News about Alexis Saelemaekers

Former Chelsea star Tammy Abraham is reportedly close to joining Serie A side AC Milan from AS Roma. According to Fabrizio Romano, Paulo Fonseca's side is set for a swap deal with the Giallorossi, with Alexis Saelemaekers leaving the Rossoneri. The development comes after Abraham, who has been in the capital of Italy for the past three years, was unable to regain the confidence of his current manager in his abilities following a severe knee injury at the end of the 2022-23 season.

ALVISE CAGNAZZO: Napoli was on the verge of sealing the Scudetto this weekend, but they were unable to capture the moment as the champagne remained on ice. Lazio, their nearest rivals, lost to Inter Milan, who boosted their top-four hopes, while Juventus dropped points at Bologna, where it was honours both Roma and AC Milan. ALVISE CAGNAZZO round up the things we learned from Italy's top flight in his weekly column.

After Tammy Abraham gave Roma the lead minutes minutes earlier, Alexis Saelemaekers rescued AC Milan a point deep into injury time. Abraham believed he won in the third minute of extra time, giving Jose mourinho's side three points clear of the visitors in the top-four. However, Saelemaekers discovered himself unmarked at the back post and gathered Rafael Leao's cross to put Milan on parody four minutes later.

On Matchday 30 of Italy's biggest clubs, ALVISE CAGNAZZO: On Weekend 30 of the Serie A season, it was a frustrating weekend for some of Italy's top teams. Napoli, AC Milan, and Inter Milan were among those keeping an eye on the second leg of their Champions League quarter-finals this week, which may have resulted in points deferred. Rivals Roma and Lazio, on the other hand, lifted their hopes of Champions League qualification by 3-0 victories over Udinese and Spezia respectively. Alvise Cagnazzo of Mail Sport has dissected the weekend's events and taken a closer look at ten things we learned from the Italian top flight.

Napoli lost their first game of the season when they were humiliated at home by AC Milan, who secured a 4-0 win. AC Milan lost all three points thanks to Rafael Leao's brace, as well as goals from Brahim Diaz and Alexis Saelemaekers in what was Napoli's third Serie A loss of the season.

Milan got off the game and maintained the high energy into the first half, but Empoli goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario was unable to defeat him. As winger Alexis Saelemaekers needed to be recalled in the 33rd minute, boss Stefano Pioli's injury woes continued. Right back Davide Calabria needed to be carried off the field on a stretcher only three minutes after he was knocked down.

The Italians' scoresheet featured Olivier Giroud, Alexis Saelemaekers, and Tommaso Pobega, though the visitors' Mislav Orsic had a field day.

In their Champions League Group F opener on Tuesday, Marian Shved scored twice in a dream debut for Shakhtar Donetsk. Shved, who joined the club just five days ago from Celtic, was given his first goal when Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi miskicked the ball outside the box early on, allowing the winger to tap it into the empty net. After the break, the Germans stepped up the heat, and it paid off in the 57th minute when Mohamed Simakan made a quick move for the equalizer.

With a 3-0 victory over Monza, Paulo Dybala scored his first goals for the club to lift Roma to the top of Serie A. Dybala, a striker for Jose Mourinho from Juventus in the summer, clung on to England striker Tammy Abraham's flick-on in the 18th minute before firing a left-footed shot into the corner. Argentina's 28-year-old Argentinian made it 2-0 on 32 minutes after Abraham's shot was salvaged after he slid the ball into an empty net, with Ibanez's header from a corner finishing the scoring shortly after the hour.