Author: Soccerhuz
RC Lens released a statement confirming Kevin Danso failed his Roma medical and the €25m transfer is off, so the Giallorossi get Tiago Djalò from Juventus instead. The defender flew in yesterday and underwent a set of tests in the Italian Capital, hoping to complete the loan with obligation to buy for €23m plus €2m in add-ons. However, late this evening reports emerged in Sky Sport Italia and the Corriere dello Sport that he had failed the medical. Specifically, it is suggested he was not given permission to play in Italy by the local authorities, which could potentially mean some sort of cardiac…
Former AC Milan defender Alessandro Costacurta has suggested that the Rossoneri will do well in the Champions League this season. Speaking on Sky Sport Italia (via Milan News), Costacurta reacted to the Champions League draw which saw the Rossoneri have matches against Real Madrid and Liverpool confirmed. This is the first Champions League campaign since the group stage was revamped entirely, so Milan face eight different teams and are placed into a 36-team league table rather than a group of four. Milan were in Pot 2 and they got two very tough Pot 1 teams in Real Madrid and Liverpool, whilst…
Milan legend Franco Baresi is ‘very curious to see’ how the new Champions League format works, noting the visit to Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid could make a big difference. The draw for the new format of the 2024-25 Champions League was completed this evening at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, although the precise dates and order of the fixtures will not be confirmed until Saturday August 31. What we do know is that Milan will host Liverpool, Club Brugge, Crvena Zvezda and Girona, while visiting Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, GNK Dinamo and Slovan Bratislava. “We are all curious to see how…
AC Milan have been urged to sign Adrien Rabiot on a free transfer at the end of the window by Italian journalist Franco Ordine. Writing in his editorial for Milan News, Ordine suggested that the landscape has changed around the potential acquisition of Rabiot on a free transfer has changed. The suggestion is that ‘the warning light’ around Rabiot went off when Milan were beaten 2-1 by Parma and had next to no control over the midfield against a team that many have tipped to be relegated back to Serie B at the first time of asking. Ordine thinks that Milan…
When the Mavericks players met in Los Angeles last week for some player-organized workouts, Kyrie Irving couldn’t participate in everything. He underwent hand surgery back in July for a fractured left hand and hadn’t been fully cleared (there was no timetable announced with the surgery). Irving should be cleared by training camp, Marc Stein reported on the DLLS Mavs podcast (hat tip Real GM). “At this point he has not been cleared yet for full 5-on-5 hoop, but basically what I’ve been told is he remains on course to be cleared in time for training camp so I don’t think there’s any concern there.”…
The 70th edition of the Champions League, Europe’s top club competition, is almost upon us, but it will be the first under the new format being implemented this season. Real Madrid will be defending the title that they won earlier in 2024 against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley, but they will be going about it in a brand new way thanks to a total overhaul of the group stage process. Dinamo Zagreb, Crvena Zvezda, Slavia Prague and Slovan Bratislava were the final four teams to seal their places in the Champions League on Wednesday night, and will now be awaiting to see which of the…
AC Milan found themselves in the frame to sign goalkeeper Simone Scuffet this summer in response to the serious injury that Marco Sportiello suffered, but the deal never came to fruition. As highlighted by Calciomercato.com, the financial requests from Cagliari and the development of a young player at the club meant Milan walked away from the discussion. Sportiello’s injury meant that Milan were left without their backup to Mike Maignan and the response was to see if an equivalent-level goalkeeper could be signed without shelling out too much money. Cagliari’s Scuffet was identified as a potential loanee, but the Rossoblu wanted to…
Liverpool have officially announced the signing of Italy international Federico Chiesa on a permanent transfer from Juventus, subject to international clearance. The 26-year-old former Fiorentina winger joins Arne Slot’s side in a €15m deal. He was into the final year of his contract at the Allianz Stadium. He has reportedly put pen to paper on a four-year contract at Anfield, which will run until the summer of 2028. “I’m so happy to be a Liverpool player. When Richard Hughes called me and he said, ‘Do you want to join Liverpool?’ – and the coach called me – I said yes immediately because…
The Pittsburgh Steelers have owned the headlines Wednesday, as coach Mike Tomlin officially announced that veteran Russell Wilson won the team’s starting quarterback battle over Justin Fields. But when the Steelers open the 2024 campaign against the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 8, Fields won’t just be sitting on the bench holding a clipboard and filling up Wilson’s Gatorade bottle. “My friend Raheem Morris better be ready for a Justin Fields package,” Tomlin said on the The Rich Eisen Show on Wednesday. “There’s too much talent to be sitting around watching.” Entering his fourth NFL season after being selected with the No. 11 pick of the…
Paulo Fonseca has decided that he will stay loyal to Fikayo Tomori and Strahinja Pavlovic as a partnership at centre-back when the Rossoneri face Lazio this weekend. As reported by Corriere dello Sport (via Milan News), the Portuguese coach is not going to make any rash decisions with his team selection in the wake of the defeat against Parma last weekend. Milan have started the season poorly with a 2-2 draw at home to Torino and then a particularly unimpressive 2-1 defeat at Parma in which the scoreline could have been worse. In the Torino match, Malick Thiaw started alongside Fikayo…