Juventus sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli has confirmed midfielder Adrien Rabiot has left the club ahead of the 2024-25 Serie A season.
Rabiot, who featured for France in their semi-final run at Euro 2024, made 212 appearances for Juventus since arriving from Paris Saint-Germain in 2019.
The 29-year-old featured in 35 matches for the Old Lady under Massimiliano Allegri last season, helping them to a 15th Coppa Italia title.
Rabiot became the fifth Frenchman to reach 200 appearances for Juventus, leaving him third in the list of the club s all-time French appearance makers alongside Zinedine Zidane.
Only Michel Platini (224) and David Trezeguet (320) have completed more outings for the 36-time Serie A champions.
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Rob Page believes Wales possess a bright future and are “going places” despite Euro 2024 play-off heartbreak.
Wales missed out on a third successive European Championship as Poland won 5-4 on penalties at Cardiff City Stadium on Tuesday following a goalless 120 minutes.
But boss Page insists Wales’ young squad are heading in the right direction ahead of 2026 World Cup qualifying.
“I just know I’ve got a good group players, great staff, and we’re going on the right path,” said Page, who has over two years left on his contract.
“There are younger players to be introduced as well, so that’s my next aim.
“We haven’t got there this time, but with the games in June we can start to introduce a couple of the younger players and build…
A first-half strike from Ashley Young put England on the brink of Euro 2012 qualification as they beat Wales 1-0 at Wembley on Tuesday.
Young drilled home Stewart Downing’s cross after 35 minutes to secure the three points for Fabio Capello’s team, but it was far from plain sailing against a spirited Welsh side who belied their lowly ranking.
And they could have come away with a point if substitute Robert Earnshaw had not missed an open goal with 10 minutes remaining.
For England, it is a first win in three competitive matches at Wembley and means a draw in Macedonia next month will secure qualification to Euro 2012.
But they will not have been greatly enthused by a performance which, Young and Downing aside, was not very encouraging.
Instead…
Antonio Rudiger wants to use his experience with Real Madrid for the benefit of Germany at Euro 2024, seeking to find a killer instinct for Julian Nagelsmann s team.
Germany duo Toni Kroos and Rudiger helped Madrid to their record-extending 15th Champions League crown last Saturday, defeating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the final.
That European glory added to this season s LaLiga success for Los Blancos, who continue to power on as a title-winning machine under the tutelage of veteran coach Carlo Ancelotti.
With Germany s Euro 2024 opener against Scotland less than two weeks away, Rudiger hopes to embed his club s efforts into Nagelsmann s national side.
These are two different pairs of shoes, Rudiger said on Wednesday, referring to the difference between G…
Goals from Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes saw Manchester United ease into the fourth round of the FA Cup and avoid any unwanted drama in a 2-0 win over League One Wigan.
As they should have, United dominated a side 53 places below them, and the only complaint would be that they did not convert more of their 33 attempts on goal.
As it was, Dalot’s 22nd-minute curler and a second-half penalty from Fernandes set up a tie away to either League Two Newport or non-League Eastleigh.
Pura qualidade, Diogo! ||
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With Sir Dave Brailsford and Jean-Claude Blanc watching on as Sir Jim Ratcliffe awaits ratification of his 25 per cent stake in United, a straightforward win was just what Erik ten Hag needed after a December…
A hectic, congested year of football culminates in the delayed European Championship, which starts on June 11 when Turkey take on Italy in Rome.
Euro 2020, hosted in 11 cities spread across the continent, was meant to be a celebration of the 60th anniversary of UEFA s international tournament. Instead, the coronavirus pandemic derailed the plans, forcing the postponement of the event until 2021.
Though the qualified teams had been readying themselves to play last year, and the pandemic has forced a much-altered football calendar in 2020-21, some countries may have benefitted from the delay.
For others, it may be a case of what might have been. Here, using Opta data, Stats Perform looks at how the main favourites to go all the way have been boosted by the postpon…
Gareth Bale believes Wales Euro 2016 exploits will earn them more respect from other nations and the Real Madrid star is keen for further experiences of major international tournaments.
Wales sensational run in France ended in a 2-0 semi-final defeat to Portugal in Lyon on Wednesday, with two goals in the space of three second-half minutes from Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani proving decisive.
Bale was unable to find his fourth goal of the competition as he battled to haul Chris Coleman s side back into the match, but he believes his team-mates will now be viewed differently having claimed victories over Slovakia, Russia, Northern Ireland and Belgium during a memorable campaign.
I think we ve grown in confidence and grown in stature, he said. We ll be more respected…
Chelsea kicked off their 2024-25 Women s Champions League campaign with a 3-2 victory at home to Real Madrid in Group B.
The victory puts the Blues in second in their group after one match, while it was a perfect start for manager Sonia Bompastor, who was taking charge of her first Champions League game for the club.
Bompastor led Lyon to the Champions League final in two of the last three seasons, winning it in 2021-22. She will be hoping to do the same in west London this season and things got off to the perfect start for her and Chelsea in this game.
Sjoeke Nusken s second-minute goal put the home side ahead unsurprisingly, that is the quickest goal in the Champions League this season.
In miserable weather at Stamford Bridge, things got even better for…
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A heavyweight South American showdown takes center stage at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, as Uruguay clash with Brazil in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Copa America.
The winners of this eagerly awaited contest will meet either Colombia or Panama in the semifinals.
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Uruguay have arguably been the standout performers at the Copa America so far this summer after winning three games out of three by an aggregate score of 9-1 to secure top spot in Group C.
La Celeste kick-started the tournament with a 3-1 victory over Panama before putting Bolivia to the sword 5-0 on matchday two; they then preserved their perfect record by beating the USA 1-0 on Tuesday courtesy of a 66th-minute strike from Mathias Oli…
Spanish legend Raul hopes Qatar qualify for Brazil 2014 and says improving the national team should be the priority for the 2022 World Cup hosts.
The 34-year-old former Real Madrid and Schalke striker penned a one-year contract with 2011 Asian champions Al Sadd earlier this month, becoming the biggest name to currently play in Qatar s Stars League (QSL).
Speaking to Doha Stadium Plus, Raul revealed he had no doubts Qatar could host a successful 2022 event and believed developing the current crop of youth for the future national team needs to be made a priority.
Qatar has everything in place to host a successful World Cup in 2022, Raul said.
The priority should be to improve its national team in 10 years time to first become the top side in Asia and th…