span style="font-family:arial;"An A-Z of the European league's top goalscorers in strong2008/2009/strong, listed alphabetically by countries and supplemented by the footballer's name, number of goals to their credit, the proud club honoured to acquire his services and the total matches played by that team in the domestic league.

Goal.com with an interesting look at Juventus' year -- Goal.com Special: Who Is Juventus' Player Of The Season? I have to agree with the analysis, Amauri and Del Piero were sensational in 2008, but the duo struggled in '09. My Juventus POY -- Giorgio Chiellini -- Last year, Manchester City were looking at bringing the defender to the Eastlands.

It is official:
Manchester United -- three Premiership titles in a row.
Inter Milan -- four Serie A titles in a row.
Of interest, Inter boss Jose Mourinho now has five title in the last seven years from three different countries having also claimed the Portuguese crown with Porto in 2003 and 2004 and the Premiership title in 2005 and 2006 with Chelsea.

30-year-old forward Fabrizio Miccoli resigned with Palermo until June of 2012 on May 30, 2009.
His stats from the 2008-09 Serie A season -- 29 matches, 13 goals, 7 assists.

Napoli have announced the addition of Fabio Quagliarella via Udinese. The Italian international has signed a five-year contract.
The 26-year-old forward was Udinese's top goal scorer during the 2008/09 Serie A season. He scored 13 times in league.
Here are his complete 2008-09 Serie A stats -- 24 starts, 12 substitutions, 13 goals, 4 assists, 119 shots, 38 shots on goal.

GOAL: 13th minute from 30-year-old midfielder Gennaro Delvecchio to put Sampdoria up 1-0. The score was assisted by Mirko Pieri.

Internazionale's Serbian playmaker, Dejan Stanković, just scored five minutes in against Catania.

GOAL: Francesco Totti scores in the 24th minute to put Roma up. He know has six league goals on the season.
GOAL: Edison Cavani in the 31st minute for Palermo. It is now tied up 1-1.
GOAL: Matteo Brighi for Roma at the end of the half to now put AS Roma back on top at 2-1.

Lazio, readying for the Coppa Italia final vs. Sampdoria, appears to be looking past Udinese -- Read On -- Serie A Preview: Lazio - Udinese

After Amauri's departure to Juventus a year ago, Uruguayan international Edinson Cavani was looked upon to team with Fabrizio Miccoli in the front of the Palermo attack. The 22-year-old had a solid Serie A season with stats to follow -- 34 starts, 1 substitution, 14 goals, 4 assists, 103 shots, and 39 shots on goal.

Takayuki Morimoto
Forward
Catania
May 7, 1988 (Age:21)
Background:
Once considered the "Golden Boy" of Japanese football, Morimoto has been building up his reputation in Europe instead of Japan. The youngest player and goalscorer in J-League history, has had a fine season in Serie A where he has scored 7 goals in 23 League games.

Swedish international centre-back Olof Mellberg will join Greek champions Olympiacos for an initial fee of £2.1m spread across two instalments, Serie A runners-up Juventus have announced.
The former Aston Villa captain represented the bianconeri on 27 occasions but qualms over his future in Turin intensified when the arrival of Fabio Cannavaro was unveiled, creating a fierce situation whereby the two central defensive positions would be disputed by the Italian national trio of Giorgio Chiellini, Nicola Legrottaglie and 126-capped Cannavaro alongside Mellberg.