🔙 Spence back, 3️⃣ Roma targets and De Laurentiis-Allegri row 🔥 | OneFootball

Matchday 5 has come to an end, and now the international break is arriving, with several players involved with their national teams. For Italy, bad news came today with the injury to Federico Dimarco, who will be replaced by Matteo Ruggeri, in addition to that of Bryan Cristante, who will instead be replaced by Samuele Ricci.

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But before cheering on the Azzurri under Roberto Mancini, let’s take a look together at the biggest news involving Serie A’s top clubs. 

🥇 Juve, record-breaking numbers for Bremer

Juventus are enjoying Gleison Bremer. The Brazilian defender continues to prove himself a rock for the Bianconeri, both defensively—where the Old Lady’s back line looks completely different when he plays—and offensively. The former Torino man, long known as a goal-scoring defender, is setting new records thanks to his finishing ability. With the goal scored against Atalanta, Bremer became the Brazilian centre-back with the most goals in Serie A, reaching 24 and overtaking Edinho.

Since his Serie A debut with Juventus in the 2022/23 season, moreover, Bremer is the defender who has scored the most headed goals in Europe’s top five leagues: 12, one more than Virgil van Dijk. Another impressive stat concerns goals scored by centre-backs in Serie A since 2018/19: 24 for Bremer, with no one matching him. 

😱 Milan, Leao already in Gala fans’ sights

Rafael Leao’s adventure at Galatasaray has not started the way the former Milan man had hoped. In fact, the Portuguese forward—who left the Rossoneri during the last summer transfer window for around €38 million—has already come under fire from Turkish fans, who did not appreciate his ‘laziness’ at all. It feels like déjà vu.  According to TMW, Rafa’s tally so far is one yellow card, zero goals and zero assists. Added to that is the flaw he has long been accused of, namely body language that does not fit the situation.

In the 4-0 defeat to Trabzonspor, Leao appeared almost listless, as some pundits pointed out, comparing him to Zaha. Not only that, a video of Leao is already circulating on social media with the song Salako in the background, taken from Kemal Sunal’s 1974 film. The song refers to a naive and foolish character.

🔙 Inter, Spence back training with the group

After the blow of Federico Dimarco’s injury, which adds to those of Stones and Calhanoglu, Cristian Chivu has received good news from the other flank. As reported by FcInter1908, Djed Spence has fully recovered and from Monday will regularly return to working with the group, when the squad reconvenes at Appiano Gentile.

An important return for the Nerazzurri coach, who will once again have another option out wide available ahead of the league’s restart. Dimarco, meanwhile, will be managed day by day, without alarmism but with the necessary caution to bring him back to one hundred percent.

🥶 Napoli, Allegri disappointed with ADL

Massimiliano Allegri is also said to have expressed disappointment with Aurelio De Laurentiis’ attitude. According to Repubblica, as relayed by CalcioNapoli24, the coach has been left alone to handle a complicated situation, amid many injuries and growing tension within the group.

The tension, according to Repubblica’s reconstruction, reportedly spilled over into a couple of arguments during training at Castel Volturno. The first allegedly led to a punishment deemed too lenient for Noa Lang, while the second supposedly went unpunished. Again according to the newspaper, Allegri also felt the absence of De Laurentiis, who was not present at the Maradona stadium for the three home matches against Como, Arsenal and Bologna, leaving the coach to deal with the emergency.

🔥 Roma, 3 names for the January market

Roma, after a brilliant start to the season and now top of the table alongside Inter, are already looking ahead to the January transfer window. To add more strength to a squad that is still not complete, D’Amico will in fact return to working on two targets that slipped away in the summer: a full-back and a winger capable of providing more thrust and one-on-one explosiveness. The first name would be Oosterwolde, who had already arrived in Rome before being held back by a hamstring tendon problem. The Dutchman underwent surgery and should be available again in January.

The priority, however, remains the winger. After the disappointment of Leweling, as well as the failure to sign Summerville, attention is said to have shifted to two players looking to relaunch their careers: Endrick and Gittens. Real Madrid and Chelsea could consider a loan deal. Finally, keep an eye on possible new names. Among them is also said to be Kvernadze of Frosinone, identified as one of the profiles to watch for the January market.

🧤 Lazio, Mandas is untouchable for Gattuso

Among the key men for Lazio, who have managed to take top spot in the table, there is certainly Christos Mandas. In the winning trip to the Penzo against Venezia, the Greek goalkeeper delivered a remarkable performance between the posts, confirming the soundness of the club’s technical choice. As reported by Lazionews24, he is a safe pair of hands in goal for Gattuso: it was the coach himself who immediately made his position on the 2001-born player’s qualities clear, deciding to make him a cornerstone of Lazio’s tactical project and to back his traits.

The road to becoming first choice, however, has not been without obstacles. Mandas’ start to the season was accompanied by several transfer rumours: from Fiorentina’s interest to talk of a sale to make room for players such as Michele Di Gregorio or Kepa. After his excellent performances at the start of this league campaign, though, the Greek goalkeeper has swept away all doubts and definitively taken centre stage.

🟣 Fiorentina, Ndour is Vanoli’s untouchable

Cher Ndour is one of the few players who, at the start of this season, has always been used among the starters, first by Grosso and then by Paolo Vanoli. The midfielder is considered the balancing presence in midfield, so much so that he has even relegated a nearly €30 million investment like Inao Oulai to the bench, with the latter spending his second straight full 90 minutes on the bench in Serie A.

Vanoli holds him in very high regard. The coach seems to consider him one of his first-choice eleven, regardless of the other midfielders available. And yet, in the summer, during the revolution strongly wanted by Paratici, Ndour also seemed destined to end up on the market. Several clubs, especially abroad, would reportedly have gladly welcomed the midfielder, but Fiorentina never seriously considered selling him. 

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