The year is 1461 – Portuguese explorers have just sailed onto the shores of modern day Sierra Leone, just above the Gulf of Guinea. It’s the tipping point of...
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The 10 most controversial transfers in Serie A history
In a transfer window brimming with narratives, Leonardo Bonucci’s move to AC Milan is undoubtedly Serie A’s biggest story. His decision to swap Turin for Milan has rocked Italian...
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Reminiscing about Ray: How Wilkins helped AC Milan on their path to revival
I went to Milan and had an absolute ball of a time. In the summer of 1984, two of football’s most distinguished names earned record breaking moves to Serie...
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Patrick Cutrone: The Milan starlet hoping to avoid the fate of his striking predecessors
In terms of new signings, this summer has definitely been Milan’s most sensational in a long time. New players are turning heads and a Europa League qualifying round match...
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Andrea Conti: The consummate terzino fluidificante
Modern football and its many advances in tactical theory have gradually steered away from the norm. Managers are demanding more from every individual on the pitch; the penalty box...
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Shaking hands with the devil: Gianluigi Donnarumma’s contractual conundrum
“Non si accettano ricotti…avanti così AC Milan” “We don’t accept blackmailing….go on like this,” read Curva Sud’s banner last week outside of Casa Milan, as renewal talks between star...
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Celebrating the 10 greatest goals of Hernan Crespo’s Italian career
There aren’t many greater examples of a ‘complete striker’ than Hernan Crespo. Leaving River Plate and his beloved nation of Argentina to sign for Parma in 1996, his adventure...
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An ode to Massimo Ambrosini: Often underappreciated, always unwavering
After 12 years, AC Milan needed a new captain. Paolo Maldini had retired a blue-eyed God, seven Scudetti and five Champions Leagues weighing the armband down considerably. There were...
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Suso Fernandez: The rise of AC Milan’s Il Cardellino
It all started with Rafa Benitez. You might ask how Jesús Joaquín Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, otherwise known as “Suso”, has a connection with the now Newcastle manager....
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Nereo Rocco: the master of Italian football
On a balmy early May afternoon in 1979, AC Milan clinched their tenth Serie A title with a game in hand. A mundane 0-0 draw at home against Bologna...
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