The Lega Serie A has officially confirmed the dates for next season, with the 2018-19 campaign to begin on August 19.

There will be no break over Christmas this year, with the winter break once again moved to January.

There will be a round of fixtures on Boxing Day [December 26], with more midweek rounds on September 27 and April 3.

No games will be played on the weekends of January 6 and 13 due to the winter break, and the season will end on Sunday May 26.

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Serie A is increasingly northern-centric, with 15 out of 20 clubs for the 2018-19 season based above Rome, while Emilia-Romagna have four sides.

The make-up of the 20-team division was confirmed with last night’s Serie B promotion play-off final, as Frosinone got the better of Palermo, 3-2 on aggregate.

They join Empoli and Parma, who were promoted automatically as first and second in the Serie B campaign.

This means 15 out of the 20 top flight clubs are based from Tuscany upwards, as Rome and below are considered the south.

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Juventus have officially confirmed that they have re-signed Andrea Favilli from Ascoli for €7.5m.

The 21-year-old spent the 2015-16 season on loan with the Bianconeri, and played a few seconds when he replaced Alvaro Morata at Frosinone on February 7.

Having taken his medical in Turin yesterday, it has now been officially announced that the striker has re-joined the Old Lady.

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Cagliari are close to signing Lucas Castro from Chievo for €6m, although Atalanta are also interested.

According to Calciomercato.it, the 29-year-old Argentine is set to follow Coach Rolando Maran to Sardinia.

This season, the midfielder provided three goals and three assists in 29 Serie A appearances.

'Pata' has been in Italy since 2012, first for Catania and then Chievo from the summer of 2015.

Atalanta had also shown interest, but Cagliari appear to be far closer to an agreement for €6-7m.

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Chievo have officially sold midfielder Samuel Bastien to Standard Liege, as he returns to Belgium for €3m plus bonuses.

The 21-year-old had been in Italy since 2015, first for Avellino and then Chievo Verona.

Bought from RSC Anderlecht for €1.3m in 2016, he has reportedly been sold for over double that figure - €3m plus another €1m in potential bonuses.

Bastien played 35 competitive games for Chievo, scoring two goals.

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Andrea Favilli is taking his medical, as he prepares to return to Juventus from Ascoli.

The 21-year-old spent the 2015-16 season on loan with the Bianconeri, and played a few seconds when he replaced Alvaro Morata at Frosinone on February 7.

The striker is set to return to Turin for a fee of around €5m, and is currently taking his medical at the J-Medical facility.

Favilli is expected to be loaned out to Chievo, who want him to replace the Napoli-bound Roberto Inglese.

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Chievo have officially confirmed they’ll sign Lazio’s Filip Djordjevic when his contract expires on June 30.

The Serbian striker joined the Biancocelesti from Nantes in the summer of 2014, but was frozen out of the team this season and didn’t make a single appearance.

“A.C. Chievo Verona announces the signing, with effect from July 1 2018 of the player Filip Djordjevic, the striker whose Lazio contract expires on June 30 2018,” a statement on the Flying Donkeys’ website reads.

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Bologna have asked Napoli for Roberto Inglese, but the Partenopei want €20m for the ex-Chievo centre-forward.

According to Il Resto del Carlino newspaper, the Rossoblu are interested in bringing Inglese to the Stadio Dall’Ara next term.

He was bought by Napoli last year, but left at Chievo for one more season on loan, in which he scored 13 goals with two assists in 36 competitive matches.

The price of the operation was €10m, yet the asking price a year later seems to have doubled.

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Chievo are in advanced negotiations with Benevento for midfielder Nicolas Viola.

According to Sportitalia, talks are progressing well for the 28-year-old, who joined Le Streghe in January 2017.

His current contract is due to expire next summer and he wants to remain in Serie A following Benevento’s relegation.

This term, the free kick specialist contributed two goals and six assists in 24 Serie A matches.

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Parma are close to agreeing terms with Finland international Perparim Hetemaj, who is a free agent after his spell at Chievo.

The 31-year-old midfielder will be out of contract after June 30.

He has been in Italy since January 2010 for Brescia and then joined Chievo in the summer of 2011 for €2m.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Hetemaj is on the verge of securing a deal with Parma.

The club is back in Serie A after three consecutive promotions to return from bankruptcy and Serie D.

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