Milan boss Max Allegri plays talk of Italy national team move

Serie A side Milan have seen Max Allegri get linked with a move to the Italian national team in recent weeks. This happened after a poor run of results that have led to the Rossoneri falling away from the title race. The Italian has now trashed the talk of a move to the Azzurri. hilogame.news

Get Italian Football News have covered how Giovanni Malago’s appointment at FIGC can dictate Allegri’s move to the national team.

Now, that might not be the case. Allegri spoke to the press after Milan’s 1-0 win over Verona and he was asked specifically about his future at the Diavolo.

He said – relayed by Calciomercato: “No phone calls, my only concern is Milan. We’ve started a journey together and we’ll continue. Leao had a good game, he provided the assist, then I needed a striker with different characteristics, and Gimenez came in. Everyone needs to feel important and come in in top condition.”

Mike Maignan was racially abused in the game by Verona fans. Allegri also spoke of that, issuing a response that may not go down well with too many.

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“I hadn’t even noticed. Maignan was good at ignoring these things. You fight by ignoring these things. We all have to fight them.”

He also described his admiration for Adrien Rabiot, who scored the winner in the first half.

“I had Adrien for three years at Juventus. He’s an important player like all the others who made themselves available today. It’s normal for great players to be able to give something extra. He’d been ‘wandering’ around the pitch for a few games, then he’d been lacking a goal. Sunday is a great match between two teams aiming for the Champions League.”

The win took Milan back up to second in the table. But they are 12 points behind Inter, who have one hand on the title.

Manchester City secured the victory that maintains their growing momentum and applied further pressure on Arsenal through the familiar route of a Erling Haaland winner.

This was a triumph, however, in which City had to demonstrate all their qualities before wild celebrations greeted the final whistle and three priceless points.

Rayan Cherki's goal was the result of a touch of genius and sleight of foot to bamboozle Arsenal's Gabriel and Piero Hincapie before sliding in a perfect finish.

After Gianluigi Donnarumma's error swiftly gifted Arsenal a way back into the game, City had to dig deep to show reserves of resilience before Haaland was once more the match-winner.

City rode their luck in moments, but they are once more looking like an unstoppable force as they move to the shoulders of Arsenal, who have controlled the title race for so long.

At the heart of it all was Bernardo Silva, who has announced he is leaving City at the end of this season, probing in his usual fashion but also showing his fierce competitive streak as he raced back 50 yards as the last man to halt a dangerous Arsenal attack.

He was rewarded with a bearhug from manager Pep Guardiola after the final whistle as he pointed to the Portuguese and urged City's fans to join him in praise.

The celebrations that swept around Etihad Stadium at the end reflected the growing sense that City are poised to strike, with a game in hand at doomed Burnley to come.