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Sebastian Giovinco s agent has claimed the Parma attacker will be playing for a big club next season.

Italy international Giovinco initially arrived at the Stadio Ennio Tardini on loan from Juventus in 2010 and the deal was extended at the beginning of this season.

Juve retained a 50 percent stake in the player and his representative, Andrea D Amico, has said even if a return to Turin does not materialise, his client will leave Parma in the off-season.

His ownership has to be sorted out between Juventus and Parma, D Amico told Radio Lombardia.

It seems to me that Juve are not in a hurry to do so; otherwise they would have already met with Parma.

The guy is tempting a lot of big Italian and European sides and Parma would be in a strong positio…

Al Jazira have lifted the UAE President s Cup for the second year in a row after a 3-1 victory over Bani Yas on Monday in Abu Dhabi.

The result sees the 2010-11 Pro-League champions claim their first piece of silverware for the campaign, after they crashed out of the Emirates Cup at the semi-final stage, while in the league they currently sit in second spot but eight points behind leaders Al Ain with four games to play.

Al Jazira went ahead after just seven minutes through Australian defender Lucas Neill, but Bani Yas levelled just minutes after the half-time break thanks to Nawaf Mubarak s superb strike from 25 yards.

Bani Yas appeared in control in the second half before Brazilian striker Ricardo Oliveira scored on 72 minutes with a free-kick.

Al Jazir…

Adama Traore s late strike saw Tottenham stunned by Wolves in the Premier League on Saturday, as the north London side slipped to a 1-0 defeat at Molineux.

The Spain international netted in the 82nd minute, crashing his finish in off the crossbar after Fraser Forster had parried Raul Jimenez s shot towards him.

Traore s goal condemned the visitors to back-to-back defeats under temporary boss Cristian Stellini, after their shock FA Cup exit to Sheffield United on Wednesday.

But while Antonio Conte will return to a side in disarray, opposite number Julen Lopetegui will delight in a big result that provides a major boost to his team s top-flight survival bid.

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Southampton manager Nigel Adkins has denied claims that Arsenal s Arsene Wenger has contacted him about left-back Luke Shaw.

Adkins believes St Mary s is the best place for a player with a big, big future .

The 17-year-old defender has broken into the senior team this season and has featured in the past 11 league games for Adkins side, starting in 10.

And while the starlet s fine performances have reportedly turned heads at the Emirates Stadium, his 47-year-old manager recently declared Shaw is not for sale and believes he is at the right club to develop into a top player.

No, (Wenger) didn t say anything, he told talkSPORT.

As I have said before, Luke is better playing for Southampton, where he is being nurtured and looked after.

He …

Zidane revealed Bale trained on Friday but not as the same intensity as his team-mates , and he will likely miss Saturday s game along with Eden Hazard and Marcelo, who have respective ankle and calf problems.

Media reports suggested Hazard is set to miss El Clasico against Barcelona on December 18 due to the injury, with Zidane confirming the problem was worse than first feared.

It s always bad news when a player gets injured, Zidane said.

Of course he s upset that he s unavailable. It might be a bit more concerning, the injury, than we first thought.

We will have to see, but he will be back with the rest of the players soon.

Hazard made a slow start to life at Madrid and has still scored just once in LaLiga, but Zidane feels he was rediscove…

Chelsea have reiterated they currently have no plans to move away from Stamford Bridge, contrary to recent speculation.

New Civil Engineer magazine suggested the Blues were exploring the possibility of knocking down their home of 114 years and building a new stadium elsewhere to save money.

But the Premier League club have moved to refute those claims and they insist there are currently no plans in the pipeline regarding the proposed redevelopment of Stamford Bridge, which has been put down to the unfavourable investment climate .

Chelsea FC is aware of the media speculation relating to the new stadium, a club statement on Friday read.

We can confirm that the club’s position remains unchanged since May 2018. 

The stadium project has been p…

Southampton manager Ronald Koeman suggested he is open to extending his stay at St Mary s Stadium, but insists retaining the club s best players has to be a priority.

The Dutchman s contract is up at the end of the 2016-17 season and his work at the club has reportedly been viewed well by the directors.

Koeman arrived in 2014 after the departure of Mauricio Pochettino and key players such as Luke Shaw, Rickie Lambert, Dejan Lovren and Adam Lallana, before then losing the likes of Morgan Schneiderlin and Nathaniel Clyne before the start of this season.

Still, the former Barcelona star managed a seventh-place finish in 2014-15, one better than the eighth-place finish Pochettino achieved the season prior, and could still better that again this season.

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Wilfried Bony expressed his gratitude to Swansea City after completing his much-anticipated switch to Manchester City on Wednesday.

Bony, who is currently on international duty with the Ivory Coast at the Africa Cup of Nations, moves to the Etihad Stadium after penning a four-and-a-half-year deal following days of negotiations between the two clubs. 

The striker signed from Vitesse for a club-record £12million in 2013  will leave behind a sizeable void at Swansea, having netted 34 goals in 70 appearances for the Liberty Stadium outfit, but says he will look back at his time in south Wales with great affection. 

I m going to really miss Swansea the club and its people, he told the club s official website. But it s a big challenge that I had to take; one I …

Kylian Mbappe must wait to show why he was worth the bumper pay deal that kept him at Paris Saint-Germain, with the striker unexpectedly forced to miss the team s Ligue 1 opener.

The reigning French champions announced that Mbappe, who was pictured in training on Thursday, would miss Saturday s game away to Clermont due to an adductor injury.

That will surely be welcome news for minnows Clermont, who suffered at Mbappe s hands last season. The France star scored once in PSG s 4-0 home win over Clermont, and then hit a hat-trick in a 6-1 away trouncing in April.

Mbappe s absence came in a team news bulletin from PSG that said an update on the 23-year-old, who signed a new three-year contract in May, would come in 72 hours time.

It means Christophe Galt…

Valencia coach Gennaro Gattuso has revealed Goncalo Guedes is set for a move to the Premier League after being left out of Los Che s squad for a friendly win over Atalanta on Saturday.

Guedes was absent as Gattuso s men wrapped up their pre-season preparations with a 2-1 victory over the Serie A club ahead of their LaLiga opener against Girona on August 14.

The 25-year-old, who has 32 senior caps for Portugal, has been linked with a move to England on several occasions in the past, with Bruno Lage s Wolves mentioned by the Spanish press as potential suitors during the current transfer window.

When asked about the attacker after Valencia s win, Gattuso said an offer from an unnamed Premier League side had proven too good to turn down, as he professed his hope t…