Author: Black Dog
Milan are reportedly considering a move for Cagliari goalkeeper Simone Scuffet after current back-up goalkeeper Marco Sportiello suffered a freak injury to his hand during the team’s pre-season tour of the United States. Sportiello, who joined the Rossoneri from Atalanta last summer, suffered a serious cut to his hand in a freak accident at the team’s hotel, and is now expected to miss several months of action. According to updates from Calciomercato.com, the 32-year-old is set to be sidelined for a minimum of two months. As a result, he was forced to sit out of Milan’s pre-season friendly against Manchester City on Saturday, with 19-year-old Luca Torriani called…
Since the beginning of the summer, Milan has been linked to a number of different center backs in an attempt to strengthen their defense, which struggled the previous season and lost Simon Kjaer when his contract expired. It did not take long to realize that Pavlovic was the preferred name. The 23-year-old made an impression while in Austria and started for Serbia at the European Championship. The most recent from Fabrizio Romano states that Pavlović has reached the position of “here we go!” for Milan. Serbian center defender Nikola Paunović has finally agreed to join from Salzburg as the second…
A video taken before Saturday night’s pre-season friendly between Manchester City and AC Milan has gone viral. It featured a frosty reunion between former Barcelona stars Pep Guardiola and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. City manager Guardiola appeared to seek out Ibrahimovic, who now works as an advisor for Milan’s owners, before they shook hands. Ibrahimovic later shared the clip via his Instagram account alongside the caption: ‘Just a friendly game’. However, the relationship between Guardiola and Ibrahimovic has been famously unfriendly in recent years. Barca won four trophies that season – La Liga, the Supercopa de Espana, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup – and Ibrahimovic contributed 21 goals.…
Lewis Hamilton being told to give enough space when racing George Russell in the Belgian Grand Prix was an “unnecessary” message to give the seven-time champion, according to ex-F1 chief Peter Windsor. The Brit initially finished second in Sunday’s race with his Mercedes team-mate claiming his second win of the season. However, the 39-year-old’s runner-up finish was promoted to a race win after Russell was disqualified following a post-race FIA investigation, which found that his car was under the minimum weight required when it was assessed after the race. It was a bittersweet moment for the 26-year-old who raced tremendously despite having just one pitstop and had to…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has taken in an awkward reunion with Pep Guardiola some 14 years on from their explosive feud at Barcelona. Enigmatic Swedish striker Ibrahimovic moved to Camp Nou in 2009. He hit 21 goals during his only full season in Catalunya – savouring La Liga, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup triumphs – but never saw eye-to-eye with demanding coach Guardiola. Ibrahimovic was critical of Guardiola in his no-holds-barred autobiography, with questions being asked of how one of the most decorated bosses in the business handled a larger-than-life character that needed freedom and trust in order to…
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the money to buy Pavlovic is already there and there is no pressure on Milan to make a sale in order to fund that signing, while for other signings they might look to get one out before they add more. The signal given by Paulo Fonseca to Yacine Adli – who remains as an unused substitute against Manchester City is quite clear, but the Frenchman has not yet given the green light to a potental move to Saudi Arabia. Instead, watch out for what can happen with Malick Thiaw. In England word spread of an…
In order to stay occupied during the WNBA offseason, Angel Reese, a rookie for the Chicago Fever, has joined a 3-on-3 league that was formed by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, two other professional athletes. The Unrivaled league, which will launch in Miami in January 2025, has already secured pledges from players like Arike Ogunbowale and Kelsey Plum. In a collaborative Instagram post, Reese and the league revealed the news along with a graphic dubbed “305 Barbie.” Notably, the players in the league will own stock in it, and supporters including Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Carmelo Anthony, and Steve Nash…
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are not the betting favorites to win the NFC South in 2024, despite capturing the last three division titles, returning virtually everyone from a 2023 squad that advanced to the Divisional Round of the playoffs and adding some key pieces in free agency and the draft. The Buccaneers are more than happy to put on the underdog costumes again, but they don’t actually believe that’s their role. Of course, this team has been here before. National expectations were not high for the Buccaneers in 2023, and the reasons were both obvious and at least somewhat reasonable. Though they…
Even though Chelsea has already added six new players, at least two more are expected to join the team in the near future. The team’s 4-1 loss to Celtic on Saturday won’t have done much to change new manager Enzo Maresca’s mind about adding more options to his roster. After having to fight back from behind to draw with League One team Wrexham in midweek, Maresca, who signed from Leicester City in June, is still waiting for his first victory, but he isn’t too concerned about the outcome thus far. “The biggest difference between us and them was the physical…
A year and some change after moving on from Aaron Rodgers, the Packers have already locked down one of the league’s highest-paid quarterbacks in Jordan Love. Green Bay is signing Love to a four-year, $220 million contract extension that puts him in a tie for the highest-paid player in NFL history, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported on Friday. Love’s deal also includes a record-setting $75 million signing bonus, per Rapoport. The team announced the extension on Saturday. Love’s lucrative deal, negotiated by David Mulugheta and Andrew Kessler of Athletes First, comes out to an average of $55 million per…