Fulham Eye Roberto Di Matteo And Dan Petrescu to Replace Martin Jol: Nightly Soccer Report

Roberto Di Matteo and Dan Petrescu are in the running to take over from Martin Jol as manager of Fulham, if you are to believe what The Daily Mail newspaper is reporting tonight.

The Mail is the first out of the starting blocks with rumors about Martin Jol’s replacement. Expect the press speculation to mount in the coming days on both TV and in other newspapers. With it being the international break and a slower news cycle, the British tabloids are probably going to be all over this story this week.

So how much truth is there to seeing former Chelsea footballers Di Matteo or Petrescu (manager at Dynamo Moscow) managing the club down the road from the Stamford Bridge side? Absolutely zero. The article mentions no sources, and shines very little light on the situation. However in the world of football rumors, it’s quite possible that someone may have given them a tip about the potential replacements for Jol — if Jol is even sacked.

Here are tonight’s world soccer news headlines:

Premier League

• Fulham eye Roberto Di Matteo and Dan Petrescu to replace Martin Jol — The Mail
• Premier League drops copyright infringement case against YouTube — The Guardian
• Hull City chairman confirms name change plan — Sky Sports
• Remembering the remarkable Bob Paisley, nice guy and winner — The Independent
• Jose Mourinho calls West Bromwich Albion’s Jonas Olsson a ‘Mickey Mouse player’ — The Telegraph
• Phil Bardsley: Paolo di Canio was out to finish me — The Independent
• BSkyB shares hit by BT football rights deal win — BBC News
• Top soccer leagues get 25% rise in TV rights sales, report says — Bloomberg
• First review of FIFA 14 NextGen version — IGN
• Former Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn criticises Paolo Di Canio reign — Sky Sports
• Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea 2013-14 vs. 2005-06 — Bleacher Report
• Premier League title race is building up to be one of the most thrilling in history — The Telegraph
• What has gone wrong with Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham? — The Guardian
• BT football broadcasting deal leaves a bitter taste for fans — The Telegraph
• Referees Bobby Madley and Andre Marriner shouldn’t face Premier League demotion — The Mail
• Barry Bannan bemused by Alan Hutton’s treatment at Aston Villa — The Telegraph
• 5 areas Jose Mourinho needs to target at Chelsea during the international break — Bleacher Report

International soccer

• Hugo Lloris set to return to action with France, confirms Didier Deschamps — Metro
• Steven Gerrard our for England so Lampard captains and Lallana set to start — Daily Star
• Mexican mindgames begin against New Zealand — New Zealand Herald
• Diego Costa ruled out of Spain squad through injury — BBC Sport
• Hundreds of thousands of World Cup tickets sell out in 7 hours — FOX Soccer
• England squad moved from National Football Centre after stomach bug scare — The Independent

Serie A

• Italian ‘Derby Of Shame’ match abandoned after 21 minutes after away team reduced to six men — Pies
• Juventus hit with stadium ban after fans’ discriminatory chanting — Sky Sports
• Struggling Sampdoria cut Rossi adrift — UEFA.com

MLS

• Toronto to offer Spurs striker Jermain Defoe summer escape — Haringey Independent
• Confusion lingers over MLS’ CONCACAF Champions League berth allocation — Sports Illustrated

Bundesliga

• Borussia Dortmund reveal Marco Reus release clause — ESPN FC

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