Wesley Sneijder has been linked with Manchester United in the past few days, and not for the first time. The Dutchman has continuously been linked with Manchester United for the best part of two seasons but each time the move was apparently close to completion something cropped up an prevented it from being finalized.

Queens Park Rangers apparently can't afford Alex. Paris Saint-Germain, meanwhile, certainly can. I guess that solves that then, in my skewed mind at least.

A reunion?

The protracted transfer of Alex away from Chelsea drags on.

News today arrives in two parts.

Inter Milan moved up to fifth place in Serie A and within 3 points of a UEFA Champions League place after a superb 5-0 win over Parma at the San Siro with Diego Milito in particular standing out. The Argentine scored twice with further goals by Thiago Motta, Giampaolo Pazzini and Marco Faraoni sealing a [.

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Though this is starting to become a cliched opening line, I am sorry. It seems that a few lines in my most recent offering have deeply offended vast swathes of our friends at the Juventus Offside.

Goals by Thiago Motta and a superb strike by Coutinho helped Inter Milan bag a much needed 2-1 win over Cagliari. The win was the former champions' first victory in three matches and moves Claudio Ranieiri's men up to 16th in the Serie A table on 11 points; ten behind neighbours AC Milan (who were [.

Inter vs Cagliari 2011 Highlights 2-1 Goals Video Motta Coutinho is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Inter vs Cagliari 2011 Highlights 2-1 Goals Video Motta Coutinho is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Inter vs Cagliari 2011 ( Inter Milan vs Cagliari 2011) Final score and result:- Inter vs Cagliari 2-1 ( Motta, Coutinho/ Larrivey) San Siro, Milan- 19 November, 2011- 18.

By Chris Wright

Oi oi, what's going on here then? We're not quite sure if this is 'not what it looks like' or 'exactly what it looks like' but it appears that Thiago Motta may have picked Mario Balotelli's sun-ripened plums and taken them to the Farmer's Market during Italy training yesterday.

Well, well, what do we have here... Alberto Aquilani finally over the moon for Kevin-Prince Boateng, of course! The only name the Rossoneri should be chanting at breakfast, lunch and dinner today is 'Boateng' because his second-half hat-trick yesterday led them to 4-3 win over Lecce yesterday.

By Andrew McCarten

In football, truth and fact are often two very different things. While the ‘high ground' of passing, flowing football is admirable to most fans, the bottom line is what really matters at the end of the day. Fighting the good fight, only to lose, is nothing but glorious failure, honorable defeat, and worthless in the sands of time.

Heck is Not Wasting TimeWhen the Red Bulls replaced General Manager Erik Stover with longtime NBA executive Chris Heck a few weeks ago, it was a signal that an era had ended. Stover, a specialist in stadium operations, was the right man to lead the club through the transition from East Rutherford to Harrison, but perhaps not the right person to take the club forward as a legitimate force on the New York sports scene.

The focus of the football world is Samir Nasri. The little mercurial midfield maestro, who was proclaimed the little Zidane is the centre of a massive tug of war.

Nasri has not signed a new contract, he says money is not the route of the dispute, Arsenal have offered £90,000 as week and Nasri wants in the region of £110,000 a week.

Alberto Aquilani has withdrawn from the Italy squad after picking up a head injury in the 3-0 win over Estonia.
The midfielder was replaced in the first half of the Euro 2012 qualifier in Modena on Friday evening.
Aquilani, who has just completed the season on loan at Juventus from Liverpool, was sent to hospital for tests but returned with the rest of the squad to Florence late last night.

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Meno di un'ora al primo anticipo di questa 35^ giornata di Serie A: allo stadio "Manuzzi" la sfida tra Cesena e Inter delle 18:00 apre lo scenario del calcio italiano e fa scattare il –4 alla fine del campionato. Gli emiliani non sono mai riusciti a vincere in casa contro i nerazzurri, i precedenti infatti [.

Alzino la mano quelli che hanno visto una nazionale da serie B. Le premesse annunciavano una squadra non all'altezza delle grandi competizioni europee e mondiali, una squadra privata di alcuni indiscutibili talenti a causa di infortuni e non solo. In questa nazionale è prevalso il codice etico ed è prevalsa la voglia di farcela e [.

Thiago Motta and Cassano celebrating Italy's goal
As this international friendly week has rolled around, I'm doing my best to follow nations as they struggle to qualify for the European Chuampionships of 2012. But struggle isnt really the proper term for some nations, as Italy and Spain, are one step closer to the Euruopean tournament.

