Author: Soccerhuz
According to a recent report from SPORT, Barcelona president Joan Laporta has not given up on the idea of signing AC Milan forward Rafael Leao. Despite financial and squad challenges, Laporta continues to believe that the Portuguese international would be a strong fit for the club and could thrive under the right conditions at Barça. Leao’s off-field season has had its share of complications, but his on-field numbers remain impressive. To put things into perspective, he recorded 15 goals and 14 assists last season and this campaign, he already has 11 goals and 12 assists with four matches still left…
Luka Doncic’s inaugural season with the Los Angeles Lakers concluded much sooner than many anticipated. The shocking midseason trade that brought the five-time All-Star from the Dallas Mavericks, in exchange for Anthony Davis, was intended to rejuvenate the Lakers’ championship aspirations. The Lakers appeared to be tending in the right direction, finishing the regular season as the Western Conference’s third seed, with a 50-32 record. Doncic impressed, averaging 28.2 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 7.5 assists in 28 games. However, the team struggled to find cohesion in the playoffs, and Doncic’s defensive shortcomings were notably exploited in the first round series…
Barring some remarkable performances in the last five games of the season, Felix will return to his parent club Chelsea at the end of this season. The Rossoneri will not push to bring him back either via a loan or a permanent deal, as a bright start to his time in Italy quickly fizzled out. According to Sky (via MilanNews), there is a chance that he dons another red and black shirt before 2025-26 even starts. Flamengo – after having secured the services of Jorginho for next season – are also targeting the former Atletico and Benfica playmaker. The operation…
After James made recruitment pitches in the past, most recently with Klay Thompson in their failed pursuit last offseason, he’s no longer keen on doing that anymore for the Lakers. That was abundantly clear when he made his clear stance on the Lakers’ pitch to have Dončić’s commitment to the organization beyond next season. “No, that ain’t my job,” James told ESPN. “I think … I don’t think, I know, Luka knows how I feel about him. And ultimately, that trade happened for the future. That’s not for me. Luka has to decide what he has to do with his…
The Los Angeles Lakers will not get any help from LeBron James in building out their roster around Luka Dončić, their new face of the franchise for the next decade. Unlike last offseason when James took a paycut to help the Lakers get under the first apron, James is taking no discount this time, Jovan Buha and Sam Amick of The Athletic reported in the aftermath of the Lakers’ elimination from the postseason. James agreed to cut about $2.7 million from his salary for this season to help the Lakers gain flexibility to build out a roster around him and…
Just over three months ago, the Dallas Mavericks did the unthinkable. Less than an hour before midnight on February 1, Nico Harrison decided to trade Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis. It was a move that no one would have ever expected, as Doncic had just led the Mavs to the NBA Finals last season, and the fan base has been heartbroken since he was traded. Patrick Dumont and Harrison underestimated how much Doncic meant to the city and fan base, and nothing has been the same since. Doncic now enters the offseason with the chance…
The Los Angeles Lakers’ season came to a disappointing end when they were sent packing in just five games to the sixth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference’s first-round. Despite dropping the series in five games, the Lakers were in all four of their losses but ultimately succumbed to a career-game from Timberwolves big man, Rudy Gobert, who scored 27 points and grabbed 24 rebounds in the 103-96 Game 5 victory. Former Memphis Grizzlies star and 13-year NBA veteran, Gilbert Arenas, delved into what went wrong with the Lakers’ early playoff exit and echoed what many are saying is the…
Milan appeared to be heading for defeat when Genoa got themselves in front in the second half through substitute striker Vitinha. The Portuguese had not scored a single league goal all season, but you wouldn’t have guessed that from his excellently-taken volley. As the rain continued to pour at the Marassi, the Rossoneri scored twice inside two minutes to turn the game on its head. The equalising goal came from Rafael Leao after Gimenez’s cut-back into the box, and the second was an own-goal from a dangerous Leao cross to complete the comeback. Gimenez spoke to DAZN after the full-time…
From 2021 to 2024, Arsenal made significant progress with each passing season under Mikel Arteta. The Gunners’ former captain has learnt a job on the fly, and after one-and-a-half seasons figuring out the kinks of management, he has become one of the world’s leading coaches. It’s testament to the work Arteta’s done that not only are Arsenal now consistently fighting for the game’s most coveted prizes, but they are scolded and picked apart when they don’t get their hands on silverware. They have missed out on the Premier League title again and head to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday looking to…
Rome: Jannik Sinner will delight crowds at the Rome Open this week when the world number one makes his return to tennis, but the Italian’s three-month doping ban has allowed other local rising stars to move into the limelight Sinner was on Monday joined in the top 10 of the men’s world rankings by Lorenzo Musetti, who is at number nine after reaching the Monte Carlo final and the last four in Madrid. Meanwhile Luciano Darderi and Flavio Cobolli won tournaments in Marrakesh and Bucharest in April, further underlining the strength in depth that Italian tennis has behind Sinner, a…