Stefano Sturaro has become the second Juventus player in as many days to commit his long-term future to the Serie A champions.
On Wednesday, defender Daniele Rugani signed a new-five year deal, and Sturaro has followed suit 24 hours later.
The midfielder joined Juve from Geona in 2014, before spending most of the 2014-15 campaign back on loan at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris.
He was recalled in February 2015, and made 19 Serie A appearances last season scoring once as Juve romped to a fifth consecutive Scudetto.
This season, he has made 13 outings in all competitions, but is yet to find the net.
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Antonio Conte has pointed to Arsenal s improvement under Mikel Arteta as proof that time and patience is needed to succeed in the Premier League.
Arsenal sit top of the table after winning six of their first seven games this season.
Tottenham boss Conte takes his team to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday for the north London derby, sitting just two places and one point behind the Gunners after their own impressive start to the campaign.
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Conte – who has previously spoken about needing time to get Spurs up to the level of other top clubs in England – was keen to shine a light on the patience shown by their rivals.
I think the club backed Arteta in these years, and you are seeing that when you trust in a person…
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With all eyes falling on north London this weekend, Arsenal will welcome bitter rivals Tottenham to the Emirates on Saturday lunchtime.
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Starting with the hosts, while Arsenal might have seen their 100% start to the 2022/23 campaign come to an abrupt end away at Manchester United on September 4th, Mikel Arteta s men have managed to prove that was just a minor blip. Last seen heading into the international break with another stellar display as they picked up a 3-0 romp against Brentford, the Gunners should find the mood in their camp at a red-hot high. Marking their return to action on Saturday lunchtime holding a one-point buffer at the top of the table, some have even tipped Arsenal to finally clinch a Champions League return…
Mikel Arteta expects Arsenal to benefit from Gabriel Jesus absence from the Brazil squad as he hopes to show Tite what he is missing before the World Cup.
Arsenal are top of the Premier League ahead of the north London derby against Tottenham on Saturday, but none of their three senior Brazilian stars were called up by the Selecao last month.
Gabriel, Gabriel Martinelli and Jesus had all been part of Tite s squad during the previous international window in June.
Yet they now face a race against time to prove themselves before Qatar 2022, which kicks off next month.
Jesus was a particularly surprising omission, having scored four goals and assisted another three in seven league appearances since joining Arsenal in July.
But Arteta revealed a determ…
Managerless AZ will begin life without Gertjan Verbeek against Groningen on Sunday after the coach was surprisingly fired last weekend.
The club cited a lack of confidence in the manager who had been in charge since 2010, with his dismissal coming just one day after AZ defeated PSV, who had been league leaders.
AZ have not yet appointed a full-time replacement but will be looking to build on that victory when they travel to Groningen on Sunday, with their hosts sitting in ninth, one place below them in the table.
Twente took advantage of PSV s slip-up go into the weekend top on 15 points after eight games, but only their plus-16 goal difference keeps them ahead of Phillip Cocu s young side and Heerenveen.
A run of one defeat and two home draws saw Twente…
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres has not ruled out a return to former-club Atletico Madrid
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres has revealed that he is not ruling out a switch back to his first club Atletico Madrid.
The Spanish international left Atleti to join Liverpool in 2007, but it now seems he would receptive to a return to the Vicente Calderon in the near future.
Disappointing
In truth Fernando Torres has been disappointing for Chelsea since his British record £50million move from Liverpool in January 2011.
The Spaniard has scored just 43 times in 161 appearances for the Blues in that time, despite arriving at Stamford Bridge as one of the most highly-rated forwards in European football.
Torres had displayed a slight decline prior to hi…
Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann believes he would not be considered among the best in the game without the guiding hand of head coach Diego Simeone.
Griezmann joined Atletico from Real Sociedad in 2014 and has since become a far more prolific operator.
The 25-year-old France international has 73 goals in 139 appearances for Atleti, set against 52 in 202 for Real.
He s changed me. He s brought so many things to my game that it s hard to even begin to say what they are, he told FIFA.com.
Let s just say that I wouldn t have been regarded as one of the best players in the world if it weren t for him.
More than anything he s helped me to be more effective in front of goal, to take every chance that comes my way, and, of course, to run and…
Romelu Lukaku is being misused by Chelsea and the Blues could be the best team in Europe if they utilise him correctly, according to Antonio Conte.
The Belgium star returned to Stamford Bridge for a club-record £97.5million fee from Inter in the close season, having scored 24 goals in 36 Serie A games during last term s title-winning campaign under Conte.
The 28-year-old has managed four goals in seven outings in all competitions for the Blues, including the winner against Zenit in their Champions League opener. It made him only the second player to score for two English clubs on debut in the competition after Mario Balotelli.
However, Conte believes Thomas Tuchel can get more out of his new signing to make Chelsea the best team in Europe.
He …
Man-of-the-match Eden Hazard called for Chelsea to wrap up the Premier League title as soon as possible after orchestrating a controlled 2-1 win at West Ham.
Hazard opened the scoring after 26 minutes, giving the latest demonstration of Chelsea s devastating counter-attacking prowess.
Diego Costa s 18th of the season arrived five minutes into the second period and Manuel Lanzini s stoppage-time consolation gave the illusion of a tight contest at London Stadium.
Antonio Conte s side are 10 points clear of Tottenham in second, while Manchester City will aim to cut that lead to a slightly less imposing eight by winning their game in hand at home to Stoke City on Wednesday.
We played a good game maybe not the best of the season but at least we created a coup…
According to Fabrizio Romano, Paris Saint-Germain have opened discussions with agent Jorge Mendes over the possibility of signing Real Madrid winger Marco Asensio on a free transfer this summer. The Spain international has already received a proposal from Aston Villa, but the Premier League side are yet to receive an answer as Mendes appears to be keeping all potential pathways for his client open.
Paris Saint-Germain are discussing long term deal with Marco Asensio as talks are taking place with his agent Jorge Mendes.
Aston Villa already submitted opening proposal last week, waiting on player’s final decision.
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It was last week that Asensio had turned down a proposal of a new contract from Real Madri…