The caption read: Victories, defeats, joys, disappointments. Too many emotions lived together: impossible to summarise them. But I keep everything: in my mind, in my heart.
My two children were born in Naples. I have met people who will always be part of my life and who made me and my family feel at home: from the first to the last moment. Thanks to you, Naples, I became the man I am today.
Thanks to the club, the president, the coaches, all my team-mates and all the people I have had the pleasure of working with over the years. Thank you, Naples and Neapolitans, for all the love we have given each other.
Now I feel I have to leave and get back into the game: it s time for a new adventure. Go Napoli forever.
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Antoine Griezmann produced his best performance of the season to thrill Atletico Madrid head coach Diego Simeone, yet the LaLiga champions must get by without his threat at Liverpool on Wednesday.
Back at Atletico for a second spell after a misfiring stint at Barcelona, there was a touch of vintage Griezmann about his display in Sunday s 3-0 home win over Real Betis.
Since making his LaLiga debut with Real Sociedad against Villarreal on August 29 in 2010, only four players have scored more LaLiga goals than Griezmann s haul of 157 in 403 games. Those players are a special group: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Luis Suarez.
Some 95 of those goals have come in 188 games for Atletico, at a rate of one every 156.29 minutes, and there are promis…
Former Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand believes there are similarities between Amad Diallo and club legend Cristiano Ronaldo as he talked up the new Red Devils sensation.
United completed the signing of Diallo from Atalanta in January – the 18-year-old winger penning a four-and-half-year contract to be tied to the Premier League giants until June 2025.
While he only made five first-team appearances and scored once for Serie A outfit Atalanta, Diallo arrives in Manchester highly rated and as one of Europe s most exciting talents.
Ferdinand likened Diallo to five-time Ballon d Or winner Ronaldo, who was lured to United from Portuguese powerhouse Sporting CP as a baby-faced 18-year-old in 2003 before going on to take the world by storm.
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Liverpool could make a bid for West Ham United midfielder Declan Rice in the summer of 2023, according to . The report has claimed that former Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners Liverpool have previously spoken with the Hammers about Rice and could try to sign him next summer.
The youngster’s current contract at West Ham runs out in less than two years, and the 23-year-old England international midfielder is expecting to leave London Stadium next summer. Liverpool could do with a quality and dynamic midfielder in their team.
Rice has been on the books of West Ham since 2014 and has established himself as one of the best midfielders in the Premier League. The 23-year-old has been a regular for the Hammers’ first team for years now, and he is also a key …
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The Africa Cup of Nations has been as enthralling and unpredictable as many would ve hoped and as we look ahead to the next few days, something tells us that trend will only continue. We re down to the final four with the semi-final stage being upon us and today, we re going to take a look at what should be a fascinating clash between two long-time bridesmaids: Burkina Faso and Senegal.
Burkina Faso
While it may not be a team that is well known on the world stage, Burkina Faso has been in the African limelight a great deal over the course of the last decade. In this tournament, in particular, many wouldn t have thought they could come close to emulating their 2013 success and yet they ve done brilliantl…
Former Chelsea and England defender Gary Cahill has announced his retirement from football.
Cahill made 22 Championship appearances for Bournemouth last season, but the last of those came in January and he was released following their promotion to the Premier League in May.
Having made his name during spells with Aston Villa and Bolton Wanderers, Cahill enjoyed a successful seven-year stint with Chelsea, making 191 Premier League appearances for the Blues.
Cahill won eight major trophies during his time at Stamford Bridge, including two Premier League titles and the Champions League – starting in Chelsea s final win over Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena in 2012.
In a statement posted to Twitter, Cahill wrote: Football is a game that has given me so mu…
Kylian Mbappe will always put the team first and is ready to lead from the front as France prepare to open their Euro 2024 campaign against Austria, says Didier Deschamps.
Having scored 44 goals in his final season with Paris Saint-Germain before sealing his long-awaited move to Real Madrid, Mbappe will captain his country at a first major tournament, following Hugo Lloris international retirement.
Les Bleus are among the favourites but the same was true when they crashed out in the last 16 at Euro 2020, losing to Switzerland in a penalty shoot-out.
Mbappe failed to score at that tournament, but his coach is certain he is in top condition ahead of Monday s game in Dusseldorf.
He is always at the centre of things. That won t change, Deschamps told The Ath…
Prediction: SC Internacional to win 2-0
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Gremio and SC Internacional will lock horns with each other in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A this weekend. The match between Renato Portaluppi’s side and Eduardo Coudet’s team will be held at Arena do Grêmio and is scheduled to kick off at 9:30 pm UK time on Saturday.
Gremio
Gremio are one of the most well-known and most well-supported clubs in Brazil, but they are having a tough time at the moment. Imortal Tricolor had a very good 2023 campaign, but things are going rather badly for them right now.
Tricolor dos Pampas finished second in the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and won the 2024 Campeonato Gaúcho campaign. Renato Portaluppi’s side are second from bottom…
Nuno Espirito Santo hailed the importance of Morgan Gibbs-White after he inspired Nottingham Forest to a vital 3-1 win over Fulham.
Gibbs-White put in a virtuoso display in a golden first half which saw Forest cruise into a 3-0 lead.
After setting up Callum Hudson-Odoi’s opener, he watched as Chris Wood made it 2-0 before completing the scoring with a fine finish on the stroke of half-time.
“Morgan is a very special player for us,” the Portuguese said.
“Very important, talented, the work rate on the pitch, but to allow Morgan to have these moments a lot of things happen behind, hard work by the boys and this is very important.”
That sublime opening 45 minutes laid the foundations for just a second league win of 2024 for Forest and the fi…
Paris Saint-Germain will be expected to make a winning start to their Ligue 1 title defence, while each of the newly promoted teams will receive a tough examination of their credentials on the opening weekend.
It may not be clear who will be managing PSG when the new season starts, but PSG know the identity of their opponents, with the champions set to travel to face Clermont Foot on the weekend of August 6 and 7.
That same weekend will see Auxerre, the 1995-96 champions back in the top flight after 10 seasons in the second tier, visit the team PSG deposed, Lille.
Toulouse are back after two seasons away and will open their campaign at home against Nice, who finished fifth last season.
Fellow new boys Ajaccio, playing at this level for the first time sinc…