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The older I get the more and more I’m sure that Italy is my footballing home. My history with the sport started as a six year old watching Italia 90′ and falling in love with Calcio.
Working in retail means it’s never easy getting the time to get to a game in Scotland never mind everything marrying up and allowing me to catch a Serie A encounter....

It is fairly unusual for an elite footballer to take a year out and comeback to top tier, first team football.
David de Gea left Manchester United in June 2023 after his contract expired. Many seen the Spanish goalkeeper as a busted flush as he stayed on the free agency market. Talks would fall through or the goalie would reject the idea of going to another Premier...

Some managers just know how to get the best out of certain players.
When Antonio Conte took over the SSC Napoli job in in the summer he made it clear he wanted to bring in Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku.
The two worked together at Inter Milan, winning the Scudetto in the 2020-21 season with Lukaku bagging twenty-four Serie A goals in thirty-six appearances. Since that dream campaign both have struggled as Conte was humbled at Tottenham Hotspur and Lukaku...

Inter Milan have a unique and wonderful talent in centre-back Alessandro Bastoni.
The twenty five year old often starts games as the Nerazzurri’s left sided defender in a back three. But the Italian international will rarely stick to that role when the Serie A champions have the ball....