Sinisa Mihajlovic has confirmed his departure from Sampdoria following the final game of the Serie A season, paving the way for a potential move to Napoli.

The Serb, head coach at Stadio Luigi Ferraris since November 2013, guided Sampdoria to a seventh-place finish this term, with their European qualification dependant on the outcome of sixth-placed Genoa s appeal for a UEFA licence.

Mihajlovic has been heavily linked with a move to Napoli, who played their final game under Rafael Benitez on Sunday, and announced his exit in an open letter on Sampdoria s website.

These are my last words as coach of Sampdoria, he wrote.

On 21 November 2013, I took a team in a very difficult situation, bottom of the table, discouraged [and] in crisis. I leave you sev…

Romanian forward Adrian Mutu is set to join FC Pune City in India, French daily newspaper .

His previous side Petrolul decided to release the 35-year-old from his contract, meaning he is now free to move to Indian Super League.

Adrian Mutu is the latest star player to feature in the opening ISL campaign, following in the footsteps of Nicolas Anelka, Robert Pires, David Trezeguet, Alessandro Del Piero and Marco Materazzi.

The well-traveled forward has spent a large chunk of his professional career in Italian Serie A, representing Inter Milan, Verona, Parma, Juventus, Fiorentina and Cesena.

His career has been on a downtrend since leaving Italy in 2012, with a two-year spell at Ajaccio followed by the return to his native country with Petrolul.

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Seven-times French champions Lyon signed French international striker Bafetimbi Gomis from historically bitter rivals St Etienne in a 15 million euro deal on Wednesday, the buying club announced.

The 23-year-old, scorer of ten goals last season which almost saw St Etienne relegated, signed a five-year contract, club official Bernard Lacombe told AFP.

Everything has been finalised, it is a great thing. He will be a focal point for the attack which is important Bafe is a really exciting player, Lacombe added.

The athletic centre-forward, scorer of two goals in his six appearances for France and part of their disappointing Euro 2008 finals squad which went out in the first round, will go some way to replacing fellow French international Karim Benzema, who was sold…

Bayern midfielder Luiz Gustavo has been the subject of interest from Napoli, .

The Brazilian does not seem to feature in the first team plans of Pep Guardiola and he continues to be linked with a summer exit.

Shortly after Wolfsburg expressed their interest in the player s services, Bayern chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge admitted that the Bavarians would consider selling their prized asset.

According to Il Corriere dello Sport, Napoli are looking to take advantage of the situation and further reinforce the midfield area by luring Gustavo to Stadio San Paolo.

The Azzurri are aware that signing the Brazilian will be no easy task given that he has an €18 million release clause inserted in his deal, but they are prepared to pull all the stops to win the race f…

Arsenal, Everton and West Ham United are all interested in signing Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Gotze this summer, according to Talksport.

The World Cup winner was left out of Germany’s squad for this summer’s tournament in Russia despite scoring the goal that won the final in Brazil four years ago.

He returned to Dortmund following a three-year spell with Bayern Munich in 2016 and has since racked up forty-eight appearances in all competitions, scoring just four goals.

The twenty-six-year-old has two years remaining on his current deal at the Westfalenstadion though his admirers throughout Europe could be ready to pounce.

In total, Gotze has played one hundred and ninety times in the Bundesliga, scoring forty-seven goals while internatio…

Amadou Onana could leave Everton at the end of the season, according to journalist Ben Jacobs in . 

The well-known and well-respected journalist has suggested that if Everton are able to get £60 million for Onana at the end of the season, then the Premier League club could sell him.

Jacobs said: “Amadou Onana is a name to watch this summer even though he’s only been at Everton since last summer.”

The journalist added: “Chelsea and Arsenal both considered Onana in January but it was clear he didn’t want to move mid-season. As with Jordan Pickford, it’s going to be difficult for the Toffees to keep hold of Onana if they go down.

“Everton also really need more outgoings due to their financial situation, even after the £45m sale of Anthony …

Stephen Ireland hit his first goal since 2011 to secure Stoke City a 2-0 win over Tranmere Rovers in the League Cup on Wednesday.

The midfielder had not found the back of the net for 634 days since scoring for Aston Villa at Chelsea, but he struck in the 22nd minute at Prenton Park to help book Stoke’s place in the fourth round.

Tranmere threatened in the second half as Stoke began to tire, but their finishing failed to test visiting goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen, before Peter Crouch added a last-minute winner to put a gloss on the result.

Mark Hughes made seven changes to the side beaten at Arsenal on Sunday with Ireland handed his full debut, and Peter Crouch chosen ahead of Kenwyne Jones in attack. The hosts rested experienced defender Ian Goodison and Joe Thompson, …

Kim Bo-kyung was at the centre of racism allegations surrounding Malky Mackay, but has decided to link up with the Scot at Wigan Athletic.

Wigan Athletic have completed the signing of the player at the centre of the racism controversy surrounding manager Malky Mackay, Kim Bo-kyung, until the end of the season.

Former Cardiff City boss Mackay who was appointed by Wigan in November and their ex-head of recruitment Iain Moody were reported to the Football Association (FA) in August over the exchange of alleged racist, sexist and homophobic text messages.

The pair were said to have made derogatory comments about South Korea international Kim in a text when he first signed for Cardiff in July 2012.

Kim s agent Lee Yeung-joong later insisted that the mi…

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While domestic football may be at the forefront for many clubs all across the continent of Europe, the UEFA Champions League is still always going to be viewed as the one true elite competition by all those who compete in it and also by those who desire to do so. Today, we re going to be previewing a Round of 16 tie between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea as they prepare to compete in the first leg at the National Arena in Bucharest on Tuesday night.

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Granada have announced the signing of striker Francisco Medina from La Liga rivals Rayo Vallecano.

Medina has penned a three-year deal to bring an end to his six-year spell at Rayo, with whom he secured promotion to the Spanish top flight in 2010-11.

The 32-year-old scored an impressive 18 goals in La Liga last season as Rayo finished eighth.

While Medina arrives at Los Carmenes, defender Inigo Lopez has expressed his gratitude to Granada fans after joining Greek Super League runners-up PAOK FC.

He told Granada’s official website: Granada will always be part of my life.

My way of being and ambition make me seek new challenges outside Granada, even though the decision has not been easy because they were very good times and many signs of affection from acro…