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Things are very different these days for the Brazilian strikers on either side of Milan.
Ronaldo, for his part, is both no longer fat (Who knew it was just a glandular problem?) and also
desperately needed by his club. Adriano, meanwhile, remains both fat and an afterthought, though he
may get to play this weekend, thanks only to the fact that choices one and two could be rested
after a week of internationals.
Another summer transfer window has come and gone. Last August, we were salivating at the prospect
of all of those Italian World Cup heroes coming to play in England for large amounts of dosh. Most
of them were players from Juventus, yes, but we were told there would be an exodus. There
wasn't.
This past transfer window that just concluded had the same hype about it.
Monaco under the guidance of Ricardo Gomes, goes on signing Brazilians. Next to forward Nene and
defenseman Bolivar, the French league team bought in Italy another defenseman Adriano, who was
raised in Gremio and belonged to Atalanta.
There's a long article in today's La Gazzetta (and of course it's not online) detailing
the salaries of each team, from the high rollers like Kaka and Francesco Totti to the
poverty-stricken trio on the bottom, Marco Mancosu, Jan Koprivac and Simone Iacoponi, all of whom
make only €40,000/season.
Not surprisingly, Ricky Kaka tops the Table of Riches with an after-tax salary of €6 million,
followed by The Great Totti who earns €5.
•Everyone and his brother are proclaiming mad love for Gila. A memo must have gone out, or
something.
•The FIGC are getting serious: Angelo Pagotto was just slapped with an eight-year ban after
his second positive test for cocaine. Wow. If this was in the US, he'd have taken a very
high-profile, very short trip to rehab and found Jesus by now, but since he's 34 already I guess
that sort of penance wouldn't do much to help the career.
Note: I've got meetings all day then am getting on a plane; normal service will resume
tomorrow.
In case you missed it, our beloved Bobo scored yesterday (rest assured that, once pictures are
working again, there will be one of him here), an event which we should all be celebrating by
drinking heavily and behaving inappropriately today, work be damned.
