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Transfer Talk: The ‘I Belong To Jebus’ Edition.
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There’s been a mild bit of speculation as to the future of one Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite the last 24 hours or so. Just a bit.
The latest is that Milan will happily sell their prized Brazilian for the GDP of a small country. A sum which Florentino Perez & Co. are more than chuffed [...]
Tags: AC Milan, Adriano Galliani, Chelsea, Florentino Perez, Kaka, La Liga, Premier League, Premiership, Real Madrid, Serie A, Sid Lowe, Transfer Talk, World FootballOne Transfer Saga Down, One To Go In Milan.
By: chris | 2 Comments
That noise you heard after Carlo Ancelotti stepped down from his post in Milan was the silence brought about by nary a soul batting an eyelash. Long expected, Berlusconi & Co. let him go by ‘mutual consent’ and kicked open the door for him to join Chelsea - which he has done today on a [...]
An Italian Whirlwind Of Emotion
By: chris | 10 Comments
The weekend began with the best of intentions as Paolo Maldini headed for his San Siro swansong. But when teams are relegated - or pushed to the very brink of relegation - things tend to go downhill very quickly.
Take, for example, Genoa and Torino, who embarked on a full out brawl following the former’s 3-2 [...]
Paolo Maldini Says His San Siro Goodbye
By: chris | 14 Comments
We haven’t had a retirement this big since Zinedine Zidane in 2006 and, let’s hope, it should go much better. And were it not for the stage of Zidane’s retirement, it could be said this is much bigger.
Paolo Maldini has been playing for Milan since 1985, which is nothing short of remarkable. But what’s [...]
In Defence of Fabio Cannavaro
By: Daryl | 17 Comments
Most fans would be pretty damn happy if Fabio Cannavaro signed for their team. The 35 year old defender may not be quite the same one man tackling machine that he was in 2006, but he’s not exactly Titus Bramble either. In many ways he’s exactly the sort of player that Juventus need if they’re [...]
Category: Serie A Tags: Calciopoli, Fabio Cannavaro, Italy, Juventus, Real Madrid, Serie A, World Football, World SoccerSerie A to Breakaway
By: Daryl | 8 Comments
News from Italy today is that Serie A clubs will soon be leaving their Serie B brothers behind to form a breakaway top flight. Think of it as the Italian Premier League if you like, though it almost definitely won’t be called that. Let’s hope not anyway.
It all started with an argument about how the [...]
Category: Serie AJose Mourinho’s New Leaf
By: chris | 20 Comments
Since arriving in Italy, The Now Average One has made it a point to annoy all comers with his well-worn ways. Top of the list has been Juventus, who have borne the brunt of his vitriol. And you’d expect, after the bianconeri fans were accused of racism against Mario Balotelli this past weekend, Jose to [...]
Poll: Adriano Is Going, Going…Gone?
By: chris | 10 Comments
There was big news yesterday. Sort of. Because Adriano - the 27 year old Internazionale wild child - announced his immediate retirement. Sort of. L’Imperatore announced his retirement and not only left the door open for a return but is still using his foot for a door stop.
And because of this, news headlines are [...]
Category: Serie AJose Mourinho: Big Mouth Strikes Again
By: Daryl | 7 Comments
Jose Mourinho’s mouth has been busy making enemies again. Expanding on his earlier claim that Serie A coaches (himself excluded of course) were “lacking professional dignity”, Mourinho got a bit more specific.
“I pick the team. A lot of other coaches don’t. They allow other people to suggest the line-up for them. If someone tried that [...]
Category: Serie AWhat is Zlatan Ibrahimović’s Problem?
By: Daryl | 9 Comments
Inter bounced back from their midweek Champions League exit with a 2-0 Serie A win over (then 4th but now) 5th placed Fiorentina yesterday. And guess who got both the goals?
That’s right, Zlatan Ibrahimović. The 95th minute free kick above looks pretty much unstoppable, but he also opened the scoring with this lucky/quick-thinking header:
(Complete highlights [...]
Category: Serie AWhat Would Serie A Look Like if Adjusted for Refereeing Errors?
By: Daryl | 8 Comments
I don’t follow Italian football quite closely enough to have a definite opinion of its men in the middle. But I do know that a whole lot of Calcio followers have a whole lot to say about the standard of refereeing in Serie A.
So they’ll be very interested to hear that the “Observatory of Refereeing [...]
Category: Serie ANoel Gallagher’s Concert Tribute To Kaka
By: chris | 2 Comments
Please excuse the guy singing while filming the video as he is neither Noel nor Liam Gallagher (one would presume).
Not sure if you’ve heard but, well, the Gallagher brothers are huge Man City fans. Real huge. So they probably penned an entire album during this month’s Kaka saga alone.
Starting small, though, Noel goes [...]
Adriano Learns the Difference Between Football and UFC
By: Daryl | 4 Comments
Inter’s troubled (by which I mean occassionally overweight and often in trouble) Brazilian striker Adriano thought he’d gotten away with this sly little punch to Sampdoria defender Daniele Gastaldello’s belly over the weekend. Certainly the ref didn’t see it.
But Adriano apparently forgot that modern football is televised, and so when you gut-punch an oppoenent there’s [...]
The Most Expensive XI of All-Time
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With Manchester City giving a big ole middle finger to the global recession, ESPN thought it prudent to concoct the world’s most expensive lineup in the history of ever. It is, as one might expect, littered with immense talent; talent that has both lived up to the lofty price and talent which has failed quite [...]
Tags: Christian Vieri, costliest, Dani Alves, English Premier League, ESPN, Gaizka Mendieta, Gianluigi Buffon, Hernan Crespo, Internazionale, Juventus, Lazio, Lillian Thuram, Luis Figo, Manchester City, Manchester United, most expensive, Parma, Pavel Nedved, Real Madrid, Rio Ferdinand, Robinho, Serie A, Spain La Liga, World FootballPhotojournal: Kakamania (In Milan, Not Manchester - He’s Staying Put)
By: chris | 10 Comments
Breaking: Kaka will not be going to Manchester City, instead spending the next few years blowing past Serie A defenders. Clearly the Kaka lovefest (below) worked.
For the love of Kaka, could someone please generate a saga that doesn’t involve fangirl swooning, AC Milan, David Beckham and/or Ricky?
Then again Silvio is a media mogul [...]
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