Author: Soccerhuz
Noah Okafor has found himself in a strange position regarding his role within the AC Milan squad, and Spurs are reportedly looking at a January move for him. Okafor signed from Red Bull Salzburg last year and he was limited to mostly appearances off the bench under Stefano Pioli but he seized his chances well, scoring six goals in Serie A to earn the ‘super sub’ tag. During the summer transfer window there were suggestions that he might head to Roma as part of the deal that would see Tammy Abraham come the other way (in the end Alexis…
AC Milan head coach Paulo Fonseca has named his starting line-up for the game against Venezia tonight, and there are several changes compared to the Lazio match before the break. Milan will be without defenders Malick Thiaw and Davide Calabria who are out due to an ankle sprain and a knock respectively. Ismael Bennacer, Alessandro Florenzi and Marco Sportiello are long-term absentees. It was reported by the media during the week that Fonseca would field the ‘fourth version’ of his Milan, and he has named a back four of Emerson Royal, Matteo Gabbia, Strahinja Pavlovic and Theo Hernandez in…
Milan Skriniar has yet to play for Paris Saint-Germain this 2024-25 season as the capital club couldn’t offload the Slovakian this past summer transfer window. However, sporting advisor Luis Campos hinted at two Italian clubs who might have inquired about the player. Skriniar doesn’t fit what manager Luis Enrique wants from his center-backs, so the former Inter Milan standout’s name was in the rumor mill toward the end of the transfer window. However, no club ended up landing the 29-year-old. The defender remains at PSG, but Campos hinted that the player does have a market in Italy as he didn’t…
Alessandro Costacurta feels that Man City, Real Madrid, and Inter Milan are the favourites for the Champions League this season. The legendary former AC Milan defender spoke to Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport in an interview published in today’s print edition, via FCInterNews. This week, Inter begin their campaign in Europe’s top club competition. And it will be a tremendously difficult start for the Nerazzurri. They travel to England to face Premier League juggernauts Manchester City. On paper, that will be Inter’s toughest match of the entire “league phase” of the Champions League – particularly being away from home. Inter will…
AC Milan have made a disappointing start to the 2024-25 season, one that Ruben Loftus-Cheek has played all 270 minutes of, but Paulo Fonseca will persist with his faith in the midfielder. As Calciomercato.com report, Loftus-Cheek has so far been one of the more subdued players through the first three games of the season, after a debut campaign in which he racked up 10 goals in 40 appearances which is his best return since 2018-19 with Chelsea. His coach that season was Maurizio Sarri, who earlier in the week said he is still fond of the Englishman and that he should be…
RedBird advisor Zlatan Ibrahimovic is expected to miss Milan’s upcoming Serie A clash against Venezia on Saturday evening, the second game in a row that has happened, but the Swede is expected to return over the weekend and be in San Siro against Liverpool. Ibrahimovic absent for Milan again According to reports from La Gazzetta dello Sport, Ibrahimovic is away on a two-week long professional course, but will return to Milan on Sunday. Though Ibra will not be in the stands, there will be plenty of senior Rossoneri officials in attendance. RedBird CEO Gerry Cardinale is expected to be…
Gerry Cardinale has once again spoken about the challenges that the sport sector is facing, and what he is having to deal with as the owner of RedBird Capital and AC Milan. Over the last two days, the second edition of the ‘IMG X REDBIRD SUMMIT’ was held in Oxford, with Cardinale among those who spoke on stage to answer questions and share some of his experiences in the field. He spoke about the ‘opportunity to return Milan to where it was’. In one of the panels attended by Cardinale – who with RedBird also controls the French club…
While the Green Bay Packers haven’t closed the door on Jordan Love playing in Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts despite his sprained MCL, they are reportedly preparing to play Malik Willis for the foreseeable future. “The anticipation is that Malik Willis will be the starter this week and probably the next several weeks,” NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Thursday. The update comes after Packers head coach Matt LaFleur told reporters Wednesday the door is still “pretty open” for Love to play. Yet Rapoport’s update suggested the starter will not play against the Colts. So did initial reports from NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero suggesting…
AC Milan know they simply have to win if they are to start putting a bad start to the season behind them, and the opponents tonight are newly-promoted Venezia. Milan have played Venezia 31 times in their history across all competitions, winning 21 of them with seven draws and four defeats, producing a win rate of 64.5%. The most recent meetings were in 2021-22, when the Rossoneri won 2-0 at home and 3-0 away. Our pre-match preview has the latest team news and some opposition insight, while below are the key stats ahead of tonight’s game. ➤ Milan…
Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy has been a coach in the NFL for over 30 years and probably has his fair share of regrets, but one of his biggest seems to be letting go of New Orleans Saints very own Swiss army knife, Taysom Hill. On Thursday, McCarthy with praised Hill’s abilities and deemed him “the one that got away.” McCarthy said, “We thought he was a hell of a quarterback. Frankly, I think every year when you sit down at the end of training camp, I know it’s the way I’ve done it: you have 58, 59, 60 different numbers every…