Rafael Benitez is in talks with Serie A side Sampdoria to become their new manager, club owner Riccardo Garrone revealed today.

Sampdoria will not issue any further statements on the status of dropped striker Antonio Cassano until a league arbitration panel has reviewed the case.

Matteo Garrone's Italian mafia movie 'Gomorrah' swept the board at the European Film Awards in Copenhagen, Denmark - scooping five of the annual event's most prestigious gongs.