Switzerland’s Florijana Ismaili confirmed lifeless in swimming accident

The body of Florijana Ismaili was recovered in Lake Como on Tuesday, three days after the Switzerland international became worried about a swimming coincidence. The 24-12-month-old forward went missing on Saturday at the lake in northern Italy. She did not surface after jumping from a boat she had rented with a pal. The captain of the Young Boys club in Bern played 33 times for Switzerland.

“We are dismayed, taken aback, and very, very awful in pain,” the Swiss football federation said in a statement, offering “honest condolences” to Ismaili’s family and pals. The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, who is Swiss-Italian, defined Ismaili’s death as “an unfortunate moment for the entire football network, in particular at a time when we are accumulating at the Women’s World Cup.” “Both on mine and FIFA’s behalf, I would love to express the most heartfelt condolences to Florijana’s own family and pals, to the Swiss federation, and to BSC Young BoysIt’s been a sorry time to be a Milan fan. Having seen their crew fail to qualify for the Champions League and then get banned from the Europa League for breaching FFP rules, the venerable old membership’s followers need some excellent news.”

Before the news became confirmed, Young Boys had posted on its Twitter account a video of support from the Swiss champions’ men’s squad wherein the players formed the shape of a heart. The type of thrilling switch speaks that places them at the front of the queue to sign one of the first-rate defenders in the international. Yes, it says right here that Dejan Lovren can be on his way out of Anfield to San Siro after his agent held talks with the Serie A club over a £25m move. Just £25m! What fee! OK, so yes, he’s 29 and played the handiest thirteen instances within the league for Liverpool last season due to a listing of illnesses that The Mill’s granddad would blush approximately. However, they’ll get a confident, protective vibes guy, a believer who will stridently forget about his failings – and Milan’s. If he ever performs. Just £25m! Take that FFP!

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Manchester United wants a new series of racy, younger midfielders who will run around a chunk for the purpose in preference to sulking like grounded young adults. First on the listing is Rumour Mill, favored by Bruno Fernandes. They’ve reportedly submitted a £31m provide for the midfield dynamo; however, they have been told via Sporting to get serious and come back with more cash. United beancounters have additionally set aside £25m for Newcastle’s Sean Longstaff. It’s the kind of money that could assist fund Mike Ashley’s foremost interest in purchasing up failing retail chains on the British high street. So watch this area. Oh, and on the subject of brooding midfielders, Paul Pogba has been educated on my own in New York while his teammates report for school. Make of that what you may.

Ayr, after almost signing for Liverpool, Nabil Fekir is still very a whole lot eager to play for a Premier League group who play in purple – and he may additionally get his want if Arsenal flips their interest far from Wilfried Zaha for a moment and throw in a £30m bid for the unsettled Lyon playmaker. Reports in France endorse that Fekir is being touted around like cheap meat in a dodgy pub. It’s a reduced-price deal for sure, as Liverpool had been primed to sign him for £50m final season earlier, but medical concerns brought the transfer to a collapse.

Crystal Palace has centered jinking Carl Jenkinson as a substitute for Aaron Wan Bissaka at right-back. Jenkinson, who has been loaned out for the first part of a decade, is still an Arsenal player, seemingly. He will pay Palace just £5m, and the Gunners will, in all likelihood, be extremely joyful to have the opportunity to bargain with Palace so that it will maintain badgering them about reducing their asking price for Wilfried Zaha to something slightly less ludicrous than £100m.