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      West Ham told to up £6.3m Arkadiusz Milik offer by Napoli as David Moyes searches for Haller striker replacement

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      WEST HAM have reportedly been told to increase their offer to Napoli for striker Arkadiusz Milik.
      It has been claimed that the Hammers have offered the Serie A side £6.3million as David Moyes targets a replacement for Sebastien Haller.

      Napoli striker Arkadiusz Milik is set to depart the Serie A side this monthCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      Napoli are keen to offload the 26-year-old this month with his contract set to expire in the summer.
      The Poland international is yet to feature for the Italian outfit this term having been omitted from Gennaro Gattuso’s Serie A and Europa League squads.
      But Napoli are holding firm in their valuation of the ex-Ajax ace as they seek a fee in the region of £8million.
      Italian journalist Ciro Venerato has stated Milik could end up at the London Stadium, but only if they improve their bid.

      Quoted by Spazio Napoli, he said: “Milik can go to Marseille, the French side are a club where the Pole can land.
      “Napoli continue to ask for more than €9m (£8m) and there’s also a problem with the percentage of resale.
      “There’s also a chance he’ll go to West Ham, a chance offered by the agent.”
      Milik’s agent Fabrizio De Vecchi recently declared that the forward has proposals from clubs in England, Spain and France.

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      He stated: “The best clubs in the Premier League, Atletico and Marseille are interested in Arek.
      “Of course, no team offers what Napoli asks for.”
      Commenting in his failed exit away last summer, he added: “Roma and Juve were also close to signing him.
      “But for different reasons, and in some cases still difficult to understand, the negotiation did not work out.
      “But this often happens in football. If they come back to him? I don’t rule it out, but I can’t be the one to say it.” 

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      Italy ace Federico Marchetti left fuming after £300k Ferrari 812 Superfast smashed up by car wash worker during training

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      ITALY star Federico Marchetti has lost his rag after his £300,000 supercar was wrecked by a CAR WASH worker.
      The Genoa goalkeeper decided to have his new Ferrari 812 Superfast cleaned while training with his Serie A club on Monday.

      The Ferrari 812 Superfast was left a mangled wreck after the worker crashed it a safety barrier

      It also struck five parked cars in the smash

      However, the employee tasked with delivering the shiny red motor to Genoa’s training base failed to handle its awesome power.
      Marchetti’s Ferrari was left a mangled mess after the worker smashed it into a safety barrier, and also struck five parked cars.
      Images show the vehicle with its front caved in as police and recovery workers attend to it.
      Fortunately the driver walked away unharmed – but Marchetti was obviously left furious about his dream motor.

      However, the former Torino and Lazio stopper did show forgiveness with a message on Instagram.
      He wrote: “I am very sorry about what happened.
      “Thank God no-one was hurt, and that is the most important thing.
      “I’ve read a lot of bad stuff written. Let’s leave it alone – I hope I won’t have to read it any more.”

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      The front of the car was caved in but the driver walked away unscathed

      Italy international Federico Marchetti’s £300k supercar was wrecked by a car wash workerCredit: Getty

      The 812 Superfast is Ferrari’s most powerful sports car ever built.
      It has a top speed of over 211mph.
      Marchetti has won 11 Italy caps and played at the 2010 World Cup finals.

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      Italy star Federico Marchetti left fuming after £300k Ferrari 812 Superfast smashed up by car wash worker while training

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      ITALY international Federico Marchetti has lost his rag after his £300,000 supercar was wrecked by a CAR WASH worker.
      The Genoa goalkeeper decided to have his new Ferrari 812 Superfast cleaned while training with his Serie A club on Monday.

      The Ferrari 812 Superfast was left a mangled wreck after the worker crashed it a safety barrier

      It also struck five parked cars in the smash

      However, the employee tasked with delivering the shiny red motor to Genoa’s training base failed to handle its awesome power.
      Marchetti’s Ferrari was left a mangled mess after the worker smashed it into a safety barrier, and also struck five parked cars.
      Images show the vehicle with its front caved in as police and recovery workers attend to it.
      Fortunately the driver walked away unharmed – but Marchetti was obviously left furious about his dream motor.

      However, the former Torino and Lazio stopper did show forgiveness with a message on Instagram.
      He wrote: “I am very sorry about what happened.
      “Thank God no-one was hurt, and that is the most important thing.
      “I’ve read a lot of bad stuff written. Let’s leave it alone – I hope I won’t have to read it any more.”

