AC Milan have been hit with a €8,000 fine after their fan's unfurled a banner referencing former player Antonio Cassano's heart surgery. The Italy international requested a move in the summer and ended up being transferred to local rivals Inter Milan. That has, predictably, made him a hate figure among Milan fans and that theme [.
When you sell your two best players during the summer, and let almost all of your most
experienced players leave on Bosman's, the fact that AC Milan lost 1-0 at home to newly promoted
Sampdoria probably should not be a surprise.
Still nobody gave Sampdoria much of a chance in the San Siro, but the Milan faithful were
stunned when
Andrea Costa scored the only goal of the game in the 58th minute from a corner and, although the
Rossoneri hit the woodwork twice, their fans made their feelings clear at the final whistle.
It finally came. The speech Milan fans have all been waiting for in this summer of discontent.
After an exodus of the club's two best players and a host of experienced campaigners, coupled with
the lack of major arrivals, Silvio Berlusconi's time had come. He had to say something. Milan fans
were hoping to hear [.
It is done and dusted. Zlatan Ibrahimovic has officially signed for Paris Saint-Germain. He may not
have been the most popular player among Milan fans, but, his presence will be certainly missed on
the pitch. It may have only been two years, but, for all this time he was one of Milan's most
important players, [.
Liverpool striker Andy Carroll has been identified as a transfer target by the son of AC Milan
owner Silvio Berlusconi, who has urged his father to pull off the shock signing of the summer.
Italian media mogul Pier Silvio Berlusconi, who is the president of Mediaset, the holding company
that owns AC Milan, has acted as a consultant on the Rossoneri's transfer business in recent years,
as the club seek to replace their ageing stars with a new wave of young talent.
AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi has declared Zlatan Ibrahimovic the best striker in the world
and insists that even if a gargantuan bid was received for the Swede, the club won't sell due to
the lack of an adequate replacement.
In a recent column, this writer contemplated a direct swap of Ibrahimovic for Edin Dzeko between
Milan and English champions Manchester City.
No, no, no, no. I think that about sums up what will be the reactions of Milan fans around the
world if, or rather when, Thiago Silva's transfer to Paris Saint-Germain is confirmed. Monday has
seen a fury of rumours, reports and speculation which at times made it hard to know what was going
on. [...]
When Alessandro Nesta announced his intention to leave last week, he revealed what had been his
favourite victory as a Milan player: ""The best ever victory? Winning the Champions League for the
first time against Juventus in Manchester". Many, if not nearly all, Milan fans will be able to
recall that wonderful night at Old [.
I do love the end of the season when stadiums erupt out of nowhere because something big
happened elsewhere...
...err, nothing happened in the Juventus game, with whom they're fighting for the title and the
only other game going on. Did they do it to buoy the players?
Afore last night's Champions League quarter-final betwixt the two sides (more on that in a short
while), the Milan fans in the Curva Sud put on a bit of a show, cobbling together a gigantic Pacman
mosaic that saw the little yellow Babybel chasing down a Barca-coloured ghost with the word
'Mangiamoli!
Good news for Coach Allegri and Milan fans as Alessandro Nesta, Kevin Prince Boateng and Alexa
Pato all resumed training today ahead of their Champions League first leg knockout match against
Arsenal on Wednesday.
With both teams coming off late winners in their weekend league fixtures, it will be interesting
to see how they both approach the game.
I was surprised when i learnt that Milan had signed Ghanaian Sulley Muntari on loan from cross
town rivals Inter considering his form the past couple of seasons. Muntari who is on international
duty with Ghana in the African Cup of Nations, will be with the Rossoneri until the end of the
season when his current contract with Inter is set to expire.
Italian champions AC Milan have stated that they will be making a decision on signing Carlos
Tevez today. Tevez who has been making headlines since he infamously snubbed Roberto Mancini's
request to come on as a substitute in their Champions League fixture against Bayern Munich last
September, remains AWOL in his native Argentina.
Swedish international and AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been named Serie's A's best
player for 2011. This comes as no surprise bearing the season he had with the Rossoneri.
The annual award ceremony which was held in Milan, is voted for by Serie A players and
recognises the best player, best coach, best club and the best referee.
I had the same feeling as those thousands of Milan fans at the San Siro on Sunday night who left
their seats early. A feeling of resignation, hopelessness and defeat even before the final whistle
was sounded. It was by no means the worst Milan performance ever, but, it was far from the best. We
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So the Carlos Tevez transfer saga is starting to get a little boring. Recent reports emerging
say that the 27 year old is eager to join Milan despite City being totally against Milan's loan
plan.
AC Milan Vice President Adriano Galliani is set to meet City this Thursday in a final meeting
that is intended to iron out all the contentious issues.
