Roma head into the Derby Della Capitale in a state of flux. Last week's limp 4-1 defeat to Atalanta has seen coach Luis Enrique's authority over the club once more coming into question. His position has not been aided by a poor away form and constant off-field concerns surrounding his vice-captain, Daniele De Rossi.

So Roma won one of those ‘should win' games hardly news to send ripples pulsating throughout Serie A. But slowly and surely, Luis Enrique's new Roma are coalescing into a more fluid unit with the signs of promise emerging. But while edging past Novara and Lecce is a positive, it remains a fundamental necessity and a journey to Udinese represents something far more meaningful and.

So Roma won one of those ‘should win' games hardly news to send ripples pulsating throughout Serie A. But slowly and surely, Luis Enrique's new Roma are coalescing into a more fluid unit with the signs of promise emerging. But while edging past Novara and Lecce is a positive, it remains a fundamental necessity and a journey to Udinese represents something far more meaningful and.

Typically, the weekend's press contained many rumours linking Newcastle United to various players, some of which I provide a summary of in this article. Amidst the rants of Llambias and the mutterings of discontent or otherwise about the stadium renaming, there was also a healthy serving of transfer speculation on the weekend.

A few words from the editor It is with great pleasure I welcome back Stuart Harper after a recent absence to the pages of Serie A Weekly. Stuart has been one of our best received writers during the last year and his coverage of AS Roma has surely been missed, welcome back Stu! Whether other tifosi feel the same it is hard to say, but for this particular Romanista, watching Roma this year.

While he looks arguably a better prospect than Giovani dos Santos was, is Bojan Krkic going to be another over priced disappointment from the fringes of the Barcelona squad? A £14m price tag would suggest this 20 year old is a bit special but as he's yet to do it on a consistent basis at the highest level, this transfer would be a very risky one.

Gazzetta dello Sport Inter Moratti casting Bielsa has arrived in Paris, but Inter's enquiries continue No from Ancelotti. Mihajlovic in race. Dunga and Zico also appear Milan double up. Derby for Kucka Vucinic-Juve is OK Roma chase Clichy Tuttosport Diarra to Juve: "I want €4.5m" Toro: Ebagua the first signing.

I. The Fourth Foer Brother

Every so often, when I'm faced with a lonely hour, I like to wile away some time by inventing a career for a hypothetical fourth Foer brother. You know the Foer brothers, of course: there's Franklin, the oldest, who edited The New Republic and wrote How Soccer Explains the World; Jonathan Safran, the next-oldest, the whimsical-melancholy (whimsicholy?