Sing along now: "There's only one Arsenal."
Or not.
Fans of the Gunners familiar with only the Premier League, or the top four leagues in England, might know a few teams from other countries. Mostly, this has been due to the Champions League being televised so widely. Crazed football fans may watch more games, including from the top European leagues in Spain, Italy, Germany and France but, for the most part, naming three teams in Denmark might prove to be a challenge.

With the New Year come new expectations. Currently in joint first place with Juventus, Milan will be expected to strengthen their position at the top of the Serie A though doing so in January may prove tricky. Max Allegri's men first face Atalanta in a regional derby before the Milan derby with Inter and ties [.

La Juventus è capolista solitaria. Lo dice la classifica di Serie A, lo dice il campo, con i bianconeri che espugnano l'Olimpico, piegano la Lazio grazie alla rete decisiva di Pepe (romano e romanista) e volano al primo posto, da soli, con 25 punti.
Niente da fare per la squadra biancoceleste che, con la coppia Rocchi-Klose, ha provato a mettere i bastoni tra le ruote all'ingranaggio della Juventus, ma il meccanismo gi oliato dell'undici di Conte è andato via ancora una volta in scioltezza e ha trovato con Pepe una vittoria pesantissima.

Yes, we were lamenting the lack of goals for a good part of the Juventus-Milan fixture yesterday until signore Claudio Marchisio (and those pair of eyes) stepped in to score twice for Juventus! With a name like that, the whole of Turin will not be sweating over his complimentary one week risotto.

Two late goals by Claudio Marchisio gave Juventus an impressive 2-0 win over ten-man AC Milan at the Juventus Arena to send them top of Serie A The hosts remained dominant throughout the match and Antonio Conte's men were duly rewarded for their efforts three minutes from time when Marchisio followed up on Bonera's weak [.

Milan confirm talks over signing Alberto Aquilani from Liverpool

• Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi keen to bring in midfielder • 'I like him a lot, he's an interesting player' The Milan owner, Silvio Berlusconi, has confirmed the club are in talks over signing Alberto Aquilani from Liverpool.

Paris Saint-Germain have shattered the French transfer record by signing playmaker Javier Pastore from Palermo for €42m.

The fee for the Argentinian international, who has signed a five-year contract, eclipses the €33.5m PSG paid to Real Madrid CF for Nicolas Anelka in 2000

Qatar Sports Investments bought a 70% stake in PSG on 30 June and quickly installed former Inter Milan coach Leonardo as general manager.

AC Milan doing one of its great seasons in the Serie A, leading with 5 points difference over Inter Milan, and just had a great 1-0 victory vs. Juventus. Milan looked very paled and helpless vs. Tottenham Hotspurs, which didn't play its best games yesterday.
Tottenham itself had sensational 3-1 victory over Inter Milan few weeks ago, now knocked out AC Milan 1-0 for two aggregate games.

To begin this post, as I hope to begin most posts, we'll take a look at five of the bigger calcio-related news stories of the day before delving into a relevant topic. Covered today: Cosmi's new formation for Palermo, Roma's rigore madness, and Juventus just may be trying too hard.

5 Headlines from the Peninsula:

• Serse Cosmi has announced that Palermo's formation will be changing.

Sean Oakes has been a Gooner for 32 years. He is a freelance journalist and writer and his favourite player of all time is Liam Brady. He will be a regular columnist on The Goon Blog and has a deep knowledge of who we are tracking, scouting and what players we are looking to bring into the club.