While Michel Platini's plans for reform in European soccer may, at first glance, appear a serious threat to English soccer club Liverpool's future in European competition, the club's long-term future may be significantly brighter once the new measures are put in place.
Liverpool were one of the clubs namechecked by Platini when discussing his reforms in an interview with the Daily Telegraph newspaper, saying: "If Liverpool pay €60 million (interest) every year to the banks, it's a lot of money. Click to continue reading...

It's been a rough few weeks for Jose Mourinho. So when Wesley Sneijder scored an injury time winner against Udinese on Saturday, Jose went a little nuts as he celebrated the goal and the release of all that pent-up anger and stress he's been holding in lately.

Unfortunately, not everyone appreciated that namely, Inter president Massimo Moratti.

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Apparently Zidane and Marco Materazzi have become the new Israel and Palestine since the Headbutt Heard Round The World at the 2006 World Cup final. The two have never kissed and made up, despite numerous attempts to bring peace between the two by surprisingly important people who must not have anything better to do with their lives.

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It has been 16 months since the „Special One" took over Inter's bench and now we are free to say that he made no impact. There hasn't been any progress and it is time for Massimo Moratti to ask himself what was wrong with Roberto Mancini.

The fact that Inter defended the title cannot be considered success and most of Italian football fans will agree with me on this.

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Last season, Juventus were forced to play a game behind closed doors after fans racially abused Inter's Mario Balotelli. On Saturday, Balotelli was abused again this time by Cagliari fans and the match went on, a decision criticised after by both Massimo Moratti, President of Inter, and by Italian Footballers Association president Sergio Campana.

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For AC Milan in Saturday's fabled Derby della Madonnina, Gennaro Gattuso's nightmare came true. If not for Inter's new-look, new-effect attack, poor Captain Rino would be carrying all responsibility for the unbalanced result (AC Milan 0:4 Inter).

Inter earned three (and perhaps all four) of their strikes, yet more could not have gone wrong in one half of play for the feisty AC Milan defensive midfielder as he returns from long-term injury to snatch back his position from the interloping Galaxy star, a certain D Beckham.

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.Few football matches are more exciting, enthralling and passionate than the Derby della Madonnina. When two of the powerhouses of Italian football meet it is rarely a dull affair and this weekend's match promises to really kick start the season. After a disappointing 1 – 1 draw at home to Bari on the opening weekend, Inter [. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea totally tore up Sunderland, a pretty decent side, today. I have no idea why Paul Wilson wrote that the Blues would be the first to drop out of the top four. Maybe he got too much sun in Mallorca. Something about the coach being new to the Premiership. At this point this Blues team could coach themselves.

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Ieri sera, dopo qualche difficoltà (mancava un documento importante per la conclusione della trattativa) Zlatan Ibrahimovic è riuscito a coronare il proprio sogno. Tanti ringraziamenti a "papà " Moratti, all'Inter e all'Italia, ma lui non aspettava altro che una chiamata da Guardiola e dall'unica, tra le squadre di calcio esistenti al mondo, che poteva strapparlo via da Mourinho. Click to continue reading...

La negociaciones entre el Barcelona y el Inter de Milán para intercambiar delanteros, Samuel Eto'o por Zlatan Ibrahimovic, está a un millón de euros de concretarse.

Ese millón de euros es para cubrir el sueldo que pretende el delantero camerunés, el cual es de 10 millones de euros, pero la directiva "neroazurri" sólo le ha ofrecido 9 millones de euros.

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Barcelona president Joan Laporta has defended the club's attempts to sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic and insisted the money involved is not comparable to that splashed out by Real Madrid this summer.

Madrid have spent over 200million euros bringing in Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Karim Benzema and Raul Albiol while so far it has been much quieter at the Nou Camp where they have only signed Maxwell.

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Si susseguono, frenetiche, le voci sulla trattativa (che sarebbe la risposta clamorosa del Barcellona alla campagna trasferimenti galattica del Real) che dovrebbe portare uno dei più forti della Serie A di calcio e del mondo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic ad indossare la maglia dei Campioni d'Europa del Barcellona. Click to continue reading...

Las negociaciones "han empezado bien" dice Massimo Moratti, Presidente del Inter de Milan y aunque la especulación es al por mayor, muchos ya empiezan a dar por hecho el traspaso de "Ibra" al conjunto catalán.

Si bien Joan Laporta criticó el "modelo galáctico" del Madridismo, no le quedó más remedio que entrarle al ruedo, aunque de forma más discreta, pero de igualmente con tintes derrochadores.

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Here's the latest European Transfer News including Manchester City bidding for Lescott and the latest on strikers Ibrahimovic and Eto'o.

Man City bid for Lescott - Sky Sports News understands that Manchester City have made a £15million bid for Everton's Joleon Lescott.

The Blues have been strongly linked with Chelsea skipper John Terry during the summer transfer window, with two offers reported to have been rebuffed by the Stamford Bridge outfit.

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The transfer season arms race at the top of Spanish football continues as today's Gazetto Dell Sport and Marca indicates Inter striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic may be heading for FC Barcelona. in a 42 million euro deal Its understood that Barça President Joan Laporta and Inter Boss Massimo Moratti came to an understanding on the transfer during a meeting last night in Milan. Click to continue reading...

