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Two keepers said no before this one Eight million euros, plus two more if things go well. That is the price Juventus have put on a goalkeeper they were not chasing back in June. Guglielmo Vicario signed on Tuesday afternoon. The Italian leaves Tottenham after three seasons in London, and the Turin club spelled out…

The master of space and time lands in Catalonia Barcelona wanted a statement signing. It has gone and made one. On Tuesday, the Catalan club confirmed Rodri’s arrival from Manchester City. At 30, the 2024 Ballon d’Or winner swaps England for Spain and starts a fresh chapter in his career. The deal is worth around…

Nine officials to kick off the season Ligue 1 is back this weekend of August 21. The match officials for the opening round were announced this afternoon. Nine names, nine fixtures. Ruddy Buquet gets the marquee clash between Marseille and Strasbourg. Bastien Dechepy will take charge of PSG-Stade Rennais. Mathieu Vernice handles Lens-Auxerre, Marc Bollengier…

Nine years later, he kept his word “When he left in 2017, he said he would be back.” Lille opened their Tuesday statement with that line, and it landed, because Rio Mavuba has indeed come back. Not as a player. He takes over as Sporting Manager and Academy Talent Manager at the club where he…

Weeks of shopping, still no goalkeeper Around 10 million euros. That was the value of the package Marseille put to Toulouse for Guillaume Restes, a paid loan with an option to buy, and Toulouse turned it down without much hesitation. The gap between the two valuations is not small. Restes remains the preferred name. He…

A meeting room, two men, no cameras Thirteen years after walking out of the Bernabeu, Jose Mourinho was presented as Real Madrid manager on Tuesday in a room with the door shut. No press. No supporters. No family. Florentino Perez welcomed him, and that was the guest list. Abraham Romero of El Mundo had floated…

Bundesliga top scorer once, squad filler in London Niclas Fullkrug left the Weserstadion three years ago as the leading scorer in the Bundesliga. Nothing since has come close. Two leagues, a big-money move to the Premier League and a slow slide down the West Ham pecking order later, the 33-year-old is a Werder Bremen player…

A Dutch metronome for the BVB Borussia Dortmund confirmed the signing of Joey Veerman on Tuesday. The Dutch midfielder leaves PSV Eindhoven and has signed through 30 June 2031. He will wear No. 25. The fee is understood to be a little above 20 million euros. “Borussia Dortmund are strengthening their midfield with the immediate…

A special guest at Bollaert On Sunday night in Lens, there was one man nobody really expected in the stands. Zinedine Zidane was there for the Champions Trophy. Fifteen days after his formal appointment as France boss, the manager chose this match to kick off his reign. Lens beat PSG 1-0. The result mattered less…