Milan can be pinnacle but in what guarantees to be a exciting run in only factors separates the top 3.
Seven-time European champions AC Milan took advantage of Inter Milan drawing at fellow identify opponents Napoli to move pinnacle for the first time in two months last weekend and have had a complete week to prepare for their healthy.
Inter -- who are a point off Milan -- face Sassuolo off the lower back of Wednesday's demoralising 2-0 home defeat to Liverpool, while Napoli, a in addition point adrift, are at Barcelona inside the Europa League on Thursday earlier than gambling Cagliari on Monday.
Salernitana's essential fear in phrases of countering an attacking threat will come inside the form of Rafael Leao, the 22-year-old Portuguese forward is enjoying a step forward campaign and could make his one hundredth Milan look.
He is ready to be rewarded with a contract extension till 2026 and a profits bumped up to 4 million euros ($four.5 million) a season.
Goals in every of his ultimate two games, which include the most effective one in opposition to Sampdoria which sent Milan top, have taken his Serie A tally to seven, with 4 assists.
On Tuesday Salernitana added in new instruct Davide Nicola as they try to extricate themselves from the relegation area.
It was the cutting-edge episode of what has been an eventful first Serie A season in over two decades for the southern club, who had already changed arms to make sure they had been no longer kicked out of the league.
Spurred on with the aid of new proprietor Danilo Iervolino Salernitana added in 11 gamers in the January switch window after which got encouraging attracts in consecutive suits with Spezia and Genoa.
They have been similarly boosted by way of the Italian Football Federation overturning Serie A's choice to dock them a factor and hand them a three-zero defeat for not displaying up for December's healthy at Udinese following a spike in Covid-19 cases.
