Serie A

JUVENTUS are reportedly looking to sell Aaron Ramsey this summer in order to fund a move for Arsenal target Houssem Aouar.Calcio Mercato claims Andrea Pirlo hopes to raise over £42million by offloading Ramsey and fellow midfielder Adrien Rabiot, with the pair arriving on free transfers less than two years ago.
Juventus are ready to sell Aaron Ramsey to raise funds for Houssem AouarCredit: Alamy
Juve are also ready to cash in on Adrien Rabiot to fund a move for Arsenal target and Lyon ace AouarCredit: EPA
Juve look set to lose their grip on the Serie A title to Inter Milan.
And it’s believed the club are ready to move on dead weight in order to sign some top-quality players who can help them dominate again.
Two of those up for sale are Ramsey and Rabiot, with neither impressing during their two seasons in Turin.
Ramsey, 30, joined from Arsenal on a free in 2019 and has scored six goals in 61 appearances.
Rabiot, 25, left PSG for Juve in the same summer, also costing nothing, and has four goals in 72 outings.
But both men are surplus to requirements after Pirlo identified Lyon playmaker Aouar as the man to rejuvenate his midfield.
The No10 whiz, 22, has 30 goals in 163 games for Lyon and was strongly linked with Arsenal last year before they signed Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid.
Lyon are aware of Arsenal’s continued interest in their star man and will demand a pretty penny.
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By selling Ramsey and Rabiot, Juve hope to bank around £42m which they can put into their transfer kitty and jump to the front of the queue.
Pirlo also hopes to take advantage of Lyon’s interest in full-back Mattia De Sciglio, who has been on loan from Juve with the French club this term.
Meanwhile, it remains to be seen if there are any takers for Rabiot, with Everton and even Man City linked.
But there is believed to be firm interest in Ramsey from numerous sides, including Premier League giants Liverpool and Spurs.
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One shock destination could be French side Marseille, who are ready to back new boss Jorge Sampaoli in the transfer market after he replaced Andre Villas-Boas this year.
Juventus are said to prefer negotiating with Marseille as they currently have Arkadiusz Milik on loan from Napoli.
The Polish striker joined for 18 months in January with an obligation to buy.
And Juventus could insist on Milik being part of the deal to send Ramsey to the French coast.
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JUVENTUS legend Gianluigi Buffon is set to be bizarrely banned for the Turin derby after getting suspended for BLASPHEMY.The 43-year-old goalkeeper landed himself in hot rather than holy water following an incident against his first club Parma back in December.
Gianluigi Buffon has received a one-match ban for BLASPHEMYCredit: Rex
Buffon was caught delivering an X-rated verbal volley to his defender Manolo Portanova after a shot from the opposition sailed over the crossbar in the Serie A clash.
He screamed: “Porta, I want to see you f***ing running and struggling dio cane, the rest I don’t give a f*** about.”
Without supporters in the stadiums due to the coronavirus pandemic, his words were picked up for viewers to hear from pitchside microphones.
But it was not his swearing that got him in trouble – it was his decision to use the phrase ‘dio cane’.
Loosely translated that means ‘dog God’ or ‘God is a dog’ and falls foul of Italy’s blasphemy law, which is still a civil offence.
That offence is punishable only by a fine, however, the Italian FA have ordered the 2006 World cup winner to pay £4,260 as well as handing him a one-match ban.
Juventus appealed that decision but suffered a blow yesterday when the FIGC confirmed that the suspension would stand.
A statement said: “The Federal Court of Appeal upheld the verdict of the Federal Prosecutor, inflicting a one match suspension on Gianluigi Buffon.
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“The Juventus goalkeeper, sanctioned by the National Federal Court with a fine of €5,000, had been referred for having uttered a sentence containing a blasphemous expression during the match against Parma last December 19.”
That means Buffon is now out of Juventus’ clash with Torino on April 3.
The veteran has largely played back-up to former Arsenal stopper Wojciech Szczesny since returning to Juve following a one-year stint at Paris Saint-Germain.
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INTER MILAN have become the latest club to undertake a controversial redesign of their badge – with fans fuming.On Tuesday, the Serie A leaders unveiled their new blue and black offering which disposed of the gold design worn for over a decade.
Inter Milan have revealed their new badgeCredit: Instagram / @inter
Fans were dismayed by the end of the gold design featured since 2007Credit: EPA
A clip featuring stars such as Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez posing around the city of Milan accompanied the release.
The new badge is based around the ‘I M’ concept of the club’s initials, with phrases such as ‘I M Victory’ and ‘I M Timeless’ appearing in the video.
The club are moving to a new modern approach which includes changing their name from “Football Club Internazionale Milano” to simply “Inter Milano”.
A number of Italian supporters were against ditching the ‘FC’ element, despite the team largely only referred to as Inter Milan abroad.
And there was also anger at the design itself.
Plenty of clubs have attempted to modernise their badge in recent years, such as Everton and Atletico Madrid, only to be met with fan anger.
Despite some encouragement, the Nerazzurri response was similar with some even threatening to boycott new shirts bearing the badge.
One Inter account commented: “That badge does not represent Football Club Internazionale Milano. There is no Inter Milan. I don’t recognise that badge, which is horrible, nor will I buy shirts with that shame on them.”
Daineil replied: “Why do modern rebrandings of badges always look like something I could’ve done on Microsoft PowerPoint at Primary school, looks trash.”
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Kramer wrote: “The nice thing about this badge is that, statistically, in 7-8 years we’ll change it.”
Although one Inter supporter hit back: “These comments make me laugh. In 113 years we have changed so many badges, so I don’t understand the controversy. No name has changed. If you go to instagram you see it. In the description of the posts it says ‘IM FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO’. The important things are elsewhere.”
And one cheeky rival tweeted: “Napoli fan here: I was jealous of your logo, it was probably the best crest in football. This one makes me feel good. Thank you Inter.”
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