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Transfer Rumors (21 Jan 2010): Man City target former Chelsea star Mutu, Tottenham in front of Manchester duo for Juve’s Chielllini, and more

England City Eye Mutu The agent of Fiorentina striker Adrian Mutu says that Manchester City are interested in making a move for the 31-year-old. (Daily Mail) Analysis: Thank you, Daily Mail, for unnecessarily drudging up Mutu’s past, despite the fact that since then, he’s kept his nose clean, and he’s found the net on a…

Calciopoli: The Scandal Returns

It’s been four years since the fateful days when Juventus’s world exploded. Relegated to the Serie B, fined, stripped of their titles and of their star players, La Vecchia Signora had to start from scratch. But now information is emerging. Information that suggests a completely different reality. A conspiracy theory has always existed among the…

Juventus Want Ribery Too

Juventus are ready to scupper Real Madrid’s plans for Franck Ribery by making a summer swoop for him, according to reports in Italy. The Galacticos have been tipped to land the Frenchman as president Florentino Perez provides another golden goose in the transfer market. But that move doesn’t appear straightforward, as Leggo.it claims Ribery has…

Soccerlens TV: Juve lose at home to Milan, Mutu and Benzema

Andy Brassell looks at the best of the action from Europe and concentrates on AC Milan’s 3-0 win over Juventus at Turin, Mutu’s future and the competition for Benzema at club and country levels.

Milan’s forgotten heroes give Juve nightmares

Two players supposedly very close to hanging up their boots in the summer helped put Italy’s Old Lady in a retirement home last night. Alessandro Nesta, the 33-year-old with the bad back, and Ronaldinho, the two-time former World Player of the Year said to be now well past his best, were simply inspirational in Milan’s…

Ronaldinho: Milan Can Win Scudetto & Champions League

Milan playmaker Ronaldinho believes he is enjoying life more in Italy compared to times at Barcelona as he aims for Scudetto and Champions League glory.After a shaky first season last year, the Brazilian has seized the opportunity this term and has con…

Transfer Rumors (08 Jan 2010): Man City sign Vieira, Arsenal linked with old boy Campbell, Liverpool close to Maxi move, and more

Patrick Vieira and Sol Campbell were two key parts of Arsenal’s successes in the early part of the 2000s, and after both moved on to other pastures (Vieira’s was greener, Campbell’s was not), it looks like we could see both coming to a Premier League stadium near you again soon, as today’s transfer roundup indicates….

Serie A’s return full of Panto villainy

Much like one of the festive season’s now ubiquitous pantomimes, Serie A’s return from a winter break had everything; villains, heroes, a dose of magic, the absurd and some inexplicable stupidity doled out by the usual suspects. Set on the public holiday that is the Epiphany when a mystical broom-wielding witch known as La Befana…

Juventus may face more problems after racist chants from fans

Juve fans make racist chants could lead to a severe punishment, possibly worst than last season’s stadium ban.

Ciro goes from hero to zero at Juventus

A week is a ridiculously long time in football, no more so than in Italy. Last Sunday, the Ferrara household woke to headlines like, “It’s all true”, and, “The championship starts again”, after Juventus fought hard to record a gutsy 2-1 win over Inter in the Derby d’Italia. Flash forward seven days and the sports…