Napoli defender Vlad Chiriches will have surgery on Monday after it was confirmed he has torn the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee.
The centre-back came off in the 31st minute of Romania s 0-0 Nations League draw with Montenegro in Ploiesti on Friday.
Medical tests have since shown he suffered a ligament tear and will undergo an operation, Napoli confirmed in a statement on Monday.
Chiriches only made seven Serie A appearances last season and was yet to appear under Carlo Ancelotti in 2018-19.
He joined the club from Tottenham in 2015 for a reported fee of £4.5million.
Forza Vlad. Torna presto
— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli)
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Everton s work in the transfer window is not over yet with Ronald Koeman confirming the club are in the market for at least two new signings.
A new striker is top of the Dutchman s wish-list following a lethargic 2-0 defeat at Chelsea on Sunday, the result coming on the back of a gruelling midweek Europa League trip to Croatia.
Forward pair Wayne Rooney and Sandro Ramirez failed to fire at Stamford Bridge, meaning Everton have only once scored more than a single goal in seven competitive matches this term.
Koeman insists the injury-hit Toffees require more firepower to compete with the Premier League s elite.
We need at least two more players, to get numbers in, but most important is to get a striker in and one more player, the Everton boss said at h…
Newcastle United are interested in signing Rob Holding from Premier League rivals Arsenal in the summer transfer window, according to . It has been reported that the Magpies want to secure the services of the 24-year-old central defender on a loan deal.
Arsenal are on the verge of signing Brazilian central defender Gabriel from Lille and are open to offload Holding. Along with Newcastle, Leeds United who will play in the Premier League next season after winning automatic promotion from the Championship are also interested in Holding.
Holding joined Arsenal from Bolton Wanderers in the summer of 2016, but the 24-year-old has had injury problems and has yet to established himself as a key figure in the first team. During the 2019-20 campaign, the centre-back made six star…
Kevin-Prince Boateng has spoken of the need for football authorities to do more to tackle racism.
The Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder has been a vocal supporter of anti-racism groups throughout his career and hit the headlines in 2013 when he walked off the pitch while playing for AC Milan, after being subjected to abuse by Pro Patria supporters.
And Boateng says that not enough is being done.
It s not enough to show a no to racism video before Champions League matches, and it s not enough to wear a t-shirt with no racism on and off, or we show racism the red card , he told Suddeutsche Zeitung s Now magazine.
If somebody calls me f****** black , that s not allowed, that s racism, but it s still happened to me that opponents called me that.
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Riyad Mahrez admitted he celebrated his goal for Manchester City against Tottenham to honour former Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
The Algeria international scored six minutes into Monday s match at Wembley to secure a 1-0 victory for Pep Guardiola s side that moved them back to the top of the Premier League on goal difference.
Mahrez pointed to the sky after finishing Raheem Sterling s cross, his goal coming just 24 hours after Leicester confirmed Srivaddhanaprabha was one of five people killed in a helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium on Saturday.
The 27-year-old, PFA Players Player of the Year in Leicester s title triumph in 2015-16, said he has found it difficult to sleep in the last two days after the death of a man he grew t…
Australia captain Mile Jedinak has joined Aston Villa from Crystal Palace for an undisclosed fee.
The 32-year-old signed for Palace on a free transfer in July 2011 and went on to make 179 appearances for the club, scoring 10 goals and captaining them from 2012 until the end of last season.
Jedinak has agreed a three-year contract at Villa Park, where boss Roberto Di Matteo is attempting to mastermind an instant return to the Premier League.
Palace boss Alan Pardew told his club s official website: Mile has been an influential figure at Palace since joining five years ago. He has been a super player and instrumental in our progress as a club.
— Aston Villa FC (@AVFCOfficial)
We thank him for his commitment in a Palace shirt and wish hi…
Fabrizio Romano has claimed on that Ryan Bertrand is on the verge of signing for Leicester City. The well-known and well-respected journalist has reported that there is an agreement between Leicester and the former Southampton left-back.
Romano has reported that Bertrand will sign a contract until June 2023 with an option to extend it by a further year. The former Premier League champions will make the announcement in the next few days.
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1410547124337532928
Bertrand is a very good left-back who knows the Premier League inside out. The Englishman is still only 31, which means that he still has a few more years left in him at the highest level.
The former Chelsea left-back gave one assist in 29 Premier League match…
Mauricio Pochettino has hinted he is ready to name a strong line-up when Tottenham take their bid for silverware to Arsenal in the EFL Cup quarter-finals.
Pochettino s acclaimed job at Spurs has seen him identified as a frontrunner to replace Jose Mourinho at Manchester United next season, following the Portuguese s sacking earlier on Tuesday.
The only significant mark against considering the 46-year-old for one of the most coveted jobs in world football is a lack of major trophies.
Despite regularly using the domestic cups to rotate his line-ups, Pochettino insists he shares the desire of Spurs fans to end a 10-year trophy drought and suggested their north London rivals should be ready to contend with strong opposition on Wednesday.
It is an important g…
Former Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres has returned to the LaLiga club as a coach of their youth team.
Torres himself progressed through Atletico s academy setup and spent 11 seasons with Los Colchoneros across two spells.
The 37-year-old former Spain forward retired from playing in August 2019 and has already spent time working behind the scenes with Atleti, but he stepped away in February for personal reasons.
He will now take the next step in his post-playing career by coaching the Spanish champions Juvenil A side from the 2021-22 campaign.
Atletico confirmed the news on their official website on Sunday in a post titled Fernando is coming home .
Torres scored 129 goals in 404 appearances for Atleti in all competitions and also represen…
Nemanja Matic is unsure whether his future lies at Manchester United, despite holding discussions with the club about his situation.
The 31-year-old midfielder was brought to Old Trafford in 2017 by his former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, and he played in all but two of the club s 38 Premier League games in his debut season at United.
However, with Mourinho replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a year ago, Matic – who has only just returned from a groin injury – is no longer considered a first-team regular.
He has made just two Premier League starts this season and has been linked with a move away from the club in January, with Matic open-minded about what will happen.
To be honest, I don t know yet what I m going to do, he told Omnisport.
I spoke…