Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini believes Gian Piero Gasperini was forcefully driven out of Inter Milan.
The coach had a brief and largely unsuccessful stint with Inter in 2011, and is now in charge of Palermo as they prepare to face his former club on Sunday.
Zamparini said Gasperini was never given a fair chance at the San Siro.
There is a clan of senators who decide things at Inter, he said.
I think they got Gasperini out. (Andrea) Stramaccioni has been smart and if a coach has support, he can train without any problems.
Zamparini praised Inter s most potent attacking weapons, singling out Diego Milito and Rodrigo Palacio for praise.
Milito and Palacio are Inter s strengths, especially Palacio – a player Gasperini knows very…
Belgium international midfielder Kevin De Bruyne will spend the pre-season with Chelsea, following his season-long loan at Werder Bremen, with the 21-year-old having already set his sights on winning a place in the Blues starting XI alongside compatriot Eden Hazard, .
Chelsea signed De Bruyne from Belgian Pro League side K.R.C. Genk on five-and-a-half-year contract in January 2011 after the two sides agreed a fee in the region of £7 million for the midfielder.
De Bruyne stayed at Genk for the remainder of the 2011-12 campaign, and was shipped out on loan by Roberto Di Matteo prior to the start of this season.
As a result, he has yet to make a professional appearance for Chelsea, with Eden Hazard, Juan Mata, Oscar, Victor Moses and former Bremen st…
Alex Ferguson s right-hand man at Manchester United, Carlos Queiroz, is set to take over from Luiz Felipe Scolari as Portugal s national team coach, Portuguese papers reported on Thursday.
The reports said that ongoing contract talks were almost completed and that Queiroz was set to ink a four-year contract to take charge of Portugal through the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa and Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.
The 55-year-old Queiroz would take over as national team coach for a second time having been in charge from 1991 to 1993.
He was coach at Real Madrid from 2003 to 2004 and has been assistant to Ferguson at Old Trafford since then.
The Portugal job became vacant when Scolari opted to join Chelsea after the Euro 2008 finals.
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Competition: Premier League
Market: Pochettino to be next Tottenham manager
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With Ajax manager Frank de Boer recently suggesting he’s happy to have at least another season with the Eredivisie holders, Southampton’s Mauricio Pochettino is now the overwhelming bookies’ favourite to be next Tottenham manager.
Napoli’s Rafael Benitez and former Everton Manchester United manager David Moyes are also high on the list of potential candidates.
Southampton finished in a record-high 8th place in the league this season, with 56 points. Considering they amassed just 41 in 2012/13, their sharp rise up the table has been clear for all to see. And it’s that rise coupled with his favoured style of play that has attracted Tottenham owner Daniel Levy to…
Napoli s stadium has officially been renamed in honour of Diego Maradona, the Municipality of Naples announced on Friday.
The sporting world was shaken last week when Argentina great Maradona – widely considered to be one of football s greatest ever players – died at the age of 60 after suffering heart failure.
A World Cup winner with Argentina, Maradona enjoyed stunning success in Naples, where he guided Napoli to unprecedented Serie A glory in 1986-87, and then again in 1989-90. The Partenopei are yet to add to their only two Scudetto honours.
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis said last week it would be right to rename Stadio San Paolo after the Argentinian and the Naples city council on Friday unanimously approved a resolution that will change its …