Wilshere withdraws from England squad to face Italy

Former Juventus man Mauro Camoranesi has urged the club to sign Edinson Cavani in order to help them compete with the rest of Europe s elite.

Cavani spent six and a half seasons in Serie A with Palermo and then Napoli, before a move to Paris Saint-Germain in 2013.

The Uruguay international has netted 18 goals in all competiitons for PSG this season, although there have been reports of a spat between the player and coach Laurent Blanc.

Cavani is a world-class striker, Camoranesi told Tuttosport.

Cavani and [Carlos] Tevez would be a fantastic strike partnership.

Maybe he wouldn t be enough to ensure they [Juventus] won the Champions League, but he d certainly help them make a leap forward in Europe.

It s hard, there s so much competitio…

Aston Villa have confirmed Diego Carlos ruptured his Achilles tendon during Saturday s 2-1 win over Everton.

The 29-year-old, who reportedly cost the Premier League club an initial £26million when he joined from Sevilla in June, was making his home debut.

Diego Carlos arrival was seen as a significant part of Steven Gerrard s attempt to strengthen the spine of the Villa team after an unconvincing end to last season.

But now it looks possible the Brazilian will not play again this campaign after Villa confirmed fears he suffered a serious Achilles injury in innocuous fashion right at the end of the game.

The injury also ends any chance the centre-back – an Olympic gold medallist last year – had of playing for Brazil at the World Cup.

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Antoine Griezmann has revealed he had offers to leave Atletico Madrid in the close-season, but never considered a move away.

Griezmann enjoyed a marvellous 2015-16 campaign, scoring 32 goals in all competitions for Atletico before going on to star for France at Euro 2016, netting six times as the hosts reached the final.

The forward was reportedly the subject of interest from a number of Premier League clubs as well as Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain.

However, Griezmann insists he never had any intention of seeking a departure from the LaLiga club.

I have always been clear with my agents: I have no intention of leaving Atletico, Cholo [Simeone] or my team-mates, he told La Gazzetta dello Sport.

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Harry Redknapp endured a miserable return to White Hart Lane as QPR were totally outclassed in a 4-0 defeat at Tottenham on Sunday.

Redknapp was dismissed by Tottenham in 2012 despite guiding the club to three consecutive top-five finishes in the Premier League, before winning promotion from the Championship with QPR last term.

But his former employers were less than hospitable on the 67-year-old s return to north London.

Nacer Chadli deservedly gave the home side the lead 12 minutes in, before Eric Dier followed up his goal at West Ham on the opening weekend by netting the second.

Chadli added a third eight minutes before the break, before Emmanuel Adebayor made absolutely certain with a fourth in the 65th minute.

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Rafael van der Vaart has allayed fears over his fitness after picking up a suspected calf injury on Saturday.

The Netherlands international had to be substituted 37 minutes into Hamburg s shock 3-0 home defeat at the hands of Paderborn after sustaining the knock.

However, Van der Vaart does not believe he will miss out on any club action, despite withdrawing from the Dutch squad for fixtures against Italy and Czech Republic.

I think I can play for Hamburg again in two weeks at Hannover, he is quoted as saying by Bild.

Hamburg are yet to score this season, having been held to a goalless draw at Cologne prior to their loss against Paderborn.

Van der Vaart has scored 12 goals in 56 league appearances for Hamburg since returning to the club from Tott…

Jurgen Klopp feels like the elephant in the room after Graham Potter was sacked by Chelsea on Sunday.

Potter was dismissed less than seven months into his tenure at Stamford Bridge, following a 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa that left Chelsea 11th in the Premier League.

Next up for the Blues is a home game against Liverpool, with Klopp s side licking their wounds after Saturday s 4-1 defeat at Manchester City.

Liverpool are enduring a miserable season by their lofty standards. The Reds are eighth, eight points back from fourth-placed Manchester United, having lost nine league games, while they are out of the FA Cup and Champions League.

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Giorgio Chiellini says Inter deserved their victory on Saturday, after they came from behind to beat his Juventus side 3-1 in Turin.

The Serie A leaders went into the game hoping to extend their 49-match unbeaten streak in the league, but were beaten after a Diego Milito double and Rodrigo Palacio strike cancelled out Arturo Vidal s first-minute opener.

In all honesty, I expected them to man-mark Andrea Pirlo, but wasn t sure if it d be Fredy Guarin or Palacio, Italian defender Chiellini told reporters.

That s how they approached Fiorentina with Coutinho coming back, but this time they seemed to alternate.

Inter are very strong on the counter and until we kept our balance to lock down those spaces, we were in control and had the chances to add a secon…

Paris Saint-Germain were held to a frustrating 1-1 draw at home to Monaco as their 100 per cent start to the season came to an end.

PSG started the first half well, but a pinpoint Kevin Volland finish past Gianluigi Donnarumma put the visitors ahead at the break.

Christophe Galtier’s team pressed for an equaliser in the second period and found one when VAR awarded a penalty for a foul on Neymar, who stepped up himself to stroke home the spot-kick.

The hosts pushed for a winner, but could not find one as Monaco held on for a point.

PSG were ultimately frustrated not to pick up all three points, while Monaco will be glad to escape the capital with a draw.

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In search of a European miracle on Tuesday night, Manchester United saw their Champions League adventure come to an infamous end as they slumped to a 1-0 loss against Bayern Munich.

Failing to find any kind of attacking edge in what was a season-defining night at Old Trafford, Erik ten Hag’s side end their Group A campaign sat rock-bottom of the table and also missed out on the chance to salvage a Europa League ticket for the New Year.

With France international Kingsley Coman eventually notching the winner in the 70th minute, there were more boos around Old Trafford at the final whistle as the United players fell to their knees.

Enduring another public nightmare at Old Trafford over the past week and still reeling from their 3-0 drumming at the hands of Bourne…