To fans of West Bromwich Albion, he’ll be remembered as an expensive flop who failed to live up to expectations when arriving from Real Mallorca for a fee in the region of £5m. Since his disastrous spell at The Hawthorns, he moved back to his native Spain and gradually regained his confidence, but could Borja Valero be on his way back to England?
After joining Villarreal permanently for a knockdown fee, the playmaker had broken into ...More
“Donkeys will fly before Chievo are in A,” Hellas fans used to mock, when their Veronese counterparts Chievo toiled in the lower divisions. But, their fortunes turned with the millennium, and the donkeys finally had top-flight lift-off in 2001. After emerging through a bout of mid-flight turbulence, under the stewardship of Captain Di Carlo, they’re seemingly soaring once more.
Domenico Di Carlo had a dismal last campaign, guiding Sa...More
Juventus defender Paolo De Ceglie says the Bianconeri will approach their Saturday night contest against Chievo with caution.
The Turin giants remain second in Serie A after a draw in Milan last week but return to the Juventus Stadium to face a side they have not beaten at home since earning promotion in 2007.
Indeed, Juventus could only manage a 0-0 draw in Verona earlier this season and De Ceglie knows the team must go into this mat...More
Few are as qualified to talk about the fortunes of Fiorentina and Siena ahead of Sunday’s Tuscan derby as Enrico Chiesa. The prolific striker was endeared to both fans for his brilliance at scoring every type of goal, to Fiorentina for netting 22 times the season after Batistuta left, and to Siena for leading the team to survival in its first years in Serie A.
The man Fabio Capello described as a cross between Gigi Riva and Paolo Ros...More
Chievo has set their sights on strengthening the team with the capture of two Slovenians in the January transfer window, according to tuttomercatoweb.
Domenico Di Carlo has been working with sporting director Giovanni Sartori and the duo are aiming to sign unsettled Palermo midfielder Armin Bacinovic. Palermo President Maurizio Zamparini is prepared to let the player leave, but in return Chievo are willing to offer Luca Rigoni.
Meanwh...More
Four games into the season and Chievo were in the top half of Serie A with seven points. The Flying Donkeys had won two successive games against unlikely opponents in Napoli and Genoa, ending both sides' respective unbeaten starts to the season. This came after conceding an 85th minute equaliser at home to Serie A new boys Novara on the first day of the new campaign and succumbing to a very late winner at Parma a week later.
Such a pro...More
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