Manchester City and AC Milan agree £20m deal for Mario Balotelli

Mario Balotelli will become an AC Milan player after Manchester City agreed terms with the Italian club this afternoon.

Juventus were also in contention to take the controversial striker back to Italy, but City have accepted an offer from Milan understood to be in the region of £17million plus £2.5m in add-ons.

Balotelli has also helped the deal to go through by…

Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli to join AC Milan for £24m

According to SunSport, Mario Balotelli is all packed up and ready to join AC Milan in a £24million deal. The Manchester City striker, 22, has given notice on his rented house in Cheshire and has also begun flying his possessions back to Milan. His representative Mino Raiola was in Italy for talks over a move back…

Pato joins Corinthians from AC Milan for €15 million

Alexandre Pato has penned a four-year deal with Corinthians, after the Club World Cup Chaampions agreed a €15 million deal with AC Milan.

The Brazil international, who has been plagued with injuries throughout his time in Italy, will wear the number 7 shirt and has negotiated a 40% pay-off, in the event he is sold in future, since he was not…

Check Out The UEFA Champions League Draws!

The draw for the round of 16 of the Champions League took place in Nyon, Switzerland on Thursday, and some enticing ties await in the first knockout stage goal.com reported. Primera Division champions Real Madrid have been paired with Manchester United as Cristiano Ronaldo returns to Old Trafford.

Furthermore, 2011 winners Barcelona…

Only the result mattered against Cagliari, says Galliani following AC Milan win

Adriano Galliani has expressed his delight with AC Milan‘s 2-0 home win against Cagliari and believes that there is enough ability and potential in the current side to challenge for the Serie A title.

Despite losing key players such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva in the summer, along with experienced veterans such as Clarence Seedorf and Alessandro Nesta,…

Milan Fashion Week: Dolce & Gabbana spring/summer 2013

Design duo Dolce & Gabbana swap their signature va-va-voom vamp for a more demure signorina.

BY Lisa Armstrong | 23 September 2012

“Look, don’t touch”. The label that made the erotic imagery of Fellini’s films – curves, cantilevered corsetry and visible bra straps – such an influential part of the fashion landscape has decided the time is right…

Milan Fashion Week: Jil Sander spring/summer 2013

Jil Sander illustrates her timeless talent with her hotly anticipated return to her eponymous label.

BY Lisa Armstrong | 22 September 2012

Hard to say who was the more nervous: Jil Sander or her audience, who retain a strong affection for the woman who was the first to apply the minimalist codes of the Japanese wave to the…

Milan Fashion Week: Prada spring/summer 2013

Skinny satin skirts, the origami folded satin tops and sock-boots: Miuccia Prada’s spring/summer 2013 collection gave more than a nod to Japanese style.

20 September 2012

It takes a fiendish fashion genius to turn a metallic sock into a feminist cri de coeur, but Miuccia Prada has that kind of mind. After an eyeball challenging show that once more flipped fashion on its head, she explained how she’d…

Milan Fashion Week: Gucci spring/summer 2013

Lisa Armstrong on why Gucci has turned its back on black for spring/summer 2013.

BY Lisa Armstrong | 19 September 2012

Once it was the only bankable shade in town, but has black finally had its day? In the UK this past summer, it almost became extinct. One retailer told me recently that she could sell anything at…

Chelsea 0-1 AC Milan: Emanuelson strike ensures Blues end US tour with defeat

Chelsea have succumbed to their second consecutive pre-season defeat on Saturday night after falling 1-0 to AC Milan in Miami.

Both sides named strong starting XIs with Chelsea starting arguably their best backline, while the likes of Eden Hazard, Raul Meireles and Frank Lampard roamed further forward.

Milan, whose squad is looking massively depleted following a summer of upheaval, included the likes of Kevin-Prince Boateng,…