INTER MILAN may end the 2020-21 Italian football season as champions for the first time since 2010, but they will certainly enter the near-term future with a new look and feel. Against a backdrop of financial worries, caused by the troubles of their owner, Suning, not to mention a mountain of debt on the club’s […]
SERIE A is certainly more interesting this season, with the two Milan clubs, Napoli and Juventus all title contenders. Although the campaign, at 10 games in, is still in its infancy, it is clear that Juventus, champions for nine consecutive years, are not going to have things their own way in 2020-21. With the national […]
THERE WAS a time when English football glanced enviously across Europe to Italy, viewing its league as the epitome of glamour, cosmopolitanism and affluence. Italy had the world’s leading players, the most passionate and colourful supporters and the financial clout to attract top talent. Furthermore, its clubs, AC Milan, Internazionale and Juventus, among others, represented […]
The knives are being sharpened in Milan after another week of soul-searching for the two former giants of European football. Inter were beaten 3-1 at Sassuolo, while Milan – despite some hazardous defending – beat Serie B-bound Parma by the same scoreline. Inter are 24 points behind leaders Juventus, and the Roberto Mancini sceptics are […]
Alarm bells have been ringing in Italian football, with just a solitary representative from Serie A making it through to the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League. In the past, three clubs from what was once Europe’s most glamorous football league have regularly competed in the knockout stages. And it is only four seasons […]
