AS Roma concludes €40m Tammy Abraham’s move from Chelsea.England international Tammy Abraham has officially completed his switch from West London side to the Italian capital of Rome to join Jose Mourinho’s Giallorossi in an arrangement worth €40m plus bonuses.The 23-year-old Chelsea academy product signed a five-year deal at La Lupa till June 2026 and will fill in the boots of Bosnian forward Edin Dzeko, who joined Roma’s rival Inter Milan for free over the weekend. Tammy Abraham’s future with the blues has been in doubt since the arrival of Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea. The English front-man has received fewer game time under the German boss who replaced Frank Lampard as Chelsea’s head coach in January with the gaffer preferring Timo Werner and Olivier Giroud ahead of Tammy to lead the line for the Blues. https://www.asgnsport.com/columns/1347

Edin Dzeko nets for Inter in pre-season debutInter Milan’s new centre-forward signing Edin Dzeko needed little time to get off the mark in the black and blue stripped jersey of the Nerazzurri as he struck the back of the net 33 minutes into his Milan debut, meanwhile Argentine forward Paulo Dybala returned made his return to the Old Lady’s starting XI with the captain’s band on his arm and a goal to his name as the black and white emerged 3-1 winners over Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta. Simone Inzaghi’s side enjoyed another impressive pre-season victory as they crushed Ukraine outfits Dynamo Kyiv with by 3 goals to not with Bosnian and Herzegovina talisman Edin Dzeko doubling the lead for the Nerazzurri 33 minutes into his debut, even though both clubs had not officially made the announcement of the deal, the striker was given the go-ahead to feature for Inter Milan.

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SportsDumfries in Milan for Medicals, Atalanta insists no Inter offer for Zapata. Denzel Dumfries arrives in Italy for Milan medicals. 25-year-old Dutch right back Denzel Dumfries has reportedly arrived in Milan to complete his medical examination before completing his €12m move from the Dutch giants to title defenders Inter Milan.The Netherland international is expected to have his medicals today before concluding his move to Inter Milan where he will earn an €2.5m in add-ons. He will serve as replacement to Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, who joined Paris Saint Germain in a €60m deal plus bonuses earlier in the summer. Inter Milan title risk losing more players from their title winning squad because of their recent financial crisis, leading the Nerazzurri to raise cash to balance their books from sales of Achraf Hakimi to PSG and the move of prolific goal-scoring Belgian Romelu Lukaku to Chelsea in a €97.5m deal.However, Simone Inzaghi is looking to bring in fresh faces to fill the void of the outgoing players as they look to defend their Scudetto this season with title Juventus challenging for their 10th title in 11 years after Conte’s Nerazzurri ended their nine-year dynasty.

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Chelsea re-signed Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan for a club record fee of £97.5m Inter Milan and Chelsea has agreed a club-record fee of £97.5m fees for Romelu Lukaku as the made a return to the London club 10 years after he first arrived Chelsea as 17-year-old young star from Anderlecht,

The Belgian returns to Stamford Bridge on a five year deal that will see him earn as much as £13m per annum after Inter Milan finally accept a £97.5m offer for the forward.    Romelu Lukaku played for Chelsea between 2011 and 2014 but failed to tie down a regular starting shirt and was loaned out to West Brom before earning a permanent move to Everton from where he moved to Manchester United before joining Inter Milan in 2019. https://www.asgnsport.com/columns/1335

Roma sporting director in London to discuss Tammy and possible Lacazette deal.

Romelu Lukaku’s €110m move to Chelsea has set off a domino effect with Inter Milan having to replace the big Belgian that netted 36 time for the Nerazurri in their title-winning campaign last season with AS Roma hitman Edin Dzeko. The Giallorossi are now in search of a striker akin to the departing Bosnian goal scorer. According to Sky Sports UK, AS Roma and Chelsea have already agreed a deal of €40m plus an additional €5m in bonuses for  23-year-old England international Tammy Abraham who appears to be reluctant about joining Jose Mourinho at Stadio Olimpico. Tammy Abraham has fallen down the pecking order at Chelsea since the arrival of Thomas Tuchel at the Bridge and with Romelu Lukaku imminent arrival, Chelsea is looking to cash in on him after paying off a large sum for the purchase of the big Belgian forward.

