MILAN NEWS
Everton coach Carlo Ancelotti awaits the directions from the Premier League but claims ‘today’s players can physically recover in 15 days’.
Juventus forward Gonzalo Higuain might leave this summer and a report in Argentina claims River Plate dream of a reunion with their former hero.
There are discussions for a ‘solidarity fund’ created from docking the wages of some Serie A and B players to help cover salaries of Serie C squads.
Plans are taking shape for how to get Serie A going again in May or June, with blanket coronavirus tests for squads, quarantine periods for those coming from abroad and structured training.
Ricardo Kaka happily admits “most of the best moments in my career were at Milan” rather than Real Madrid, but so was the worst.
Marcello Lippi is using the lockdown to watch the 2006 World Cup games and all his Finals, including the defeats. “I was pretty stunned by Zinedine Zidane’s” headbutt on Marco Materazzi.
Andriy Shevchenko describes his everlasting love for Milan. “These colours will always be in my heart, the club which made me a Champions League winner and helped me achieve everything in football.”
The number of deaths in Italy from coronavirus remains relatively stable, with 760 over the last 24 hours, reaching 13,915 in total.
Players’ Association President Damiano Tommasi insists cutting wages is “not a priority” right now, but rather a protocol for returning to duty and dealing with contracts if the season goes beyond June 30.
Vincenzo Montella looks back over his coaching career, including the “dream” at Milan, missing Papu Gomez and why he was “honouring objectives” at Fiorentina.
Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora announced there is “an extraordinary plan for sport to resume from May,” as Italy eye an easing of lockdown measures due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Demetrio Albertini claims Milan 'need a clear sporting project' and must avoid 'starting from scratch every year' after another disappointing season.
Agent Marcelo Lombilia has revealed that Mateo Musacchio was not happy to learn that he has lost his place in the side after having sacrificed himself for Milan.
Milan loanee Pepe Reina revealed that he ‘lost oxygen for 25 minutes’ after contracting coronavirus and claimed he “never had as much fun” as with Maurizio Sarri’s Napoli.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic admits his future at Milan and even his playing career are in doubt. “We’ll see, I don’t know what I want yet. Something new seems to happen every day.”
A new Government decree in Italy has banned training in sporting facilities for professionals until at least April 13 due to the coronavirus lockdown, effectively ending the debate between clubs.
Italy legend Enrico Albertosi discusses his title wins at Cagliari and Milan, the 1970 World Cup run and why he’d love to play for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.
A leading epidemiologist running one of Italy’s coronavirus taskforces warns it is “difficult” to see sport resume in Italy before the summer, although self-isolation prevented “tens of thousands more deaths.”
Fiorentina director Giancarlo Antognoni admits Federico Chiesa and Gaetano Castrovilli have received “many offers, but Rocco Commisso won’t sell.”
UEFA have announced an easing of the Financial Fair Play rules during the “current exceptional circumstances” of the coronavirus shutdown.
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