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News from Italy, concretely from "Tuttosports" & picked up locally via Spanish Sports daily "As",
mentions that JUVENTUS has REAL MADRID forward GONZALO HIGUAIN as mximum signing objective for next
season. But there is more, in case it all gets difficult , Juventus has a Plan- B , that is,
KARIM BENZEMA.
Seven English wins in nine last 16 ties against Italian clubs the stats that show why
history favours Chelsea and Arsenal over Napoli & AC Milan...
Arsenal face AC Milan and Chelsea will take on Napoli when Europe's elite competition resumes in
February, and they will be hoping to continue a trend of Premier League dominance
View the full story here: Goal
A news article on 2011-12-17 09:20:00 from: Goal
This news item has been reproduced from today's media.
Seven English wins in nine last 16 ties against Italian clubs the stats that show why
history favours Chelsea and Arsenal over Napoli & AC Milan...
Arsenal face AC Milan and Chelsea will take on Napoli when Europe's elite competition resumes in
February, and they will be hoping to continue a trend of Premier League dominance
View the full story here: Goal
A news article on 2011-12-17 09:20:00 from: Goal
This news item has been reproduced from today's media.
Seven English wins in nine last 16 ties against Italian clubs the stats that show why
history favours Chelsea and Arsenal over Napoli & AC Milan...
Arsenal face AC Milan and Chelsea will take on Napoli when Europe's elite competition resumes in
February, and they will be hoping to continue a trend of Premier League dominance
View the full story here: Goal
A news article on 2011-12-17 09:20:00 from: Goal
This news item has been reproduced from today's media.
Seven English wins in nine last 16 ties against Italian clubs the stats that show why
history favours Chelsea and Arsenal over Napoli & AC Milan...
Arsenal face AC Milan and Chelsea will take on Napoli when Europe's elite competition resumes in
February, and they will be hoping to continue a trend of Premier League dominance
View the full story here: Goal
A news article on 2011-12-17 09:20:00 from: Goal
This news item has been reproduced from today's media.
Seven English wins in nine last 16 ties against Italian clubs the stats that show why
history favours Chelsea and Arsenal over Napoli & AC Milan...
Arsenal face AC Milan and Chelsea will take on Napoli when Europe's elite competition resumes in
February, and they will be hoping to continue a trend of Premier League dominance
View the full story here: Goal
A news article on 2011-12-17 09:20:00 from: Goal
This news item has been reproduced from today's media.
Seven English wins in nine last 16 ties against Italian clubs the stats that show why
history favours Chelsea and Arsenal over Napoli & AC Milan...
Arsenal face AC Milan and Chelsea will take on Napoli when Europe's elite competition resumes in
February, and they will be hoping to continue a trend of Premier League dominance
View the full story here: Goal
A news article on 2011-12-17 09:20:00 from: Goal
This news item has been reproduced from today's media.
Over the past few weeks, with Manchester United keen to extend Paul Pogba's contract with the
club, there have been rumours linking him with a move to Italian clubs. The papers suggested that
the talented youngster would be able to leave on a free this summer although the manager has today
confirmed we have the option to extend his current deal for another year.
By FRANCO PANIZO
A day after Pep Guardiola said he had no plans of selling him, David Villa was lost to
injury.
Villa will be sidelined for approximately the next six months after fracturing his tibia in
Barcelona's 4-0 Club World Cup win over Al Sadd on Thursday.
Liverpool are set to rival La Liga outfit Sevilla in the hunt for FC Twente sensation Ola John,
after stepping up their scouting of the Dutch Under-21 international.
John has emerged as one of the Eredivisie's rising stars after a whirlwind 18 months which has seen
him make his first-team debut and snub moves to both Manchester United and Arsenal.
Since Antonio Cassano was ruled for basically the season two players in particular have emerged as
favourites to replace him, Chelsea's Didier Drogba and Catania's Maxi Lopez. But, Milan should
forget both these players and heed the advice of their former striker, Oliver Bierhoff, who has
advised Italian clubs to sign Borussia Dortmund's Mario Gotze.
It is well known history to Baggio fans that he started playing with Vicenza then moved to
Fiorentina where he was very talented. Then, he became the most expensive player in the world in
1990 when Juventus bought him. However, there is a certain week, where it might be his best week at
his young age, that week declared him as the next big thing for Italy.
The Italian Serie A since yesterday has an unexpected leader: Udinese Calcio. After the amazing
4th place of the last year Francesco Guidolin's team is now at the top of the league despite the
selling of many foundamental players during the last summer market.
