Clarence Seedorf Set To Be Named New AC Milan Coach On Thursday: Nightly Soccer Report

Earlier today, AC Milan sacked manager Massimiliano Allegri after the club fell 30 points behind Serie A league leaders Juventus. Allegri had already recently announced that he was planning on leaving the club at the end of the season, but AC Milan cut his stay short. And now the Italian side are considering naming former player Clarence Seedorf who may take charge of the club as early as Thursday.

Respected Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio says that Seedorf will leave Botafogo in Brazil to join Milan as head coach.

Seedorf is an accomplished footballer who won the UEFA Champions League with AC Milan, Real Madrid and Ajax. The Dutch footballer, however, has no management experience, but he’s extremely well respected in the game and would no doubt carry a lot of authority at Milan.

Here are today’s world soccer news headlines:

Serie A

• Clarence Seedorf set to be named new AC Milan coach on Thursday — 101GG
• Serie A chiefs consider return to 18-team league — Sport Business

Premier League

• Stoke forward Kenwyne Jones goes on strike in effort to force through Everton move — The Mirror
• Kenwyne Jones fined £80k after texting boss Mark Hughes to say he wouldn’t play against Liverpool — Mail
• Grant Holt set for Villa move as Paul Lambert looks to raid Wigan for his former striker — The Mirror
• Chelsea set to use £10m Kevin De Bruyne profits to justify £25million Nemanja Matic return — The Mirror
• Manchester City’s James Milner happy to bore for England – in Brazil — The Guardian
• David Moyes plans double raid for Paul Pogba and Arturo Vidal — The Mail
• Jonas Gutierrez joins Norwich City from Newcastle — Norwich City FC
• Carlo Ancelotti admits mistake in selling Ozil to Arsenal — Pro Soccer Talk
• Chelsea’s Kevin De Bruyne joins Wolfsburg for €21.5 million — HLN
• Terrible start sees shocking drop in Manchester United’s value — Yahoo
• Questions raised after Steven Gerrard role change — ESPN FC
• Talksport appoints TSA to distribute Premier League rights — SportsPro
• Documentary tells story of ‘The Man Who Saved United’ — Manchester Evening News
• Hull City loanee Gedo set for imminent Al Ahly return — King Fut
• Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere is coming back to his best, says Arsène Wenger — The Guardian
• Bobby Collins dead: Former Leeds, Everton and Celtic star dies aged 82 — The Mirror

International soccer

• Football’s lawmakers to consider the use of sin-bins as punishment — The Guardian
• FIFA confirms friendly matches involving clubs and representative teams of Kosovo — FIFA
• US immigration policy negatively effects US Soccer — Law In Sport
• Cristiano Ronaldo voted for Falcao, Bale and Özil; Lionel Messi voted for Iniesta, Xavi and Neymar — 101GG
• Cristiano Ronaldo says row with Sepp Blatter is ‘no longer an issue’ following telephone conversation — The Independent
• Klinsmann leaves Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi off Ballon d’Or ballot — Sports Illustrated
• Platini: Fifa have changed Ballon d’Or for the worse — Goal
• Januzaj blow for England after FIFA give Kosovo green light to form national team — The Mail

MLS

• Canadian journalist takes to name calling and using derogatory phrase to put down Guardian journo — Toronto Sun
• David Beckham, investors hire Tallahassee lobbyist for Miami soccer push — Miami Herald
• Defoe brings Toronto FC a clinical finisher, instant credibility — The Globe And Mail
• Jermain Defoe concerned Toronto move may hit World Cup hopes — The Guardian

Football League

• Swindon Town ban newspapers from reporting at the County Ground — This Is Swindon

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