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Arsenal face some serious competition from Italian giants AC Milan for the signature of Nice youngster Vincent Koziello, according to the latest Arsenal transfer gossip.

Arsenal were linked with the young midfielder earlier on in the season and at one time it was thought that a bid was on it’s way, however, the Gunners hesitated and now Milan have reportedly shown an interest in signing the player.
 
A fter sustaining a thigh injury last week, AC Milan midfielder Giacomo Bonaventura is a doubt to line up against Genoa at the San Siro on Sunday.

Sinisa Mihajlovic is struggling with a growing injury list, with the likes of Juraj Kucka and M’Baye Niang also expected to miss out at the weekend.
 
When Franco Baresi was 15, he and his brother Giuseppe went for a a trial with Inter. The Nerazzurri signed up Giuseppe but were unconvinced by Franco physically, deciding to take another look at him in a year's time. By that stage, though, he had already joined Inter's city rivals, AC Milan, with whom Franco would become one of the greatest defenders the game has ever seen.

Indeed, he won his first Serie A title at the age of 18. Then determined to repay Milan's faith in him, he stood by the Rossoneri despite two subsequent relegations in the early 1980s, and his loyalty was fully rewarded, with Baresi going on to marshall arguably the greatest defence ever assembled.

Playing alongside Mauro Tassotti, Alessandro Costacurta and Paolo Maldini, the Milan captain lifted back-to-back European Cups, in 1989 and 1990.

By the time he finally called time on his glittering career in 1997, the sweeper had won another European Cup and a grand total of six Scudetti . Fittingly, Milan promptly retired the jersey of a living legend.

Here, in an exclusive interview with
GANG CHOMBA DIScusses his two decades at San Siro and reflects upon how the game has changed since he hung up his boots.
 
Baresi: "Obviously it pleases me. It's confirmation that I did something good for this club. It's a source of pride to know that people still remember me.

I cannot say that I expected it but it's also true that in my 20 years at Milan, we won a lot, so I think this has counted in my favour. Anyway, it's still a great satisfaction."

G: What is the most beautiful memory of your time in the Milan jersey?

B: "There are so many, as I spent my whole footballing career at Milan, from when I was a boy until the end. From my debut to lifting important trophies, there were moments of great emotion. Everything that I experienced as a Rossonero was wonderful. Obviously, that first European Cup [in 1989] was a particularly special feeling, but I cannot even overlook the two years that we spent in Serie B (1980-81, 1982-83), as they were just as important as the others."

G: Is there a player that best embodied the values of Milan after your retirement, in 1997?

B: "There have been many - because some time has passed since then! However, I passed the baton to Paolo Maldini, who, after I retired, played for another 12 years at an incredibly high level, conducting himself in an exemplary manner on the field, as a true captain, but also off it. We can, therefore, say that the transition was completely painless, as I left the captain's armband in very good hands."

G: Could we maybe say that Milan are currently lacking a figure as charismatic as yourself and Paolo?

B: "Well, this is not for me to say and I don't want to get into these kinds of things. Football today has changed and it's pointless to make comparisons between such different eras. Everything has really changed from my day, so it's impossible to make comparisons."

G: However, is it true that such icons no longer exist in modern football?
B: "I wouldn't say so. There are still some. But it's true that football has changed a lot. The interests, the opportunities and the pressures are different now. For so many reasons, one can change teams more easily compared to long ago and it's much more difficult for a player to remain at one club for his entire career. I'm not saying that it's right or wrong, it's just an observation. And it just confirms what I said before, that it is impossible to make comparisons because we are talking about two very different eras of football."

HAYA NI MAHOJIANO KATI YA GANG CHOMBA NA FRANCO BARESI
 
AC Milan are reportedly closing in on Ajax forward Anwar El Ghazi and plan on securing him at the end of the 2015/16 campaign.
The 20-year-old, whose current contract with the Dutch giants is set to expire in June 2019, was a main target of the Rossoneri during the January transfer window, with the Italian side failing in their attempts to land his services for the second half of the season, though it seems like the youngster may end up in Milan this summer.
 
M'Baye Niang says he never considered leaving AC Milan, despite links to Leicester City during the January transfer window.
The 21-year-old forward signed a two-year contract extension at Milan last summer , and has hit five goals in 12 league appearances so far this season.
His performances in Italy reportedly attracted interest from Leicester, but Niang remains committed to Milan, who are currently sixth in the Serie A table.
 
A fter a rotten start to 2016, AC Milan ‘s Luiz Adriano has decided that a brand new look might lead to better fortunes in the times to come.

A crazy month of January saw Luiz Adriano pushed out of the club, after just half a season spent at the San Siro, in order to complete a move to Jiangsu Suning.

However his switch to the Chinese Super League ultimately fell through, after the attacker failed to agree personal terms with the club.
 
In a little over two weeks Gianluigi Donnarumma will celebrate his 17th birthday, just days after AC Milan ‘s trip to league leaders Napoli .

The 16-year-old has already spent three years with the club, and incredibly usurped both Diego Lopez and Christian Abbiati as the Rossoneri’s number one earlier this season, a feat few would have thought possible before the start of the campaign.

