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      Man Utd in advanced talks to hijack Arsenal’s £26million transfer for the ‘new Nemanja Vidic’

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      MANCHESTER UNITED look set to hijack Arsenal’s deal for Radu Dragusin, according to reports.The Red Devils are keen to sign a centre-back in January after leaking goals in the Champions League.
      Radu Dragusin is on Man Utd and Arsenal’s radarCredit: Rex
      Man Utd have conceded 14 times in five European matches this season and their hopes of progression are now hanging by a thread after drawing 3-3 with Galatasaray.
      And to fix their defensive woes, the Red Devils are keen on Dragusin.
      The 21-year-old Romanian international has been compared to ex-United captain Nemanja Vidic.
      Dragusin came through the ranks at Juventus and now plays for Serie A side Genoa.
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      They had the defender on loan last season and made the move permanent in the summer for around £5million.
      He penned a contract at Genoa that runs until 2027 but it contains a release clause worth £26million.
      Reports from Romanian outfit ProSport claim United are in advanced talks with the player ahead of potentially triggering the clause.
      Dragusin’s agent Florin Manea previously revealed he has been in discussions with a host of Premier League clubs over a transfer.
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      He said: “I have been in London for some time and have almost weekly meetings with important teams.
      “We are getting closer. I spoke with Newcastle, with Arsenal, with Tottenham.
      “I also have messages with them, conversations. There are teams that ask about Dragusin.” More

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      I turned down Man Utd and got banned for smoking on the BENCH – now I’m playing for a team run by the POLICE

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      BELGIUM star Radja Nainggolan has made an arresting new move … to a club run by Indonesia’s national POLICE.The former Roma, Inter Milan and Cagliari midfielder was a free agent after leaving Italians SPAL in the summer.
      Radja Nainggolan has joined Bhayangkara FCCredit: INSTAGRAM @ sabreenadressler @radja_nainggolan_l4
      He last played for SPALCredit: Getty
      Nainggolan has now signed a deal until the end of the season with Bhayangkara FC, who are bottom of Indonesia’s Liga 1.
      Nicknamed the Guardians, they are owned by the Asian country’s police service – and many of his team-mates are serving cops.
      Antwerp-born Nainggolan’s estranged father, Marianus, is Indonesian, and his first name means “King” in the local language.
      The 35-year-old said: “I didn’t hesitate for a moment when I saw how keen the club was to sign me.
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      “I was really starting to miss football, I still enjoy myself out on the pitch, and I’m very keen to do it in Indonesia.
      “I’ve had a couple of great weeks out here, and I’m looking forward to learning more about one of my countries of origin.
      “In the past months over 100 agents contacted me. But when push came to shove, it was very difficult for me to get any offers in writing.”
      Capped 30 times, Nainggolan has become the biggest-ever signing made by a club in Indonesia.
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      The football-mad south-east Asian country has only once reached a World Cup finals – in 1938, when known as the Dutch East Indies.
      A Belgian title winner with Antwerp in 2022, Nainggolan will combine his playing career with promoting Indonesia as a travel destination.
      His new Jakarta-based club plays at a 30,000-capacity stadium and goes by the full name Bhayangkara Presisi Indonesia FC.
      Nainggolan is known for his career in which he enjoyed success in Italy’s Serie A.
      He won the league in 2021 as part of Antonio Conte’s Inter Milan team.
      During his time at SPAL, he admitted that he was playing for “peanuts”.
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      His time at Antwerp was full of controversy as he first lost his licence for drink-driving and speeding, just ONE week into his Antwerp career.
      And then he was suspended indefinitely for smoking an e-cigarette on the bench.
      He ended up being forced to work with the youth team before leaving by mutual consent.
      Nainggolan has previously claimed that he could down 20 shots the night before a match and still play the same.
      His career could have taken a different path in 2017 as he rejected moves to Chelsea and Manchester United.
      In 2018, he told ESPN FC. “I am the kind of person who above all needs to live well and be at a club which plays to win, or where I am happy with my life.
      “In Italy, you live really well – I like the culture and way of life here.
      “Chelsea offered me more money [while at Roma in 2017] and they are a big club, yes.
      “But I’m interested in waking up in the morning in a place where I feel good and, at the age of 29, winning back all the respect I’d worked 12 years to earn in Italy was not for me.
      “There are lots of components – lots to evaluate.
      “I stayed in Italy, with Roma, because I wanted to end in the best way possible. There was Manchester too.
      “There were many things that I was not interested in at all.
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      “Of course you are flattered by the interest, but this is how it is.”
      He won the Serie A title while at Inter MilanCredit: Reuters
      Nainggolan once turned down Manchester United and Chelsea while at RomaCredit: AFP or licensors More

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      I played under former Premier League manager who was like James Bond and turned up to training in a helicopter