Players like Gokhan Inler, Alexis Sanchez and Cristian Zapata have been sold for more than £ 60
millions and replaced with less expensive players such as Gabriel Torje ( £ 5 millions from Dinamo
Bucaresti) and Danilo Larangeira (form Palmeiras).
A memorable round for the Italian clubs who took seven points from a possible nine to place
themselves in good positions for progression into the knock-out stages. Inter Milan have had a
torrid start to their domestic season. Following a shock loss to Turkish minnows Trabzonspor in
Champions League and the dismissal of Provincial manager Gian Piero Gasperini, the European
Champions of 2010 earned.
Boca Juniors are hoping they can agree a deal to sign Manchester City's outcast striker Carlos
Tevez, according to reports. The Argentine forward was suspended by the club earlier this month,
following his refusal to come on as a substitute in City's Champions' League defeat to Bayern
Munich. After that incident, Roberto Mancini has made it clear that Tevez will never play for the
club again.
Michael Bradley becomes the next American to try to make a career for himself in Italy's Serie A
after finding success in Holland and Germany. Chievo is hardly a household name among the Italian
clubs, so here's what you need to know about Bradley's new home. Why Are We Here? After going on
loan to Aston Villa for the second0half of the 2010-11 season, Bradley was unable to make the move
permanent.
Clemente Lisi writes of Michael Bradley's start to his Serie A career with Chievo Verona.
The opening weekend of Italy's Serie A brought with it the familiar sights and sounds. The
sight of loud fans tossing flares onto the field and the sound of coaches whining about referees.
In the middle of it all was one American among the nearly 500 players spread out across 20
clubs.
Photo by ISIphotos.com
By JOHN BOSCHINI
Jorge Luis Pinto is returning to CONCACAF.
The Costa Rican Federation has announced the hiring of Pinto as coach of the national team.
The Colombian native has reportedly reached verbal terms with Costa Rica and will replace
Ricardo La Volpe, who stepped down last month.
He was such a great prospect for Italian football, but alas, Davide Santon has
left Inter Milan for Newcastle! The 20-year-old Italian defender signed a five year deal (the fee
has not been disclosed) with the English club yesterday. Players of Davide's age
need to be given as much as playing time as possible, so it makes sense for him to pick first-team
football in England.
First it looked like the Spanish clubs weren't going to play, but now they are. And then it looked
like the Italian clubs were going to play, but not maybe they'll go on strike. It's really
difficult to tell what's going on from one day to another, but we're going ahead as if everybody is
playing this weekend because that's the way I like it.
The draw is set for the upcoming Champions League group stages, so let's take a look at the
groups in which the Italian clubs will be playing.
GROUP A:
Bayern Munich (Germany)
Villarreal (Spain)
Manchester City (England)
Napoli (Italy)
GROUP B:
Inter Milan (Italy)
CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Lille (France)
Trabzonspor (Turkey)
GROUP H:
Barcelona (Spain)
AC Milan (Italy)
Bate (Belarus)
Plzen (Czech Republic)
It was always going to be difficult for Napoli in their first ever trip to the Champions League,
but they certainly didn't get any favors with this draw.
The draw is set for the upcoming Champions League group stages, so let's take a look at the groups
in which the Italian clubs will be playing. GROUP A: Bayern Munich (Germany) Villarreal (Spain)
Manchester City (England) Napoli (Italy) GROUP ...
When FC Twente played Benfica Lisbon to a 2-2 draw on Tuesday night, Tottenham manager Harry
Redknapp was in the stands to witness it. Mind you, 'Arry wasn't just out for a fun night of
European football in Enschede - he was there to take a personal look at Bryan Ruiz, Twente's Costa
Rican striker and a target for Spurs in this summer's transfer window.
Here's the fourth of our five previews of the upcoming European season, brought to you by Bill
Turianski of Bill's Sports Maps. This time the focus is Italy's Serie A but the concept is the
same. Bill has put together a chart detailing each Italian club who is taking part in European
competition as well as a map of every Serie A club.
The poor performance by Italian clubs in Europe last season has caused the Italia football
federation (IFF) to change the rules. Effectively immediately, each club in Serie A will be allowed
to sign a second non-EU player.
A year ago, after Italy's first-round exit at the World Cup, the federation reduced the number
of non-EU players from two to one with the goal of giving more Italian players playing time.
Catania general manager Pietro Lo Monaco reveals "Liverpool and Villarreal are interested in Matias
Silvestre."
