Last season, Napoli clinched their first Serie A title since the Diego Maradona days of the 1980s. Just 11 months later, the club are in disarray, and it all began with one email from club president Aurelio De Laurentiis.
Neymar was not too downcast after being forced to leave Monday’s Asian Champions League Elite match due to injury, saying it is nothing more than cramp.
Dutch club Vitesse were docked 18 points on Friday and will be relegated from the Netherlands’ top division while under investigation for ties to sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, the former owner of Chelsea.