(GSM) Juventus are set to sign CSKA Moskva winger Milos Krasic, the player has confirmed.
Italian media reported on Thursday that a 15 million euro deal has been struck and the Serbia star will pen a five-year deal.
25 year-old Krasic was left out of CSKA Moskva s match against Anorthosis and confirmed, during half-time, that he will be joining Juventus.
The Serbian 2009 Player of the Year joins Juve after the Italian giants offloaded Christian Poulsen to Liverpool and Tiago to Atletico Madrid.
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Democratic Republic of Congo club Tout Puissant Mazembe overcame a series of pre-match setbacks to defeat Dynamos of Zimbabwe 2-1 Sunday and reach the African Champions League semi-finals.
Midfielder Alain Kaluyituka gave the Crows the lead on 59 minutes in their Lubumbashi fortress and Zambia-born striker Given Singuluma doubled the advantage soon after for the title holders.
Dynamos, who had seven players ruled out by suspension and injury, reduced arrears through Thabani Kamusoko with six minutes left of the Group A game and the result eliminates them from the competition with one round to go.
Mazembe, whose victory last year was their third in the premier African club championship and first since 1968, are level with Esperance of Tunisia on 10 points but hav…
Paulo Dybala and Stefano Sturaro both scored their maiden Champions League goals as Juventus recovered from a 2-0 deficit to secure a 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich in a see-saw first leg of their last-16 tie.
The visitors looked to be coasting to a fourth straight win over their Italian opponents when they went two goals up, Thomas Muller getting the first of them on 43 minutes when converting a cutback from Douglas Costa.
A curling strike from Arjen Robben 10 minutes after the break was no more than Bayern deserved for their dominance.
Yet Juventus produced a dramatic recovery in the final half-hour, starting with Dybala halving the deficit with a cool finish following a defensive mistake by the German side.
The comeback was complete when substitute Stur…
Patrick Van Aanholt is keen to discuss his Chelsea future amid concerns at the size of the playing staff at Stamford Bridge.
The 23-year old full-back is one of 27 players loaned out of Chelsea this season, and is currently at Vitesse Arnhem for a third successive campaign.
Vitesse are the fifth club he has played at since joining Chelsea in 2007 and, with his contract due to expire in 2015, Van Aanholt is seeking talks on his future.
Chelsea are a nice club, he told The Evening Standard. But with their millions there s so many (players) they can buy.
It makes the chance to really break through as a young talent quite small.
Van Aanholt has made 20 appearances for the Eredivisie side this season as they maintain a title challenge with Twente and Ajax.
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Leonardo Bonucci has claimed that he turned down a move to Manchester United in order to return home to Juventus during the transfer window.
The Italy centre-back controversially swapped the Serie A champions for AC Milan ahead of the 2017-18 season but completed a move back to Turin after a disappointing campaign at San Siro.
Bonucci – who is likely to face United in the Champions League on Tuesday – has now said that he turned down an approach from Jose Mourinho s side, as well as one from their local rivals Manchester City, before his Juve homecoming.
Asked by The Telegraph if he received an offer from United at the end of last season, the 31-year-old said: Yes.
The decision was not made until June but it s true that I had this feeling inside me […
Ajax duo Frenkie De Jong and Matthijs De Ligt would like to play for Barcelona, according to fellow Netherlands international Jasper Cillessen.
Midfielder De Jong, 21, has been heavily linked with Barca, Tottenham and Manchester City after impressing in his breakout season last term.
Despite being two years younger, defender De Ligt has established himself as a key member of the first team and started their Europa League final defeat to Manchester United in May 2017.
Cillessen believes the pair would be delighted to make the switch to Camp Nou and revealed he has spoken to De Ligt about the club.
Everybody in the national team would like to play for Barcelona because it s one of the best teams in the world, the Barca goalkeeper told Sport.
I di…
Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak could not remember what happened and will be kept under observation after being slightly concussed in Saturday s 1-0 LaLiga win over Athletic Bilbao.
Oblak was taken off in the 69th minute as part of a triple substitution due to an apparent shoulder issue, with his replacement Ivo Grbic making some key late saves at San Mames.
Atletico confirmed after the game that the Slovakian goalkeeper had been substituted because he was slightly concussed, having also suffered direct trauma to his right shoulder .
Atleti head coach Diego Simeone added: Jan didn t remember much of what had happened. I haven t talked to him, but the doctor told me that he didn t remember.
The club said Oblak underwent a neurological examination aft…
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is just getting started and has the quality to make Napoli dream this season , according to team-mate Victor Osimhen.
Kvaratskhelia, who joined from Dinamo Batumi in July, has played an instrumental role in the Partenopei s blistering start to the season.
The Georgia international has scored seven goals and provided eight assists in all competitions as Luciano Spalletti s side have raced to the Serie A summit, while qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages with two matches to spare.
The 21-year-old registered his eighth direct goal involvement of the Serie A campaign by setting up substitute Osimhen for the winner as Napoli defeated Bologna 3-2 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Sunday.
I am really happy for him, he…
Atletico in talks for Pastore
Atletico Madrid are in advanced talks with Paris Saint-Germain over Argentine midfielder Javier Pastore, .
Los Colchoneros plan to sign more creative players after Diego Ribas and Adrian Lopez left the club and it appears Diego Simeone is hot on the trail of his compatriot.
Atletico Madrid have been trying to work out a deal with the player s employers that would see the 25-year-old move to Vicente Calderon, but it remains to be seen if they will succeed in their quest.
Having struggled for playing time at Parc des Princes, chances are Pastore would be interested in joining the La Liga champions, but his €4million yearly wage and high asking price could prove to be the problem.
Despite cashing in on Diego Costa, Fi…
Arturo Vidal was named in Chile s 30-man provisional FIFA World Cup squad despite undergoing knee surgery last week.
The Juventus midfielder had arthroscopic surgery on the lateral meniscus of his right knee in Barcelona in a bid to be fit for the upcoming showpiece in Brazil.
And despite his return date being unknown, Vidal was picked in coach Jorge Sampaoli s squad on Tuesday, alongside fellow star Alexis Sanchez.
The pair will be expected to inspire Chile as they battle 2010 finalists Spain, the Netherlands and Australia in a difficult Group B.
Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, also captain of his country, and Valencia forward Eduardo Vargas will also have a key role to play.
Vargas scored five goals in qualifying as Chile finished third in the South American se…