by David on January 3, 2012
After revealing that David Beckham will not be joining the club, Paris Saint-Germain have now turned their attention on Brazil internationals Alexandre Pato and Kaka, according to reports in France.
AFP says it has been told by sources close to PSG owners Qatar Sports Investments that the club are ready to continue their extensive investment over the past 12 months by spending 61.5 million euros on the two players.
Both Pato and Kaka, who played under new PSG manager Carlo Ancelotti at AC Milan, have been linked with the club before but AFP reports initial approaches are being made. Read more... (189 words, 1 image, estimated 45 secs reading time)
by Dewa Nugraha on December 21, 2011
Ac Milan temporarily reached the top spot of Serie A after picking up an important victory over Cagliari on Tuesday, an own goal from Pisano and Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s excellent effort gave the Rossoneri a comfortable two goals lead.
Meanwhile in the other game, Fiorentina still can’t get their consistent form going after failing to pick up a victory against Siena in the Tuscan derby, a result which will force Delio Rossi to improve the Viola’s performance in the new year. Read more... (363 words, 2 images, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)
by David on December 21, 2011
Just days before AC Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani is due in Manchester to talk with Man City about a deal for Carlos Tevez, City manager Roberto Mancini has once reiterated that City will only sell Tevez in January. They will not send him out on loan.
“We want Carlos to come back and play football and the best solution for us is to sell him. We can’t let him leave on loan,” he said.
The former Inter manager also said it set a bad precedent for City to allow key players to go out on loan deals. Read more... (286 words, 2 images, estimated 1:09 mins reading time)
by Dewa Nugraha on December 19, 2011
Juventus continue their reign in Serie A after picking up an important 2-0 victory over newly promoted side, Novara, with goals from Simone Pepe and also Fabio Quagliarela, who netted his first ever goal since December 2010.
The Turin giant’s success in leading the table on their own this weekend also happened due to Udinese’s failure in picking up three points against Lazio, forcing Francesco Guidolin’s team slipping into third position giving Ac Milan a spot at second place. Read more... (385 words, 2 images, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)
by Dewa Nugraha on December 16, 2011
A tough task for Italian teams on their Champions League journey, especially for Napoli and Ac Milan who are being paired with two English representatives, Chelsea along with Arsenal, while a much easier draw received by Inter Milan, who faces Marseille.
Obviously playing against two Londoners, will be a difficult task especially for the Rossoneri, who have been having poor results against premiership teams in the competition for last few seasons. Read more... (384 words, 2 images, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)
by Dewa Nugraha on December 12, 2011
Not many surprises actually occurred on this weekend’s Serie A matches, but a shocking episode happened at Renato Dall’ Ara where Bologna successfully held the Scudetto holder, Ac Milan in a pretty controversial 2-2 draw, which kept the Rossoneri temporarily sitting in third place.
That result boosted Udinese back into the top spot but Juventus could still take the leadership again should they manage to beat As Roma at Olympico on Monday evening. Read more... (437 words, 2 images, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)
by Dewa Nugraha on December 9, 2011
After having plenty criticism in the last few seasons after plenty disappointing results in Europe, Italian teams can have a big smile for the moment as they have three representatives in the next stage of Champions League, which is the biggest numbers compared to other countries.
After Ac Milan and Inter Milan already confirmed their qualification in previous week, Napoli confirmed them in the final group match by beating Villarreal 2-0, thanks to the second half goals from Gokhan Inler and also Marek Hamsik. Read more... (1202 words, 2 images, estimated 4:48 mins reading time)
by Dewa Nugraha on December 5, 2011
Ac Milan only managed to stay at the top of Serie A for a while as in Sunday, Juventus regain the throne after picking up a 2-0 victory over their visitor Cesena, with goals from Claudio Marchisio and Arturo Vidal’s dubious spot kick.
However, a much more interesting stuffs in Serie A last weekend happened in Florence where Fiorentina demolished As Roma, who in the end were playing only with eight men on the pitch. Read more... (434 words, 2 images, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)
by Dewa Nugraha on November 18, 2011
Daniele De Rossi made a pretty interesting statement recently which reportedly alerted Ac Milan even more in their attempt to prize up the As Roma midfielder as his contract will expire next season if no new deal can be concluded.
After previously being highly linked with mainly foreign clubs, De Rossi finally revealed that he could still stay in in Italy and play for another team aside from the Giallorossi, should he can’t reach an agreement with his current club or interested teams outside of Italy. Read more... (369 words, 1 image, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)
by Dewa Nugraha on November 18, 2011
A worrying news arrives from Fiorentina camp ahead of their upcoming difficult tie against Ac Milan on Saturday as reports from Italy suggested that the Viola might be missing Stevan Jovetic due to injury.
Revealed by the Florence based club’s website, Jovetic reportedly picked up a muscular lesion during the player’s international duty with Montenegro this past weekend, the club’s medical team is monitoring the injury and hoping that Jojo could make the Milan game. Read more... (357 words, 1 image, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)
After revealing that David Beckham will not be joining the club, Paris Saint-Germain have now turned their attention on Brazil internationals Alexandre Pato and Kaka, according to reports in France.