Wechselt Ibrahimovic zu Barça?
Erzrivale Real Madrid hat bereits fleißig eingekauft, nun steht auch der FC Barcelona offenbar kurz vor seinem ersten großen Coup. Nach übereinstimmenden Medienberichten aus Spanien steht Inter-Star Zlatan Ibrahimovic kurz vor einem Wechsel zum Champions-League-Sieger. Click to continue reading...

Former Inter boss, Roberto Mancini revealed that he had been under pressure from Massimo Moratti to put certain players in the starting line-up. Even though he did not disclose any names, Italian media speculate that Recoba, Adriano and Figo are the players in question.

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Have you ever found yourself criticizing your favorite club's president? Or just wanted to get the chance to meet them and talk to them about your favorite club? Well now is your chance. The Robert F. Kennedy Foundation of Europe (with headquarters in Rome) is auctioning off the chance to watch a match sitting right next to your club president (Fiorentina, Milan, Juventus, Inter, Sampdoria, and Napoli are the clubs included).

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Even though Jose Mourinho was keen to bring his compatriots Deco and Carvalho to Inter, Massimo Moratti seems to have pulled the plug on the deal. Inter president said his team were strong enough and that there was no need for new signings.

Even though it seemed that Chelsea pair was on the verge of joining Inter, it now looks that the deal is off.

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UPDATE: According to Vince Masiello at Goal.com, Manchester City have made a bid for Inter Milan defender Maicon. His agent Antonio Caliendo told Antenna 3,

"Besides Real Madrid, I rule out that Manchester United are looking for him, but I know that the Citizens did make an approach.

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• Despite repeated warnings, the Spanish and Italian journalists who attended Brazil's press conference on Sunday insisted on asking Kaka questions about Real Madrid and AC Milan. Although they were briefed prior to the start of the conference by FIFA reps, they still went ahead and asked them, blaming "lack of input" from the authorities.

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic just can't get enough. In combination with his agent Mino Raiola, they seem like good cop and bad cop. Their machine for taking money from Massimo Moratti works pretty simply.

Using Inter's dominance in Serie A and the dream of the Champions League, in the end of every season the Swede starts implying how he might leave Meazza.

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It seems that Jose Mourinho has run out of the ideas. The fact that he used alleged interest of Real Madrid to get few more Euros from Massimo Moratti won't make him a better coach in the next season.

The title is no longer enough and the Portuguese manager is aware of that.

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Josè Mourinho e l'Inter, un matrimonio destinato a proseguire, almeno fino al 2012. Si chiude, con il prolungamento del contratto, reso noto dalla società nerazzurra con un comunicato ufficiale, tutto il circolare di voci che volevano il portoghese in partenza per altri lidi (Real Madrid su tutti). Click to continue reading...

The Portuguese coach has already made promise to Moratti that he is staying at Inter but Real Madrid is a big temptation as the Champions League trophy looks much closer from Madrid. Mourinho has asked Florentino Perez to give him seven days to think this trough, but Moratti is confident that the Special One will keep his word and stay at Inter.

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Come al solito, per nulla scontato, sempre pronto a stuzzicare e a intrommettersi nelle "case" altrui, insomma un vero e proprio "Special One". Mourinho, dopo aver trionfato anche nel calcio italiano, parla del suo futuro e chiude, almeno per ora, la porta al Real Madrid, la big europea che da tempo è in pressing sul tecnico portoghese (il quale, ricordiamo, aveva detto di essere molto invogliato dalla possibilità di chiudere il cerchio di trionfi proprio nella Liga), per poter regalare alla squadra e alla società , in fase di ricostruzione, un mister di livello mondiale, capace di far ritornare i blancos ai fasti di qualche anno fa. Click to continue reading...

Inter regina del mercato, ancor prima che prenda avvio ufficialmente. La società di Moratti, dopo aver sostanzialmente chiuso la trattativa per l'arrivo in nerazzurro della coppia Milito-Motta dal Genoa di Preziosi, ha praticamente definito tutti i particolari per un altro pezzo pregiato del mercato. Click to continue reading...

Mouinho is looking for a second striker since Adriano and the club terminated their contract by mutual consent. It appears Diego Milito presently at Genoa is coveted by Mourinho. He has been in spectacular form scoring 20 goals and leading Genoa to a UEFA spot.

Meanwhile, Massimo Moratti has assured worried fans that Ibra is not going anywhere.

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Football Italia reported this morning that Zlatan Ibrahimovic has flatly rejected Chelsea as a possible suitor.Ibrahimovic's criteria is simple, he feels Inter can no longer elevate his game. I've always been of the thought its the player who lifts the club and thus his career.But its obvious Zlatan feels Inter's surrounding cast can no longer make him better. Click to continue reading...

For six months spent with Inter, special blabbermouth Mourinho has managed to do something that Italy has failed since Garibaldi - to unite the people of the Apennines and to channel different feelings and attitudes into a dominant one: they all want to see the Portuguese shut the hell up and start doing what he [. Click to continue reading...

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El técnico portugués quiere seguir reforzando su Inter de Milán de cara a la segunda parte de la temporada en el Calcio y la Champions y, para ello, se ha fijado en el delantero del Newcastle, Michael Owen, que vendría en este mercado invernal, y al que no le faltan 'novias' en el panorama futbolísitco [. Click to continue reading...