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      CARLO ANCELOTTI has been compared to James Bond for his stylish lifestyle.The Italian manager has had two stints in the Premier League with Chelsea and Everton.
      Carlo Ancelotti has been likened to James BondCredit: X @vinijr
      Ancelotti with wife Mariann Barrena McClay who would fly him to workCredit: Instagram @mrancelotti
      Ancelotti managed in the Premier League with Chelsea and EvertonCredit: Instagram @mrancelotti
      Ancelotti, 64, has had a remarkable managerial career, having won 25 TROPHIES.
      He has managed at glamorous clubs such as Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Napoli and Juventus.
      He is currently in his second stint at Real Madrid and is expected to move into international management with Brazil at the end of the season.
      Former Chelsea flop Alexandre Pato, 34, starred for the Italian while at AC Milan.
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      The Brazilian forward has revealed that Ancelotti was like “a father” to him and that he lives “with style”.
      Incredibly, Pato even compared the Italian to fictional spy James Bond.
      In an interview with the Players Tribune, he said: “Ancelotti became like a father to me. He even named his dog Pato.
      “You saw that picture of him on the bus parade in Madrid, with the sunglasses and the cigar?
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      “Well, at Milan he’d turn up to training in a helicopter.
      “He lived in Parma and his wife knew how to fly one. He’d step out like James Bond.
      “If anyone lived with style, it was Carlo.”
      Pato played for Ancelotti between 2007 and 2009, when he first emerged as one of Europe’s brightest talents.
      In 2011, however, he started to have issues with injuries that curtailed his development.
      The forward left the Serie A giants in 2013 as he moved back to his homeland with Corinthians.
      Pato would later join Chelsea on loan but only featured twice in the Premier League, scoring one goal.
      He went on to have spells at Villarreal, Tianjin Tianhai, and Orlando City, he is now playing for Sao Paulo.
      His contract expires in December, though there is an option to extend it for a further 12 months.
      Ancelotti has been compared to James BondCredit: Instagram @mrancelotti
      Alexandre Pato loved Ancelotti’s styleCredit: Getty More

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      Chelsea transfer target Victor Osimhen’s agent fly out to Madrid while Napoli star takes in Bernabeu on his own

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      VICTOR OSIMHEN was joined by his agent in Madrid for Napoli’s Champions League clash. The striker’s future in Italy remains in doubt amid a row with the club but he travelled to Spain for tomorrow’s group stage match.
      Victor Osimhen at Real Madrid’s Bernabeu
      He wondered the pitch on his own
      Osimhen, 24, was captured taking in the Bernabeu stadium all on his own, joined by none of his team-mates.
      And Spanish reports suggest the Nigerian’s agent, Roberto Calenda, has jetted in too for transfer talks with Los Blancos after the game.
      And that would come a huge blow to suitors Chelsea.
      Osimhen scored 26 goals in 32 matches last season to help Napoli to the Serie A title.
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      But his relationship with the Italian champion has soured in the last few months – including with manager Rudi Garcia.
      Then the club mocking him on social media just added to the uncertainty over his future.
      Still Osimhen has six goals in 11 matches this season but he nine games with a hamstring injury.
      He returned in Napoli’s 2-1 win over Atalanta but did so strongly linked with a move to Chelsea in the winter window.
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      Osimhen is believed to be the Blues’ top target as they struggle for goals.
      Liverpool and Arsenal are also among those linked but Chelsea could be preparing for a bid when the market opens in January.
      But Osimhen could demand as much as £120m for the attacker, which would be a Premier League record fee.
      Chelsea have already spent £1billion since Boehly took over in May 2022.
      Osimhen is linked with a transfer to ChelseaCredit: Alamy More

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      Our dad is a three-time Champions League winner – we’ve experienced contrasting fortunes in our football journey

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      PAOLO MALDINI is widely considered to be one of the best defenders of all time.The Italian legend however is not the only footballer in his family.
      Paolo Maldini has two sons who play footballCredit: Getty
      Daniel Maldini has scored as an AC Milan playerCredit: Getty
      Christian Maldini, left, retired at the age 27Credit: Getty
      Maldini, 55, has two sons who are also professional footballers paving their own careers.
      The former AC Milan star made 647 Serie A appearances for the club winning the competition seven times.
      He also won the Champions League three times as well as two European Cups before the tournament was re-branded.
      Sons Daniel and Christian however are yet to achieve a similar success.
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      Christian, 27, started his youth career at AC Milan but never made a first-team appearance for the club.
      Like his father, he played as a central defender although he has struggled to make it in the top division.
      Christian has played for Italian sides in the lower leagues such as Reggiana, Pro Sesto, Fondi, Pro Piancenza, Fano and Lecco.
      He retired from football in September this year in order to pursue a career as a football agent.
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      Daniel, 22, is the younger of the two brothers and is showing signs of becoming a top player.
      He has already made 15 appearances for AC Milan and has scored for the Italian giants.
      Unlike his family members, he plays as an attacking midfielder and was part of the team that won the 2021/22 Serie A title.
      Father Paolo was in attendance to see Daniel lift the trophy at the San Siro.
      Daniel and Paolo have both won the Serie ACredit: Reuters
      Daniel is currently on loan at EmpoliCredit: Getty
      Daniel has not cemented himself in the club’s first-team as of yet and spent last season out on loan at Spezia.
      He made 18 appearances in Serie A for the club, scoring two goals.
      His first goal for the club came in a 2-1 defeat to AC Milan, his other goal however came in a 2-1 win over Inter Milan.
      The midfielder is spending this campaign at Empoli, however, the club does have an option to make the move permanent.
      The campaign has been a tough one for Daniel as he has struggled with muscular problems which has limited him to just three appearances.
      He has featured for Italy at the U18s, U19, and U20s but he could opt to represent Venezuela on the international stage through his mother Adrianna Fossa.
      Paolo Maldini won the Champions League three timesCredit: Getty More

