The Winter Olympics is coming up in Italy next year, and with the Italian government is putting many stadiums to use. Many were either renovated or built solely for the event, but some are still in use. One of the current stadiums which could be used is the San Siro the home of Inter and AC Milan.

The winter olympics run at the same time as Serie A season so there will need to be alternative venues for the teams to play. Thankfully for Inter Milan none of these Serie A games, are at the same time as there events so they will get off free, but the same can’t be said for AC Milan.

This has mean’t that they are looking for an alternative venue to play in. Many would assume that it would be somewhere else in Milan, however it won’t be. In Fact they will likely travel the globe and play somewhere out of Italy for one of their league games. Now it is believed that Milan will host Como in Perth, Australia.

Milan have played preseason games in Perth over the last two years, and they have had success within the Australian footballing community, with a lot of AC Milan fans living in the country. This is why Lega Serie A and AC Milan decided to play the game instead of somewhere more economic benefit.

General view of AC Milan fan village before the Pre -Season Friendly match between Perth Glory and AC Milan at HBF Park on July 31, 2025 in Perth,…

There was some doubts over where the game would be played due to disagreements between Serie A and the Asian Confederation, about the game. This lead the doubt if the game could go ahead in Perth thankfully those thoughts have been put to bed. This is thanks from a comment from the CEO of Serie A saying “The game will be played in Perth on February 8th as scheduled”

Inter has had some profound success in recent history as former head coach Simone Inzaghi, built the side a distinct style of play. Even with Inzaghi leaving the side, this style of the play continued, with some slight tweaks. Cristian Chivu came in and kept the same principles.

Inters recent success has been on strong defence, great build up from the wings and versatile midfielders. The squad strength of Inter have helped this be true, especially on the wings with Denzel Dumfries and Federico Di Marco on either side. While reinforcements such as Carlos Augusto and Luis Henrique, these two have still been the main players.

Now however, Inter might have to prepare for some sort of change as Denzel Dumfries isn’t guaranteed to be at Inter. This is according to FCInternewsIT, he would like a move to Premier League. While this is only a rumour, some true circumstances already support the claim.

Recently Dumfries changed his agent, from Jorge Mendes to Ali Barat. Barat is known to be a strong mover in the Premier League and a switch by Dumfries, could signal intent for a move. These rumours have also come up before, however nothing has happened yet.

Ali Barat – Wikipedia

He also won’t be extremely expensive for anyone potential buyers. Dumfries has a release clause in his contract for non Italian teams that is set only at 25 million euros. This is low considering his value on Transfermarkt is 35 million euros, and arguably could be higher.

So if Inter are forced to sell Dumfries they are getting ready for a replacement. Inter have circled two Italian names to replace Dumfries, Marco Palestra and Michael Kayode. Palestra has been shining for Cagliari this season on loan from Atalanta and will have plenty of teams looking to sign him.

This could lead to Inter being forced to pay a price higher for Palestra due to the competition from other sides mainly Juventus. This is why Kayode is a back-up option for Inter if they can’t get Palestra, who signed for Brentford from Fiorentina this summer for 17 million euros.

Kenan Yildiz has been, one of Juventus best players in recent history, emerging in January of 2023 under Max Allegri. He came off the bench for his first few starts, but ever since then he has been. impossible to bench. He has been Juventus’s most important attacking threat ever since.

Now however his future is under some uncertainty. This as he is negotiating with the club for a new contract, but according to Gazzetta Dello Sport the talks aren’t going well. This has led to the club and Yildiz’s entourage deciding to pause talks for now and pick them up later in the season.

The club was close to signing a deal with Yildiz that would keep him in Turin until 2030, but the financial terms weren’t met. This is why the deal broke down, as the two clubs couldn;’t find a compromise. Right now Yildiz earns 1.7 million euros per season and he is looking to up that.

Yildiz is looking to earn 6 million euros per season. This would put him on par with new signing Jonathan David, but would still be less than Dusan Vlahovic at 12 million per season. Juventus could be forced to match this payment reluctantly, as other clubs could be interested in signing Yildiz.

Last summer, Chelsea made a bid of 67 million euros to sign Yildiz which Juventus turned down. However, there are now more teams who could look to bring Yildiz in. Real Madrid have also been interested in Yildiz looking to replace Vinicius Junior who could lead this summer. Bayern Munich are also interested being his former club in youth days.