Down to Ten Men

AC Milan has approached former RB Leipzig coach Ralf Rangnick to discuss about his availability as the new coach of the club. Milan isn’t having a good season from the beginning of the game. In 2019 –2020 season, they were in the 13th place in the initial stage of the tournament. Marco Giampaolo was sacked due to the poor performance of the team. Gennaro Gattuso was replaced by him but he only lasted four months. Presently the team is working under Stefano Pioli who has brought considerable changes in the team.

There are discussions going on when to resume the league. Italian Soccer Federation has decided to resume the league at the beginning of May. Italian league’s Serie A had their last match on March 9 when Sassuolo won the match against Brescia for three against none. The country for the past 6 weeks is absent of football league due to coronavirus.

Italy manager Roberto Mancini has urged Chelsea defender Emerson to make the return to the Serie A in order to enhance his prospects of representing the national team. The left-back was in good form for club and country at the beginning of the campaign but he unfortunately picked up a thigh injury on international duty.

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has said that midfielder Adam Lallana will evaluate his options during this summer’s transfer window. The England international has been with Liverpool for the past five-and-a-half years but he has been fancied to leave them on a free transfer when his contract concludes in June.

As a result, a number of elite clubs including Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, and Leicester City have been credited with an interest and Rodgers has openly hinted that the Foxes would make an approach for the former Southampton captain, he told: “Adam is a fantastic player and one I brought into Liverpool.”

Ashley Young and Romelu Lukaku are two former Old Trafford stars leading the line for Antonio Conte’s new-look Inter outfit.

Former Chelsea and Juventus manager Conte recently traded West London after a year’s sabbatical and turned his back on Turin loyalties to join the Nerazzurri as they fight to regain the Serie A Scudetto.

Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini has dismissed the club’s prospects of challenging for the Serie A crown following their 5-0 thumping of AC Milan. Atalanta have remained in the top six of the Italian top-flight for most of the season and they have gone into the winter break in the fifth spot, four points behind the Champions League places.

Speaking in a press conference, Gasperini was pleased with the club’s strong end to the year which has seen them keep up in the top-four race and qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League. He added that Atalanta are unlikely to recover the 11-point gap to Inter and Juventus in the race for the league title and the focus remains on attaining Champions League football for the next campaign.