The Rossoneri confirmed the news on its official website on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Samuel Chukwuwze is the fifth official player that the Serie A club will sign during the 2023 summer transfer window signed this 2023 after the arrival of Christian Pulisic, Tijjani Reijnders, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Noah Okafor.

AC Milan paid €20 million for the Nigeerian plus €8 million in add-ons. He signed a five-year contract with the Serie A side and he is expected to earn €4m per season.

The 24-year-old will be a huge boost to the Milan team going into next season. He had 24 goals contribution across all competitions, which is the highest he has registered in a single season for Villarreal.

Chukwueze will wear the number 21 jersey, he will fly out to the United States of America where he can join up with the rest of the Milan squad on their pre-season tour.

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The Nigerian is expected to arrive in Italy for his medical as he looks to complete his move before to the home of the seven-time European Champions. He will become the fifth player that Milan has signed this 2023 summer transfer window having signed Christian Pulisic, Tijjani Reijnders, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Noah Okafor.

He is expected to sign a five-year contract with the Serie A side which will see him earn €4m per season. As soon as the paperwork is complete, he will fly out to the United States of America where he can join up with the rest of the Milan squad on their pre-season tour.

The 24-year-old will be a huge boost to the Milan team going into next season. He had 24 goals contribution across all competitions, which is the highest he has registered in a single season for Villarreal.

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The next player to leave Stamford Bridge as confirmed on the official website of Chelsea is Ruben Loftus-Cheek who will be leaving the club after 19 years. The Blues confirmed the exit of the midfielder on its official website on Friday, June 30, 2023.

He joined the Blues as a kid in 2004 just a few months after Roman Abramovich bought the club, he later rose through the ranks which saw him break into the club's first team.

The next destination of Loftus-Cheek is in Serie A with AC Milan, according to reports Chelsea received £15 million from Milan. He is the latest player to join Chelsea to AC Milan since Fikayo Tomori and Olivier Giroud made their move to Milan.

He returned to Chelsea during the 2018/19 season under Mauricio Sarri, having 40 appearances. Loftus-Cheek scored 10 goals, including a hat-trick against BATE Borisov in the Europa League, which the Blues went on to win.

Loftus-cheek had 155 appearances for Chelsea in which he scored 13 goals. He won the Premier League, Europa League and UEFA Super Cup.

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The English midfielder is one of the players that are expected to be offloaded before the arrival of Mauricio Pochettinho on Monday, July 3, 2023. Chelsea and AC Milan are looking at the possibility of a permanent move for Ruben Loftus-cheek instead of a loan deal.

Chelsea are looking to balance their books and also build a team that suits Poch's style of play. The Blues confirmed the exit of Kalidou Koulibaly and N'Golo Kante to Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia respectively while Edouard Mendy and Hakim Ziyech are also expected to follow suit.

Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount has been linked with a move to Manchester United, while midfielders Kai Havertz and Matteo Kovacic are expected to join Arsenal and Manchester City respectively.

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The director of the club, Paolo Maldini has given an update on the future of the forward player at the San Siro. He assured Milan fans that the Portuguese will sign a new contract soon.

Rafael Leão will sign a new deal very soon, it’s 100% guaranteed. Final details will be completed in some days.

Transfer news expert, Fabrizio Romano confirmed that Leao has signed a contract extension until 2028. However, Chelsea Football Club are reportedly set to offer two players ( Christian Pulisic, and Hakim Ziyech) to Milan in exchange for Leao.

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Only Real Madrid have lifted the coveted ‘Big Eared’ trophy more times than the San Siro club, making their absence from Europe’s most elite of dinner tables all the more painful. Last term's venture ended in the group stage as they finished bottom of Group B, behind Liverpool, Atletico Madrid, and FC Porto. This year, they made to make it into the knockout phase, setting up a tie with English side Tottenham Hotspur in the round of sixteen. 

After finishing as runners-up to Chelsea in Group E, Spurs were as favorable of a draw as the Rossoneri could have hoped for. OddsChecker, which compares European football odds and free bets, have made the likes of Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Manchester City the favourites for glory this season, teams that Stefano Piolo’s side avoided in the second-round draw.

That meant that the door was well and truly open for progression to the last eight for the first time in eleven years. 

First-Leg Victory Secures Milan’s Progression 

A solitary Brahim Diaz goal gave Milan a 1-0 victory against their English opponents in the first leg at the San Siro. The one-goal deficit didn’t do the hosts justice on that night, and they could have comfortably netted a few more times had it not been for poor finishing. Regardless, the reigning Italian champions headed to London with a slender lead to protect. 

Spurs, despite their inconsistencies this season, have been one of England’s best clubs for a number of years, regularly finishing in the top four as well as reaching the Champions League final in 2019. While they were still outsiders to progress, to the quarterfinals, many fancied them to perhaps nick a goal back and send the tie to the extra time. In the end, however, it was the visitors who held firm. The young centre-back pairing of Malick Thiaw and Englishman Fikayo Tomori never looked like being beaten and in fact, if any team looked like breaking the deadlock, it was the Italian side. 

