Former ‘Football’s Next Star’ contestant Gavin Colton has reminisced about his time on the show which gave him the chance to try and win a contract at Inter a decade ago.

The Irish defender made it into the final five of the show, which was won by Ben Greenhalgh, who was handed a six month professional contract with Inter.

“It was just after they won the Champions League and we had this chance. At the time, you don’t even know what you’re in. I realise more and more the older I get what a unique experience it was,” he remarked in an interview with the online edition of The Irish Mirror.

“The sort of people I got to meet, heroes really. I remember I had the cleanest room where all of our beds were and the prize for that was dinner with Luis Figo. When on earth would I have ever gotten the chance to have dinner with Luis Figo?”

Colton, who is now 26-years-old and studying for a masters degree in the United States, then spoke on what then Inter manager Jose Mourinho was like.

“He’s everything you’d think he was, although he was actually much nicer in person, I found.”

He then recalled the first team that he and his fellow contestants went to watch the Inter first team train.

“The first time we went to go and watch the first team train, I didn’t know if we’d be coming back so I brought my boots with me. All of the lads were throwing on their best gear and I had a pair of Umbros on me and a full training kit in my bag.

“I met one of the assistants and I don’t know who he was or how good his English was, but I just held up my boots and said, ‘I’m ready to go’.

“I saw him go over to Mourinho and about 10 minutes later I get a whistle, the first thing we’re doing is one-on-ones and I’m against Sammy Eto’o.

“I was gutted, you just get absolutely roasted, but what an experience.”

Upon failing to earn a contract with Inter, he had a spell with UCD Dublin in the top flight in the Republic of Ireland but swapped that for a soccer scholarship in the United States.

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Hackers who defrauded Lazio have been arrested according to a report from Italian news outlet Calcio e Finanza.

Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, otherwise known as ‘Ray Hushpuppi’ and his accomplice ‘Woodberry’ were both stopped by the FBI in Dubai and have since been transferred to the United States for fraud against thousands of other people too.

In 2018 the duo duped Lazio into paying a €2 million instalement due to Feyenoord for Stefan de Vrij into a different account and it all seemed normal but Feyenoord had never emailed Lazio and never received the amount and this is when the scam came to light.

de Vrij is now on the books of Inter, who he joined in the Summer of 2018 on a free transfer after four years in the Italian capital city with the Biancocelesti.

Since his arrival at Inter, the 28-year-old has made 72 appearances across all competitions to date, in which he has scored five goals and provided five assists for his teammates.

As per a report from British news outlet The Guardian the duo also targeted a Premier League club, a bank and a US law firm.

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Il Verona sfida l’Inter nel posticipo della 31ª giornata di Serie A: tutte le informazioni sulla partita e dove vederla in tv e streaming.

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Dopo il ko col Bologna, l’Inter prova a rialzarsi in casa del Verona. Tutte le informazioni sul match e dove vederlo in tv e streaming.

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Former Inter player Michele Serena has discussed the similarities between former Inter manager Marcello Lippi and current Inter manager Antonio Conte.

Lippi was in charge at Inter whilst Serena was with the club and Lippi took charge at Inter immediately after having had a five year spell in charge of the Nerazzurri’s arch rivals Juventus.

Conte took charge of Inter this past Summer and although he never came in directly after a spell from Juventus, Conte was a Juventus icon as a player and also had great success whilst he managed them between 2011 and 2014.

“Conte and Lippi are two very charismatic coaches who have the desire and the strength to impose their own ideas but it is not easy to do it in an environment which is not ready to accept them,” Serena explained in an interview with Italian radio station Radio Sportiva on Tuesday afternoon.

Serena joined Inter in the Summer of 2000 from fellow Serie A side Parma and spent the next three years with the club before retiring due to injury aged just 33.

During his spell at Inter, which was filled with injuries, he made 39 appearances across all competitions to date.

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Antonio Conte will have to make two enforced changes for Thursday night’s Serie A clash versus Hellas Verona a report from the online edition of Italian daily newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport.

Alessandro Bastoni and Danilo D’Ambrosio will both be suspended for the match at the Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi meaning the two changes will come in the defence.

Milan Skriniar will be back available having served his three match suspension and will come back into the starting line-up, most likely on the left hand side of the three man defence in place of Bastoni. Veteran Uruguayan national team defender Diego Godin will meanwhile come in on the right side for D’Ambrosio.

The report from the Milan based news outlet goes on to add that Alexis Sanchez will come it into the starting line-up too in place of out of form Lautaro Martinez. Sanchez will partner Inter’s top goalscorer this season Romelu Lukaku up top.

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Il croato ex Juve si è appena liberato dall’Al-Duhail dopo pochi mesi e potrebbe tornare immediatamente in Europa per la prossima stagione.

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Inter wing back Antonio Candreva has taken to photo sharing social media platform Instagram to share an image of himself in training ahead of Inter’s upcoming Serie A clash with Hellas Verona on Thursday night at the Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi.

This season the Italian, who joined Inter in the Summer of 2016 from fellow Serie A side Lazio, has made 32 appearances across all competitions to date.

During his time on the park he has scored five goals and provided eight assists for his teammates.

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@inter #training #HellasInter

A post shared by Antonio Candreva (@antoniocandreva) on Jul 7, 2020 at 7:16am PDT

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Italian broadcaster TeleLombardia director Fabio Ravezzani has taken to social media to voice his views on Juventus manager Maurizio Sarri and Inter manager Antonio Conte.

Both Sarri and Conte have come in for some criticism as of late in the media and Ravezzani has insisted that what they do must be evaluated at the end of the season.

Ravezzani, who is also a presenter on ‘Qui studio a voi stadio’, posted the following on his official Twitter profile: “You evaluate the work of a coach at the end of the season. Sarri has been asked to reach the semi final of the Champions League, win the Scudetto and the Coppa Italia or the Supercoppa.

“For Conte it is qualification for the Champions League or to reach the final of the Europa League, finish in second place in the league and a good Coppa Italia performance. Based on these expectations, they have both been insufficient.”

Un allenatore si valuta al termine della stagione. A Sarri si chiedeva almeno semifinale di Champions, scudetto e C Italia o Supercoppa. A Conte qualificazione in Champions (o finale EL), secondo posto e bella C Italia. Sotto queste attese, sarebbero entrambi insufficienti.

— Fabio Ravezzani (@FabRavezzani) July 6, 2020

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Inter have taken to photo sharing social media platform Instagram to highlight the feat that Romelu Lukaku has achieved this season.

Lukaku netted his 20th league goal of the season in this past weekend’s defeat to Bologna and in doing so he became just the fourth player in Inter history to score 20 league goals in his first season with the club.

The other three players to have achieved this feat were Giuseppe Meazza in 1930, Stefano Nyers in 1949 and Ronaldo in 1998.

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DID YOU KNOW? @romelulukaku has become the fourth #Inter player to score at least 20 goals in his first #SerieA season after 30 matchdays, following on from Giuseppe Meazza in 1930, Stefano Nyers in 1949 and Ronaldo in 1998. #ForzaInter #Lukaku #Football #Goal

A post shared by Inter (@inter) on Jul 6, 2020 at 5:55am PDT

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