Newcastle boss Eddie Howe can see shades of Italy great Andrea Pirlo in ‘firefighter’ Sandro Tonali as the midfielder ...

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has spoken about the comparisons between Sandro Tonali and legendary Italy midfielder Andrea Pirlo. Since breaking into the Brescia first team in 2017, Tonali has been ...

Others who paraded around the logo were Franco Baresi, Pippo Inzaghi, Roberto Donadoni, Massimo Ambrosini, Demetrio Albertini, Alexandre Pato, Andrea Pirlo, Clarence Seedorf, Christian Abbiati ...

Gareth Bale and Rio Ferdinand have praised Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister with the latter comparing the Argentine to AC Milan legend Andrea Pirlo. Mac Allister was named the Player of ...

Andrea Sottil, since replacing Andrea Pirlo is finding many of the same problems. A lack of identity, a lack of talent at the back and yet (what must infuriate the fans) they show glimpses of ...

His performances have seen him compared to the likes of Andrea Pirlo and Zinedine Zidane. His goals have inspired Napoli's early season title charge. McTominay was once again the hero as Antonio ...

The 23-year-old, who was once labelled ‘the next Andrea Pirlo’, returned to action in May but has struggled to impress Motta this term, with his departure in 2025 now looking more likely as ...

Italian legend Andrea Pirlo brought out the trophy ahead of its presentation to Real Madrid. Speaking ahead of the game, Bellingham insisted that the title would mean "a lot" to win. He said ...

Those included Dutch trio Ruud Gullit, Marco van Basten and Frank Rijkaard, who under Arrigo Sacchi and Fabio Capello played in one of the game's greatest ever teams, and Andrea Pirlo who won ...

He is fantastic.” Elsewhere, Alexis Mac Allister – who won the man of the match award against Real Madrid – was compared with Italy legend Andrea Pirlo by Rio Ferdinand. “I thought Mac ...

I was able to grow up watching [Steven] Gerrard, [Xavi] Alonso, [David] Beckham, [Andrea] Pirlo, and the Spanish legends as well. I was very fortunate to grow up witnessing that, so I think from a ...