Mario Mandzukic’s personal fitness coach Luka Milanovic reveals why the Croat chose Milan and says the striker will be 100% fit in ‘two or three weeks.’

Mandzukic has joined Milan as a free agent. He played his last competitive game in March 2020 with Qatar club Al-Duhail.

“Mario called me five months ago to start an intense period of individual preparation together,” Milanovic told Tuttosport.

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Former Serie A star Hernan Crespo is 'happy' Milan and Inter have a real chance to end Juventus domination this season and reveals he suggested Lautaro Martinez snub a move to Barcelona.

Crespo scored 153 goals in 340 Serie A games during his playing career. He played for Inter, Milan, Parma, Lazio and Genoa.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Simon Kjaer didn’t suffer an injury against Cagliari on Monday and will be fit to face Atalanta next weekend. 

The Dane was substituted during the half time break at the Sardegna Arena due to back pain, but the pink paper reports he will be eligible to play against La Dea on Saturday.

Stefano Pioli remains short of options at the back as Milan are without the suspended Alessio Romagnoli and Theo Hernandez who has tested positive for COVID.

VAR is so popular in Italy that it even crept into tonight’s Senate vote of no confidence in the Government – with Adriano Galliani involved.

It was Galliani who pushed for the introduction of goal-line technology when he was CEO of Milan, and he remains in football now as the chief of Serie B side Monza.

Galliani is also a Senator and therefore was present in this evening’s Senate vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s Government.

Mario Mandzukic explains why ‘ambition’ drew him to Milan, reuniting with former teammates and matching ‘beast’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The 34-year-old Croatian wore the Juventus jersey from 2015 to 2020, but is feeling a little rusty with his Italian, so preferred to give the interview to Milan TV in his native tongue.

“There are various reasons why I chose Milan. It’s an historic club and fully satisfies my ambitions. We all know what Milan represent.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic bagged a brace against Cagliari, played 90 minutes and gave a post-match interview to someone younger than him, so the Milan veteran had something to say.

Ibra made his comeback from the start in last night’s 2-0 Serie A victory at the Sardegna Arena.

He was inevitably chosen as Man of the Match and he was taken to one side after the final whistle for the touchline interview.

Most players are a little short of breath when going into these encounters, so 39-year-old Ibra was in no mood to be rushed.

Milan have agreed terms with Chelsea for Fikayo Tomori, on loan with option to buy for €30m, and he’s expected in Italy for a medical over the next 24 hours.

Multiple sources in Italy confirm it is a done deal and he will fly out either this evening or tomorrow morning.

Everyone from Sky Sport Italia, Fabrizio Romano, Calciomercato.com and Tuttomercatoweb all have the same details.

The defender will move on a paid loan for six months with an option to buy for €30m (circa £25m).

Gennaro Gattuso discusses his friendship with Andrea Pirlo ahead of the Supercoppa, warning Napoli and Juventus have ‘changed identity’ over six months and won’t be lulled into a false sense of security.

It kicks off on Wednesday at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia at 20.00 GMT.

The trophy is between the Scudetto and Coppa Italia holders, to be decided after 90 minutes, extra time or even penalties.

Fabian Ruiz and Victor Osimhen are still out with COVID-19, but Andrea Petagna and Dries Mertens are available despite knocks.

Mattia Zaccagni ‘will certainly find space at one of the big Italian clubs in June, as Hellas Verona cannot keep him,” said his agent.

The 25-year-old creative midfielder is a product of the Verona youth academy and has gone from strength to strength over the last two seasons.

In the current campaign, he scored four goals and provided six assists in 18 Serie A games, earning interest from Napoli, Milan, Inter, Roma and Lazio.