It was back in 2013 when vice-president Adriano Galliani received a report about the goalkeeper, which read: “Physical-size: impressive. Power and technique: gifted. Reading of the game and in goal: impressive. Good kid: the strongest seen in 25 years.”

The message was from the club’s head of scouting, Mauro Bianchessi, to which Galliani immediately responded with: “I called him and told him: Go to him and don’t move, even if it takes two days or six months.”

At the age of just 13, under federal rules Donnarumma was not able to be transferred to the club. However after turning 14, he left Castellammare and moved to Milanelli where he made his way through the junior ranks, before impressing enough to earn a call-up to the senior training squad.

Coach Sinisa Mihajlovic tested him out in October’s Trofeo Berlusconi against Inter, in which he showed enough to eventually take over from Lopez and Abbiati in the following league fixture – despite the former being one of the few positives in Milan’s disastrous 2014/15 season.
 
Noted for a career that saw him only feature for Inter , Giuseppe Bergomi admits things could have been different as AC Milan tried to sign him as a youngster.

The 52-year-old went on trial with the Rossoneri, but they decided against offering him a contract due to some health concerns.

Bergomi eventually moved to Inter and made his professional debut in the 1979/1980 season, though there was a third team that also showed interest in acquiring his service.
 
“I want on trial with Milan,” he told FC Inter News Mag. “They wanted me but due to a rheumatic disorder, they decided not to sign me.

“I recovered from it and two years later I was playing for my local club and several sides wanted me. At that point I picked Inter for several reasons. They wanted me at all costs and I liked their facilities.

“It was the best decision for me even though several sides were interested including Milan, Juventus and of course Inter.”

Bergomi retired in 1999 after making 519 appearances in Serie A for the Nerazzurri.
 
For every name that has succeeded, it seems there are countless players from Spain who have failed to adapt to the rigours of the Italian game.

Whether it be Juventus ‘ Alvaro Morata or Napoli ‘s Pepe Reina, there are several players from Spain who have made their presence felt in Serie A this campaign.

Sure, the Juventus man went through a difficult run of form, but his recent braces against Inter and Chievo showed why Real Madrid are so keen to bring him back to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

However for every success story, there have been countless players from the Iberian peninsula that have failed to make their mark in Italy. Here’s a look at some Spaniards who just couldn’t cut it in the Serie A.
 
Once arguably the best striker in Europe after netting Spain’s winner in the 2008 European Championship final and shooting Liverpool to within touching distance of a Premier League, it all went quickly downhill after a record-breaking €59 million to Chelsea in January 2011.

After 20 goals in five-and-a-half seasons in London the Spaniard headed to Milan on loan, who quickly made the move permanent, but just one goal in 10 games saw the striker packed was off to Atletico Madrid on a temporary deal.

FERNANDO TORRES
 
After starring for Johan Cruyff’s Dream Team at Barcelona, Guardiola finally left his boyhood club and headed for Brescia for what would be an unsuccessful, if eventful, time in Italy.

During two seasons in Italy the Spaniard made 28 Serie A appearances, but also suffered a four month ban after testing positive for nandrolone, although he was later cleared on appeal.

JOSEPH GUARDIOLA
 
The Giallorossi probably expected more than seven goals from 33 Serie A appearances after signing the Barcelona starlet for €12 million in July 2011, and the youngster was subsequently sent to Milan on loan the following season.

However, the diminutive striker fared little better at the San Siro with just three goals in Rossoneri colours and Roma will have been pleased the Catalan club exercised their buyback option for €13m.

HUYU NI BOJAN
 
A Champions League runner-up on two occasion with Valencia, Mendieta looks like the man who was always in the right place at the wrong time, as the club clinched two La Liga titles shortly after his departure.

It was Lazio that were convinced by his performances in Spain to pay €49m for his services, but the midfielder struggled to replace predecessors Pavel Nedved and Juan Sebastien Veron as the Biancocelesti’s new creative hub.

After just one season in Rome, and just 20 Serie A appearances, he returned to Spain joining Barcelona, before ending his career with Middlesbrough in England.

GAIZKA MENDIETA
 
After spending the majority of his career at Real Madrid collecting winners medals in several of the games most prestigious competitions, it is often forgotten that Helguera had first failed to impose himself in Serie A.

Back in the summer of 1997 the Giallorossi took a promising defender to the capital from Albacete, however, he managed just eight appearances for Roma and was sold to Espanyol at the end of the season.

IVAN HERGUELA
 
Despite helping Barcelona to a La Liga and Copa del Rey double in 1998, the playmaker quickly fell out of favour with new coach Louis van Gaal in Catalonia and joined the Biancocelesti alongside Fernando Couto.

However, del la Pena failed to establish himself in the capital and made just 19 appearances in all competitions before being loaned to Marseille and Barcelona for the following two seasons.

Unable to secure a third loan move away from Rome, the Spaniard spent the 2001/02 season with the Aquile, but appeared just twice before his release that summer.

IVAN DELLA PENA
 
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