Big-spending AC Milan throw down the gauntlet to Juventus


  • Football
  • Thursday, 17 Aug 2017

Soccer Football - Juventus vs Lazio Italian Super Cup Final - Rome, Italy - August 13, 2017 Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri REUTERS/Alberto Lingria

MILAN (Reuters) - After years of midtable mediocrity, AC Milan have thrown down the gauntlet to Juventus by assembling a team which supporters believe can end the Turin side's run of six successive Serie A titles.

Under new Chinese owners, the seven-times European champions have splurged 190 million euros (173.54 million pounds) on transfers and, for a change, the money has gone on players who appear to have their best years ahead of them.

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