Milanello Corner

  AC Milan are hoping to complete the signing of Young Boys' starlet Zachary Athekame before the weekend. After securing the signing of Ardon Jashari, the Rossoneri are looking to add Athekame into the squad as soon as possible. 

      Experiencing a rather good season so far with AC Milan , head coach, Vincenzo Montella is eyeing for much longer stay at the San Siro based club. The tactician, who at the end of 2016 won his first title with Milan after lifting Italian Super Cup, stated in his latest interview that he is enjoying himself at Milanello. Albeit his team suffering a slight dip early in the year which puts them sitting seventh in current table, Montella is quite delighted with how his players have shown significant improvement especially in creating strong foundation in their playing style.

AC Milan 's attempt to bolster their midfield have been hitting some problems recently, but they eventually set out their mind in grabbing former Besiktas, Napoli and Atletico Madrid player, Jose Sosa , who supposedly arrived in a 7.5 million euro deal. The midfielder will be wearing the number 23 jersey and is keen on transferring his experience and give his best for the next two years with Vincenzo Montella's side. Already linked with the player since early days of calcio mercato, it wasn't until Milan's offer for Rodrigo Bentacour got rejected by Boca that Rossoneri finally opted to get the player that Montella recommended. 

The long awaited and delayed preliminary agreement for AC Milan 's sale to a Chinese consortium have officially been done today, in a sudden rush. This once again prove how fans should not just swallow every rumors being thrown out of the media, especially when those minor reports arriving only because the press were not receiving any latest info. Anyway, Rossoneri's preliminary agreement was confirmed by the club's company owner, Finivest, issuing an official statement which basically said that Silvio Berlusconi along with representative from China, Han Li have signed an agreement for Milan's sale worth 740 million Euro.

Returning with all the latest rumors and news regarding Rossoneri's transfer, following Villarreal rejection over AC Milan 's proposal to sign Mateo Musacchio, Milan seemingly set their sights in acquiring Paraguay international defender, Gustavo Gomez. The defender reportedly set to have his medical later this Friday after the Red and Black squad agree to pay just over seven million Euro for his service from the player's current club, Lanus in Argentina.

Rumors about uncertain situation regarding AC Milan transfer situation due to current potential take over deal which is still stalling apparently doesn't give too much concern for Rossoneri head coach, Vincenzo Montella . Speaking to the media right after their friendly defeat against Liverpool, Montella stated that he won't be forced to think about speculative situation as he is focusing on working with what he got for now. Nevertheless, the tactician remain optimistic with everything as he is in direct contact with the club and already have clear ideas of what he wants.

AC Milan picked up another positive result on their preseason friendly as they see off German giant, Bayern Munich 5-3 in penalties after drawing 3-3 during 90 minutes time. After winning 2-1 against Bordeaux in their first friendly game, Milan immediately got themselves a tough encounter which they were able to get through in a positive fashion, despite stating that more improvement is still needed from Vincenzo Montella's men but some good signs can already be seen, notably on the fact that players are looking more confident and comfortable with the ball.

Vincenzo Montella's ball possession setup is indeed something rather new for AC Milan players as many of them never really experience such ball dominant training session even in their previous teams. One of those players who are fascinated with the current approach is Rossoneri's defender, Gabriel Paletta , who admitted that although it's something different from what he normally do in preseason training session, but he is enjoying every minute of it. The Italian international he likes this type of approach that Montealla set for Milan as it's fun an enjoyable.

Menez Another injury issue apparently troubling AC Milan in this early stage of their preseason as Jeremy Menez is confirmed to be leaving their training camp in the US after picking up a calf injury during training session. Rossoneri announced that news on their official website, adding that the Frenchman will be heading back to Milanello for further examination. Menez will be joining the likes of Jose Mauri, Lionel Vangioni along with Gianluca Lapadula who all are currently recovering from their injury problems.

The weekend rumors ratter regarding AC Milan started off with Carlos Bacca story as latest report from Italy suggesting that Napoli are now keen on the Colombian striker following strong rumors claiming Gonzalo Higuain is heading to Juventus. Partenopei reportedly have made a 20 million Euro offer plus a player, Omar El Kaddouri for Bacca, but Milan have turned it down as Rossoneri want 30 million Euro or nothing at all. As for the former Sevilla marksman himself, it seems like he won't mind going to Naples as they do offer Champions League football unlike West Ham.

