I HATE AC Milan – Page 9 – Booooo to the Rossoneri!

EVANI BACKS SHAARAWY

The former AC Milan star Alberigo Evani has said that the 19-year-old striker Stephan El Shaarawy has the potential to become one of the best in the world. Due to the absence of big name players like Robinho and Alex Pato, the AC Milan manager has been using the 19-year-old striker Stephan El Shaarawy in the matches on a regular basis recently.

He has rewarded the faith of the manager by scoring a lot of goals in the last few matches. He will be coming into the Milan derby during the weekend as one of the players to watch. Speaking ahead of the Milan derby, former AC Milan star Alberigo Evani says that he could become the next Shevchenko.

The 49-year-old has won all the major titles with AC Milan during his 13 year spell with the Italian club. He has even managed to lift the European Cup and is rightly regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the club. However, AC Milan have fallen into troubled times of late and have had to sell a number of high profile players in order to reduce the debt of the club. As a result, AC Milan go into the Milan derby not as the favourite to win the match.

“Finally, something happens. There is more confidence now in the quality of [young players], which is not lacking. You just need more courage to take risks, and we can work harder because you have to start from the bottom. However, I think it will be a quality derby, as usual. I like [what] Milan is doing, without giving too much prominence. Stephan is intelligent, and has undoubted quality but [he] should know that you can always improve and that you can not lie still in football, in a moment [you can] lose everything,” said Evani.

MEXES WANTED TO STAY

The AC Milan defender Philippe Mexes has said that he never thought about leaving the club in the summer transfer window, despite the club experiencing a lot of difficulties in terms of many high profile players leaving the club.

AC Milan have been criticised a lot by the fans in recent months due to the fact that they have sold a number of players like Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the context of reducing the financial burden at the club. As a result, they are not expected to be close to challenging for the title. Yet, the French defender Philippe Mexes, who moved from Roma a few seasons ago, has said that he is happy to stay at the San Siro to play for a club like AC Milan.

The 30-year-old French defender has been linked with a move to the Premier league with Arsenal being reported as one of the possible destination. However, no official bid from the Premier league club materialised in the final few days of the transfer window and Philippe Mexes still remains as an AC Milan player. Milan were beaten 1-0 by Sampdoria on the opening day of the season, but they recovered to beat Bologna 3-1 in the second match of the season.

“The important thing for me is to be here at Milan. It wasn’t the happiest of summers, even though the birth of my daughter brought some smiles to my face. It wasn’t easy being here training twice a day and hearing all the [transfer] market rumours. I never asked to leave the club. Now I’m back and I want to show the fans that I’m here to stay. I never thought about leaving Milan. My present and my future is here,” Philippe Mexes said to the journalists on Thursday.

AC MAY CHANGE STYLE

The AC Milan manager Massimiliano Allegri is contemplating changing the style of football at the San Siro this season in order to reclaim the title back from Juventus, with David Beckham‘s annual loan move set to be snubbed this year.

AC Milan managed to lift the Italian Serie A after a long time couple of seasons ago. However, Juventus managed to reclaim the title back from them last season after finishing unbeaten.

It was a first time that a side has managed the feat in the current league format. This is an achievement that is clearly recognised by Massimiliano Allegri, who has said that it will take a superhuman effort in order to bring back the title from the old lady.

This coupled with the loss of Zlatan Ibrahimovic says that AC Milan have to change the style of play in order to be competitive this season. Due to the extraordinary talent of the former Barcelona striker, AC Milan simply had to give the ball to the Swedish striker, who would then put the ball back in the net effortlessly. Without the 30-year-old leading the attack, AC Milan will have to change the attacking style in such a way that the football is played more on the ground. Allegri has also said that Juventus will be hard to stop this season after they have made some intelligent purchases.

“Ibra makes the play very centralised, whereas now the football will be distributed in a different way. At the end of last season we had too many injuries and lost Thiago, while the Champions League elimination was a psychological blow. But that doesn’t mean we should’ve lost the Scudetto. Are Juventus set to dominate? Last year the papers said we were going to dominate, that it was a battle between Milan and Inter. Yet Juve emerged unbeaten, so, who knows?,” said the AC Milan manager.

ZLATAN COMPLETES MOVE

Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has completed his move to French club PSG from Italian club AC Milan. The 30-year-old is a well-known face in Italian football after having won numerous trophies with the Milan clubs.

However, this will be just his second departure from Italian football in three seasons after he recently moved to Barcelona where he spent just one season before returning to Italian football with AC Milan.

He helped AC Milan to the Italian Serie A title after many seasons, although he was unable to repeat the feat last season. Yet, he finished as the top scorer in the division, and Milan will certainly be extremely happy to let him leave.

The French club PSG made a combined offer of around £ 52 million for both Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva, which was accepted by the club. It certainly makes a lot of financial sense for AC Milan given the fact that the striker recently turned 30 years of age. He is expected to offer only about three more years of top-level football due to the numerous injury problems. His departure will be now mean that AC Milan are likely to keep former Manchester City striker Robinho, as they will be left without any quality forwards in the team apart from Antonio Cassano.

“I wanted to thank PSG and [sporting director] Leonardo for their work, they made the impossible possible. This is another step in my career, another dream that has come true. This has been a massive thing in the media, people chasing me in my home. This is not normal, I will chase them back. I have come to a dream team that will progress. I want to be a part of the future, of the history of this club. I’m only thinking about what’s ahead,” said Ibrahimovic.

ALLEGRI RULES OUT BALOTELLI

AC Milan manager Massimiliano Allegri has said that the club will not be making a move for Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli, who has been linked with a move away from Eastlands in the last couple of months.

