It’s been a fascinating first half of the season in Italy as perennial champions Juventus have struggled under new manager Max Allegri while last year’s champions Inter Milan have not missed a beat under new boss Simone Inzaghi. SERIE A Top four: Inter, AC Milan, Napoli, Atalanta Most expected Inter Milan to struggle after losing [...]
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Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen was “gone” before he was resuscitated after suffering a cardiac arrest, the team’s doctor Morten Boesen said in a news conference on Sunday. Eriksen was taken to a hospital in Copenhagen on Saturday after he collapsed on the pitch during Denmark’s Euro 2020 opener against Finland. “He was gone, and we [...]
The European Super League has been officially suspended after all six English clubs formally withdrew from the ill-fated venture. On another dramatic night when Chelsea fans staged a mass protest outside Stamford Bridge before their Premier League clash with Brighton, Manchester City and Chelsea began the process of killing off the rebel league less than [...]
The European Super League has been announced by 12 of the biggest clubs in Europe, and the competition could begin as early as August 2021. The clubs that announced the Super League have left ECA and its President Andrea Agnelli resigned, becoming the Super League vice president along with Manchester United’s co-chairman Joel Glazer and [...]
UEFA has responded to the news of the European Super League with president Alexander Ceferin promising to punish participants in the Super League and says that any players involved “will be banned from the World Cup and Euros”. The announcement of a new European competition that would see a number of top clubs break away [...]
I wrote earlier this week about the financial troubles that Inter Milan’s Chinese owners are in. Inter owe over €200m in transfer fees to other clubs, with their biggest debt being too Manchester United for the signing of Romelu Lukaku back in 2019. Inter still owe United over €50m for Lukaku, and it appears that [...]
Inter Milan’s owners Suning Group have halted operations at its Chinese football clubs due to financial jeopardy – in a bombshell move which plunges the future of the Serie A giants into uncertainty. An announcement from the company last week announced that the Chinese Super League champions would no longer be in existence: “Due to [...]
Antonio Conte has publicly called out under-performing striker Alexis Sanchez by insisting ‘his numbers must be better.’ Conte has drawn attention to Sanchez’s lack of goalscoring following Inter Milan’s Coppa Italian semi-final first leg defeat to bitter rivals Juventus. The Italian boss cut a frustrated figure on the touchline as he was defeated by his [...]
Lionel Messi “already has a new team” and will join Inter instead of Manchester City, according to the agent who instigated his move to Barcelona as a youngster. Messi rocked Barcelona, and all of world football, on Tuesday when the six-time Ballon d’Or winner handed in a transfer request. The 33-year-old is reported to have [...]
We knew things were bad at the Camp Nou between the Barcelona players and the board. We knew that Lionel Messi was upset but still we were shocked when the news came out that Messi had activated a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave on a free transfer this summer. Although [...]
