Giuseppe Iachini has been appointed Empoli s new coach following the sacking of Aurelio Andreazzoli, who led the club to the Serie B title last term.
Andreazzoli was dismissed on Monday his 65th birthday with Empoli 18th in the Serie A table after a 5-1 thumping at title hopefuls Napoli in their last match.
And the club moved swiftly to appoint a successor with Giuseppe Iachini, who coached Sassuolo last season, confirmed as Andreazzoli s replacement within 24 hours.
Andreazzoli s colleagues Giacomo Lazzini and Andrea Aliboni have also left Empoli, while Iachini s first game in charge will be at home to Udinese on Sunday.
Iachini s former clubs include Sassuolo, Sampdoria, Brescia and Palermo, while he had a brief spell in charge of Udinese in 2016.<…
FIFA ethics investigators Cornel Borbely and Hans-Joachim Eckert have lashed out at the decision to remove them office as several hundred cases of corruption at world football s governing body go unresolved.
It was confirmed on Tuesday that FIFA were to replace chief investigator Borbely and lead judge Eckert with Maria Claudia Rojas and former European Court of Justice president Vassilios Skouris respectively.
Both Borbely and Eckert claimed that they had received no prior warning of FIFA s decision before arriving for their congress in Bahrain, and believe the move was politically intended .
After bringing down former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini in 2015, leading to Gianni Infantino s elevation, the pair also investigated Infantino on suspicio…
Lionel Messi insisted he did not make a mistake leaving boyhood club Barcelona for Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain.
Messi joined PSG on a free transfer after Barca were unable to re-sign the six-time Ballon d Or winner due to their financial crisis.
It ended Messi s long-standing association with Barca, having made his senior debut for the LaLiga powerhouse in 2004-05.
Messi won 35 trophies at Camp Nou, scoring a record 672 goals across all competitions.
Leo Messi on the run!
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English)
Now settling into life with PSG in the French capital, Messi said he is happy with his decision.
I didn t make a mistake in going to PSG, Messi told France Football in a preview of his interview, which will be p…
Tottenham Hotspur recently surprised the football world with their lack of activity in the summer transfer window, but now they re apparently keeping tabs on Blackburn Rovers Bradley Dack, according to the .
Dack left Gillingham in a £750,000 move in the summer of 2017, and helped Blackburn earn promotion from League One to the Championship with 18 goals in 45 appearances overall. This season he hit the target seven times in eight games, and his excellent displays obviously haven t gone unnoticed.
Blackburn already rejected advances from West Bromwich Albion for the 24-year-old s services, but they may find that harder to do with a Champions League club knocking on the door. Spurs have reportedly received glowing reports from their scouting department and are currentl…
Former German international defender Christian Ziege was fired on Saturday as coach of second Division Arminina Bielefeld after just five months in charge.
The 38-year-old former Liverpool defender, who won 72 caps for Germany from 1993 to 2004, had a torrid time in charge of Bielefeld having lost nine of their 11 games this season, including a 3-0 defeat at Augsburg on Saturday.
Bielefeld were relegated from Germany s top-flight in 2009 and are four points adrift at the bottom of the Bundesliga s second division.
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Manchester City have vowed to comply with UEFA s new financial fair-play rules despite lavish investment of more than 500 million dollars in only two years, it was reported Tuesday.
City officials said the club have no intention of breaking regulations set to be introduced next season, which will bar any club from making an aggregate loss of more than 45 million euros over the three seasons from 2011-2012.
Failure to comply with the rules could see clubs excluded from UEFA competitions such as the Champions League and Europa League.
Earlier this month City announced losses of 121 million pounds for the 12 months up to May 31 2010, up from 92.5 million pounds the previous year.
Those figures came after City went on a record spree in the transfer market in…
Juventus striker Mirko Vucinic has moved to UAE Pro League outfit Al Jazira, joining winger Jonathan Pitroipa in Abu Dhabi.
The Montenegro international has departed after three years in Turin, with Al Jazira paying €6.3million for his services.
Vucinic moved to Juve in August 2011, and has helped the club to the Scudetto in each of his three seasons at Juventus Stadium.
A regular in his first two campaigns in Turin, Vucinic fell out of the first-team picture under Antonio Conte last term as he battled knee injuries.
Juve attempted to use him as a makeweight in a January move for Inter midfielder Fredy Guarin, though the deal collapsed after the Milan club s fans revolted against the potential transfer.
He will now continue his career in the Emi…
Real Madrid are lining up a big money bif for Tottenham Hotspur hotshot Harry Kane, .
The La Liga giants are preparing for a new dawn with star man Cristiano Ronaldo strongly linked with a move away from the club.
Real have history in poaching the North London club’s best players with Luka Modric swapping White Hart Lane for the Bernabeu in August 2012, a year before Gareth Bale did the same in a world record deal.
Kane has been in fine form since becoming a regular in the Spurs starting line-up scoring forty-nine goals in one hundred and three appearances in all competitions.
He has also played eight times for England, scoring three goals and is set to lead the line at the European Championships in France this summer.
Tottenham host Leice…
Barcelona great Xavi believes there is no chance Neymar will return to the LaLiga champions.
Neymar is in his second season at Paris Saint-Germain after leaving Camp Nou in 2017, but the 26-year-old is already linked with a return to Barca.
The Brazil star reportedly met with Andre Cury, an advisor to Barca in terms of signings, during the international break.
But Xavi – who won eight LaLiga titles and four Champions Leagues at Barca – dismissed any suggestions Neymar could return to the club.
I don t see it. I don t see it. I also think it didn t work out well, I don t see it in any way, he told Cadena SER on Thursday.
I read a lot of press because I m up to date with everything football, but I see zero chances that Neymar can return to Bar…
Mark van Bommel has been sacked by PSV, with the club 10 points off the pace in the battle for the Eredivisie title.
The former Netherlands midfielder, who had two spells at the Philips Stadion as a player, was named head coach at PSV in June 2018, replacing Phillip Cocu.
PSV finished second in Van Bommel s maiden campaign in charge but have struggled in the Dutch top flight this term and a 3-1 loss at Feyenoord on Sunday proved the final straw.
The decline is too large and unworthy of PSV, general manager Toon Gerbrands told the club s official website.
The competitions are the measuring [sticks], but the process around them is also decisive. We monitor this intensively.
No points today
— PSV International (@psveindhoven)