Maradona

Former Juventus hero Michel Platini thinks Argentine forward Paulo Dybala ‘looks more like Diego Maradona than me’. Platini picked up two Scudetti, one Coppa Italia and a European Cup during his five years with the Old Lady and retired after having won three Ballon d’Or and three Capocannoniere titles. Dybala…

Nigerian football chief Amaju Pinnick claims Victor Osimhen has what it takes ‘to match and even break the records’ Diego Maradona set at Napoli. Osimhen is in the process of finalising his record-breaking move to Napoli from Lille, and Pinnick believes the Partenopei are ‘the right club’ for his countryman…

Birmingham have gone out of their way to show Jude Bellingham what he means to them, by retiring his shirt number. The move – usually reserved for long serving players and legends – will see no.22 removed from circulation at St Andrew’s as the teenager embarks on a new chapter…

Former Argentina coach Carlos Bilardo. REUTERS/Luis GaldamezSAO PAULO (Reuters) - Carlos Bilardo, the man who coached Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, a source close to his family told Reuters on Friday. “They carried out a test and it was positive,…

Former Argentina coach Carlos Bilardo, who is a guest for the program Futbol Forever, speaks at a news conference in San Salvador March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Luis Galdamez/FilesSAO PAULO (Reuters) - Carlos Bilardo, the man who coached Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup, has tested positive for the new…

Former Argentina coach Carlos Bilardo, who is a guest for the program Futbol Forever, speaks at a news conference in San Salvador March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Luis Galdamez/FilesSAO PAULO (Reuters) - Carlos Bilardo, the man who coached Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup, has tested positive for the new…

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has refused to guarantee Matteo Guendouzi will be at the club next season after reports the French midfielder, 21, has asked to leave. (Guardian)Manchester United have registered their interest in Guendouzi, while Barcelona, Paris St-Germain, Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid are also targeting the midfielder. (L'Equipe,…

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Four days after becoming Napoli’s all-time leading scorer, Dries Mertens was given a contract extension with the club.Hours before playing the Italian Cup final, Napoli announced Wednesday that Mertens agreed to a two-year extension with an option for a third season.The 33-year-old’s previous contract was due…

The last time Napoli and Juventus met in a Coppa Italia Final was May 20, 2012, also the Partenopei's first piece of silverware since the Diego Maradona era. It was Aurelio De Laurentiis who could celebrate after the final whistle, as Edinson Cavani and Marek Hamsik provided a 2-0 win…

Diego Maradona has congratulated Dries Mertens for becoming Napoli’s all-time top goalscorer. “Like this, we get better every day.” Maradona had been Napoli’s top scorer for almost three decades on 115 goals, until Marek Hamsik surpassed him in December 2017. Hamsik left Napoli on 121 goals, which Mertens had been…