Back in 2012, Milan's journey ended at the quarter-final stage after a 3-1 aggregate defeat to reigning champions Barcelona. This year, the Blaugrana aren’t even in the competition, and neither are Atletico Madrid and Juventus, three teams that have appeared in five finals between them over the last decade. The door was open for Milan and they bulldozed their way through it. But how much further can they go? 

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Chelsea and AC Milan have both confirmed their starting lineups for arguably one of the biggest UEFA Champions league fixtures scheduled for today, Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at 8 pm West Africa Time. Chelsea FC saw a tweak by head coach Graham Potter in the side that played against Crystal Palace in the premier league over the weekend.

AC Milan would also have the former Chelsea stars Fikayo Tomori, and Olivier Giroud faces off against their former side as they make their return to Stamford bridge for the first time since they had left. Chelsea would be looking to earn their first win in the champions league and a lifeline to see if the blues would be proceeding to the competition's knockout stage.

Here are the starting lineups of both sides;

Chelsea: Kepa; Fofana, Thiago Silva (c), Koulibaly; James, Loftus-Cheek, Kovacic, Chilwell; Mount, Aubameyang, Sterling

Substitutes: Bettinelli, Mendy, Azpilicueta, Cucurella, Chalobah, Gallagher, Jorginho, Zakaria, Havertz, Pulisic, Ziyech, Broja

AC Milan: C. Tatarusanu, S. Dest, P. Kalulu, F. Tomori, F. Ballo-Touré, I. Bennacer, S. Tonali, R. Krunic, C. De Ketelaere, Rafael Leão, O. Giroud

Substitutes: M. Gabbia, B. Díaz, T. Pobega, A. Mirante, A. Jungdal, A. Gala, A. Coubis, A. Rebic, D. Origi

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MANCHESTER UNITED TEAM FOR THE EUROPA LEAGUE GAME IN CYPRUS

The Premier League club are condemned to winning the match against their Serie A opposition. Chelsea are bottom of the group with just one point while AC Milan top the group with four points.

Chelsea supporters can have a bit of confidence going into the game as AC Milan does not always have results go their way whenever they play in England. The Milan team have just one victory in their last 20 visits to England.

They have seven draws and 12 defeats their only win came against Manchester United in the knockout stages of the competition in February 2005 at Old Trafford.

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CARLO ANCELOTTI EXPLAINS WHY EDEN HAZARD IS NOT GETTING GAME TIME

The game will be Potter's third game in charge of the Blues and he will be looking forward to another victory. According to Englishman, Chelsea will be without N'Golo Kante but Edouard Mendy is expected to be back in the team.

Kai Havertz and Jorginho had a bit of an issue after the game against Crystal Palace but they trained so they should be available for the game. He also confirmed that Kante has resumed training but he is not yet ready for real action.

Potter drew his first Champions League game of his career as a coach and a player against RB Salzburg and will be looking to take it better by winning the game.

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CHELSEA FC SET TO LOSE A PLAYER TO ANOTHER PREMIER LEAGUE CLUB

The Serie A Champions made the official announcement on its website on Monday, July 18th, 2022. According to reports from the club, Ibrahimovic signed a one-year deal which will keep him with the San-Siro club until the summer of 2023.

Ibrahimovic is suffering from a knee ligament which is expected to keep him out for the rest of the year. The player made a revelation when the injury was announced that he played football for six months without an ACL in his left knee.

He was able to score eight goals in 23 league games last season despite suffering the injury. The 41-year-old also played his part as AC Milan won its first Scudetto title since 2011.

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Most people are still trying to understand why Chelsea FC star Bakayoko who is currently on loan to AC Milan was stopped and searched by armed police officers in Italy.

In a video that was shared on social media today, Monday, July 18, 2022, it showed the police conducting a thorough search on the player without having an idea about who he was till another officer had confirmed his identity as a footballer.

The video caused an outrage on social media till the Italian police came out to publicly address the case as an issue of a mistaken identity.

According to goal.com, the Milan police headquarters released a public statement through ANSA that read:

“These comments are out of place."The check was triggered because Bakayoko and the other passenger corresponded perfectly, by chance, to the descriptions [of people wanted by the police], and of course it ended when it was realised that he [the police officer] had stopped a person who had nothing to do with it.”

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MANCHESTER UNITED COMPLETES ITS FIRST SIGNING OF THE SEASON

The Belgian joining the Serie A club was confirmed on the official website of AC Milan on Tuesday, July 5th, 2022. According to reports from the club, Origi signed a long-term contract with the Serie A Champions which will see him stay at the club until the summer of 2026.

Origi is not just known for his goal-scoring abilities, he is also known for winning trophies. The Belgian won the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup.

There were bids from La Liga side, Villarreal and the Premier League for the forward player but he insisted on joining AC Milan. The supporters of Milan will hope he brings more success to their club than he did while playing for Liverpool.

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MOHAMED SALAH REVEALS HIS NEXT DESTINATION IF LIVERPOOL FAILS TO GIVE HIM A NEW CONTRACT

The Milan club confirmed that the they have entered into a definitive agreement with RedBird as it concerns the takeover of the club.

