Atletico Madrid attacker Alessio Cerci has revealed his excitement ahead of an impending move to Milan.
The Italy international is expected to undergo a medical in Milan on Monday, with Fernando Torres already confirmed to be heading in the opposite direction.
Although nothing has yet been officially announced regarding Cerci s future, he appeared to confirm his expected switch on Twitter.
Cannot wait to be in Milan for a medical and signing fingers crossed and forza @acmilan!, he wrote in a post shared by Milan s official account.
Cerci also expressed gratitude for his brief stint at Atleti, adding: Thank you very much to all @Atleti fans for the love and all the moments spent together.
The 27-year-old has been restricted to six league appea…
Netherlands winger Arjen Robben is determined to put Bayern Munich s Champions League final loss to Chelsea behind him at Euro 2012.
The Dutchman admitted that it will not be easy to erase the memory of his extra-time penalty miss against the Blues at the Allianz Arena, but is hopeful of making personal amends in Poland and Ukraine to end the season on a high.
I was very excited about the end of the season with Bayern, but things didn t turn out well. The Champions League final was incredible and that will leave a mark in my head, Robben told Goal.com.
The penalty saved by Petr Cech will always be with me, but I hope things go better with Netherlands at Euro 2012. The disappointment with Bayern will always be there too, but I dream of ending the season well at…
Huub Stevens says he has doubts over Netherlands chances of reaching the quarter-finals of Euro 2012.
The Dutch need to secure a victory in Wednesday s match against Germany to stay in the hunt to progress from the Group of Death after suffering a 1-0 defeat against Denmark in their first match of the tournament.
However, it is reported that the team s preparations for the crucial encounter have been disrupted by a revolt led by vice-captain Rafael van der Vaart, who started Saturday s contest on the bench.
Schalke coach Stevens offered his full support to Netherlands boss Bert van Marwijk, but he is not convinced the team will be able to secure a top-two finish in Group B.
I admire Van Marwijk a lot, Stevens told Bild. Almost 17 million people live in…
Edin Dzeko says he is flattered to have been a transfer target for Chelsea, but is perfectly happy to have stayed at Roma.
The Bosnia-Herzegovina international was tipped to join the Premier League champions as part of a double deal involving left-back Emerson Palmieri.
Although Emerson completed his move, the Blues interest in Dzeko ultimately ended, with Olivier Giroud instead signed from Arsenal to bolster their striker options.
The former Manchester City man is pleased to have attracted Antonio Conte s interest, but insists he feels at home in the Italian capital.
It s true negotiations were conducted and that s all I can say on the subject, he told Klix. There was a lot of speculation, falsehood and even some funny claims.
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Peter Stoger is waiting to make a decision on when Marco Reus will return to action, with the forward back in training with Borussia Dortmund and keen to play.
Reus suffered a partial tear to a cruciate ligament in his right knee during Dortmund s DFB-Pokal final victory last May the latest in a series of serious injuries and has not featured for club or country since.
With the 28-year-old having spent the past week in full training, Stoger must now decide when to bring him back into the fold.
Reus has this week been training normally, the coach told a news conference on Thursday ahead of this weekend s Bundesliga clash with Hamburg.
We know that he wants to play and he knows that we would like to have him there. We will decide in the near future.
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Tony Hibbert is banking on Everton s busy schedule to help reinvigorate his career with the Premier League club.
The full-back has made just 10 competitive appearances for the Merseyside outfit since May 2012 due to a series of injuries.
Despite those woes, Hibbert penned a two-year extension at Goodison Park on Tuesday.
With Everton set to participate in the UEFA Europa League this season, the fit again 33-year-old is hoping to feature more prominently.
I picked up a few injuries (last season) but I m fit and I m ready to go, Hibbert told Everton s official website.
Because of the amount of games that we are playing and the way the manager likes to keep people fresh, he might introduce players who haven t played the week before.
The ga…
Barcelona midfielder Ibrahim Afellay could be on his way to either Inter Milan or Lazio, reports have claimed.
The two clubs were interested in signing the 27-year-old last off-season but could not reach an agreement with Barca who only wanted to let the Dutchman leave on loan with the player eventually joining Schalke for the 2012-13 campaign.
However, the Catalans are ready to let go of the midfielder on a permanent basis at the end of this season according to Goal.com, with Afellay having fallen down the pecking order at Camp Nou.
His current club have set a six-million-euro asking price for the versatile midfielder, and Inter and Lazio are monitoring his situation closely.
Afellay joined Barcelona from PSV in January 2011 and helped them to Champions …
Former German international goalkeeper Jens Lehmann will not have his wish granted of making a nostalgic final appearance in the friendly with England here on November 19, German coach Joachim Low announced on Monday.
The 38-year-old Stuttgart guardian had said he wished to have one final appearance at the ground where he produced one of his finer performances in his 61 caps when he saved two Argentinian penalties in the 2006 World Cup quarter-final penalty shootout.
However, while Loew said he could see why Lehmann had wanted one final appearance and against a country where he played for five years with Arsenal there were bigger issues at stake.
We have to use our friendly matches as a way of giving our young goalkeepers more experience at international leve…
Nottingham Forest have continued their heavy recruitment drive with the double signing of Emmanuel Dennis and Cheikhou Kouyate.
Nigeria striker Dennis scored 10 Premier League goals for Watford last term but could not prevent the Hornets from being relegated to the Championship.
Dennis played in Watford s first two matches of the campaign but was not involved against Burnley on Friday and has now signed for Forest in a reported £20million deal.
Premier League new boys Forest later confirmed free transfer signing of Kouyate, who had been without a club since leaving Crystal Palace at the end of last season.
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Kouyate brings plenty of top-flight experience to the City Ground having m…
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has revealed what Lionel Messi said to himself after Argentina s loss to Germany in the 2014 World Cup final.
Messi was awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament in Brazil, but his team slumped to a 1-0 defeat after extra time in the decider.
The Barcelona star was given his prize immediately after the game at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro and Blatter said the 28-year-old acknowledged he had fallen short from a team perspective again.
Messi was talking to himself, Blatter told Argentine publication La Nacion.
He said to himself over and over again: The best but not the champion.’
A five-time Ballon d Or winner, Messi can add a major continental trophy to his collection with Argentina into t…