Italy press reports published on this morning Monday revealed, that Roberto Mancini will continue in his role despite the team failing to qualify for this year's World Cup in Qatar play-offs last week. According to multiple reports in Italy, Roberto Mancini will remain in charge of Italy despite their elimination from the World Cup play-offs. Roberto Mancini signed a contract extension until 2026 just weeks before the European Championship won by the Azzurri last summer. At that time, nobody would expect the Azzurri to miss out on a second World Cup in a row only nine months later. FIGC President Gabriele Gravia said after Thursday’s loss with North Macedonia that he would not sack Mancini and according to La Gazzetta dello Sport and Il Corriere dello Sport newspapers, the coach will remain in charge of La Nazionale. The ex-Sampdoria star has reportedly decided not to step down from his position, so tomorrow’s game with Turkey should not be his last one on Italy’s dug-out.

Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho has reportedly set his sights on a permanent move to current club Aston Villa, where he has been on loan since January, according to latest Spanish press reports. The winger has had a positive impact on Steven Gerrard's side, having netted four goals and provided three assists in 10 Premier League appearances for Villa so far. Coutinho is currently under contract at Camp Nou until 2023, but it is believed that the Spanish giants wish to sell the Brazilian international this summer, for a figure in the region of £40m.

Press reports published on Sunday revealed that Argentine Angel Di Maria, the 34-year-old PSG midfielder took to social media after his side’s win against Venezuela has hinted that he will hang up his international boots after the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Angel Di Maria suggests he has played his last game for Argentina on home soil as he eyes World Cup swan song and praises his international team-mates following their 'perfect' match against Venezuela. TyC Sports is an Argentine pay television sports channel , reported that Di Maria made his decision to retire internationally after the end of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, adding that the 34-year-old is seeking to provide the new  younger football generations the entire opportunity in the ranks of  Argentine Tango Football national team.

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Samuel Eto'o, the President of the Cameroon Football Federation, commented on the choice of Kylian Mbappe, the French star of Paris Saint-Germain, who has Cameroon-Algerian origins, to play for the France national team. The floor to talk in particular about the future of Cameroon and binational players. On this second subject, the former Inter Milan striker took the example of PSG striker Kylian to explain that he wanted his country to train his talents himself. “I do not want to have a Mbappé who was born in Bordeaux in our national team but to have Kylian who was born in our working-class neighborhoods in Cameroon. Because there are talents in our territories to be valued”, explained Eto’o.  Cameroon, which organized the CAN last January, will face Algeria on Tuesday in the second leg for the 2022 World Cup. The Indomitable Lions lost in the first leg on Friday (0-1).

Italian press reports revealed that Juventus had abandoned the contract with the Egypt star and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, during the upcoming summer transfer market. The Juve decided is eying the Brazilian star and Manchester City forward Gabriel Jesus.La Gazzetta dello Sport is Italy's leading source of sports news and with nearly 4 million readers is the most-read daily newspaper in Italy, stated that Juventus Board decided to end the race in order to sign the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, whose contract expires in the summer of 2023, due to his high salary, in addition to the great material demand in his new contract.The newspaper added that Juve administration is seriously eying to the Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus, who sought to sign him last summer, but the great financial demands of Manchester City at the time hanged up the deal. La Gazzetta dello Sport pointed out that Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola sought to sign striker Erling Haaland , the Borussia Dortmund star, or Harry Kane, the top scorer of Tottenham, might facilitate the Juve mission in contracting with Jesus, whose presence began to decline in the team's formation during the current season in various competitions.

The Portuguese national team will face North Macedonia next Tuesday evening, at the Dragao stadium, the stronghold of Porto, in the final of the European play-off qualifier for the 2022 World Cup, which Qatar will host at the end of this year. North Macedonia president Stevo Pendarovski has warned Portugal and their captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, ahead of their FIFA World Cup 2022 playoff final. President Pendarovski has encouraged his nation to go on and secure qualification to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.