Italy goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu  left Paris Saint-Germain to join Torino on a three-year deal yesterday that means he should take over as the club’s number one from England’s Joe Hart.
Sirigu spent the last of his six seasons with PSG on loan in Spain with Sevilla and then Osasuna and, with the 2018 World Cup on the horizon, the Sardinian was looking for more playing time. Sirigu, 30, is expected to take over from Hart after the England goalkeeper’s one-year loan from Manchester City recently ended. Hart’s future destination is yet to be determined.

Bordeaux ‘interested’ in Leicester’s Mendy
Bordeaux are in the hunt for Leicester’s French midfielder Nampalys Mendy, the Ligue 1 side’s coach Jocelyn Gourvennec disclosed. Mendy joined Leicester from Nice in a 16mn euro deal in July 2016 as then manager Claudio Ranieri prepared the defence of the Foxes’ stunning Premier League title triumph.
But the 25-year-old spent more time off the pitch than on it as perpetual injury hampered his first season in England. “He was bought very expensively by Leicester after a very good season as captain at Nice,” Gourvennec said. “But considering the season he had (with two ankle operations) he wants to return to France, and Bordeaux are interested in him.”
Mendy could join the club in a loan arrangement with an option to buy attached. Six-time French champions Bordeaux finished out of European contention in sixth place last season, 36 points behind champions Monaco. If Mendy does end up at Bordeaux he will team up with his cousin, striker Alexandre Mendy, who is joining from Ligue 1 rivals Guingamp.

Defender Karsdorp set for Roma medical: club
Serie A runners-up Roma have moved to shore up their defence ahead of next season with the imminent signing of Dutch international defender Rick Karsdorp. Feyenoord full-back Karsdorp, 22, arrived in Rome yesterday morning and “will have a medical in the Italian capital, ahead of a proposed move to the Giallorossi from current club Feyenoord,” Roma said in a statement.
Roma, who have secured an automatic spot in next season’s Champions League, are hoping to strengthen for a fresh assault on the competition next season. However the capital club, who will be coached by former Sassuolo coach Eusebio Di Francesco, have several transfer issues to resolve. New club sporting director Monchi recently oversaw the sale of speedy Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah to Liverpool for a reported 39mn euros. He is also reported to have agreed to sell Greek defender Kostas Manolas to Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Facebook, Fox sign deal to livestream Champions League
Fox Sports said yesterday it had partnered with Facebook Inc to livestream UEFA Champions League matches during the 2017-18 season. The sports network, owned by Twenty-First Century Fox Inc, said that some matches from Europe’s top-tier club soccer tournament will be exclusive to Facebook and Fox Sports GO, while others will be simulcast on television.
Social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter Inc have beefed up their focus on signing live-streaming sports deals as young audience increasingly rely on the internet to watch sports ditching the traditional cable services.
Fox Sports will stream UEFA Champions League matches in the United States on its Facebook pages, starting in September, according to the deal. The partnership includes two live matches per day in the group stage, four round of 16 matches and four quarter-final matches, Fox said.

Shrewsbury make landmark bid for safe standing
Third tier Shrewsbury have become the first English club to apply for right to install safe standing in their stadium. The League One team want to create a safe standing area, which would have a capacity of around 500, in their Greenhous Meadow arena.
Shrewsbury’s stadium was built 10 years ago and is one of 29 in the Football League which are eligible to apply for safe standing. Clubs in England’s top two divisions have been legally required to have all-seater grounds since the measure was recommended by the 1990 Taylor Report into the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, which saw 96 Liverpool fans killed in crushes caused by over-crowding in the Leppings Lane standing area. Should Shrewsbury win approval from the Sports Ground Safety Authority, then they would become the first all-seater stadium in England and Wales to introduce safe standing. The Premier League recently wrote to its 20 clubs asking if they would be interested in taking part in a trial to reintroduce standing sections in their grounds.
Scottish Premiership champions Celtic last season installed 2,600 rail seats at Parkhead that can be flipped down or locked into an upright position, with safety barriers separating each row, in a move that was considered a success.