Pioli signs new Milan contract until 2023

Milan head coach Stefano Pioli has signed a new contract with the Serie A club until 2023.

Pioli put pen to paper on a two-year deal to replace the sacked Marco Giampaolo at San Siro in October 2019.

The former Fiorentina boss led Milan to second in Serie A behind city rivals Inter last season, sealing Champions League qualification for the first time in seven years.

Pioli on Friday signed a contract to keep him at the club until the end of the 2022-23 campaign.

The 56-year-old told Milan TV: I hope to be able to experience many emotions on this bench, we are ambitious and we want to continue like this.

Milan are second in Serie A, level on points with leaders Napoli, after amassing 32 points from their opening 12 games for their first time…

‘Outstanding’ Arsenal teenager ‘a real part’ of first team with debut brace proving he belongs

David Ornstein feels Arsenal teenager Ethan Nwaneri is now a real part of the club s first team, following a brace in his first senior start, in the League Cup.

Nwaneri made his debut as an Arsenal first-team player at 15 years old, in a one-minute Premier League cameo against Brentfod in 2022/23, the only time he was included in a top-flight squad that season.

Two years later, he made his first senior start for the Gunners, and made it count, bagging a brace in a 5-1 victory over Bolton in the League Cup, in which he played the full 90 minutes.

Ornstein feels the youngster has shown himself to be a genuine first-team option with that performance.

He s [Mikel Arteta] shown confidence in Nwaneri, who I thought was absolutely outstanding tonight, if you w…