Former Barcelona and AC Milan star Ronaldinho who now plays for Brazilian club Flamengo has not
been paid for the last 4 months and according to his brother who also doubles up as his agent,
Gaucho is starting to lose patience with the club.
It is known the exact amount Dinho is paid every week, but it is believed to be in the region of
£95,000.
It's completely normal for a successful footballer to own more than two phones, as we've
witnessed from Carles Puyol last Friday. Of course, when you're signing a
multi-million dollar contract with Santos (DESCULPE,Flo'Rida
Perez!), you've gotta put your goods on show as Neymar is doing here!
The good, the bad, and the really, they're still technically Liverpool players? Not to
mention the I really wish they were still at Liverpool players. Plus Joe Cole. It's time to
get up to speed on how Liverpool's loanees are doing as the club moves into the meat of the
season...
Alberto Aquilani
Remember when everybody was cool with Alberto Aquilani leaving because he really didn't want to
be at Liverpool and he was soft in the tackle and the club had Raul Meireles anyhow, who at least
was already proven in the Premier League, and as long as the club kept one of them around they'd be
deeper in midfield then they had been the year before so it'd be cool?
It has been a week to forget for Milan fans. Mainly because of what happened at the Juventus Arena
on Sunday night. It was a match that highlighted nearly everything that is wrong with this current
Milan side. Too old, too slow, too tactically rigid, zero creativity, Ibra-dependent,
Nesta-dependent, did I miss any.
Alessandro Nesta and The Classiest Moment at the Camp Nou last night
35 years old. 78 caps for Italy. 19 years of club football calcio in Italy. For Milan fans, for
Italians across the world, Alessandro Nesta is a man that makes you proud to be associated with him
in any way, shape, or form.
We Milan fans are lucky. Many a night have we been blessed with magical moments in Europe's premier
club competition, the Champions League. The greatest recent memory was the year of 2007. Italian
football was a mess after Calciopoli reshaped and distorted the Serie A as a viably competitive
league. Forget the Azzurri's triumph in [.
Italian football may not have the most squeaky-clean image, but Serie A giants Milan have shown
a decent amount of generosity by agreeing to refund the season tickets of Rossoneri fans
disgruntled by the sale of two the club's biggest star, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva.
Upset by the sale of Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to PSG, a group of Milan supporters
expressed the widely held disappointment of their fellow fans by leaving a small funeral
arrangement outside the club's via Turati offices. A funeral card, candles and flowers were set up
near the building's front door in the scene made to symbolize the faith some fans have left in the
club after selling two of their best players.
As we've seen with the bunga bunga parties and relations with underage prostitues that ended his
marriage and mishandling of Italy's economic crisis which forced him to resign as prime minister,
Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi has never been one to consider the potential consequences of his
actions.
AAAAHHHHHHHH I AM ARTUR BORUC AND THIS IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT MADE ME ANGRY THIS WEEK:
1. BALL -- COME BACK HERE!!!!!!!!!!! COME BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH IF MY LEG
STOPS WORKING FROM BENDING LIKE THIS I'M GOING TO USE IT TO BEAT THE CRUD OUT OF RODRIGO PALACIO'S
CAR!
While Milan fans already won for most visually wonderful display of the week, Schalke fans take
the award for best expression of displeasure.
Schalke played Athletic Bilbao at the Veltins Arena for the first leg of their Europa League
quarterfinal after it had been announced that tickets for the second leg in Bilbao, Spain would
cost Schalke fans €90 per ticket.
On Thursday, following the scoreless first leg of Milan and Barcelona's Champions League
quarterfinal, Barcelona filed an official complaint with UEFA regarding the sloppy condition of the
pitch at the San Siro. This is Xavi's plea...
Gentlemen of UEFA,
Normally, I would introduce myself as Xavi -- defender of all that is good and just -- and I
would offer you a generous gift of train whistles and various cheeses, but today there is no time
for such pleasantries.
With Champions League all the talk this week, famed French sports newspaper L'Equipe has published
what it believes to be the all-time European dream team. For us Milan fans, it only reinforces the
greatness that our club has achieved over the years. Only three players still playing were included
in the list; Barcelona's Lionel [.
It was perhaps the best news of the week. For Milan fans, these days, speculation about a new owner coming in is most welcomed given the club's declining fortunes under Silvio Berlusconi. It has been reported that Michele Ferrero, owner of Ferrero chocolate company and, according to Forbes, Italy's richest man could purchase the club [.
Milan defender Ignazio Abate has said the kind of words that will endear him to Milan fans even
further. Amid speculation that PSG are snooping around for his signature, Abate has stated that he
wants to stay at Milan for "as long as possible". Former Milan boss Leonardo deserves much credit
for helping Abate's transformation [.