AC Milan will have a pretty tough early fixtures in the new Serie A season as they will be facing Napoli on their second match, Lazio in fifth, Fiorentina sixth and Juventus ninth. The Rossoneri's opening fixture itself can be a tricky one as they are playing at home against Torino, which are being coached by Milan's former tactician, Sinijsa Mihajlovic. This tough early games however, could accelerate Rossoneri's transfer process though before the end of August as they surely won't want to have another disappointing season on their hands.

In an interesting slight twist, AC Milan squad are heading to their US preseason tour without Carlos Bacca and also Mattia De Sciglio. Notably the bigger news would be regarding Bacca's omission from that called up squad for the states as he has been strongly linked with a potential departure this summer. As for De Sciglio, the player himself is still enjoying his extended holiday following Italy's deep run in Euro 2016 and won't be arriving at Milanello until July 28. From those reasoning, it's very safe for anyone to slightly thinking that the decision to leave out the Colombian international is related with Milan's transfer market.

AC Milan 's Slovakian international midfielder, Juraj Kucka, finally returned to Milanello last Wednesday, after spending an extended holiday due to his participation in Euro 2016. Soon after getting back into training, Kucka spent some of his time talking to the club's official website sharing some of his views, notably about the chance of working with new tactician Vincenzo Montella. The former Genoa midfielder admitted that he is looking forward to get to know more about Montella's attacking style of football, while hoping that he can further improve under the tactician's reign."I just got back and I am eager to understand Coach Montella's training methods and style of play," Kucka explained.

Several interesting reports regarding AC Milan 's transfer being shared by Italian media, from West Ham United's return in their attempt to sign Carlos Bacca along with Rossoneri's quest in prizing up Juan Cuadrado. Talking about Bacca who has just returned to Milanello and was also named for Milan's preseason tour, an interesting update arrived when West Ham via the club's owner son, David Sullivan confirmed that they are waiting for the striker's answer in the next 48 hours.

Before officially leaving for their US preseason tour, AC Milan have announced their squad for that upcoming ICC matches, which includes Carlos Bacca, Mattia De Sciglio along with Juraj Kucka. Those three players have an extended rest due to their participation in Euro 2016 along with Copa America, but seemingly already arrive or set to arrive tomorrow as they will be leaving on July 22. There's also some absentees, such as Jose Mauri, Cristian Zapata, Gianluca Lapadula along with Lionel Vangioni, all due to injury problems.

A disappointing news arrived from AC Milan camp as during their early stage of preseason, Rossoneri have to lose their young midfielder, Jose Mauri, who picked up an injury on their latest friendly fixture against Bordeaux. Mauri who came on the second half on that weekend match picked up thigh injury which was confirmed by Milan's official site, "The player Jose Mauri suffered a posterior thigh injury to his left leg during the friendly match against Bordeaux", Rossoneri stated in an official statement.

Latest reports from Milanello stating that AC Milan will be missing more players outside of those who participated in Euro 2016 and Copa America for their first pre-season friendly against Bordeaux this upcoming Saturday. According to Italian media, Milan will be flying to France without the likes of Riccardo Montolivo , Keisuke Honda along with two new signings, Lionel Vangioni and Gianluca Lapadula, who are are having physical issues.

Ac Milan continue their training session this time with a mini game between ranks as coach Massimiliano Allegri divided the group into two teams, Rossonero and Bianco.  The Red n Black side consist mostly of first team players with the exception of Bryan Cristante, Davide Pacifico and Bastone in the first half but only Pacifico stayed until the end of that 50 minutes game.

Although there's been a twist of the tale recently, Thiago Silva's departure from Milanello is apparently eminent as both Ac Milan along with Paris Saint-Germain have confirmed the Brazilian defender's departure. Many fans might still be surprised since not long ago the Rossoneri actually announced that they're extending the ex-Fluminese man's contract, only to eventually sell the center back in the end.

Ac Milan finally begin their new season's adventure on Monday, July 9, starting the first training session at Milanello, along with introducing some of Rossoneri's summer signings, Francesc Acerbi,      Kevin Constant and also Bakaye Traore.  Obviously not all of the new players are available, since Riccardo Montolivo is still being given a holiday after his participation at the recent Euro 2012 tournee, where he performed very well for Gli Azzurri.