Juventus face strong competition from Real Madrid in their push for Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Christian Eriksen, claim AS.

The Denmark international will be a free agent at the end of this season, which means he could sign a pre-contract agreement from January.

Juve have been tracking him for some time and were tipped to pick up Eriksen as their latest bargain, after Adrien Rabiot, Emre Can and Aaron Ramsey.

However, Spanish newspaper AS maintain Real Madrid are the favourites to swoop for the Spurs star.

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Juventus spent €719m on transfer fees to assemble the squad, but Manchester City are the first club to surpass €1bn.

According to the CIES Football Observatory, the Bianconeri are the fifth biggest spenders in the top five European leagues.

Over the course of purchasing all their players, they paid out €719m in transfer fees.

This puts them above Barcelona, who spent €697m, but behind Manchester United on €751m, Real Madrid €902m and Paris Saint-Germain’s €913m.

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Napoli are reportedly in advanced talks to extend Fabian Ruiz’s contract, turning down a €45m proposal from Real Madrid.

The 23-year-old midfielder is going from strength to strength since his €30m transfer from Real Betis last summer.

He was named Player of the Tournament for the European Under-21 Championships and now has three very impressive senior Spain performances under his belt too.

According to Calciomercato.com, Napoli are in talks with the player’s agent to extend the contract beyond the current June 2023 expiry.

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La Liga President Javier Tebas admits ‘I’d like Cristiano Ronaldo to return to Spain’, even if he expected the forward’s move to Juventus ‘to hurt more’.

Ronaldo’s record-breaking goal return for Real Madrid and rivalry with Barcelona’s Lionel Messi helped raise the profile of La Liga, both commercially and in the Champions League.

“I thought his departure would hurt more, but I prefer a League with CR7 than one without,” Tebas told Canal 11.

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‘Very happy’ Napoli midfielder Fabian Ruiz has confirmed that talks are under way over a new contract.

Fabian has grown into Marek Hamsik’s heir since joining Napoli from Real Betis for €30m last summer, although he could not prevent a 4-3 defeat to Juventus at the weekend.

“Naples is a big city and everyone supports the team,” the 23-year-old told Marca.

“You can see it every day on the streets. Neapolitans love Napoli and football.

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Former Real Madrid man Lucas Silva is a free agent and eyeing a Serie A move. “I was close to Genoa, but I dream of working with Carlo Ancelotti again.”

The 26-year-old Brazilian midfielder was purchased by Real Madrid in January 2015 for €13m, but never quite settled, going out on loan to Marseille and back to Cruzeiro before his contract was terminated by mutual consent.

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Carlo Ancelotti insists Aurelio De Laurentiis “is one of the few Presidents who respects my work” at Napoli and doesn’t dictate picks.

The former Milan, Chelsea, PSG, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich boss has worked at the highest level and is enjoying this latest experience at the Stadio San Paolo.

“De Laurentiis is one of the few Presidents who respects my work,” Ancelotti told Sky Sport Italia.

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Juventus have surpassed Manchester United to become the third most popular football club on Instagram, behind Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Work on increasing brand recognition and signing big names like Cristiano Ronaldo and Matthijs de Ligt paid off, as their Instagram followers have sky-rocketed.

The Bianconeri had around 10m followers in July 2018, but have just hit 31m, largely thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo’s 131m fans.

It allowed Juve to overtake Manchester United and become the third most followed football club on Instagram in the world.

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Wojciech Szczesny describes Maurizio Sarri methods and jokes Juventus can win the Champions League "now Matthijs de Ligt and Cristiano Ronaldo can’t knock us out.”

There is immediately a Scudetto showdown on Saturday when Napoli visit the Juventus Stadium.

“It’s not a problem going up against Napoli straight away, as we have to face everyone twice anyway,” the goalkeeper told Sky Sport Italia.

“Napoli caused us a lot of problems over the last few years, but we can’t wait to play this game.”

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James Rodriguez’s proposed move to Napoli is all-but-off after the Real Madrid midfielder suffered a calf injury.

James was a surprise starter for Madrid as they laboured to a 1-1 draw with Real Valladolid at the weekend.

However, the Colombian lasted just 57 minutes and Los Blancos announced on Monday that he picked up an injury to his right calf.

The injury is the 16th in the last three years for Rodriguez, which may explain their insistence on a loan deal with an option to buy.

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