Serie A news round-up: Lopetegui chooses Milan, Conte priority at Napoli

Check out today’s latest news from Serie A, including Julen Lopetegui’s choice of Milan over West Ham and Antonio Conte’s priorities at Napoli.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Julen Lopetegui has already informed West Ham that he has chosen Milan as his next club, and only a ‘final yes’ is missing to complete the deal. The Rossoneri are offering a three-year contract worth €4m per season.

Inter winger Juan Cuadrado infuriated Juventus fans by jumping to the beat of ‘Chi non salta è Bianconero’ on Sunday night, a video showed.

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Clement Lenglet opened up to Gianluca Di Marzio about his ‘suffering’ under Antonio Conte at Tottenham, his contacts with Milan and Serie A in January and two Inter stars who’ll be key at Euro 2024.

Massimiliano Allegri’s mentor and close friend Giovanni Galeone confirmed the Serie A coach won’t resign at the end of the season and feels Juventus would be ‘unfair’ if they sack him.

Marcus Thuram reflected on his debut season with Inter when speaking to Telefoot, the joy of winning the Scudetto and why he chose the number 9 shirt.

Como coach Cesc Fabregas believed the Europa League duel between Roma and Bayer Leverkusen is ’50-50’ and underlined the qualities of Atalanta ahead of their match with Olympique Marseille.

Former Inter president Massimo Moratti insisted that the club have earnt 20 Serie A titles on the pitch following criticisms related to Calciopoli, highlighting how Juventus and Milan ‘cheated’.

Former Italian winger Massimo Mauro sparked a debate on Italian TV last night by comparing Inter and Italy star Nicolò Barella to Andres Iniesta.

Federico Chiesa, Andrea Cambiaso and Dusan Vlahovic were furious after being subbed off in recent Juventus matches, highlighting the players’ irritability in the second part of the season.

Milan are looking increasingly likely to hire Julen Lopetegui, a coach who has never lost to an Italian opponent in the past, Gazzetta dello Sport analysed.

Alessandro Bastoni replied to Davide Moscardelli during Inter‘s Scudetto celebrations in Piazza Duomo on Sunday as the ex-Italian striker said he had seen more Pisa fans celebrating a Serie B promotion in 2019.

Roma have written a letter to Lega Serie A asking for their coming match with Atalanta to be postponed due to their crazy schedule in May.

Matteo Moretto reported that Antonio Conte wants to coach a Serie A club next season, but talks with Napoli are not at an advanced stage.

Milan have received some bad news from the infirmary regarding Mike Maignan and Ruben Loftus-Cheek following their draw with Juventus.

The FIGC will open an investigation into Denzel Dumfries after the Inter defender grabbed a banner depicting Milan‘s Theo Hernandez as a dog on a leash and the Dutchman will be fined like other players in the past.