Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci has revealed his delight after signing a new contract with the Turin club.
The 24-year-old penned a new deal on Monday that will see him stay with the club until 2017.
Bonucci, who arrived at Juve in 2010 from Bari, did not hide his happiness to have added two more years to his previous deal.
It is an indescribable joy what I am feeling, he wrote on his official website.
The shirt for which I have wept and rejoiced, for which I was angry as a child every time the club lost a game, is now mine even more so after my renewal.
I am very proud and honoured to wear this great shirt for at least five more years.
I would like to thank all those who have believed in me, from the president to the coach, inclu…
Atletico Madrid travel to Valencia in their all-Spanish Europa League semi-final on Thursday in a second successive Iberian last four.
Marcelo Bielsa s Athletic Bilbao trek to Portugal to do battle with Sporting Lisbon in the other tie in a reversal of last season s semi-finalists where three Portuguese and one Spanish side locked horns.
Valencia boss Unai Emery said his side was fully focussed on the tie having put memories of their 2010 exit from the competition to Atletico at the same stage behind them.
We could look back on (a controversial non-penalty against Atletico at the same stage in 2010) to try to motivate the players but we won t do it, Emery said.
We put that incident behind us as soon as it happened and you have to look forward and wait …
Jordi Alba is the most notable omission from Luis de la Fuente s first Spain squad, joining Barcelona team-mates Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati and Eric Garcia in missing their Euro 2024 qualifiers against Norway and Scotland.
Former under-21 boss De la Fuente took charge of the senior team after last year s World Cup, with Luis Enrique leaving the role after a surprise last-16 exit against Morocco.
Senior players Sergio Busquets and Sergio Ramos have stepped away from international football since that tournament, with the latter doing so after being overlooked for La Roja s trip to Qatar.
Alba – who started three of Spain s four games at the World Cup – is the biggest name to be left out by De la Fuente, with fellow Barcelona left-back Alejandro Balde getting the …
Inter coach Andrea Stramaccioni has declared Sunday s final Serie A game of the season against Lazio a prelude to a rebirth for the club.
Inter have endured a difficult campaign and even with victory this weekend versus Edy Reja s men, the Giuseppe Meazza outfit will be relying on results elsewhere in their search for Champions League qualification.
Speaking ahead of what could be his final game in charge of the 2010 Champions League winners, Stramaccioni placed great importance on the Lazio encounter in light of Inter s future.
I think this is a prelude to a rebirth. The season remains negative, but this is the prelude to Lazio-Inter and also the hunger of the Nerazzurri people to become great again in Italy and Europe, he said on Saturday.
If his team…
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The Premier League is back once again this weekend as we enter the always-crazy month of December. There are so many teams up and down the top flight who are in desperate need of some points on the board now that we re in the midst of the busy winter schedule, mainly because momentum can be such a vital piece of the puzzle during this time of the year. Today, we re going to be taking a look at what could be a fascinating David vs Goliath encounter: Manchester City vs Fulham.
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Manchester City find themselves in a unique position right now, because while they may still be one of the best teams in world football, they re starting to really fly under the radar as contenders both domest…