Vincenzo Montella was not the only Serie A head coach to find himself out of a job on Monday after Sassuolo sacked boss Cristian Bucchi.
Former Sampdoria and Palermo coach Giuseppe Iachini has been brought in as Bucchi s replacement and will address the media on Tuesday.
Iachini has not held a senior post since being dismissed by Udinese in October 2016.
Sassuolo lie 16th in Serie A and Saturday s 2-0 home defeat to Verona was their fourth loss in their past five outings.
Bucchi was appointed by Sassuolo in June after Eusebio Di Francesco became Roma boss.
Di Francesco led the club to Serie A for the first time in their history in 2013 and they secured a sixth-place finish in 2015-16 to qualify for the Europa League.
In a club statement, B…
Tim Cahill has retired from international football, ending a 107-cap Socceroos career as Australia s all-time leading goalscorer.
The 38-year-old made his final appearance for Australia in a 2-0 defeat to Peru at the World Cup, coming on as a second-half substitute after a frustrating period of limited game time for club and country.
Cahill will perhaps go down as the Socceroos greatest ever player, having scored 50 times for the national team, and appearing in four World Cup tournaments.
Today s the day that I m officially hanging up my boots on my international career with the Socceroos, Cahill tweeted on Tuesday.
Today’s the day that I’m officially hanging up my boots on my international career with the Socceroos.
No words can describe what it ha…
Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla has suffered another setback in his on-going injury nightmare after undergoing further Achilles tendon surgery.
The Spain international has not featured for Arsenal since a 6-0 Champions League win over Ludogorets last October and revealed earlier this month the extent of an ordeal that almost led to his foot being amputated.
Cazorla has undergone multiple surgeries on his right ankle and lost eight centimetres from the tendon, while he contracted an infection that left him at risk of losing his foot to gangrene.
In the interview with Marca, the 32-year-old said he hoped to return to action for Arsenal in January but those ambitions have now been dashed.
Once again, infection is the source of the problem and Cazorla tweete…
Steven Gerrard says Harry Kane does not need to join another team to find happiness, as it would mean more to win a trophy with Tottenham than any other club.
Kane stayed at Tottenham for the 2021-22 campaign, despite asking to leave the north London side after Manchester City made a bid reportedly in excess of £100million.
Following a slow start to the season, which many put down to his failure to seal a move away, the England skipper has regained top form since mid-December.
Indeed, since December 19, Kane has scored 14 goals and assisted five more in all competitions.
Over that timeframe, only Kylian Mbappe (20) and Karim Benzema (24) have been directly involved in more goals than Kane s 19 among players from Europe s top five leagues.
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Jurgen Klopp hopes Georginio Wijnaldum extends his stay at Liverpool and the manager remains optimistic.
Wijnaldum is out of contract with the Premier League champions at the end of the season and the midfielder has been linked with a move to Barcelona.
Ahead of Saturday s trip to Brighton and Hove Albion, Klopp had no update on the Netherlands international – but he would like the 30-year-old to remain at Anfield.
I cannot really say a lot about that. I would be happy if he would stay here – that s maybe the only thing, he said.
But sitting here, I m pretty happy with Gini. You see when you look at most of the line-ups.
Wijnaldum arrived at Liverpool from Newcastle United in 2016 and has helped the club win the Premier League, Champions Le…
Chelsea are interested in signing Federico Dimarco from Inter Milan in the January transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that former Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners want Dimarco in their squad for next season and are keen on securing his services.
Federico Dimarco has been superb for Inter Milan and is one of the best left wing-backs in Serie A. The 25-year-old has scored one goal and given three assists in six Serie matches and has played 35 minutes in the UEFA Champions League so far this campaign.
Manchester City are at the top of the Premier League table at the moment with 18 points from six matches, two points clear of second-placed Liverpool. Meanwhile, Inter Milan currently find themselves at the top of the Serie A table standing…
Bruno Fernandes has promised Manchester United his best is still to come after signing a new long-term contract at Old Trafford.
United have tied the attacking midfielder down to fresh terms that keep him connected to the club until at least 2026.
The Premier League side also have the option to extend that agreement by a further 12 months, as is common with the contracts they negotiate.
Fernandes still had three and a half years to run on his previous deal, but United were eager not to take any risks with the future of a player who has been a transformative figure since arriving from Sporting CP.
The 27-year-old has racked up 49 goals and 39 assists since arriving in January 2020, but vowed he still has another level to reach with United after his contr…
Gareth Southgate hopes his England team can continue to make the nation a more inclusive place for football fans of all backgrounds.
England face Italy in Sunday s Euro 2020 final at Wembley, their first appearance in a major international showpiece since beating West Germany 4-2 in the 1966 World Cup final.
The Three Lions run to the final follows their semi-final appearance at the 2018 World Cup – a tournament that served to have a transformative effect in terms of the country s dwindling relationship with its national side.
Speaking to UK national newspapers, Southgate explained he was struck by first-hand accounts of people feeling they would be welcome at football stadiums in England after Russia 2018, having previously feared they would be victims of abus…
Per Mertesacker believes Germany s impressive FIFA World Cup campaign is largely down to the unity within Joachim Low s squad.
Germany will meet Argentina in Sunday s final at the Maracana, having brutally swept aside hosts Brazil 7-1 on Tuesday.
Mertesacker helped maintain Germany s defensive solidity when he was introduced at half-time allowing the likes of Thomas Muller, Mesut Ozil and Andre Schurrle to wreak havoc further up the field.
Ozil is one of a host of players who have graduated from the successful under-21 side of 2009 to the current first team, along with Manuel Neuer, Jerome Boateng, Sami Khedira and Mats Hummels, with Mertesacker claiming a final appearance in Brazil has come about through years of hard work.
It started off in 2009 when…
Robert Maaskant secured his first win since returning as NAC Breda coach as Cambuur were beaten 2-1 in the Eredivisie on Friday.
NAC Breda ended a winless run stretching back to December as Robert Maskaant earned his first victory since returning as coach, with Cambuur beaten 1-0 in the Eredivisie.
The hosts most recent league success came against the same opponents last year and Adnane Tighadouini s 64th-minute goal NAC s first in 566 minutes on home soil in the top flight set them on the way to a repeat dose.
Tighadouini came to the fore again three minutes from time, taking his tally for the season to nine in all competitions, with Bartholomew Ogbeche s injury-time strike proving a mere consolation for the visitors.
Maaskant, who managed the clu…