Francesco Zampano has officially joined Frosinone, on loan with obligation to buy from Pescara set at €2m.

The right-back turns 25 next month and spent the last half of the season on loan at Udinese.

He also played for Verona and Juve Stabia after a spell in the Sampdoria youth academy.

His twin brother, Giuseppe, plays in Serie B for Venezia.

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Chievo squeezed past Pescara in the Coppa Italia Third Round thanks to a lone goal from Nicola Rigoni.

They will face either Cagliari or Palermo in the next stage in December.

The Flying Donkeys opened their campaign this evening at the Stadio Bentegodi.

Perparim Hetemaj floated in the cross from the left and Rigoni towered above the crowd to nod in on 56 minutes.

Another Rigoni header had forced an earlier save for the side coached by Lorenzo D’Anna.

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Frosinone have agreed terms to sign Francesco Zampano on loan from Pescara with option to buy for €2m.

The deal was confirmed by both Sky Sport Italia and Sportitalia this evening.

Zampano is a right-back who turns 25 next month and spent the last six months on loan at Udinese.

Newly-promoted Frosinone will take him on loan with an option to buy for a total €2m.

That option becomes mandatory if the Canarini secure their Serie A status for next season.

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Marco Verratti’s former President has advised the Italy midfielder to leave Paris Saint-Germain this summer. “Change is good…”

Verratti has long been linked with moves away from PSG, and Daniele Sebastiani – the patron of his formative club Pescara – believes the time has come for the 25-year-old to ‘change scenery’.

“Marco should change scenery,” he told TimGate.

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Former Pescara midfielder Juan Quintero is reportedly a target for European champions Real Madrid.

Tuttomercatoweb cites reports in the Spanish Press, which claim Madrid could go for Quintero if Mateo Kovacic leaves.

However, a deal could be complicated by whether River Plate redeem their option to buy 80 percent of the Colombian’s ownership for €3.7m before Saturday’s deadline.

From that, Porto would be entitled to 20 percent of any sell-on fee, as per the terms of their loan agreement with River for the 25-year-old.

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Rocco Commisso, in talks to buy Milan, calls himself “the fulfilment of the American dream in all ways” and went from penniless immigrant Juventus fan to a $4.5bn fortune.

Multiple sources now state that Commisso is the US investor working with Goldman Sachs to purchase the majority shares in the club from Yonghong Li.

He has already done due diligence and is therefore a long way ahead of the other main contender, Tom Ricketts.

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Crotone midfielder Ahmad Benali spoke exclusively to Football Italia's Ramez Nathan about his time in Italy and how it all started with Joe Hart in Manchester.

With the relegation battle intense on who will join Benevento in Serie B next season, one team is hoping to replicate their last great escape: Crotone.

The Pitagorici performed a miracle by staying in Serie A on the final day of their debut campaign and we spoke to their star midfielder on how they are fighting to stay in the top flight another season.

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Pescara ultras threatened members of Bari staff with a baseball bat and left a dead rooster on the gates of Coach Fabio Grosso’s family.

The completely unacceptable incidents occurred before and after today’s 2-2 Serie B draw at the Stadio Adriatico.

The two clubs are bitter rivals and the intensity was stepped up because Bari Coach Grosso, a 2006 World Cup winner, is from the Pescara area.

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In a moment that now feels tragically prescient, Davide Astori called for games to be suspended after the sudden death of a colleague.

Astori died in his sleep last night in the Fiorentina team hotel while preparing for a Serie A match against Udinese.

The Viola captain was 31 years old and an Italy international.

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Serie B club Pescara confirm they have parted company with Coach Zdenek Zeman.

The Delfini were beaten 2-0 by Cittadella yesterday, a result which left them in 13^th place in Italy’s second tier.

Rumours began circulating last night that Zeman had been relieved of his duties, with the club officially confirming the sacking in a statement via their website this morning.

“La Delfino Pescara 1936 communicates that it has relieved first team Coach Zdenek Zeman and his technical staff of their duties,” it reads.

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