"The Lega Serie A have confirmed the dates for the new league season, which begins on September 19, 2020 and end May 21, 2021," read a statement on the Serie A website.

"Big games require big moments from big players, and he's delivered that in the semi-final and he's done it again in the final," the club's official website quoted Arteta as saying.

With this win, Arsenal extended their remarkable record in the FA Cup by winning it for the 14th time. The Mikel Arteta-led side also sealed Europa League football for next season after coming from behind to seal a dramatic win.

Inter Milan took second place with a 2-0 win over direct rivals Atalanta in Bergamo, finishing the season just one point behind Juventus.

"19 days, 561,856 votes The #AsianCup2019 favourite player has been decided. Congratulations Sunil Chhetri!" said the AFC in its tweet announcing the result.

According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Inter's owners are willing to table an outrageous four-year contract offer that would see Messi earn 50 million euros net a year.

The former Barcelona forward was arrested, along with his cavalry, in April for entering the country with forged documents.

Juventus have already sealed the Serie A title after defeating Sampdoria earlier this week. This was the club's ninth successive title win. The side is just a week away from the second leg of their Champions League last-16 match with Lyon.

The 58-year-old replaces Portuguese Jorge Jesus, who quit on July 17 to take charge of his former club Benfica, reports Xinhua news agency.

It was the last edition of the tournament, which was founded in 1993 but will be abandoned since next season to "reduce the season schedule", reports Xinhua news agency.

"Today marks the start of a new adventure for Andrea Pirlo and Juventus, who return to work together five years later. Andrea is, in fact, the new coach of the Under 23 team," Juventus announced on their official website on Thursday.

Yet despite winning the competition twice more in the six years since, standards have continued to slip at the Emirates since Arsene Wenger's departure two years ago.

Ciro Immobile also boosted his chances of clinching the top scorer award as he netted his 35th goal of the season on Wednesday, moving four clear of Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo.

The 38-year old scored twice to help AC Milan register a 4-1 win against Sampdoria in the ongoing Serie A on Wednesday.

The club said Xavi had contracted COVID-19 around 14 days ago and on Wednesday, the former Barcelona player rejoined the squad.

Nediyodath started his football journey at the Sports Academy in Tirur before signing for the DSK Shivajians Youth team. He further went on to play for their senior team and later for Fateh Hyderabad in the 2nd division of the I-league.