Brazilian professional footballer Alexandre Pato, who used to play for Serie A club AC Milan, has agreed to make a shift to his native Brazilian club Corinthians for a €15m price tag. Despite his recurrent injuries and almost absence from the field in last 12 months, Brazilian could finally manage to seal a deal for his homeland club. The deal, which is reportedly signed on Thursday night, is for 100% stake in the player that means, Milan will no longer have any share out of player’s market value. Both the clubs issued their statements post agreement: Corinthians said in its statement, “Corinthinans have acquired 100% of the right to Alexandre Pato. The player will arrive in the coming day for a medical and sign a four-year contract,” and Milan also issued a statement that reads as, “AC Milan can announce that Alexandre Pato has been sold outright to Sporting Club Corinthians Paulista.” Pato also remembered his jovial memory at Milan and said how he managed to raise his soccer … [Read more...]
Berlusconi Denies Selling of AC Milan
AC Milan may not be a hot favorite to win Italian league Serie A this year coz of its shoddy performance that placed it at 13th spot in the leaderboard after fourteen matches it played, yet it doesn’t mean that Berlusconi lost his interest in it. Former Italian prime minister and owner of AC Milan has condemned the news of him selling the club. Actually, there are some newsflashes in the media that say he is getting more and more disinterested in the club. Moreover, a Chinese soccer club Guangzhou Evergrande is revealed as interested in AC Milan. However, now, Berlusconi denies all the media speculations and explains Chinese delegations’ visit as a sponsorship visit only. He said, “There have been no negotiations with anyone. The Chinese could come in as sponsors. Moreover, it doesn't make sense to sell a club at this time. First we have to return to the top, then maybe we can consider it.” His statement tells he is more interested in strenthing his club rather selling it at the … [Read more...]
AC Milan’s owner and former Italian Prime Minister is Jailed for Fraud
AC Milan’s president and owner: Silvio Berlusconi, who is also a former Italian Prime Minister, has been sentenced to four years of imprisonment over a tax evasion case, though; his sentence has already been reduced to one year. Berlusconi’s trail, who is the longest running Prime Minister post-war, and his indictment could mean lots of ups and downs in Milan’s financial health. At the moment, Berlusconi is planning to appeal against the order, yet it is confirmed that he is a convicted of tax frauds in Italy now. The 76 year old richest Italian was not in the court room at the time of the sentence and said judgment also debarred him for holding any public office for next three years. The reduction in his initial sentence from four years to one year has nothing to do with his position, but it is granted according to amnesty laws of Italy that describe means of relaxing overcrowded prisons in Italy. Despite the sentence, it is very much likely that he will not be sent to prison … [Read more...]
Cagliari vs. Roma, Roma awarded default 0-3 win
0 - 3 Few days back, news about Roma and Cagliari spread in soccer world where their match was postponed for on-ground security reasons in Serie A. Now, unfortunately that match has been forfeited by the authorities for the same reason and Roma has been rewarded default win with a comprehensive 0-3 margin. This is probably the first time in current Serie A where a match has been abandoned completely and a team has been given a benefit out of it. Basically, as told on several occasions, the stadium Is Arenas is the main reason for this match’s postponement on two occasions. When match could not be passible on Sunday, authorities decided to cancel the match and declare Roma as winner. Is Arenas and its home crowd is known for its misconducts, security breach, and uncontrolled hooting, even we have seen this ground does not have proper security arrangements to control out of control crowd which has been proven on several occasions in the past. Due to this fact, the scheduled match … [Read more...]
Cagliari and Roma Serie A Match postponed for security laps
Is Arenas stadium is again in the news for its substandard security measures or rather uncontrolled behavior of its home crowd. In a latest turnaround, forthcoming match between Cagliari and Roma was scheduled for coming Sunday, but the same has now been postponed for improper security arrangements at the stadium. Actually, there were some cases of crowd misbehavior so authorities decided that this match has to be played under closed doors without the presence of any spectator, which Cagliari ignored altogether. Perhaps, Cagliari asked its fans through its website to come and gather on the stadium irrespective of what authorities say about it. However, they asked their fans to come and meet peacefully to avoid any untoward happenings. This overruling of authority’s order has been taken up seriously by the authorities, so they held a late night meeting with local police and decided this postponement. Many think that Cagliari provoked its fans to come and join the match which is … [Read more...]