CRAIG HOPE: Eddie Howe believes that Sandro Tonali can be Newcastle's Andrea Pirlo - but with an engine to boot. The Magpies boss admits he saw an immediate likeness to Italy legend Pirlo when ...

Football management is a completely ... Spanish or possessing any experience as a manager. He failed to win any of his first nine La Liga games, before suffering a humiliating 7-0 defeat to ...

During his time in charge, Pirlo won 18 of his 45 matches in charge (D10 L17), averaging 1.42 points per game, a total only bettered by his time with Juventus (2.15). Sampdoria returns to the ...

"After 25 years of football, I will be at home with my family. I'll play golf and tennis to keep fit." Pirlo, who began his career with Brescia, won Serie A and the Champions League twice among a ...

Career Pirlo was a champion of recent Italian football history, voted four times among the best playmakers of the year, included the same number of times among the 23 candidates for the Ballon d ...

The 22-year-old playmaker had indicated that he wanted to leave Inter after failing to earn a regular place in the starting line-up and he wanted a move for regular first-team football.

Midfielder Sandro Tonali can be Newcastle United’s Andrea Pirlo if he finds his best form. That is the view of manager Eddie ...