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Chelsea and Villarreal battle for 2021 UEFA Super Cup trophyThe curtain raiser for the European Club calendar, the UEFA Super cup holds in Belfast Northern Ireland as European champions Chelsea FC of London takes on La Liga side Villarreal who won the Europa League last season. Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea won the Champions league last season after defeating English Premier League champions Manchester City 1-0 in St Petersburg, Russia with Kia Harvetz scoring the match only goal at the 41st minute. However, former Arsenal boss, Unai Emery surprised many as he led Villarreal to a shock victory at the Europa league. The La Liga club was victorious against Manchester United in the final match by penalty shootout. Chelsea defeated Sevilla, FC Purto, Atletico and Real Madrid on their way to winning the champions league trophy last season. https://www.asgnsport.com/news/1004

Lionel Messi unveiled as a PSG Player Lionel Messi was presented to the media for the first time as a PSG player today; he also had a chance to meet his new fans at Parc des Princes stadium. The Argentine signed a two-year deal with the French club after his dramatic and emotional exit from Barcelona last week. He spoke on his first news conference as a PSG player after what he described as “a very tough” end to his Barcelona career. He also spoke of his desire to win his fifth Champions league trophy. “My exit from Barcelona was very tough, after so many years, but as soon as I arrived here, I was so happy, so motivated and excited. It has happened so fast. But I am enjoying every bit of it” Messi said.   “My goal and my dream here is to win the Champions league once more, I think that we have the team to do it here” continued https://www.asgnsport.com/columns/1332

Lionel Messi in Paris to complete a move to PSG

Lionel Messi has arrived Paris to complete his move to former French champions PSG after leaving Barcelona in the weekend. The Argentine flew to France via private jet following Sunday’s emotional farewell to Barcelona at a news conference.

Messi has agreed a two-year deal with PSG with an option of another year; the contract is believed to be around £25m per year after tax. He will undergo a medical later today ahead of his unveiling on Wednesday. PSG has announced through their website that they will be holding a news conference on Wednesday by 11.am Paris time

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PSG begin Ligue 1 campaign with a win over Troyes With Leo Messi set to join the club, Paris Saint Germain started the French Ligue 1 campaign in not so impressive note as they came from behind to win at newly promoted Troyes. The French big spender fell behind early in the match when Dylan Chambost’s left-footed corner kick was headed in by Qualid El-Haijam in the 9th minute of the match. Moroccan right-full back, Achraf Hakimi who just arrived from Inter Milan this summer marked his Lique 1 debut with the equalizer.as he volleyed in from a tight corner as he latched into a pass from Ander Herera to equalize for the Paris side. 

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Canada wins Olympic football Gold for the first time This is the first ever Gold medal for Canada female football team after defeating Sweden 3-2 in a penalty shootout as the Gold medal match ended 1-1 after extra time.Canada’s female football team won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for the first time in their history after a dramatic 3-2 penalty shootout win over Sweden at the Gold medal match at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Friday. This is the first time ever that the women football event’s Gold medal match has been decided by penalty kicks. Only on three occasions has the final match gone to extra time (2000, 2004 and 2008) Sweden had won all five matches in the tournament before the final and they started strongly in the final match as well, controlling the play and creating lots of chances against a Canadian team that was defending deeply.  https://www.asgnsport.com/news/997

Romelu Lukaku expected to re-join Chelsea in €130m dealChelsea’s quest for a striker in this summer’s transfer window have drawn them back to one of their former players and Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku who is reported to be interested to a switch back to the London club after leaving Stamford Bridge to Everton in 2014 for a fee of €35.4m. A prolific goal-scoring forward has been the principal-priority for the UEFA Champions League holders but after failing in pursuiting Norwegian forward Erling-Braaut Haaland, with Borussia Dortmund refusing to sell, the London giants have turned their sights to Inter Milan forward and are even ready to pay as much as €130m in cash (£110.8m) for the Belgian. Romelu Lukaku is said to be keen on a return to the West London and has informed Inter on his decision to return to the bridge after having a phone conversation with Chelsea’s boss Thomas Tuchel who named the centre forward as his right fit to his plan at Chelsea.continuedhttps://www.asgnsport.com/news/995

