Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani admits signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be ‘difficult’ but ‘will see’ about Edinson Cavani. ‘He’s still available...’

Leeds recently ended their 16-year wait for a return to the Premier League and Radrizzani talked to Sky Sport Italia about his plans in the transfer market, starting with Ibrahimovic.

The 38-year-old has been a key player for Milan since moving back to the club in January but is out of contract at the end of the season, with no renewal presently forthcoming.

Multiple Italian sources claim Manchester City want Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly, but are not prepared to meet the €80m price-tag.

According to Sky Sport Italia transfer expert Gianluca Di Marzio and Sportitalia pundit Alfredo Pedullà, agent Fali Ramadani had dinner with President Aurelio De Laurentiis.

At this meeting, a message was passed on from Manchester City that they were very interested in signing Koulibaly.

Inter are reportedly working hard to keep Alexis Sanchez at San Siro until the end of August but hope to keep the Chilean beyond this season too.

Il Corriere dello Sport claims the club will try to get the go ahead from Manchester United to keep the South American forward for the Europa League in August, the day after Beppe Marotta confirmed to Sky Sport Italia that they will look into the possibilities.

But the newspaper claims the Nerazzurri will have to work out a different solution to keep Sanchez for 2020-21.

Inter CEO Beppe Marotta hopes to get Emerson Palmieri on a discounted deal from Chelsea, but Antonio Conte reportedly expects no favours from the Blues.

After having purchased right-back Achraf Hakimi from Real Madrid, the Nerazzurri have now started looking to bolster their options at left.

Tuttosport claims the Beneamata have come to an agreement with the former Roma player, who wants to return to Italy.

While in Italy they are pushing to have fans in Serie A stadiums this season, or September at the latest, England are aiming for October, announced Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Football resumed all over Europe after three months of lockdown, but the games are all being played behind closed doors.

As the pandemic eases in Italy, the first European country to be seriously affected, they are also calming restrictions on gatherings.

The summer transfer window for English clubs will be open for a total of 10 weeks, between July 27 and October 5, subject to FIFA approval.

A Premier League statement reads: “The window will open for 10 weeks at the end of the current Premier League season, starting on 27 July and ending on 5 October.  

“Following consultation with the EFL [English Football League], a domestic-only window will be added from 5 October, closing 17:00 BST on 16 October.

Juventus talisman Cristiano Ronaldo could become the first player in history to score at least 50 goals in the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A when the Old Lady face Sassuolo tomorrow.

The Portuguese superstar is on the verge of reaching yet another milestone, as he’s currently on 49 goals in the Italian League.

Sportmediaset writes that since he has scored them in only 59 matches it can also help him become the fastest to reach 50 goals in Serie A.

Manchester United coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer doesn’t regret letting Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sanchez and Ashley Young move to Inter and claims he would do the same again.

The Nerazzurri signed Lukaku and loaned Sanchez last summer, before they picked up Young in January, but the Norwegian coach has claimed he wouldn’t change anything if he could go back in time.

Victor Osimhen’s representative has hit out at the ‘huge lie’ that the Lille forward is keeping Napoli on hold for a Premier League move.

Sources close to Osimhen told Football Italia just yesterday that Osimhen preferred an English club come forward for him.

However, Osita Okolo has now denied that to be the case, explaining his brother-in-law will make the decision on his future ‘known soon’.

The penalties awarded for handballs have almost doubled in Serie A since introducing VAR, helping Italy set a new record, whilst other Leagues have cut down on their total tally of spot kicks.

This year we have already seen 152 penalties given in the top tier of Italian football and 46 (30.26 per cent) of them have been given for handball.

It matches last years average of 30.33 per cent and just beats the decisions made in 2017-18, the first year of VAR in Italy, when 24.6 per cent were awarded for handball.