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[ad_1] MILAN: Inter Milan secured their place in next season's Champions League with a 3-2 win over Atalanta which showed some fine form heading into the final of Europe's top club competition next month. Simone Inzaghi's side rose to second in Serie A after winning the Italian Cup on Wednesday with an entertaining win over Atalanta after an early blitz from Romelu Lukaku and Nicolo Barella followed by Lautaro Martinez's simple finish in the 77th minute. Inter are eight points ahead of fifth-placed Atalanta, whose top-four hopes are now over for the season, and looked in fine fettle with English champions Manchester City awaiting them in Istanbul on June 10. Their win also means that fourth-placed AC Milan only need to avoid defeat at troubled Juventus to ensure their return to the Champions League after being knocked out in the semi-finals by their local rivals last week. "I knew what this match meant for the club, I'm really happy... The boys so

[ad_1] MILAN: French international striker Marcus Thuram signed for Inter Milan on a free transfer on Saturday, the Serie A club announced. Son of 1998 World Cup winner Lilian Thuram, the 25-year-old signed a five-year deal with last season's Champions League finalists worth a reported 6.5 million euros ($7.1 million) a season. Inter secured his services on the back of his most successful season for Bundesliga side Borussia Moenchengladbach in which he scored 13 goals – he became a free agent at the end of the campaign. "Marcus Thuram signs for Inter," read a statement on the club's website. "The forward, who was born in 1997, joins the Nerazzurri following four seasons with Borussia Moenchengladbach." Thuram will play up front alongside Lautaro Martinez after picking the country of his birth rather than Paris Saint-Germain , replacing veteran Edin Dzeko who signed for Turkish giants Fenerbahce last week. He was born in Parma where his father