West Ham have confirmed the loan signing of midfielder Antonio Nocerino from Milan until the end of the season.

The 28-year-old made the switch to San Siro in August 2011, and was a mainstay in the side that reached the UEFA Champions League last season after a late resurgence.

However, the Italy international has struggled to maintain a regular spot in Milan s starting XI this term, starting on just seven occasions in Serie A.

That has led to a temporary move to Sam Allardyce s side, who are desperate to bring in reinforcements as they seek to escape the Premier League relegation zone.

The Upton Park outfit currently sit 18th in England s top flight, having picked up just four wins from 22 matches thus far.

Nocerino could be joined at the London club by an…

Napoli manager Rudi Garcia has backed Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to return to form ahead of a busy period for the club.

Georgian winger Kvaratskhelia scored 14 goals last season to help the Serie A title return to Naples, but a calf injury has restricted his involvement during the new campaign.

Kvaratskhelia played twice for Georgia during the international break and Garcia knows he can count on the attacker when Napoli travel to Genoa on Saturday night for the start of a sequence of seven matches in 23 days.

Osimhen and Kvara are on the 12-man shortlist for The Best FIFA Men s Player 2023!

Let s hear it for them!

— Official SSC Napoli (@en_sscnapoli)

“Kvara has played 180 minutes (for Georgia). He struggled a bit in the first…

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has said that he will listen to loan offers for defender Alan Hutton, .

The 28 year old’s only appearances so far this season have come for Scotland, having been completely frozen out of the first team picture at Villa Park.

Having made 31 Premier League appearances in his first season with the Midlands club, he was shipped out on loan last year, first to Nottingham Forest and then to La Liga side Mallorca.

His manager at Villa will not stand in the way of the right-back if an offer comes in for him, and refused to be drawn on speculation that potential suitors are being put off my his Premier League wage packet.

Hutton began his career with Rangers, where he made almost a hundred league appearances before switchin…

Aston Villa defender Lucy Parker has been added to the England squad ahead of this month’s Nations League fixtures.

The 24-year-old has represented England’s youth teams in the past and earned her first senior call-up last September, but has yet to make her international debut.

Parker, who arrived at Villa from West Ham over the summer, comes into the squad in place of the injured Lotte Wubben-Moy, who has stayed at Arsenal.

has joined up with the squad, with withdrawing due to injury. Speedy recovery Lotte!

with report to St. George’s Park on Wednesday morning after a period of recuperation ahead of the international window.

— Lionesses (@Lionesses)

Her fellow Gunner Alessia Russo is set to arrive at St George’s Park on …

Christian Abbiati has signed a one-year extension to his contract at Milan that will see him remain at the club until 2015.

The 36-year-old goalkeeper has been at San Siro since 1998, and made his first-team debut for the club in January 1999 at the age of 21.

Abbiati has not always been first choice at Milan and spent three seasons out on loan with Juventus, Torino and Atletico Madrid, but became a regular after returning from the Vicente Calderon in 2008.

He made 39 appearances in all competitions this season, which saw Milan finish a disappointing eighth in Serie A.

Milan announced Abbiati s new deal on their official Twitter account.

Christian Abbiati has extended his contract until June 30, 2015, the 18-time Italian champions stated.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers have reached a full agreement with Atletico Madrid over the proposed signing on Matheus Cunha, was well as with the player s camp over the personal terms, according to Fabrizio Romano. The striker is now set to leave the Spanish capital on a an initial loan and move to the Molineux until the end of the season, when Wolves will be obligated to turn the deal into a permanent one for a fee set around €40-50 million providing certain conditions are met.

The 23-year-old attacker, fully capable of playing in any front-line role, has made a total of 17 club appearances in all competitions this term, but only two of those were starts. Obviously out of favour with Atletico boss Diego Simeone, he has failed to score a single goal and only provided two assists.

Real Madrid have been linked with a move for Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard, according to the Mail Online.

The Belgium international is stalling over putting pen to paper to a new contract at Stamford Bridge, with a £300k-per-week offer on the table.

Real manager Zinedine Zidane is a huge admirer of the twenty-six year old and is keen to secure his services as he looks to rebuild his squad following a disappointing start to the campaign.

The European Champions only managed to finish second in their Champions League group while they are down in fourth place in La Liga, a good way behind leaders Barcelona.

Hazard has racked up two hundred and sixty-eight appearances in all competitions since signing from Lille in the summer of 2012, scoring eighty goal…

that Juan Mata is keen to sign a new contract at Manchester United.

The Spain international, who moved to Old Trafford under David Moyes half way through the 2013/14 season, was linked with a move to Everton in the summer but remained at Old Trafford and has had an impressive start to the season.

He has racked up one hundred and eleven appearances for the Red Devils in all competitions, scoring twenty-eight goals two of which have come in seven outings this season.

Prior to his move to Manchester, he was twice named Chelsea Player of the Year during a two-and-a-half year stint at Stamford Bridge, while he also won the FA Cup, Europa League and Champions League during his time with the Blues.

Internationally he has ten goals in forty appearances for …

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has backed Fabian Delph to earn a call-up to England s FIFA World Cup squad.

The midfielder, who has represented his country at Under-21s level, has been in excellent form this season, helping Villa climb to the safety of mid-table after fighting a relegation battle for most of the last campaign.

And Lambert believes that the 24-year-old, whose progress has been hindered by a series of injuries, could catch the eye of national coach Roy Hodgson.

I can only speak from my time here and in nearly two seasons that I ve been here he s done fantastic for us, Lambert said in quotes reported by The Birmingham Mail.

But I think that the injury situation with him has probably stopped him going as quickly as he should have.

If England …

Stoke City striker Saido Berahino has now gone two full years without a goal in competitive senior football.

The 24-year-old last found the net in a 3-2 win for West Brom over Crystal Palace on February 27, 2016.

The milestone underlines just how much of a nosedive Berahino s career has taken after such a promising start to life in the Premier League.

Not only did his last senior goal come at a time when Barack Obama still had over a year left in office as president of the United States, but many of Berahino s performances in that time have shown few signs of improving.

0 Today is two years to the day that Saido Berahino last scored in a senior competitive fixture (Feb 27th 2016). Since then, he has:

Played 42 games 2324 minutes
Attempted 55 sh…