IT WOULD have caused a sensation had Swedish strikers Hanna Ljungberg and Victoria Svensson accepted the offer of Perugia president Luciano Gaucci to sign for the Serie A club.

ECCENTRIC Perugia president Luciano Gaucci has slammed two female footballers who snubbed his offer to make them the first women to play in Italy’s Serie A.

PERUGIA could be within a week of becoming the first leading men's football club to sign a female player.

Perugia president Luciano Gaucci has claimed his club will open negotiations next week with a view to signing a leading woman player.

Germany 2 Sweden 1 (Germany win with extra-time golden goal)