Author: Soccerhuz
The Los Angeles Lakers’ most glaring issue since the shocking trade deadline deal that sent Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for ex-Mavs superstar Luka Dončić has been their pronounced lack of frontcourt depth. Jaxson Hayes has been holding his own as the team’s starting starting center since the stunning transaction, but the Lakers’ general manager Rob Pelinka will be looking to replace him with a more well-rounded, proven talent at the position to partner with Dončić and four-time NBA champion LeBron James this offseason. While Pelinka assesses his options in free agency and by scouring the summer…
There are growing reports that Milan are becoming frustrated with Theo Hernandez over the latest incident, preparing to sell him this summer. The left-back and occasional captain has already caused a great deal of controversy this season with several situations, clashing with coaches Paulo Fonseca and Sergio Conceicao, then getting himself sent off in the Champions League play-offs against Feyenoord. La Gazzetta dello Sport point out that he asked to be substituted at half-time when his side was losing to Como due to an injury problem. Milan went on to win the match 2-1 without Theo Hernandez, who felt a…
Club football is on pause as we enter the first international break of 2025, with AC Milan having a large number of players involved. It is actually the final break of the 2024-25 season despite being the first of the year, and just like usual a big portion of the squad will fly around Europe and even across the continents to represent their national team. In fact, 15 Rossoneri players have headed off to play for their countries in Nations League fixtures (UEFA and CONCACAF) but also World Cup 2026 qualifiers to be played. There are also some youth internationals…
Gianni Rivera has offered his services to the AC Milan ownership in the hopes that he can help them redesign the club after a difficult season. As we approach the final straight of the 2024-25 season, it would be fair to say that it is currently destined to be a negative one despite winning the Supercoppa Italiana at the beginning of the calendar year. Milan are six points away from the Champions League places with some tough fixtures to come and they sit ninth in the table, so there is a chance of not playing any European football at all…
AC Milan are not going to qualify for the Champions League as things stand, which will have a negative impact on the accounts. As Tuttosport (via MilanNews) reports this morning, without qualification for the top European club competition, Milan would fail to achieve an important objective not only on a sporting level but also on an economic level. With no Champions League football the revenues will be decidedly less and this could affect the balance sheet, an aspect that appears to be for a long time the absolute priority of this ownership group, one which has always recorded profits since…
While both the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers won their most recent games with impact players missing, only one is expected to have its stars back when the teams meet Wednesday in Los Angeles. The Lakers still are expected to be without LeBron James (groin) and Rui Hachimura (knee), but the Nuggets are likely to have Nikola Jokic (ankle, elbow) and Jamal Murray (ankle) on the court. Both Denver stars sat out on Monday against the Golden State Warriors, as did Christian Braun (foot), and the Nuggets still pulled off a 114-105 road victory over one of the NBA’s…
There is yet another strange case regarding Theo Hernandez, who has reported for international duty despite complaining about muscle discomfort. As La Gazzetta dello Sport recall this morning, Theo was taken off at half-time during the comeback win over Como, replaced by Alex Jimenez. It was a substitution forced by his physical condition because he felt a pain in his calf that would have prevented him from playing at his best. For the record, Theo had been more dynamic than many other times up until that point. In the post-match interviews the coach did not mention the conversation that had…
Alvaro Morata has once again spoken about his brief time at AC Milan, including regrets about joining the club and the circumstances that led to his exit. After Olivier Giroud’s exit following the expiry of his contract, the Milan management initially wanted to invest in Joshua Zirkzee before Manchester United offered a bigger package and won the race to sign him. As a result they turned to Morata, someone who has won virtually everything there is in European football, an experienced option who should have provided guarantees in terms of his leadership and winning mentality. He cost around €13m, which…
Inter president Giuseppe Marotta has praised the work of AC Milan and Paolo Scaroni on the new stadium front, which has now become a joint project again. A step forward was made last week as Milan and Inter finally presented their proposal to buy the San Siro area and build a new stadium earlier this week. The city council will evaluate the proposal and provide an answer by the summer. There remain a lot of questions regarding the stadium project, particularly concerning the red side of the city given the €55m invested in the site down in San Donato. Our…
The trade between the LA Lakers and Dallas Mavericks sent shockwaves through the league. And nobody was more surprised than the players themselves. Luka Doncic was caught off guard by the Dallas Mavericks‘ decision, while one of the players sent in the opposite direction, Max Christie admitted being literally floored by the move, that briefly left him ‘in denial’. One of the two players sent to the Lakers as part of the move was Markieff Morris. And he was not expecting it either. Morris had settled in Dallas and had just bought a house, admitting the timing was ‘rough’, not…