Milan’s transition must begin long after it was needed

From Istanbul to Athens, Milan need a new project if they are to return to their recent heights.
The current England manager Fabio Capello once inherited a fantastically built AC Milan squad from Ariggo Sacchi in 1991 after the owner Silvio Berlusconi had decided that Sacchi’s tenure had ended. According to Berlusconi, every team has a [...]

The big Uefa sellout

The transfer of top live football from terrestrial to pay television continued with Uefa’s decision to hand Sky all-but one live game per matchday.

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Fernando Torres: The best finisher on the globe?

Fernando Torres has proven to be worth every penny as Liverpool’s search for a prolific forward came to an end with the Spaniard’s entrance. Yet after a trophyless season, Torres needs to help guide the club to Premier League glory in 2009 if his time at Anfield is to be heralded a success.

Another futile Euro campaign signals Mancini’s end

Roberto Mancini has stunned the footballing world by announcing the end to his tenure as Inter Milan coach following another premature Champions League exit, this time at the hands of Liverpool.

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Manchester United must revert to type after ineffective Lyons performance

So Manchester United, as expected, have progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. A 1-0 win was enough to see them through to the next round but the performance was hardly one to savour. In fact, I’d go as far as to say that it was one of their worst of the season.
Again, Alex [...]

Schuster heads down Capello way

Bernd Schuster bears some intriguing similarities to former Chelsea boss José Mourinho.
The German disregards the media with contempt, is utterly single-minded and could not deliver the prize he was ordered to win, the Champions League.
Schuster does offer a far more exciting style of football than Mourinho ever did at Stamford Bridge or Fabio Capello managed [...]

Splendorous Fàbregas leads his technicians to San Siro dethroning

Are Arsenal ready to replace Milan as champions of the continent? The mounting evidence suggests last season’s frustration-filled strugglers could just do so; becoming the first English side to win on Milan’s own patch has the jury preparing a unanimous verdict in the trial of the lethal youngsters who are wreaking havoc on the Premier [...]

Youth and experience cancel each other out at the Emirates

It was billed as the clash between young and old, the grand masters of European football versus the new pretenders.
But after 90 exhausting yet goalless minutes at the Emirates, we are still no nearer to knowing just who will be taking their place in the last eight.
AC Milan will be the happier side with the [...]