Thiago Motta and Cassano celebrating Italy's goal
As this international friendly week has rolled around, I'm doing my best to follow nations as they struggle to qualify for the European Chuampionships of 2012. But struggle isnt really the proper term for some nations, as Italy and Spain, are one step closer to the Euruopean tournament.

Weekend Six Pack Slaying Dragons and dancing to the Samba beat is a post from: Just Football

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There's quite a bit to look forward to today, even without calcio this weekend. Cesare Prandelli and Italy will play in two games as Italy look to return to a superpower. The Offside podcasts have been updated as well and feature some great new content.

There's no Serie A action this week as European leagues take a break for some international football.

After Milan's and Roma's eliminations from Europe's top flight competition, the peninsula looks solely to the nerazzurri to fly the Italian flag. The club finds itself in the same position as its crosstown rivals did against the Spurs, going into the second leg with a 1-0 home loss to overcome.

Bayern Munich will not be an easy opponent if this past weekend is any indication, as they thumped Hamburger SV 6-0 at home.

Roma are refusing to let the race for fourth place go down to two teams. By defeating Lazio over the weekend, Vincenzo Montella has hit out at his critics and continued one of the brightest trends of Claudio Ranieri's reign- a spotless derby record. I Lupi's run of consecutive victories over Lazio now stands at five in Serie A, one more than the number of points they find themselves off the pace for fourth.

Abhinav's Note: Don't get me wrong, but I'm pretty tired of reading so much about Arsenal being ousted in an unjust manner at the Camp Nou. Sport is a great leveller, and trust me on this everything evens out itself in the end. There was so much else that happened in that match.

Reduce dalla sconfitta di Torino, contro la Juventus, l'Inter ha subito l'occasione per riscattarsi. Domani, infatti, alle 18 e 30 i Leonardo boys scenderanno in campo nel recupero di Serie A con la Fiorentina (sfida numero 145 in campionato: 57 vittorie per i nerazzurri, 38 quelle dei toscani, 49 i pareggi) di Mihajlovic, rinfrancata dalla [.

Inter Milan vs Roma Giuseppe Meazza, Milan- 6th February 2011 Final score:- Inter Milan vs AS Roma 5-3 ( Wesley Sneijder, Samuel Eto'o*2, Motta, Cambiasso/ Simplicio, Vucinic, Loria) Inter Milan hit five past ten man Roma as they edged an eight goal thriller at the San Siro on Sunday night. The dismissal of Nicolas Burdisso [.

It has been a fantastic January transfer window for the Serie A. While AC Milan signed the two Dutchmen (Mark van Bommel and Emanuelson), Inter Milan went out and did some business of their own. Leonardo got three big presents from the president Massimo Moratti: Andrea Ranocchia, Houssine Kharja, and Giampaolo Pazzini.

It has been a fantastic January transfer window for the Serie A. While AC Milan signed the two Dutchmen (Mark van Bommel and Emanuelson), Inter Milan went out and did some business of their own. Leonardo got three big presents from the president Massimo Moratti: Andrea Ranocchia, Houssine Kharja, and Giampaolo Pazzini.

Calcio Thoughts is back with it's first edition of the New Year! It's been a long time since the last one, and the questions might be a little dated, but I'll provide the most current answer to the best of my abilities. If you have a calcio question, comment, thought, or anything you'd like to see in Calcio Thoughts 11, feel free to ask it in the comments section of this post, the comments section of the upcoming Weekend that Was post, or simply email it to calciothoughts@gmail.

During the winter break Serie A fans got to contemplate many things. How will Cassano do at AC Milan? What new signings will we see in the January transfer window? And how will Leonardo do at Inter Milan? The last question seems to be a little clearer after Leonardo made his debut on Inter Milan's bench in their 3-1 win against Napoli.

By Gordon Fleetwood, writing from NYC

A Man of the Match performance from Thiago Motta led Inter to an impressive home win over Napoli. With a new coach, and new shiny Club World Cup winners badge on their shirts, it was also a new attitude from the home team.

By Gordon Fleetwood, writing from NYC

A Man of the Match performance from Thiago Motta led Inter to an impressive home win over Napoli. With a new coach, and new shiny Club World Cup winners badge on their shirts, it was also a new attitude from the home team.

MILAN, Italy Leonardo made a winning start as Internazionale manager after the Champions League holders downed Napoli 3-1 in a pulsating Serie A encounter at the San Siro. Former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez departed due to a disagreement with the Inter president Massimo Moratti in the aftermath of their win in the Club World [.