Xabi Alonso said Bayer Leverkusen must use Liverpool’s ‘Miracle of Istanbul’ as motivation for a Champions League fightback against Bayern Munich after suffering a 3-0 round of 16 defeat against the Bundesliga leaders.
After a great season on loan at Inter, it seemed as though Chelsea’s unwanted striker, Romelu Lukaku, would end up moving to the Italian club on a permanent deal. Except he stopped answering the phone, and now nobody knows what’s next.
United States private equity firm Presidio Investors has completed a deal to buy struggling Italian club Hellas Verona from Italian entrepreneur Maurizio Setti, the Serie A side said on in a statement on its website on Wednesday.