Official moves and Coppa Italia, leagues restart tonight

The big leagues restart tonight, but with no verdicts on the board yet: in the data, no match of the day is listed as finished. Serie A's matchday 3 opens tonight with Genoa-Como (20:45 CEST), the Premier League has Ipswich-Liverpool (21:00), the Bundesliga stages Stuttgart-Cologne (20:30) and Ligue 1 offers a double bill, Lyon-Auxerre (19:00) and PSG-Monaco (21:05). No final result is available for these games: they are played tonight.

As a result, the tables are still those from the eve of the round. In Serie A, Roma, Inter, Milan and Juventus lead with a perfect 6 points after two rounds; in the Premier League, Manchester City and Arsenal top the table on 6; in LaLiga, Barcelona and Real Madrid lead on 9; in Ligue 1, Monaco are first on 6. Nothing moves until the round is played.

The only football actually played comes from the Coppa Italia, which completed another round on Wednesday. Palermo thrashed Mantova 5-2 with a Pohjanpalo brace, Verona won 1-2 away at Cagliari (Calciomercato.com), Udinese knocked out Venezia thanks to a Bayo double and will face Atalanta in the round of 16 (Gazzetta, ANSA), while Sassuolo edged Frosinone on penalties (ANSA).

Among the official moves present in the data, Atalanta secured Franck Kessié (4 million net per season for three years), Parma signed Vincent Sierro, Torino sent Anjorin to Göztepe, Benfica sold Richard Rios to Al-Ittihad and Genoa confirmed Ehizibue; in recent days came El Shaarawy's return to Genoa, Ricardo Rodriguez to Torino, Martinelli from Arsenal to Al-Hilal and Romagnoli from Lazio to Al-Sadd (Calciomercato.com, Gianluca Di Marzio). In the boardroom, Piero Ausilio has terminated his Inter contract with Baccin as the new sporting director, while Napoli have tied captain Di Lorenzo down until 2030.

On injuries and cases, Bologna lose Orsolini for around three weeks (Calciomercato.com); UEFA has opened proceedings against Fenerbahce's Guendouzi and Greenwood, who risk missing the tie against Roma in the Champions League (Corriere dello Sport); in the Serie A squad lists, Lazio left out Pellegrini and Patric. On refereeing, Sozza has been appointed for Inter-Napoli and Mariani for Juventus-Milan (ANSA), while Rosario Abisso has been reinstated to the referees' body.

Tomorrow's schedule, Saturday 5 September, is packed. Serie A has Fiorentina-Torino at 15:00, the big match Inter-Napoli at 18:00 and Roma-Atalanta at 20:45; the Premier League opens with Newcastle-Bournemouth at 13:30 and continues with seven games, five kicking off together at 16:00, through to Hull City-Aston Villa; the Bundesliga headliner is Schalke-Bayern, while Ligue 1 features Lens, Nice and Le Havre.