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Feyenoord visit the San Siro with the aim to continue their dream run in the UEFA Champions League. (More Football News) The Dutch side earned a shock 1-0 victory over AC Milan in the first leg thanks to an early strike from Igor Paixao. European champions of 1970, Feyenoord will try to advance to the pre-quarterfinals in a bid to go close to the title that has remained away from them for decades. The seven-time European champions, Milan, will be desperate to turn things around. Sérgio Conceição’s men have the capacity to bounce back but their recent form remains ordinary.…
AC Milan accepted a shock €47 million bid from Como for Theo Hernandez during the January transfer window but the France star rejected the move. That is according to Nicolo Schira, who reports that the newly-promoted Serie A side made an official €47m bid for the Milan left back last month. Milan accepted the offer and gave Theo permission to discuss terms with Como, who had prepared a contract until 2029 worth €7m per year. Como boast Italy’s richest owners in Indonesian tobacco giants Djarum Group, with the Hartono brothers worth around $48 billion. Managed by Cesc Fabregas, Como were promoted to Serie A…
After half-time, Inter Milan lost the expected goals battle by 0.93 to 0.24, failing to record a single shot on target against Juventus. Simone Inzaghi was frustrated by Inter’s wastefulness after Sunday’s defeat at Juventus saw them miss the chance to leapfrog Napoli at the top of Serie A. Francisco Conceicao struck the only goal of the game for Juventus after 74 minutes, following some clever footwork from Paris Saint-Germain loanee Randal Kolo Muani. That came after Inter had dominated the first half, passing up chances worth 1.71 expected goals (xG) to Juve’s 0.42. After half-time, Inter lost the xG…
Something often thrown at a manager when they are struggling or under pressure, as supporters debate the merits of keeping them in a job, is the question of how many players have improved under them. Quite simply, if the role of a head coach is to get the best out of their tools, who is actually seeing the benefit? For Enzo Maresca, the last two months at Chelsea have not been kind to him in this regard. Ask the question after his side beat Brentford in mid-December and the answer would have been that Moises Caicedo, Cole Palmer, Nicolas Jackson,…
French Goalkeeper Mike Maignan Extends Contract: see more 29-year-old AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan has signed a new contract with the club that will run until 2028. This news was reported by journalist Matteo Moretto on social media. AccΜording to the source, Maignan’s new contract will also include an option for a one-season extension. His salary is reported to be 5 million euros plus potential bonuses. Earlier reports had indicated that PSG were considering a transfer for the AC Milan goalkeeper. Maignan has been guarding the net for the Rossoneri since summer 2021. In the current season, he has played…
In danger of exiting Europe after a midweek defeat, AC Milan must attempt to get their domestic top-four challenge back on track when they host Hellas Verona on Saturday. Still seeking their first-ever Serie A win at San Siro, the visitors were heavily beaten last week and sit just outside the drop zone. Now facing a 1-0 deficit ahead of next week’s second leg, Milan lost to Feyenoord in the Champions League playoffs on Wednesday night, when a disjointed performance saw them come away empty-handed from De Kuip. Goalkeeper and captain Mike Maignan made a rare mistake in conceding the…
UEFA announced the referees for the upcoming return legs of the Champions League play-offs earlier today. The Polish referee Szymon Marciniak has been assigned to AC Milan’s game against Feyenoord. Milan lost the first leg against the Dutch side by the odd goal and thus need to overturn a deficit at San Siro on Tuesday. There is optimism among the players, as highlighted by Joao Felix, but they will still have to do a whole lot better than what we saw against Verona yesterday. As announced by UEFA earlier today, the experienced referee Szymon Marciniak has been assigned to Milan-Feyenoord.…
Kyle Walker is reportedly set to move into a luxury apartment in Milan following the completion of his loan move to the Italian giants. Manchester City on loan in January, and as per MailOnline, has now found a new home in Milan. The England international is set to move into a luxury apartment costing £10,000 per week at the end of the month, but he will not be joined in Italy by his wife Annie Kilner and their four children. Walker left City looking for a new challenge and, as there is an option to buy clause in his 18-month…
AC Milan will be up against Feyenoord for the Champions League play-off return on Tuesday and as such, there is no time for the players to rest. Today, the ones that didn’t start yesterday were back on the Milanello pitch. Sergio Conceicao’s side will have to overturn a 1-0 deficit on Tuesday evening and the hope is that the San Siro support will guide them there. Of course, as became evident in the Verona game last night, the team will have to improve a lot. Today, the team was back at Milanello and those who didn’t start worked on the…
The Minnesota Vikings prepared for the possibility that Sam Darnold could leave in free agency by bringing in Daniel Jones midseason to get a feel for the former New York Giants quarterback. Jones drew rave reviews from the Vikings coaching staff and, at the end of the season, was deemed a “potential option” at quarterback in 2025 by general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. Jones seems to have the inside lane to be the Vikings’ veteran bridge with J.J. McCarthy recovering from meniscus surgery in August. However, upon his release from New York, Jones garnered interest elsewhere that could be revisited in…