The Argentine defender is one of several players expected to leave the Stadio Massimino over the
summer.
"Top of the list of those moving on is Silvestre," Lo Monaco told Itasportpress.
Serie A Weekly welcomes the return of occasional contributor Michael Moruzzi of the excellent
Regista Blog. Italian clubs have an enviable record in terms of scouting and acquiring talent from
across the globe, but not everyone fulfils their potential in Serie A. It might be that a player
has the wrong coach, or finds himself in a squad with too many similar players.
- After claiming he wanted to spend the rest of his career at Manchester United, Carlos Tevez
left the club whose badge he used to kiss to join Manchester City.
- Despite being given the captaincy at City, Tevez handed in a transfer request less than 18
months at the club.
- After repeatedly claiming he was unhappy because he was so far away from his family, City gave
him time off to visit them.
Having been heavily linked with Arsenal, As Roma and Aston Villa in recent days, former
Chelsea's manager, Carlo Ancelotti, simply squashed away all of those rumors after the tactician
stated that he will take a break from coaching job next season.
Ancelotti stated that he doesn't want to rush things and preferred to take his time for the time
being, watching football behind the scenes before returning again into the driving seat.
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- Prestige International Youth Tournament: Again No QPR Involvement
- The Saturday Protest at Loftus Road was apparently not a success
- QPR Reportedly Going for Swansea's Ashley WilliamsMirror/Steve Stammers - QPR plot double Spurs raid- Premier League newcomers Queens Park Rangers are preparing a double swoop for Jermaine Jenas and
Robbie Keane.
Bacary Sagna, a photo by Fid aka Theo on Flickr.
According to Bacary Sagna's agent, Sagna looks unlikely to transfer to another club next
season.
Being transfer linked with Italian clubs such as Juventus and Roma, and a few Spanish clubs, he is
one of Arsenal's valuable player since Arsene Wenger brought him to Arsenal from Auxerre in the
summer of 2007.
Manchester City are facing up to the fact that their influential skipper Carlos Tevez's
participation in next weekend's FA Cup final is still under some serious doubt. The 27-year old
suffered a hamstring injury last month against Liverpool, and it is still very much touch-and-go as
to whether the Argentinean will be included in the match-day squad that travel to Wembley on May
14th.
Ahead of the sixth European Cup Final at Wembley, Michel Platini delivers the trophy. Italian clubs
have mixed fortunes there, Sampdoria losing to Barcelona in 1992, unable to match the 1963 triumph
of Milan
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Sorry for the long absence. I've spent the past two months in Mexico and Central America and it
turned out that finding free and convenient wifi in the area wasn't so convenient. Plus, I was just
having way too much fun. (Feel free to read about the adventures
here.)
But, we're back.
Sorry for the long absence. I've spent the past two months in Mexico and Central America and it
turned out that finding free and convenient wifi in the area wasn't so convenient. Plus, I was just
having way too much fun. (Feel free to read about the adventures
here.)
But, we're back.
Samuel Eto showed yesterday why he was the only African player to be awarded as the African Player
of The Year four times, why he won Champion League 3 times (06,09,10) and why Roger Milla started
media war against him out of jealousy.
Samuel Eto inspired his team for a historical victory over Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena when
everyone thought that Bayern is crushing the Inter.
UEFA Champions League, Round of 16, Second LegsTransfer rumours of 'Fabregas to Barça' will be
relit this evening in Catalonia as Arsenal take a slender advantage to the Camp Nou, while Shakhtar
Donetsk fly Eastern Europe's flag with a narrow lead over Roma.Italian clubs are up against it, all
trailing from their home legs: A defeat for the giallorossi in Ukraine coupled with Milan sinking
in
Italy's elite clubs are struggling in the Champions League and have struggled since 2000 despite
two trophies won by Milan and one by Inter in the last decade.
Italian clubs were the dominant force in the 1990s with Milan and Juventus winning the Champions
League with Juve reached three consecutive finals.
Liverpool is one of the Barclays Premier League clubs being linked with a move for Josip
Iličić.
The 23-year-old Slovenian international has been monitored by a number of clubs after a rapid rise
to prominence in Italy, with Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish thought to be one of the managers taking
a look at the player in January.
When Deloitte release their annual list of 'Richest Football Clubs', there's plenty of debate on
English football's earning power, the individual TV deals negotiated by Real Madrid and Barcelona,
Manchester United's position at the top of the Premier League food chain, insane amounts of debt in
the game, and so on.
