Rossoneri Round-up for 9 October: Boban: Milan can return to ‘greatness’ but ‘need a lot of work’

Former Milan midfielder Zvonimir Boban, who is now employed at FIFA, gave his opinion about where the club is headed under Leonardo and Paolo Maldini and how long it would take for them to get back to greatness.

Boban told Radio Anch’io Sport:

I hope they can start a new cycle and that within 3-4 years, we’ll see Milan again in all their greatness, but we need a lot of work. I wish them well.

Leonardo and Maldini have started working very well, they’ve put everything into their roles and they know football. Good results will come, it takes time.

AC Milan and Italian Football Links

As much as they would like to, Juventus fans can’t ignore the ugly allegations about Cristiano Ronaldo. [Black & White & Read All Over]

Is Serie A regaining “elite” status? [Chiesa di Totti]

Milan’s Patrick Cutrone and Alessio Romagnoli, along with Inter Milan’s Danilo D’Ambrosio, have been ruled out of the Italy squad for the upcoming Nations League matches. [Football-Italia.net]

World Football Links

Penn FC, the USL team in Harrisburg, PA, is going on “hiatus” for next season as they look for a better stadium solution. Boo. [Brotherly Game]

Leicester City’s Ben Chillwell has replaced Luke Shaw on the England squad. [BBC.com]

Adidas and Arsenal reached a kit deal that involves some insane amount of money. [The Short Fuse]

A round-up of last week in Mexico’s LigaMX. [FMF State of Mind]

Former Chivas & River Plate manager Matías Almeyda has been named as manager of the San Jose Earthquakes. [FMF State of Mind]