OneFootball
·18 February 2026
In partnership with
Yahoo sportsOneFootball
·18 February 2026
Champions League day for Inter, but they won't be the only Italian team taking the field this Wednesday. While the Nerazzurri will be busy in Norway, in Bodø, Milan hosts Como at San Siro, in the rescheduled match of the 25th Serie A day.
However, that's not the only topic of discussion in Italy today. As always, there's also room for curiosity about the market.
Let's take a look at the most important news of the day.
After the heavy European defeat against Galatasaray, Juventus continues to plan its future and is also reflecting on the goalkeeping situation. Confidence in Di Gregorio is no longer so solid, and the management is considering possible alternatives for the next season.

Among the profiles followed with greater attention is Marco Carnesecchi of Atalanta, who has had a high-level season. His performances have attracted the Bianconeri's interest, and according to TuttoJuve.com, Juve would be ready to include Federico Gatti as a technical counterpart plus a financial adjustment to open negotiations with the Bergamo club.
The end of the injury for Santiago Gimenez, who was sidelined with a right ankle problem and operated on last December 18 in Amsterdam, is approaching. Massimiliano Allegri, Milan's coach, provided an update before the match against Como, speaking of significant improvements and a possible return to the group in a few weeks.

According to Calciomercato.com, the return could happen in mid-March, but the real target is the match on April 4 against Napoli. An important recovery not only for Allegri but also to protect the club's investment and relaunch the player ahead of this summer's World Cup.
Bad news for Inter ahead of the European away match against Bodø/Glimt. Hakan Calhanoglu did not travel with the team to Norway due to a quadriceps strain in his right thigh, sustained during the Derby d'Italia. The Turk stayed in Milan along with Davide Frattesi.

According to Pasquale Guarro, the midfielder risks missing the return match scheduled at San Siro. An absence that complicates Cristian Chivu's plans, who is called to find alternative solutions: Piotr Zielinski will again take the reins of the midfield in a decisive moment of the season.
Napoli could soon exercise the purchase option for Alisson Santos, the Brazilian winger who arrived on loan from Sporting. After a more than positive start – with his first goal in Serie A in the draw against Roma – the Azzurri are preparing to activate the buyout clause set at €16.5 million, to be paid by the end of the season to secure the player permanently.

The agreement could bring Sporting to collect around €20 million in total, including a 10% resale percentage, confirming the Neapolitan club's interest in focusing on the 2003-born talent beyond this season. The contract for the Brazilian, in case of a definitive purchase, would extend until 2030 (or 2031), with a salary close to €2.7 million per year.
Roma is already thinking about next summer and is looking around for a goalkeeper. Behind Mile Svilar, a reliable vice is needed to ensure security between the posts, especially after Vazquez's departure to Besiktas and with only Gollini as an alternative.

According to TuttoJuve, Konstantinos Tzolakis, born in 2002 from Olympiacos, is in the Giallorossi's sights. The young goalkeeper is impressing in the league and Champions League, also attracting interest from Juventus and Napoli. Olympiacos values his card at around €20 million, a high figure for a vice, but one that confirms the player's qualities and prospects.
After the statement released this morning announcing their absence even in the first leg of the Coppa Italia semifinal against Atalanta, Lazio's organized fans clarified their reasons:

"We won't enter, we show that our love for Lazio is worth more than a marquee match. We were waiting for the press conference to see if there could be, let's call them, openings or something to enter the Coppa Italia semifinal. It gave us yet another demonstration that as soon as he opens his mouth, he gives us those certainties we lack. We want to be clear, as we said, it's a free choice for everyone, it's not imposed on anyone to enter or not. I'll ask you a question, have you ever had a responsible dream? At my home, responsible dreams don't exist. If I have a dream, the dream is something magnificently beautiful, our dream is to see an ambitious, winning ownership that knows how to communicate, that knows how to enter and be empathetic with the fans. This is a dream for us. The dream for us was Sergio Cragnotti's Lazio, where we had to get up in the morning just to see which great player on earth we were following. The dream was to go play in Monte Carlo with Manchester United, that was the dream".
Fiorentina's preparation continues ahead of the Conference League playoff scheduled for tomorrow in Poland. Vanoli's team will face the away match without some key elements: in addition to the injured De Gea, Solomon, and Gudmundsson, Moise Kean and Dodò have also been excluded from the squad list.

According to GianlucaDiMarzio.com, the decision not to call Kean and Dodò was made for technical reasons, probably to preserve the two players for the crucial relegation derby against Pisa in the next league match.
The squad list by Vanoli:
Balbo Vieira, Bertolini, Bonanno, Braschi, Comuzzo, Deli, Fabbian, Fagioli, Fazzini, Fortini, Gosens, Harrison, Kouadio, Leonardelli, Lezzerini, Magalotti, Mandragora, Ndour, Parisi, Piccoli, Pongračić, Ranieri, Sadotti
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.
📸 Marco Luzzani - 2026 Getty Images









































