Author: Soccerhuz
One problem that Real Madrid have faced in recent years is there inability to bring through their academy standouts to the senior team. There have been many talented youngsters who have struggled to get a real chance at Santiago Bernabeu despite how well they have performed at the developmental levels. Inevitably, that has led to them leaving. Necessity is the mother of invention. Real Madrid have come up with a formula that has allowed them to move on these youngsters while having a chance to bring those back that they want to for pre-agreed, reasonable transfer fees. The club agree somewhat low…
The Boston Celtics may have won an NBA championship this season, but the summer has not been a fun time for its two All-Stars. From Jaylen Brown not making Team USA to Derrick White replacing Kawhi Leonard on Team USA to Jayson Tatum getting benched multiple Olympic games. Some have even started to believe the NBA has been deliberately trying to break up the Celtics, including former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas. During an episode of The Gil’s Arena Show, the former Grizzlies guard revealed why he believes the league is trying to break up the Boston Celtics, even before the…
Glorious European nights are set to return to Stamford Bridge, but Chelsea must first bypass the play-off stage before embarking on their 2024/25 Conference League campaign. A club only recently synonymous with Champions League success will have to come to terms with the reality of playing in UEFA’s newly established competition having been absent from Europe entirely last term. Thursday nights present Enzo Maresca with an excellent opportunity to appease peripheral members of his ludicrously bloated squad, with the competition serving as a great opening for the Italian to claim silverware in year one. However, their sixth-place Premier League finish last time…
After a preseason that could hardly have gone more according to plan, a report has written how Paulo Fonseca’s first competitive game as AC Milan boss was a grounding experience. As La Gazzetta dello Sport write, Fonseca discovered that the ‘Milan planet’ is welcoming but certainly not easy to live on, as Saturday’s game against Torino showed when San Siro fell silent after his side went 2-0 down. They talk about the ‘headaches’ he has to solve. Zlatan Ibrahimovic said something interesting that afternoon while presenting Youssouf Fofana: “The four purchases were already objectives even before choosing the coach.” He essentially implied…
Cassano admits he’s a big fan of Spain captain Alvaro Morata. “Milan, in my opinion, have made the best purchase in Serie A, the striker,” Cassano said. “Morata is a player with a different quality, he’s fantastic. I am happy that he scored as well. He hasn’t trained with his new teammates much, but you can see from afar that he’s a different type of player to the others. “He’s phenomenal.”
Pierre Kalulu has said his goodbye to the AC Milan fans with a social media post after his move to Juventus was made official last night. On their official website, Juve announced that they have completed the signing of the Frenchman and the figures of the deal were also confirmed. The loan fee is €3.3m, payable in two financial years, then there is a €14m option to buy plus €3m in potential bonuses. Kalulu was left out of Milan’s squad for both the Monza and Torino games amid the advanced negotiations with Juventus, though it looked as though the move…
AC Milan and PUMA have officially unveiled the new third shirt for the 2024-25 season, one that ’embodies the spirit of Milanismo’. The shirt was released on the official website this morning, and it is one that reflects Milan’s culture which ‘thrives on creativity and vibrant colours’, and adds ‘a whole new layer of meaning to the beautiful game’. Maikel Oettle, Chief Commercial Officer of AC Milan: “This new Third kit developed by PUMA is a bold statement of what Milanismo stands for – innovation, elegance, and a deep connection to our city’s heritage. “We are excited to see our players…
Max Verstappen returns home to the Netherlands this weekend as Formula One makes a comeback from its summer break. The Red Bull star will hope that his jittering form is resolved ahead of his homecoming. A surprising barren run saw Verstappen fail to win any of the four races prior to the grid taking a month-long break. He complained of performance issues as he saw Lewis Hamilton win his first two events since 2021. Mercedes and McLaren will believe they can continue to close the gap on Red Bull, who need a positive Dutch GP performance.
Kamilla Cardoso actively blocking a Kahleah Copper shot during a recent Chicago Sky-Phoenix Mercury matchup has become a meme, and I cannot stop laughing. There’s really no bounds with WNBA and its fans. They will turn anything into a funny moment. Sanaa Lathan sitting courtside at a Sparks game? Seemingly infinite Love and Basketball jokes. The New York Liberty dropping buckets all over the court? Sabrina Ionescu breaks out the Olympic Turkish shooter celebration. So, when Kahleah Copper was doing Kahleah Copper things, leaving Kamilla Cardoso scrambling to find ways to stop her, somebody had the brilliant idea to turn the moment into a fantastic meme. The meme is slowly…
September 9, 2023, Coco Gauff had her crowning moment on Arthur Ashe Stadium as she won the US Open, her first career Grand Slam. It was the culmination of four years of highs and lows to get to the top, with Gauff’s card very much marked as a future star when upsetting five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams as a 15-year-old qualifier on her Slam debut in 2019. Success didn’t follow swiftly as some expected, with Gauff bettering her fourth-round run in that maiden appearance at the All England Club only once – a French Open quarter-final in 2021 – over…