The Archive

May 2020

Serie A ready for restart
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Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora has given the all-clear for Serie A fixtures to resume, but will ask Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte for permission to make it June 13 rather than 20.

This evening’s videoconference meeting was decisive, involving Spadafora, the Lega Serie A, Players’ Association, FIGC and Association of Italian Sports Medics.

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AC Milan target pens new deal
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Milan transfer target Eduardo Quaresma is expected to sign a new contract with Sporting CP, including a €45m release clause.

The Rossoneri were repeatedly linked with the 18-year-old centre-back, whose current deal runs to June 2021.

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New deal for Romagnoli?
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Milan are reportedly preparing to renew with captain Alessio Romagnoli to avoid complications in the future.

La Gazzetta dello Sport has claimed the Rossoneri are working on a new deal for the centre-back, who is tied to the club until June 2022.

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Rangnick on standby?
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Milan are yet to make progress in the contract talks with Ralf Rangnick, who has reportedly been chosen to lead the revolution at San Siro.

La Gazzetta dello Sport claims Milan are set on making Rangnick their man and CEO Ivan Gazidis has made the German director his first priority this summer.

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Milan lose value, Inter surge
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The annual KPMG report showed that Milan are the only club in Europe’s top 32 to have lost value over the last five years, whereas Inter increased by 146 per cent.

During that period, the Rossoneri went from Silvio Berlusconi to Yonghong Li and then Elliott Management, who repossessed the club after the Chinese businessman defaulted on loan repayments.

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AC Milan prepare to pounce for Depay
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Milan are preparing to pounce for Olympique Lyonnais winger Memphis Depay at a cut-price deal of €20m, claims Tuttomercatoweb.

According to the Italian report, the offer is worth €20m plus a percentage of any future transfer fee.

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ACMilan resume training on Thursday
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Milan will reportedly resume training on Thursday, as players and staff are currently going through the medical visits at La Maddonina.

Sky Sport 24 reports that the visits began at 8:30am and Milan will last until Thursday, as groups of seven to eight players go through the daily medical tests at the Maddonina clinic.

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Discounted deal for Saelemaekers
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Milan are trying to work out a discounted deal for Alexis Saelemaekers, who has reportedly expressed his wish to make the move from Anderlecht permanent.

CEO Ivan Gazidis is hoping to reduce the price tag of their obligation with conditions to buy the player for €3.5m, as the club already paid €3.5m to bring the player on loan to San Siro in January.

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Zlatan ready for AC Milan return
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic is willing to return to Milan despite having to spend 14 days in self-isolation upon his arrival.

La Gazzetta dello Sport claims the 38-year-old, if it depended only on him, would have liked to remain in Sweden for now.

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Rangnick: 'I need influence at Milan'
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Ralf Rangnick confirms he had talks with Milan, which were interrupted by the coronavirus outbreak. ‘I need to have a certain influence’ to take the role.

He is currently the head of relations and scouting for the various Red Bull franchises in New York, Salzburg and Leipzig, having previously been the coach of RB Leipzig.

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Theo: 'Feel so confident at Milan'
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Milan left-back Theo Hernandez is open to following Gareth Bale’s career path, is inspired by Paolo Maldini, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and coach Stefano Pioli.

The 22-year-old has been a sensation since arriving from Real Madrid for €20m, but above all made his mark felt in attack, scoring six goals with three assists in 25 competitive games.

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Ancelotti: 'Milan don't fear foreigners'
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Carlo Ancelotti has assured that Milan are only ‘afraid of bad coaches, not foreign ones’, amidst Ralf Rangnick speculation.

Rangnick has been heavily linked with leading a youth revolution at Milan this summer, but talk of his appointment has not gone down universally well with fans.

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Ancelotti: 'Milan's best was 2005'
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Carlo Ancelotti claims the Milan team who lost the Champions League to Liverpool in 2005 were better than his winners of 2003 and 2007.

Today marks 13 years since Milan beat Manchester United 3-0 to reach the 2006-07 Champions League Final, and Ancelotti looked back on their ‘perfect’ performance.

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AC Milan make Jovic offer
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Milan are offering €35m plus bonuses to sign Luka Jovic from Real Madrid, claim Italian sources, reuniting him with Ante Rebic.

According to Sport Mediaset, a proposal worth €35m plus bonuses has been prepared for the summer.

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