The news of the takeover was confirmed on the official website of AC Milan on Wednesday, June 1st, 2022. According to reports, the deal, will value the club at €1.2B, and will see Elliott retain a minority financial interest in the club and seats on the Board of Directors, solidifying a partnership between RedBird and Elliott that continues the progress made under Elliott's stewardship over the last four years.

The founder and Managing Partner of the Redbird, Gerry Cardinale expressed his delight as it concerns the completion of the club's takeover. He also assured fge fans of the club, that he will try to take the Serie A club to the top level of football.

We are honoured to be a part of AC Milan's illustrious history and are excited to play a role in the Club's next chapter as it returns to its rightful place at the very top of Italian, European and world football. I want to thank Gordon Singer and the entire Elliott team for the tremendous work they have done over the last four years in rebuilding Milan and returning it to its rightful place at the top of Serie A. RedBird's investment philosophy and track record in team ownership has shown that football clubs can be successful on the pitch and sustainable off it - we are looking forward to a long term partnership with the club, its management team and Milanisti around the world to keep propelling Milan in the years to come

AC Milan will hope this takeover will bring more trophies their way in the domestic scene and also to the top in the UEFA Champions League.

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Some football clubs have enjoyed massively from takeovers while some are left off worse than where they were before the new owners take charge of the club.

Notjustok has decided to highlight the top ten takeovers in football history.

(10) Paris Saint Germain:

The Qatar Sports Investment Group took over the club in the summer of 2012 for £100 million to make the Ligue 1 club, one of the best in Europe. The deal ensured the club signed World-class players which include, Kylian Mbappe, Neymar, Lionel Messi but they are yet to see their dream come through as they can"t seem to win the UEFA Champions League

(9)Manchester City:

Sheikh Mansour tookver the club in 2008 for £160m, his influence at the club ensured Manchester City won their first Premier League title in 2010. The Cityzens have dominated the Premier League since the takeover and just like PSG, the Premier League club are looking forward to the UEFA Champions League.

(8) Inter Milan:

The Serie A club are seventh on this list after also experiencing a takeover in 2017 by Zhang Jidong. The club have not enjoyed success on the pitch since taking over the club. The only major trophy the Milan club have won is the Serie A which was won in the 2020/21 season.

(7) Liverpool:

The Reds are they are popularly called also experienced a takeover in 2010 by an American investor identified as Fenway Sports Group. Liverpool were bought for £300 million, this has brought a lot of achievements for the club since 2010 winning the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and the World Club Cup.

(6) Newcastle United:

The Saudi Public Investment funds took over the Magpies in 2021 for £300 million. Newcastle were in the relegation zone when the takeover occurred at the club as it stands fans of the club are looking at a finish in the top half of the league

(5) Valencia:

The Laliga team are the first Spanish club on the list, the club's takeover cost Peter Lim £345 million in 2014. The club have not experienced any type of success since he took over the club.

(4) AC Milan:

The Milan club are placed third on the list of highest ranked takeover in football history. Li Yonghong bought thr club over in 2006 for £600 million just like Valencia, they are yet to enjoy success since the takeover happened.

(3)Arsenal:

Stan Kroenke bought the Gunners in 2011, at the same price as AC Milan was bought. Kroenke has been one of the most criticised owners in the world of football. Arsenal has not won major trophies but they have picked up a few titles which is in form of the FA Cup.

(2) Manchester United:

The Red Devils are number one on that list, the club was bought by the Glazers family in 2005 for £800 the highest anyone has ever paid for a football club.

(1) Chelsea:

The Blues have taken over the position from the Red Devils this was overturned following the recent sale of Chelsea Football Club. The new owner, Todd Boehley purchased the club for £4.25 billion, alongside, Clearlake Capital, Mark Walter and Hansjeorg to make the club the highest in the history of club football.

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic, AC Milan

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Transfer news expert Fabrizio Romano confirmed the news of the Swiss been ruled out of the fixture on his official Twitter account on Tuesday, September 14th, 2021. The game between the Premier League club and the Serie A team will be played on Wednesday, September 15th, 2021.

AC Milan will miss Zlatan in the game against the Reds. The attacker scored a goal for the Serie A club in the weekend's game against Lazio at the San Siro Stadium.

The Rossoneri won the game 2-0 with Rafael Leao scoring the opening goal of the game before the Swiss striker scored the second goal. The game was Zlatan's first game of the season after he coming off the bench.

The other group game is between Atletico Madrid and Porto. This group seems to be the toughest in this season of the UEFA Champions League.

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The player could not get himself a place under Thomas Tuchel at Stamford Bridge. This is the second time the French defender will join the Serie A club on loan.

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AC Milan confirmed the signing of the player on its website on Monday, August 30th, 2021.

The player has failed to get himself a permanent stay at Chelsea since he joined the Blues from Monaco for 40 million pounds in 2017. He moved to AC Milan in 2018 for a season-long loan.

He joined Monaco in the 2019/20 season, then Napoli in the 2020/21 season. Bakayoko played 43 times for Chelsea across all competitions, scoring three goals and three assists.

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