Valery Karpin has resigned as coach of Spartak Moscow after the club s poorest ever start to a season, the Russian club announced on Monday.
Traditionally one of the Russian Premier League s most powerful clubs, Spartak have not won a major trophy since 2003 and bowed out of the Europa League quarter-finals 10-3 on aggregate to Porto on Thursday.
Spartak then fell 2-1 to Anzhi Makhachkala on Sunday their third defeat in five league matches this season to plummet to the bottom of the Premier League table.
In an announcement the day after the club s latest defeat, former Russia midfielder Karpin revealed he would be stepping down as Spartak manager but would remain as the club s general director.
Today the board of directors had accepted my resignation, s…
Cesena forward Gregoire Defrel is believed to be on the radar of Italian champions Juventus, Corriere di Romagna has suggested.
The Bianconeri were largely impressed with the Frenchman s performance in the weekend s 2-2 draw with Cesena, and they are expected to keep monitoring his showings.
Juventus general manager Beppe Marotta had a talk with Cesena sporting director Rino Foschi after the game and asked his counterpart to inform him if Defrel becomes available for sale.
The 23-year-old began his professional career at Parma in 2009, but he left I Ducali for Cesena after making just one league appearance for the club.
A successful loan spell with Foggia helped Defrel earn a switch to Cesena, where he went on to score 12 goals in 91 league matches.
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According to , Anthony Martial could leave Manchester United in the summer of 2021. It has been reported that United as well as Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur are keeping an eye on Paulo Dybala’s situation at Juventus. The report has added that there is a growing possibility that Martial will leave the Red Devils at the end of the season.
Martial has been on the books of United since the summer of 2015 when he joined from AS Monaco. Much was expected of the France international when he arrived at Old Trafford, and although the 25-year-old has played well on occasions and has shown his versatility by playing out wide, he has not been very consistent.
According to , Martial has made six appearances in the Premier League and has scored two goals and provided one…
African teams should be confident of going far in the World Cup, and even winning the tournament, according to Senegal boss Aliou Cisse.
Senegal beat hosts Qatar 3-1 on Friday to get their first points on the board in Group A.
The Africa Cup of Nations winners lost star player Sadio Mane to injury before the start of the World Cup, and were unable to put away their chances in an opening loss against the Netherlands.
But Cisse believes his team, as well as other African sides in action in the Middle East – Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco and Tunisia – should have faith they can challenge the top nations.
Cisse pointed to the shock wins for Japan and Saudi Arabia, over Germany and Argentina respectively, as evidence to support his claim.
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