Samuel Iling-Junior describes his decision to leave Chelsea and join Juventus in 2020, when he was still just 16, and during Covid, as “black and white”. It is a neat – if inadvertent – way of discussing playing for La Vecchia Signora (the Old Lady) of Italian football, given the colours of their famous stripes.
Former refereeing chief Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira chose not to testify during a court appearance Tuesday regarding the alleged Barcelona bribery scandal.Last year Barcelona and several of the Spanish champions' former directors, including reelected current president Joan Laporta, were charged with bribery for alleged payments to Negreira.
With Euro 2024 fast approaching, Gareth Southgate’s England squad is starting to take shape. Ahead of matches against Brazil and Belgium, Telegraph Sport assesses what the squad would look like if it was picked now:
England manager Gareth Southgate is facing the unwelcome prospect of some potential members of his Euro 2024 squad flying halfway across the world for a post-season friendly.