RedBird Capital Partners have agreed a €1.2 billion deal to complete their takeover of Milan.

The American private investment firm on Wednesday confirmed a definitive agreement has been reached to acquire the Serie A champions from Elliott.

RedBird, who have a stake in Liverpool s owners Fenway Sports Group, are expected to officially take the Rossoneri over in September.

Elliott will retain a minority financial stake in the club and its own representatives on the board of directors,

A statement on Milan s website said RedBird s aim will be to get Milan back to the top of world football on the back of the club s first Scudetto in 11 years.

Gerry Cardinale, founder and managing partner of RedBird, said: We are honoured to be part of the ill…

There s a real problem in English football when it comes to recognising our failures. As a society, and as a country, we ve spent years being told that England and the United Kingdom as a whole is one of the greatest entities in politics, sport and pretty much every other facet of life.

We ve built entire songs and cultures around our love of the beautiful game and while that s a great thing, it does mean we put a little bit too much emphasis on our success stories. Alas, the success stories only seem to count when a piece of silverware is involved, which is why the year 1966 is still so important in the present day.

The last couple of years have seen genuine pride being restored to the England national team for the first time, arguably, since 1990, when Bobby Robson gu…

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said his management style is inspired by legendary Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson after landing the role of caretaker manager at Old Trafford until the end of the season.

Former striker Solskjaer was confirmed as an interim replacement for Jose Mourinho on Wednesday after the Portuguese had been relieved of his duties 24 hours earlier.

Solskjaer spent 11 years playing under Ferguson, winning six Premier League titles, two FA Cups and the 1999 Champions League final, in which he scored the winning goal to complete a famous treble.

I get my managerial style from him [Ferguson], Solskjaer told MUTV. He s been the biggest influence, but I m a different personality. I ve got to be myself.

I like people, speak to people, engage with…

Manchester City will get the chance to defend their EFL Cup title in the final against Aston Villa after beating Manchester United 3-2 on aggregate, despite Nemanja Matic – who was also sent off – inflicting a 1-0 defeat in Wednesday s second leg.

City produced a wonderful display in the first meeting at Old Trafford and were arguably unlucky to only win 3-1, though it proved to be enough to send Pep Guardiola s men to Wembley even though they failed to meet expectations at home.

Despite finding themselves under extreme pressure at times in the first half, United managed to go into the break ahead thanks to Matic s satisfying strike in the 35th minute, casting some uncertainty over City s command of the tie.

But United were unable to use that goal as a launch…

Manchester United must splash the cash to sign Tottenham striker Harry Kane and become title challengers, insisted Danny Murphy.

Kane s future at Tottenham is up in the air after the Spurs star said he will not stay for the sake of it as the England frontman eyes silverware.

Premier League rivals United and LaLiga giants Real Madrid have been linked to the 26-year-old, who won back-to-back Golden Boot awards in 2016 and 2017.

Former Tottenham and England midfielder Murphy believes Kane is the last piece of the puzzle for United, who have not claimed the Premier League title since 2012-13.

Manchester United are closer to challenging for the Premier League title and Champions League than many people think, Murphy wrote in a column for the Daily Mail.<…

Eddie Nketiah came off the bench to score a late winner as Arsenal edged past West Ham 2-1 in the Premier League at Emirates Stadium on Saturday. 

The Gunners looked destined to labour to a draw in their first home game of the season until Nketiah slotted home Dani Ceballos pass with five minutes remaining. 

Nketiah had only come on in the 77th minute for Alexandre Lacazette, who had opened the scoring in the first half with his 50th goal for Arsenal in all competitions. 

Michail Antonio equalised before half-time and also rattled the crossbar with a header before Nketiah popped up to consign the Hammers to a second successive defeat to start the campaign.

50 Alexandre Lacazette has scored his 50th goal for Arsenal in all competitions beco…

According to a recent report from Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona defender Moussa Wague is a wanted man with a string of clubs from around Europe being interested in acquiring his services. Wague has made just six appearances since joining the club back in 2018, although it certainly feels as if he’s ready to implement himself into the starting XI – but whether or not that starting XI is actually Barcelona’s remains to be seen. 

The clubs involved are said to come from the Bundesliga, Premier League, Ligue 1 and Serie A, ensuring that there are plenty of options on display. 

However, it certainly feels as if Barca could keep hold of him with relative ease so long as they’re able to guarantee him the kind of time in the line-up that he wants. There’s certainly…

Pep Guardiola said Manchester City did not have to add many things to Erling Haaland s game following his arrival from Borussia Dortmund, describing the in-form Norwegian as an exceptional striker .

Haaland won the Premier League s Player of the Month award for August on Friday, having scored an incredible nine goals during his first calendar month in the competition.

The Norwegian has continued his goalscoring exploits in September, downing Sevilla with a Champions League double before haunting his former club Dortmund with a spectacular acrobatic finish as City beat the German side on Wednesday.

Having scored in City s last Premier League outing at Aston Villa, Haaland could become the first player in the competition s history to net on each of his first four…

A stunned Hasan Salihamidzic felt Bayern Munich suffered from a collective blackout in their inexplicable 5-0 DFB-Pokal thrashing at Borussia Monchengladbach.

The Bundesliga champions suffered a humiliating second-round hammering at Borussia-Park, where they were three goals down after 21 minutes on Wednesday.

Ramy Bensebaini scored twice after Kouadio Kone opened the scoring in the second minute and Breel Embolo rubbed salt into Bayern s wounds with a second-half double.

Bayern were a shambles as they were ripped to pieces by Die Fohlen in the absence of head coach Julian Nagelsmann, who had to watch on at home as he isolates after testing positive for coronavirus.

The Bavarian giants sporting director Salihamidzic was taken aback by such a woef…

According to a recent report from Calciomercato, Olivier Giroud has signed a new deal to stay at AC Milan until summer 2024.

The 36-year-old, who scored the goal that ultimately took the club through to the semi-finals of the Champions League earlier this week, has enjoyed his stay in Italy since signing back in 2021. He played a key role in helping them to Serie A success, following on from a strong run in English football with Chelsea and Arsenal.

While he may be entering the twilight of his career, that hasn’t stopped the Frenchman from continuing to be an effective goalscorer when called upon.

Milan, of course, recognise what he brings to the table, with the new deal reportedly earning hm around €3.5 million net plus add-ons.

There s always a cha…