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      The front of the car was caved in but the driver walked away unscathed

      Italy international Federico Marchetti’s £300k supercar was wrecked by a car wash workerCredit: Getty

      The 812 Superfast is Ferrari’s most powerful sports car ever built.
      It has a top speed of over 211mph.
      Marchetti has won 11 Italy caps and played at the 2010 World Cup finals.

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      Watch Cristiano Ronaldo’s outrageous leap as Juventus striker somehow out-jumps outstretched KEEPER to win header

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      CRISTIANO RONALDO defied gravity as he outjumped Sassuolo keeper Andrea Consigli.
      The 35-year-old was the star of the show as Juventus won the Serie A showdown 3-1.

      Cristiano Ronaldo jumped higher than Andrea Consigli’s outstretched armCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      But one moment in particular from Sunday’s match left Ronaldo’s fans lost for words.
      He once again showed off his superhuman leap after Paulo Dybala delivered a ball into the box.
      The five-time Ballon d’Or winner looked like he had no chance of winning the aerial dual.
      But he somehow managed to jump higher than the outstretched arm of Consigli.

      Ronaldo won the header – but failed to find the back of the net with his effort.
      Fans were blown away by how high he managed to jump with such a short run-up.
      Some Twitter users claimed that Ronaldo made himself FLOAT in mid-air.
      One said: “Ronaldo’s jump power needs be studied.”

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      Cristiano Ronaldo won the header despite the keeper’s best effortsCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      Other players watched in shock as Cristiano Ronaldo appeared to floatCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Another added: “Ronaldo has perfected his craft. The timing. The floating. The suspension ahhhhhh.”
      One claimed: “He would be a slam dunk champion in NBA.”
      Ronaldo, who turns 36 next month, is renowned for his incredible jumping ability.
      He leapt 8ft 5in – 2.56metres – off the ground to score a header for Juve in 2019.

      Cristiano Ronaldo failed to guide his header into the back of the net Credit: Getty Images – Getty
      The ex-Real Madrid star shared his secret method with tennis star Novak Djokovic.
      But football fans are yet to see anyone that can reach the same heights as him.
      The 35-year-old went on to score in the final few minutes of Juventus’ win over Sassuolo.

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      Arsenal star Kieran Tierney lined up for shock transfer by Napoli after Italians missed out on move last season

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      ARSENAL star Kieran Tierney is a shock transfer target for Napoli after the Italians missed out on him last season, according to reports.
      The Gunners went head to head with the Serie A outfit in the summer of 2019.

      Napoli are targeting Arsenal left-back Kieran Tierney for a summer swoopCredit: AP:Associated Press

      But it was Unai Emery who came out on top by landing the Scotland international from Celtic for £25million.
      Now, though, The Telegraph report Napoli are plotting to go back in for Tierney.
      It is thought they have made the 23-year-old their long-term target as the solution at left-back.
      A January switch is unlikely, meaning Napoli hope to secure a short-term fix before a summer swoop.

      Taking Chelsea’s Emerson Palmieri on a six-month loan until the end of the season could be one option the Naples side consider.
      However, it would take a big bid to convince Arsenal to sell Tierney – especially with Sead Kolasinac’s career in North London seemingly over.
      After an injury-hit first season, the Scot is now settled at the Emirates and is a key player under Mikel Arteta.
      Tierney has missed just one Premier League game so far this season and his standout performances in recent weeks coincide with the club’s upturn in form.

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      He particularly shone in the 4-0 thumping of West Brom – scoring a beauty and adding an assist at the Hawthorns.
      That came after the rock-solid Tierney famously warmed up in the Midlands snowstorm then played in just shorts and a short-sleeve t-shirt, despite many of his team-mates wearing tights.
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      The Scot famously shone against West Brom in short sleeves despite the snow falling in the MidlandsCredit: Reuters

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      Arsenal and Man Utd flop Henrikh Mkhitaryan extends Roma contract and won’t be available on free transfer in summer

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      HENRIKH MKHITARYAN’S Roma contract has been extended until June 2022, rewarding the Arsenal and Manchester United flop’s sparkling start to the season.
      The Armenia skipper was Europe’s top midfielder for goals and assists before Christmas.

      Henrikh Mkhitaryan is set to stay at Roma until the summer of 2022Credit: Getty Images – Getty

      Mkhitaryan’s 12 goal involvements by December 21, including netting seven times, put him one ahead of Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes and Marseille’s Florian Thauvin.
      And the winger, 31, has been a different player in Italy to the one who struggled to impose himself during four years in the Premier League.
      The former Borussia Dortmund star totalled just 13 goals and 11 assists in his two seasons at United.
      He was then the makeweight in a now-infamous swap with Arsenal’s main man Alexis Sanchez in January 2018.