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      Chelsea ‘given go ahead to complete Osimhen transfer in January’… but Napoli ace will cost MORE than Caicedo

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      CHELSEA could launch a bid to sign Victor Osimhen in January, according to reports.Osimhen, 24, is understood to be at the top of Todd Boehly’s transfer wishlist ahead of the January window.
      Chelsea could attempt to sign Victor Osimhen in JanuaryCredit: Getty
      The Blues are in desperate need of a striker as they look to improve on last season’s disappointing campaign.
      They currently sit 10th in the Premier League table, 14 points adrift of the top spot.
      Club officials are convinced that a top striker will significantly improve Mauricio Pochettino’s squad.
      And according to talkSPORT, Chelsea could make a move for in-form Osimhen.
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      The Blues have been given an indication that the Napoli star could be made available in January.
      However, the Serie A champions will likely demand £120million for him.
      Chelsea have already spent £1billion since Boehly took over in May 2022.
      Enzo Fernandez joined in a deal worth £107m back in January before Moises Caicedo became the club’s record signing after completing a £115m move to Stamford Bridge in August.
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      Should Chelsea complete a deal to sign Osimhen, he will become the most expensive player in the Premier League.
      The Blues are among several clubs that have expressed an interest in signing the Napoli striker.
      Arsenal and Manchester United have also been linked with him.
      Osimhen scored 31 goals across all competitions last season.
      He has already scored six goals in 11 appearances this term. More

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      Serie A stars and bosses including Jose Mourinho wear red marks on their faces for incredibly important reason

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      JOSE MOURINHO joined a host of Serie A stars by making a stand against violence towards women this weekend.The legendary former Chelsea and Manchester United boss is currently in charge of Italian club Roma.
      Jose Mourinho backed a very important message by donning a red mark on his cheekCredit: Rex
      Inter’s Lautaro Martinez was among the host of stars that also backed itCredit: Getty
      He was in the dug-out yesterday to see his team secure a 3-1 victory over Udinese at the Stadio Olimpico.
      However, the 60-year-old was spotted watching on with a red mark on his cheek.
      And a number of other players, coaches and referees made a stance against violence towards women. 
      The mark represents a lipstick mark and is part of a campaign called “show violence towards women the red card”.
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      That is in line with Italy observing their annual International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
      And that comes amid the national outrage over the Italian man that is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend being extradited from Germany. 
      A number of protests have been held across the country, most notably in Rome, with more planned for further cities over the upcoming days.
      Mourinho was among those happy to show his support and sport the red mark while his side were in action.
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      And Paulo Dybala – who scored one and created another goal in the triumph – also backed it with a gesture while celebrating his strike.
      There were a number of tributes elsewhere as AC Milan’s Tommaso Pobega was pictured with a red mark on his cheek.
      Napoli’s Eljif Elmas also made a heart shape with his hands as he celebrated with the same marking on his face in his side’s 2-1 victory at Atalanta.
      AC Milan’s Tommaso Pobega also showed his support during the clash with FiorentinaCredit: Rex More

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      AC Milan history-maker BANNED from facing Newcastle in Champions League… and won’t be able to play until March

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      AC MILAN youngster Francesco Camarda is not eligible to face Newcastle in the Champions League next month due to a strict Uefa rule.The 15-year-old made history at the weekend when he became the youngest Serie A player of all time.
      Francesco Camarda made his senior AC Milan debut on SaturdayCredit: Rex
      However, the teenager is ineligible to play in the Champions League until MarchCredit: Rex
      Camarda was introduced in the 83rd minute of AC Milan’s clash with Fiorentina to replace Luka Jovic.
      But despite impressing fans during his short on-field cameo, the striker will not be able to represent the Italian giants in the Champions League.
      A key Uefa rule states that a player cannot make his debut before the age of 16 and without a professional contract.
      Camarda will not turn 16 until March, meaning he will not be able to make his Champions League debut until then.
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      Furthermore, he would have also been ineligible to represent AC Milan in the club’s remaining group stage games due to a red card received during a Uefa Youth League clash with PSG Under-19’s earlier this month.
      It means that the teenager will not be available to face Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday or Newcastle next month.
      Camarda’s parents were in tears as they watched their son make his senior debut for AC Milan on Saturday evening.
      Rossoneri won the match against Fiorentina 1-0 thanks to a goal from Theo Hernandez.
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      Camarda has been the star of AC Milan’s academy in recent years.
      He scored a breathtaking 247 goals during the 2018-19 campaign and 172 the following season.
      The striker is also on the radar of some of Europe’s biggest clubs, including Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea. More