Sunderland and Italy winger Emanuele Giaccherini has joined Napoli on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. Giaccherini, 31, joined the Black Cats in 2013 from Juventus for £6.5m but, after an impressive first season, he struggled to make an impact. He played 43 times in total for the club, …

In years gone by you would have probably seen West Ham linked with Jay Rodriguez such is the measure of their rise in stature as of late they have now been linked with a headline grabbing £67m bid for Real Madrid’s James Rodriguez. If the East London club were to …

The Jose Mourinho at Manchester United era got officially under way yesterday as he took his side to the DW Stadium to face Championship side Wigan Athletic in a pre-season friendly. In what was a relatively low key affair, United strolled to a comfortable 2-0 win with goals from Will …

Watford have signed Colombia defender Juan Camilo Zuniga on a season-long loan from Italian side Napoli. Zuniga can play in either full-back position and has 62 caps for his country. The 30-year-old joined Napoli in 2009 from Siena, and played for four years under new Watford boss Walter Mazzarri. It’s …

Yes it may be a bit of a slow news day so it’s time for a little bit of blog based news now. If you follow the site through the twitter links firstly thanks for still following me after being bombarded with countless links but secondly the good news is …

Moroccan defender Mehdi Benatia has swapped one European footballing powerhouse for another as Juventus have announced his signature from Bayern Munich yesterday. The Serie A champions have paid $3.3m (£2.5m) for the loan spell and have the choice to buy him for $18.8m (£14.3m) next summer. It’s not the first …

If Alan Shearer fancies the job of England manager he may do well to look at Ukraine and the fact that they have just appointed the greatest ever player Andriy Shevchenko as the man to take charge of the side for the countries World Cup 2018 Qualifying Campaign. The A.C. …

  Belgium are now like England also looking for a new manager for their national side after Marc Wilmots announced his decision to step down. The 47 year old was at the helm for 4 years but after a Euro 2016 tournament that didn’t quite live up to expectations he …

  After the fairy tale of winning the Premier League last season the question that everyone then began to ask was whether or not Leicester City could hold to the players who contributed to their historic title win over the course of the Summer. With Jamie Vardy turning down a …

Paris St-Germain have appointed former Netherlands striker Patrick Kluivert as their director of football. The 40-year-old leaves the Ajax under-19 job he had just taken this summer to work with new head coach Unai Emery at the French champions. Kluivert had spells with Ajax, Barcelona and Newcastle as a player …