Chinese group Suning complete Inter takeover

Chinese retailer Suning Holdings Group have announced they will take a majority control of Serie A giants Inter.

The group have purchased a 70 per cent stake in the club from Erick Thohir, who became majority shareholder and president of Inter in 2013, for a reported fee of €270million.

Suning s deal was announced on Sunday via the social media pages of Super League outfit Jiangsu Suning, before confirmation of the deal came at a news conference held on Monday.

Zhang Jidong, chairman of the Suning group, welcomed the deal as a watershed moment for a growing football market in China.

Ours is an international business and our brand will soon be big in Europe, too. Now we have an alliance with an international and European top club. Football is growin…

Germany 4-1 Italy: Ozil seals emphatic win for Low’s men

Germany ended a 21-year wait for a win over Italy as they scored two goals in each half to record a resounding 4-1 triumph in Munich on Tuesday.

Having thrown away a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 to England on Saturday, Joachim Low s side bounced back in style to end a seven-match winless streak against their opponents.

Toni Kroos scored his second international goal in as many matches when his right-footed attempt from just outside the area broke the deadlock in the 24th minute.

Mario Gotze headed in his 17th goal for Germany on the stroke of half-time, while any fears the hosts might suffer another second-half collapse disappeared when full-back Jonas Hector broke his duck for the national team just before the hour mark.

Mesut Ozil made it 4-0 from the s…

Australia v Syria: Arnold wants Socceroos to focus on the small details

Australia coach Graham Arnold is confident there is nothing new Syria boss Fajr Ibrahim can do to catch the Socceroos by surprise in their crucial 2019 Asian Cup Group B encounter on Tuesday. 

Syria sacked Bernd Stange following Thursday s 2-0 defeat to Jordan, appointing Ibrahim for a fourth term at the helm shortly after. 

Ibrahim takes over ahead of their final group game at the tournament, with Syria – who are yet to score – in danger of bowing out. 

By contrast, defending champions Australia need just a point to make sure of progression, having responded to their shock opening defeat to Jordan by beating Palestine 3-0. 

Syria will be hoping a change of coach can inspire an improvement in their fortunes, but Arnold doubts there is much Ib…

Leicester City 2 Brighton and Hove Albion 0: Okazaki´s early opener sets Foxes on their way

Shinji Okazaki scored inside 52 seconds as Leicester City got their Premier League campaign up and running at the second attempt with a 2-0 home success against Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday.

Two late strikes at Arsenal on the opening day had the 2015-16 champions on the wrong end of a seven-goal thriller, but this time the result never looked in doubt after a goal in the game s first attack, and Harry Maguire later headed a second.

Brighton barely laid a glove on Manchester City in their Premier League debut another 2-0 defeat and they again lacked the firepower to respond after Okazaki s opener at the King Power Stadium.

The Japan international s tap-in owed much to Mat Ryan s generous goalkeeping and the lead suited a well-versed Leicester game plan as…

Both teams to score at Bayern Munich vs Freiburg 7/10 for Saturday’s Bundesliga battle

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In a showdown between two sides who will find the moods in their camps at a high, Bayern Munich will host Freiburg on Saturday afternoon.

Starting with the hosts, while Bayern Munich might have been left stunned by their thumping defeat away at Borussia Mönchengladbach last month, the German heavyweights have bounced back in some style. Managing to book their spot in the knockout stage of this year s Champions League in midweek as they secured an action-packed 5-2 win against Benfica on home soil, Head Coach Julian Nagelsmann has seen his side gain a reputation for their lively outcomes. Bagging over 3.5 goals in five of their last six outings across all formats, the former RB Leipzig boss will still have a headache over…

Switzerland 1-1 Spain (1-3 on pens): Three Things We Learned

After another electric evening of Euro 2020 football, we officially know the identity of our first two semi-finalists with Spain being one of them. They were forced to really dig deep in what was, ultimately, a pretty dramatic game against the Swiss.

In the end, though, a penalty shootout was enough for the Spaniards to see off the challenge of the underdogs.

Spanish questions

There are some big questions surrounding this Spanish national team and it all stems from their inconsistency. There are times when they look like one of the best attacking teams in the world but on other occasions, all they do is play the ball back and forth without much of an impetus to their game. If they want to cause Italy problems and they re serious about making a real run to the final, th…

Enke honoured on anniversary

Hundreds of fans marched in Hannover in honour of goalkeeper Robert Enke on Thursday, on the second anniversary his tragic death.

Around 300 people gathered to march from downtown Hannover to the AWD-Arena, where they laid flowers and lit candles in remembrance of the player who served the Bundesliga club from 2004 to 2009.

Capped eight times by Germany, Enke committed suicide on November 10, 2009 after a battle with depression.

In the former Barcelona goalkeeper s memory, the Robert Enke Foundation was established by Hannover, the DFB (the German Football Association) and DFL (the German Football League) to raise money to combat depression and heart disease.

Fiorentina confirm Amauri agreement

Fiorentina sporting director Pantaleo Corvino has revealed that there is an agreement in place to sign Juventus striker Amauri.

Amauri said on Wednesday that he hoped a deal could be finalised quickly and Corvino has indicated that the 31-year-old will join Fiorentina.

There is an agreement between Fiorentina and Juventus, the only things missing are the player s signature and his medical, Corvino confirmed.

He had some personal problems, which forced him to be with his family.

The former Palermo striker who signed for Juventus in 2008 will fill the void created by the departure of Alberto Gilardino to Genoa earlier this month.

Klinsmann rules out Bundesliga, for now

USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann has no plans to make an immediate return to club management in the Bundesliga.

Speaking to Bild on Tuesday, the 47-year-old, who took charge of the US national team in the close season, expects to remain in his role for the foreseeable future.

Currently, I am not thinking about a return to the Bundesliga, Klinsmann said.

However, the 47-year-old maintains it is likely that he will have another crack of the whip at coaching in the German top-flight later in his coaching career.

My life is being carried out in the USA and I think that (a return) will happen in the future, he said.

In football, I ve learned to never take anything for granted, but I certainly won t be going back soon.

Klinsmann has so far had mi…

Chelsea sign Nigeria defender

Chelsea have completed the signing of Nigerian youngster Kenneth Omeruo, according to the player.

The defender played a part for his nation in the 2009 Under-17 World Cup and the Under-20 World Cup a year later.

It was understood that Omeruo would be loaned out to Vitesse following the signing, but that move is believed to be off.

The talented starlet is now expected to join ADO Den Haag on loan.

He will be with the youthful Den Haag team for possibly a year or so to gain playing time and hopefully return to England to fight for a shirt in (the) Chelsea main team, Omeruo s agent Obinna Emelogu told MTNFootball.com.

It s a big challenge as a lot is expected of the player.

I believe in him and I believe after a season with Den Haag, he…