The 21-year-old Italian has become a major disruptive influence in the Premier league club, which has led to speculation that manager Roberto Mancini has finally lost his patience with the former Inter Milan star. Mario Balotelli arrived at Manchester city for £ 24 million in 2010. Even though he played a vital role in Manchester City winning the title this season, he almost was the reason for them losing the same.

It has been speculated in recent weeks that AC Milan will be interested in selling Robinho after the Brazilian has failed to recreate his magic from the last few seasons. The Brazilian forward has been linked with a return to his home country with former club Santos.

This would leave the space for another forward to arrive at the San Siro especially considering that influential players like Filippo Inzaghi have left the club in the summer. Milan are also looking at reducing the age of the squad, and the 21-year-old Mario Balotelli could be an ideal solution.

However, Massimiliano Allegri has ruled out making any bids for Balotelli. “Balotelli? No. Mario is not coming to Milan. I hope he matures because a footballer’s career is short. He should not have regrets for the mistakes he has made,” said Massimiliano Allegri in response to the speculation surrounding Balotelli.

After being warned of being left out of the Euro 2012 squad, Italy Football team manager Prandelli decided to take Balotelli to the major tournament due to the lack of high-profile strikers within the squad. Milan will be looking to build a team on Cassano next season.

ALLEGRI CLOSE TO SACK

AC Milan manager Massimiliano Allegri has rejected speculation that he will be leaving the club at the end of this season.

The manager has come under intense pressure after failing to progress past the quarter-final stage of the Champions League, while the club also looks set to lose the Italian Serie A title to Juventus.

AC Milan manager Massimiliano Allegri has rejected speculation that he will be leaving the club at the end of this season.

However, many regard this season to be a success given that they faced Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Further, Juventus have been undefeated in the season, as the extraordinary decision to let Pirlo leave the club in the summer looks even more baffling.

There have been rumours that Massimiliano Allegri would be sacked in the summer in order to make way for a new coach. However, the manager rejected such rumours by saying that he will be staying with Milan for the next two years, as he has a contract with the club.

Allegri was celebrated in various quarters only last season after leading AC Milan to the title following many years of domination in the Italian Serie A by Inter Milan. AC Milan are currently three points behind leaders Juventus at the top of the table, while they will have a crucial Milan derby in a fortnight.

“I’ve only just started working here and since I arrived the team has changed a lot, which is a journey that will continue until 2014. I have an excellent relationship with Berlusconi while I work every day with Galliani and over the last two years we’ve had some excellent results. However, it’s the club that will decide but I feel good at Milan. Berlusconi has told me not to think about what’s being said,” said Allegri ahead of the match with Atalanta on Wednesday night. Juventus will be playing against Lecce, who are in the relegation zone.

WHY I HATE AC MILAN

A club owned by Silvio Berlusconi, one that was implicated in the 2006 match fixing scandal that rocked Italy, a club that saw Dida rolling around in agony from the slightest touch from a Celtic fan, the side that drank champagne at half time when 3-0 up against Liverpool in 2005, the fans cheering injuries to opposing players.

There are any number of reasons to hate AC Milan, yet they still sit at the top of Italian and European football, which only goes to make them more infuriating.

Their owner, the former Italian Prime Minister Silviio Berlusconi, is one of the most disgraced politicians since the cold war. His “Bunga-bunga parties”, the corruption in Italian politics that he oversaw and the serious criminal charges he has warded off simply by being Prime Minister. This man alone is enough to turn a neutral against Milan.

Add to their vile owner the way they damaged one of the great footballing nations in 2006. As the national side were being crowned World Champions the likes of Milan along with Lazio, Juventus and others were being found guilty of match fixing and receiving penalties for their offences.

Milan seemed to get away with it though receiving only an 8 point deduction. They returned to European football instantly and won the Champions League in 2007!

Their previous appearance in the Champions League also gives reason to hate AC. When 3-0 up at half time in the final their players and staff were photographed drinking Champagne in the dressing room. This arrogance came back to bite them when their opponent, Liverpool, scored 3 quick second half goals and went on the win the European Cup on penalties.

There are plenty of other reasons that quickly add up to reveal Milan as far from a respectable, major European side. They have seemingly been around at the top of the football pyramid for as long as anyone can remember yet do they deserve it? I think not.

Dida Floored By Fan

Here’s a video from a year ago showing AC Milan playing up to their stereotype.

Theres a break in play, whilst a player receives treatment. A fan runs on to the pitch in the San Siro, making the most of his chance to run around the pitch.

He approaches AC Milan’s goalkeeper, Dida, and tries to embrace him as he runs past him, with one eye on the stewards who have started to chase him.

Dida tries to run after him, but is too fat and slow, so instead drops to his knees in agony and pain in one of the most ridiculous shows of play-acting Serie A has ever seen! And you thought AC only cheated the other teams – they cheat the fans too!

Here’s a video from a year ago showing AC Milan playing up to their stereotype.

Theres a break in play, whilst a player receives treatment. A fan runs on to the pitch in the San Siro, making the most of his chance to run around the pitch.

He approaches AC Milan’s goalkeeper, Dida, and tries to embrace him as he runs past him, with one eye on the stewards who have started to chase him.

Leonardo Sacked

AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has revealed that Leonardo is to leave the club at the end of the season.

The Brazilian, a former fans’ favourite at Giuseppe Meazza, has been in charge of the Serie A giants since May 2009.

He endured a tricky start to his reign, with disappointing performances put in both at home and abroad.

However, he was able to oversee a gradual improvement and had Milan primed to launch a title challenge at one stage this season.

Unfortunately, results have since fallen away again since and the Rossoneri appear destined to end the campaign empty-handed.