12:35 PM ET Reports in Italian media have said 62 player transfers between 2019 and 2021 have been investigated. Photo by Andrea Staccioli/LightRocket via Getty Images A federal investigation has opened in Italy into a number of transfers in Serie A, with Juventus under increased scrutiny, an Italian Football Federation official told Reuters. A report by
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4:54 PM ET French striker Olivier Giroud‘s early strike earned AC Milan a narrow 1-0 win over Torino on Tuesday to send Stefano Pioli’s side top of the Serie A standings. In an otherwise uneventful first half, Giroud, starting in place of another veteran Milan forward — Zlatan Ibrahimovic — tapped home his fourth Serie
4:49 PM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Juventus continued their march up the Serie A standings with a 1-0 win over AS Roma in Turin on Sunday, as Moise Kean’s unorthodox early goal sealed a fourth consecutive league win for the Turin club. Rodrigo Bentancur’s header ricocheted off Kean’s head and into
4:44 PM ET Napoli maintained their perfect start to the Serie A season with a rampant 4-0 victory at Udinese on Monday, making it four straight wins to lead the standings. Victor Osimhen broke the deadlock in the 24th minute, getting the final touch on the line after Lorenzo Insigne had lofted an effort towards
2:10 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Cristian Romero was named Serie A Defender of the Year last season. Tottenham Hotspur FC/Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images Tottenham Hotspur have completed the signing of defender Cristian Romero from Atalanta, the club announced on Friday. Sources had told ESPN on Thursday the deal would
5:13 PM ET Manchester City and U.S. international defender Erik Palmer-Brown is on the verge of being transferred to Serie A side Venezia FC, multiple sources have told ESPN. MLSMultiplex earlier linked Palmer-Brown to both Venezia and Ligue 1 side Troyes. – MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only) If the deal
10:42 PM ET FC Dallas has locked up emerging 18-year-old star forward Ricardo Pepi with a five-year contract extension, the team announced on Tuesday. Pepi, who has been linked with a move to Serie A‘s Bologna, has eight goals in 14 appearances (nine starts) this season. – ESPN+: MLS chat and more on ESPN FC
7:05 AM ET Adriana Garcia Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Lazio used a lime green jersey as their away kit in the 2020-21 campaign. Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images Italy’s Serie A has banned the use of green kits for outfield players starting from the 2022-23 campaign for television clarity. Teams will have to combine other dominant
12:27 PM ET United States international midfielder Tanner Tessmann has joined Serie A side Venezia FC from Major League Soccer’s FC Dallas, the clubs announced on Thursday. Tessmann, 19, was just in his second season with FCD’s first team, after having come up through Dallas’ academy since 2016. He’s made a total of 28 league
3:25 PM ET Tanner Tessmann could be on his way to Italy. Abbie Parr/Getty Images FC Dallas and U.S. international midfielder Tanner Tessmann is on the verge of being transferred to Serie A side Venezia, multiple sources have told ESPN. Multiple sources also indicated that the proposed fee is in excess of $3 million, but one
4:51 PM ET Sporting Kansas City midfielder Gianluca Busio is drawing interest from overseas clubs, with multiple teams from Italy’s Serie A having put in bids, sources told ESPN’s Taylor Twellman. Busio, 19, holds Italian citizenship through his father, which would allow him to qualify as a domestic player in Italy and which has increased
4:47 PM ET Andrew Cesare Richardson Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo has finished the 2020-21 campaign as Serie A top scorer to become the only player to achieve the feat in the Premier League and La Liga as well as Italy’s top flight. The 36-year-old scored 29 goals as the Bianconeri finished the season in fourth
May 18, 2021 Andrew Cesare Richardson Italy has long been seen as one of the fashion capitals of the world and the country’s top soccer league, Serie A, has produced some of the most aesthetically pleasing kits ever seen in the game. Football’s history is illustrated with many iconic images of Italian teams and star
8:35 AM ET Andrew Cesare Richardson Parma U19 star Drissa Camara dons the Black Lives Matter kit. Parma Calcio Parma will wear a special Black Lives Matter shirt for their clash with Sassuolo on the penultimate day of the Serie A season. Parma traditionally play in a white shirt with a black cross through the middle.
6:29 PM ET Danny Lewis The January transfer window might seem like a distant memory, but that doesn’t mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up, so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here. TOP STORY: Inter Milan could see Lukaku, Lautaro leave Internazionale
10:02 AM ET Italian FA president Gabriele Gravina said on Monday that Juventus face expulsion from Serie A if they don’t withdraw from the European Super League. The Bianconeri were one of 12 teams who joined forces to form a breakaway league before the six English teams — Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur,
4:54 PM ET Juventus started the season looking to win a 10th straight Serie A title but instead find themselves in danger of missing out on a Champions League spot after a 3-0 home defeat by top-four rivals AC Milan on Sunday left them fifth with three games left. Goals from Brahim Diaz, Ante Rebic
12:33 PM ET Another big soccer weekend has come and gone, with most attention paid to the one game that did NOT take place as scheduled, when hundreds of Man United fans protesting the Glazer family led to Sunday’s home game vs. Liverpool to be postponed. Elsewhere, Sergio Aguero turned on the style to help
10:55 AM ET Inter Milan have broken Juventus’ stranglehold on Serie A. Claudio Villa – Inter/Inter via Getty Images Inter Milan have clinched their first Serie A title in 11 years following Atalanta‘s 1-1 draw against Sassuolo on Sunday, ending Juventus‘ run of nine straight Scudetto successes. Antonio Conte’s side had put one hand on the
12:15 PM ET The weekend didn’t disappoint when it came to soccer across Europe. Manchester City won another Carabao Cup, this time against Tottenham Hotspur, while Inter Milan inched even closer to winning the Serie A title. In La Liga, Barcelona got a boost from Antoine Griezmann in their title race as Real Madrid (draw)