Paqueta is a tiny island in Rio de Janeiro's bay. It is so quaint that there are no cars on the island -- but one of its products has a career that is now moving at jet pace.

Lucas Tolentino Coelho de Lima is known as Lucas Paqueta, in honour of his birthplace. As recently as April of last year he was rarely even winning a place on the substitutes bench with Rio de Janeiro giant Flamengo. Soon afterwards, when the club was negotiating with Valencia for the services of goalkeeper Diego Alves, he was...

MILAN -- Shifts from one generation to the next rarely happen as cleanly and as publicly as the one that saw the Italian goalkeeping burden truly pass from Gigi Buffon to Gigio Donnarumma during the Italian Cup final in May. It was nearly the end of Buffon's career with Juventus, and he collected a clean sheet while Donnarumma let in four goals, making mistake after mistake. When the match mercifully ended for AC Milan, Buffon approached the younger keeper and whispered something in his ear.

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AC Milan continued their fine form in front of goal on Sunday as they secured a 3-1 win over Chievo at the San Siro. A double from Gonzalo Higuain and Giacomo Bonaventura's deflected effort sealed the victory, ensuring the Rossoneri are now unbeaten in their last eight games in all competitions. They've also scored 10 goals in their last three outings.

Positives

The clinical edge that was missing during a frustrating run of results has been found and it's essentially turning draws into wins....

AC Milan came from behind to secure a 3-1 Europa League victory over Olympiakos on Thursday, with Gennaro Gattuso's substitutions proving to be crucial. The visitors took the lead in the first half, but three goals in 10 minutes from Patrick Cutrone and Gonzalo Higuain turned the game on its head.

Positives

The Rossoneri took their goals well to seal their comeback win, with Cutrone and Higuain both showing a clinical edge in the box. Having dominated possession for periods to control the game...

The transfer window for all of Europe's big five leagues is closed, but that doesn't stop Transfer Talk from rummaging around about who will be moving where come January.

Zlatan wants Milan return

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is gearing up for one last tour of duty in European football, with a grand return to one of his former clubs rumoured to be in the pipeline.

Ibrahimovic has scored 20 goals in 24 league games for LA Galaxy, but with the 2018 MLS campaign soon ending, the Swede is keen to keep himself...

AC Milan finally put on a clinical display as they secured a 4-1 win over Sassuolo on Sunday night. A double from Suso coupled with goals from Franck Kessie and Samu Castillejo sealed the three points, with the Rossoneri also boosting morale having held on to their lead after recent disappointments.

Positives

Although there is still improvement needed in the overall performance, Milan produced real quality in the final third with their goals and showed a better attitude and reaction in holding on...