SPINNAZOLA MAKES ITALY RETURN AGAINST ARGENTINA

June 17, 2022 by TheSpecialOne

AS Roma defender Leonardo Spinnazola made his return to the Italian national team during the Finnalisima clash with two-time world champions Argentina. The Finnalisima involves the winner of the European Championship and the Copa America.

Italian football enjoyed some sort of renaissance on the back of missing out on the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia after winning the Euro 2020 tournament last summer. The Italians won the tournament by beating the Three Lions of England on penalties after the two teams played out a 1-1 draw at the end of extra time. Italian football has dropped from the lofty heights reached by winning the Euro 2020 tournament after failing to qualify for the World Cup tournament in Qatar this year. At Euro 2020, Spinnazolasuffered a serious Achilles injury thus ruling him out for several months. He made his return to injury for AS Roma just before the end of this season.

SKRINIAR: INTER KEEN ON NEW DEAL

June 2, 2022 by TheSpecialOne

Italian football giants Inter Milan are reportedly keen to offer Milan Skriniar a new deal to ward off the interest of several top clubs in the player. This is according to the report from Italian football publication La Gazzettadello Sport which claimed that several English teams are on the trail of the Slovakian international centre back. It was stated that the Premier League trio of Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea are keen on signing Skriniar who has one year left on his current Inter Milan contract. His current deal with the Nerazzuri will expire next summer.

Skriniar has been one of the best defenders in the Italian Serie A over the course of the past two seasons. He was an important player for the Inter Milan team that won the league in the Italian football top flight last season. Skriniar and his Inter Milan side are in the hunt for a second successive league title, but they are not in the driving seat. AC Milan are in the driving seat with two more points ahead of the final league game for the two teams. Inter Milan are at home to Sampdoria on Sunday, while AC Milan are away to Sassuolo on the same day.

MILAN COPING BETTER THAN INTER WITHOUT VETERAN TALISMAN

May 9, 2022 by TheSpecialOne

Milan is coping better without its veteran talisman than Inter Milan. And that’s bad news for defending champion Inter heading into the final four matches of the Italian league season. Milan has had to play large swathes of the season without Zlatan Ibrahimović but dealt with his absence well, with the 40-year-old forward a constant presence on the sidelines, cheering and urging his younger teammates on.

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Inter played one match without its captain Samir Handanović and may well have seen its chances of retaining the title evaporate. The 37-year-old goalkeeper faces a race to be fit for Sunday’s match at Udinese, which has become a must-win game. Handanović, who had played all 33 of Inter’s previous league games this season, missed Wednesday’s rescheduled match against Bologna with a back problem and was replaced by Ionuț Radu.

NAPOLI: OSIMHEN ALLAYS INJURY FEARS

April 14, 2022 by TheSpecialOne

Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen has allayed fears over the thigh injury he sustained in training with his Italian football club earlier this week. The Napoli star used his Instagram story to tell fans that he would be available for the home game against Fiorentina in the Italian Serie A this weekend.

Osimhen, 23, picked up a thigh problem during Napoli training on Wednesday and it made him a doubt for the league clash with Fiorentina on Sunday with his Italian football team keen to end their long wait for the Italian Serie A title this season. Napoli are in a three-horse race for the Italian Serie A title alongside holders Inter Milan and AC Milan.

TRANSFER NEWS: ORIGI ON MILAN RADAR

March 29, 2022 by TheSpecialOne

Liverpool striker Divock Origi is reportedly on the radar of Italian football team AC Milan. This is according to reports coming out of Italian football. It has been revealed that the Belgian senior national team star is in advanced talks with Milan over a free transfer move to the club.

Origi is on course to leave Liverpool this summer as a free agent as he has a few months to go on his contract at the club right now and Italian football giants Milan are ready to offer him a new lease of life after failing to nail down a regular spot in the Liverpool starting XI. There’s a lot of competition for places in the Liverpool attack at the moment and Origi is behind the likes of new signing Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah in the pecking order.

SERIE A: GIROUD STUNS NAPOLI

March 10, 2022 by TheSpecialOne

French striker Olivier Giroud has scored a lot of crucial goals for AC Milan this season as the most exciting league in Italian football enters the final ten matchdays. The ex-Arsenal and Chelsea hitman had scored some big goals for Milan this season in their quest to win the Italian Serie A title and he repeated the feat during the away game against Napoli.

Giroud has done very well in his first season in Italian football though he has played second fiddle to Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the AC Milan attack whenever the Swede is fit. French World Cup winner Giroud has shown that he thrives best when he’s not in the shadows of Ibrahimovic.

ADVANTAGE JUVENTUS AFTER VILLARREAL FIRST LEG

February 27, 2022 by TheSpecialOne

Italian football giants Juventus have a slight advantage as the home team in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 clash with Spanish La Liga side Villarreal after the first leg at the El Madrigal ended in a 1-1 draw. The Italian football heavyweights are the favourites to go through to the quarterfinals at the end of the second leg billed for the Allianz Stadium in Turin in March because of home advantage.

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Villarreal were one of the most in-form teams in La Liga ahead of their first leg clash with Juventus, but they made a bad start against the Italian football giants when they could not stop Serbian international DusanVlahovic from scoring after a long ball out of the Juventus defence from Brazilian star Danilo. Vlahovic was playing his first Champions League game in the colours of the Old Lady whom he joined from fellow Italian football side Fiorentina last month. The Serbian had a lot of interests from the Premier League, but his preference has always been to sign for Juventus and he did just that before the latest winter transfer window ended some weeks ago. Juventus paid around €75m to secure his transfer from Fiorentina.

CHELSEA TURN DOWN APPROACH FOR LOFTUS-CHEEK

February 8, 2022 by TheSpecialOne

Premier League club Chelsea have turned down an approach for one of their midfielders from Italian Serie A giants Juventus according to various reports coming out of the Italian media. Italian football outfit Juventus won’t let Arsenal target Arthur leave the club if they don’t sign a replacement.

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Juventus are keen on signing Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek as they see him as the potential replacement for Brazil international Arthur.

ROMA CLOSING IN ON MAITLAND-NILES

January 20, 2022 by TheSpecialOne

Italian football club AS Roma are said to be closing in on a loan move for Arsenal utility player Ainsley Maitland-Niles with an option to buy him at the end of the loan deal.

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AS Roma officials and their Arsenal counterparts have been in discussion over the past few days since England international Maitland-Niles showed interest in moving to Italian football. The player is said to be keen to join Jose Mourinho in Italian football.

DEMBELE: JUVENTUS, UNITED HANDED BOOST

December 16, 2021 by TheSpecialOne

Italian football giants Juventus and Premier League team Manchester United have been handed a big boost in their pursuit of Barcelona winger OusmaneDembele following the news that the Frenchman could leave his club next summer after Joan Laporta admitted that contract talks are slower than required. Barcelona president Laporta met with the media on Thursday and he revealed that contract talks with Dembeleare slower than what he or other Barcelona board members want as revealed via Spanish media outlet Cope.

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The contract update from Laporta on Dembele would be a welcomed development at clubs such as three-time European champions Manchester United, Italian football club Juventus and new Premier League moneybags Newcastle United who have all been linked with the Frenchman who has a little over six months on his existing Barcelona deal.