Celtic signs Joe Hart from Tottenham Hotspurs     Joe Hart has joined Glasgow Celtic from Tottenham Hotspurs after former England international was declared surplus to requirement at Spurs after they completed the signing of Pierluigi Gollini from Atalanta. The Italian is set to become the second choice goalkeeper to Hugo Lloris and Hart has left the club as he finds himself down the pecking order. The Former England goalkeeper will undergo a medical with Celtic ahead of completion of the move from Spurs. Hart become a target of Celtic last week and talks had made progress this weekend.  The 34-year-old has previously played for Manchester City, West Ham and Burley but he has left Tottenham with one year remaining in his contract at North London. Tottenham have since brought in Italian goalkeeper Pierluigi Golini from Atalanta to compete with Hugo Lloriscontinued

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Van Dijk is back! There is plenty of hope for Liverpool despite defeat to Hertha Berlin. Liverpool’s inspirational defender returns to action after months out due to injury and despite the defeat, there are plenty of hope for the new season .Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk returned to action for the Reds in a 4-3 defeat in the hands of Bundusliga side, Hertha Berlin in a friendly match. The Dutch defender has been out of action foe nine months due to serious knee injury in the Merseyside derby against Everton. “It is hard to express my feeling, but it is important to me that I say that I feel blessed to have has the support of so many incredible people” Van Dijk wrote on his Twitter page after the match.  https://www.asgnsport.com/columns/1295

Great Britain rescues a point against Canada after Caroline Weir scored a late equalizer Great Britain battled back from a goal down to draw 1-1 and toped Group F and qualified to the knockout stages of the female event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. An excellent goal by Adriana Leon gave Canada the lead in the 55th minute while Caroline Weir equalize for the British in the 85th minute. Britain ends the group matches on top of Group F while Canada took the second place as both teams qualified for the knockout stages. The match was a cagey affair and both sides will need to improve in the knockout stage if they are to have any hope of finishing in the medal podium at end of the day.   https://www.asgnsport.com/columns/1289

Ronaldo, Lukaku amongst Serie A players returning for pre-season training

With the 2021/2022 season resuming in less than a month from today, several Serie A players that represented their home countries in the summer International tournaments-including the UEFA EURO 2020, Copa America-have returned to camp to join up with their teams for the rest of the pre-season warm up before the start of the new season.

Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at the Continassa training ground yesterday for pre-season training and is expected to meet with Juventus new coach Max Allegri to discuss his future at Turin as he still has one year left on his contract with La Vecchia Signora.

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Rangers end her pre-season with a brilliant win against Real MadridThe Scottish champions ended their pre-season in an impressive style after 2-1 win over Real Madrid in a friendly match. Steven Gerrald’s side looked sharp and dangerous in attack in the first half with new signing Fashion Sakala creating many chances during which Ryan Kent also hit the bar.          However, it was the Spanish team that went ahead after Martin Odegaard drove forward in a counterattack that caught out Rangers defender, he the passed to Rodrygo who get past his markers before slotting the ball into the net. https://www.asgnsport.com/columns/1280

Juventus picks 3-1 victory over Cesena in pre-season friendly.

Massimiliano Allegri return to the Bianconeri dugout is well underway as his side kicked of their pre-season warm up campaign with a 3-1 victory over Serie C side Cesena with Koni Di Winter, Weston Mckennie and Mathias Soule all on the scoresheet.

This is the first of three summer warm up games for the Bianconeris before they kick of their 2021/2022 Serie A campaign against Udinese at the Dacia Arena on the August 22.

The Old Ladies will face Serie B side Monza on Saturday for the Trofeo Berlusconi on Saturday July 31st for their second pre-season game of the summer, although the game is going to be played without fans at the U-Power Stadium.

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