Monaco coach Niko Kovac has claimed the Ligue 1 side are not interested in Inter midfielder Marcelo Brozovic. ‘We are following other leads’.

The Croatian coached his compatriot in the Under-21 national side and Brozovic has been linked with a reunion with the former Bayern Munich coach in Ligue 1.

“I think it’s very easy to be linked with a player I have already coached in the past,” he told newspaper Nice-Matin.

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Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly out of the Portugal game against Croatia, due to the effects of a bee sting.

The Ballon d’Or winner is not part of the squad for this Nations League match and has been out of training for a few days.

It’s reported the infection in his right foot, which he is treating with medication, was caused by bee sting.

“I am very doubtful that he will be 100 per cent OK,” said Portugal coach Fernando Santos in his press conference.

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Bayern Munich are allegedly not willing to pay the required €20m to sign Inter loanee Ivan Perisic on a permanent deal this summer.

Journalist Nicolò Schira has claimed Die Roten have decided against activating the clause in their deal with the Nerazzurri and will negotiate the price tag for the Croatia international.

The report claims Bayern will only be able to keep the winger if the price is discounted by Inter, as the €20m the two clubs agreed on last summer has been deemed too expensive by the Bundesliga giants.

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Former Milan sporting director Zvonimir Boban was allegedly close to signing Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric, but the deal reportedly fell through after his stormy farewell.

Marca claims the Croatia international and four-time Champions League winner with Los Blancos could have ended up at San Siro if Boban had stayed put.

The Spanish newspaper insists the 34-year-old and Boban were close to agreeing terms for next season, but the talks have stalled after the former director’s controversial farewell.

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Bayern Munich are reportedly ready to make Inter loanee Ivan Perisic’s deal permanent this summer on a discounted deal.

The Gazzetta dello Sport reveals that Inter could be willing to cut €5m of the initial agreement between the Nerazzurri and the Bavarians, as Perisic and Bayern are looking to make the move permanent.

The Croatia international injured his ankle in February but had been influential for Die Roten before he suffered the setback.

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Roma are claimed to be looking at Stuttgart full-back Borna Sosa, to help ease the workload on Aleksandar Kolarov.

Gianluca Di Marzio has reported that the Giallorossi are interested in the Croatian left-back, who has previously been linked with Serie A rivals Inter and Sampdoria.

The 21-year-old has played 10 league matches for Stuttgart this term, contributing one goal and two assists at the second tier in Germany.

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Mario Mandzukic could be playing in Qatar after all, as talks have resumed with Juventus about playing in the region.

The Croatian striker had been constantly linked with a move east after being told by Maurizio Sarri that he wasn’t in his plans at Juve.

Mandzukic had been linked to Al Rayyan and it seemed a deal was in place, only for talks to break down as Mandzukic wanted to stay in Europe.

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Juventus midfielder Aaron Ramsey has not recovered in time to play for Wales in their Euro 2020 qualifier with Croatia.

This was his first call-up for international duty in 11 months, following a series of injury problems.

He was left out of the trip to Slovakia in the hope he’d be fully fit for tonight’s big game.

However, Ramsey failed a fitness test this afternoon and is again not even going to be on the bench in Cardiff.

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Inter have good news from the break for international duty, as Romelu Lukaku and Marcelo Brozovic are returning early.

Lukaku set a new all-time record by becoming the first man to score 50 goals for Belgium, taking the tally up to 51 with his brace.

As promised, the striker is rewarded for early Euro 2020 qualification by being allowed to return to his club early and skip the second game away to Kazakhstan.

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