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•Despite the fact that virtually all the media outside of Italy are reporting Freddy Adu's on-again, off-again move to Benfica is so on-again that it's pretty much done, reports in Italy insist he's actually going to Parma with the help of Inter, who will buy the player if he puts in a good showing this season. Mmmmhmm.

•Cristiano Lucarelli made his Ukrainian debut yesterday, playing 45 minutes in Shakhtar Donetsk third match of the season.