Roberto Mancini has claimed Napoli manager Maurizio Sarri branded him a 'f*****' and a p***' in a dramatic homophobic rant during a touchline bust-up on Tuesday night.
Daniel Levy is playing hardball with Newcastle over the future of Andros Townsend after they made a cheeky attempt to sign the winger on loan.
The Tottenham chairman wants a straight £14m for the Tottenham player and doesn’t want his value to be affected by a loan move to any other club.
Stoke attacker Bojan Krkic has asked his former Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi the one question all football fans want to know: can he do it on a wet Wednesday night at the Britannia Stadium?
'Of course,' Bojan told Sky Sports. 'If he came to the Britannia he will also play good. Messi can do it.
'I asked Messi about that,' Balague said in a discussion with Bojan about Messi. 'He said "those people that say that (that he would not play well) should realise I played in awful conditions in Rosario when I was 11 years old, with glass on the pitch, with holes and everything." And he also played good.'