille with Romelu Lukaku left on the bench while in the other game Villarreal held Juventus in Spain despite new striker Duscan Vlahovic scoring 32 seconds into his Champions League debut.
Chelsea showed they can thrive without Romelu Lukaku as Kai Havertz scored after replacing the axed Belgium striker for the 2-0 Champions League last-16, first-leg win against Lille on Tuesday.
Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang left the club for Spanish giants Barcelona on a free transfer as the January transfer window closed with Tottenham and Everton making standout moves.
There is expected to be plenty of activity in London on transfer deadline day, with Arsenal attempting to offload Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Christian Eriksen primed to make a sensational return to football.
Arsenal are set to move for Juventus striker Alvaro Morata, now that their big target of the window, Dusan Vlahovic, has moved to Turin.