      Sanchez’s fortunes dived, while Mkhitaryan barely kept his own fortunes afloat.  
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      He left for Roma on a season’s loan after netting nine goals and assisting in 13 from 59 games for the Gunners.

      And solid form in Serie A earned him a permanent switch last summer.
      Now Mkhitaryan is a lynchpin for a Roma side third in the table, behind the two Milan giants.

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      Napoli star Milik wanted by ‘best Premier League clubs’, clams agent with striker available on free transfer in summer

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      ARKADIUSZ MILIK is being chased by the ‘best Premier League clubs’, his agent claims.
      The Napoli striker is at loggerheads with his current club, with his contract set to expire in the summer.

      Napoli striker Arkadiusz Milik is attracting interest from around EuropeCredit: Getty – Contributor

      He hasn’t made a single appearance all season, after being left off Gennaro Gattuso’s squad lists.
      But out of sight hasn’t meant out of mind for some of Europe’s top clubs.
      Agent Fabrizio De Vecchi explained: “The best clubs in the Premier League, Atletico and Marseille are interested in Arek.
      “Of course, no team offers what Napoli asks for.”

      As for last summer, he continued: “Roma and Juve were also close to signing him, but for different reasons, and in some cases still difficult to understand, the negotiation did not work out.
      “But this often happens in football. If they come back to him? I don’t rule it out, but I can’t be the one to say it.”
      Despite having not appeared since last season Milik, 26, is rumoured to have been on the wishlists of Tottenham and Everton in recent weeks.
      On his conflict with Napoli, De Vecchi explained: “The club has kept him out of all competitions and has also had other behaviours that our lawyers are analysing.

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      The Pole hasn’t featured at all for Napoli this seasonCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      “Sometimes, I almost have the feeling that he prefers to leave him in the stands and lose him on a free transfer.
      “Relations with Napoli, however, are constant and we’ll see what happens.”
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      Cristiano Ronaldo boasts most social media followers by 200MILLION as just three Premier League stars break into top 10

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      CRISTIANO RONALDO boasts the most social media followers of all the footballers in the world.
      And he has a staggering 200million more across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram than anyone else.

      With a total of 465,000,000 Cristiano Ronaldo boasts 200m more social media followers than any other footballerCredit: Reuters

      The Juventus forward, 35, pops up on 124m Facebook feeds, 90m users’ Twitter timelines and his photos appear to a whopping 251m people on Instagram.
      Other than Instagram’s own Instagram account with 382m followers, Ronaldo’s page is the most followed of anyone in the world – beating the likes of Ariana Grande and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson to top spot.
      It means Ronaldo has a total of 465m social media followers.
      His great rival Lionel Messi is way back on 265m thanks to his 90m Facebook followers and 175m on Instagram, placing him eighth on the worldwide list despite ‘vanishing’ last year.

      However, the gap would be a lot tighter than 200m if Messi had Twitter, with the ratios suggesting the Argentine would have around 65m followers.
      Messi pips former team-mate Neymar in second, with the Paris Saint-Germain star boasting a total of 254m, 144m of which are on Insta.
      Then it is a long way back to fourth place with Everton and Colombia hero James Rodriguez.
      His 31m Facebook, 19m Twitter and 45m Instagram followers make up 96m.

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      Rodriguez’s ex-Real Madrid pals Gareth Bale (88m) and Sergio Ramos (83m) come in fifth and sixth respectively.
      Serie A’s other representative, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, is next with 79m followers.
      The Sweden hero edges Arsenal outcast Mesut Ozil who has 78m – 31m on Facebook, 25m enjoying his timely tweets about the Gunners and 22m on Instagram.
      Completing the top ten are Los Blancos left-back Marcelo with 77m and Atletico Madrid striker Luis Suarez on 73m.
      Interestingly, all of the group have played for Barcelona or Real Madrid, demonstrating the global following of the LaLiga giants.
      Kylian Mbappe may have 46m Instagram followers – more than four on the list – but just 8m across the other two.
      Incredibly, retired David Beckham would go straight into fourth with his 65m Instagram followers and on 51m Facebook, totalling 116m despite not having Twitter.

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      Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi and Neymar are all in the top tenCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      Gareth Bale may be back on loan at Tottenham but, like the rest of the list, has played for Real Madrid or BarcelonaCredit: Getty Images – Getty

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