Articles tagged with "adriano"
Week 3: The Return of the Bobo (Oh, and Roma Go Top)
By Martha | September 17th, 2007Note: I've got meetings all day then am getting on a plane; normal service will resume tomorrow. In case you missed it, our beloved Bobo scored ...
Quick Odds and Ends Ahead of the Weekend
By Martha | September 14th, 2007Everyone and his brother are proclaiming mad love for Gila. A memo must have gone out, or something. The FIGC are getting serious: Angelo Pagotto was ...
Kaka May Be the Best-Paid Player in Italy, But Real Would So Totally Pay Him More
By Martha | September 11th, 2007There's a long article in today's La Gazzetta (and of course it's not online) detailing the salaries of each team, from the high rollers like ...
Of (Formerly) Porky Brazilians
By Martha | September 10th, 2007Things are very different these days for the Brazilian strikers on either side of Milan. Ronaldo, for his part, is both no longer fat (Who ...
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.08.31) Transfer Special!
By Sam | August 31st, 2007Hear that creak? That's the sound of the window closing. Forever. aka a few months. Boy-oh-boy did everyone's favourite league produce some fresh comings and ...
Transfer Market Bits, Or: A Run on 31-Year-Old Strikers
By Martha | August 31st, 2007In a bit of news so shocking it needed to be triple checked, it's being reported today that a player is actually moving from Manchester ...
The Latest on Adriano: Still Breathing, Still at Inter
By Martha | August 29th, 2007Ok, this is actually getting sad. At last count, about 137 clubs from 14 nations have turned down the chance to sign Adriano on loan, ...
Milan Totally Almost Signed Henry. Take That, Haters!
By Martha | August 28th, 2007Milan may have done fuck all this summer (apart from signing an infant Brazilian who may or may not be the Second Coming), but they ...
Odds And Ends As Adriano Preens in the Stand
By Martha | August 27th, 2007•Despite a weekend full of loan rumors and the Inter brass practically begging the Brazilian to take his unflatteringly snug Armani tops elsewhere, Adriano's agent ...
Who Did Eat All The Pies?
By Daryl | August 26th, 2007So it turns out Ronaldo isn't fat. And that got me thinking about the hypocrisy of people who are not and have never been professional ...
Today's Adriano Destination? Parma, of Course.
By Martha | August 24th, 2007Now that he seems relegated to fourth-choice in the Inter striker corp, the press are busy trying to find Adriano another place to play, even ...
Update-O-Rama
By Inara | August 23rd, 2007Lots of things have been happening at the Gerland this past week. ~~~~~~~~ First of all, Lyon have signed another goalkeeper to be Remy Vercoutre's backup. ...
Odds and Ends Ahead of the Azzurri Match
By Martha | August 22nd, 2007•FIFA's latest rankings came out today and the top five remain unchanged, with Italy third behind Brazil and Argentina and just ahead of fourth-place ...
Weekend Odds and Ends as We All Laugh at Adriano
By Martha | August 18th, 2007•Despite having weeks more time on training than one of the players chosen over him, Adriano was left out of Roberto Mancini's squad for tomorrow's ...
Adriano to go?
By paolo gorini | August 15th, 2007News from Italy suggests that Massimo Moratti has turned down a 15 million euro bid from Valencia for Adriano. No sooner do I talk about ...
Super Suazo - A Hungry Honduran
By paolo gorini | August 14th, 2007The signing of David Suazo will prove to be one of the best of any team in Europe over the coming twelve months. The Honduran ...
Inter Forget Who Adriano Is; Turn Down An Offer For Him
By Martha | August 14th, 2007Could someone explain to me, please, why Inter are clinging to Adriano? I understand there's always a concern about letting go of a young(ish) player ...
Early Morning Odds and Ends, Or: Catching Up on Yesterday's News
By Martha | August 2nd, 2007•We've suspected it was coming since May, and Alessandro Nesta officially ended his international career yesterday. Now that he's an old man of 31, he's ...
Inzaghi turned down RBNY, RBNY better off
By Gianfranco | July 24th, 2007Pippo Inzaghi claims to have turned down RBNY of the MLS, even though they would have “covered him in gold” which are the words that ...
Get Ready For the Return of Adriano
By Daryl | July 21st, 2007Remember how the Brazilian Adriano was an absolutely fantastic striker? And then all of a sudden he was rubbish: struggling for Inter Milan, looking like ...
Adriano Has Good Excuses for Being an Ass. Really.
By Martha | July 21st, 2007There's an interview in La Gazzetta this morning (most of which, of course, is in the print-only edition) in which Adriano details his own personal ...
Socrates Was Not Impressed By Italian Football
By Martha | July 20th, 2007In an interview with France Football (the bulk of which is only available in the print edition), Brazilian legend Socrates pulled no punches, ripping the ...
Mancio Tells it Like it Is
By Martha | July 15th, 2007Roberto Mancini talked to the press this morning after Inter's early training session, and he was so refreshingly frank that you wonder if he didn't ...
More Boring Odds and Ends (But at Least We Had an Armed Assualt Today)
By Martha | July 11th, 2007Really, the news today is nothing but PR crap: Adriano wants 20 goals (great, thanks for sharing), David Suazo never wanted to go anywhere but ...
Speaking of the Azzurrini ...
By Martha | July 9th, 2007Even though he's wanted by clubs far and wide, Giampaolo Pazzini yesterday assured a Fiorentina news site that he has no intention of playing for ...
Disappointing Odds and Ends as Our Prayers for Sex Scandals Go Unheeded
By Martha | July 8th, 2007Yet another weekend passes with nothing remotely scandalous or shocking happening in Serie A. Where is Bobo Vieri when we need him? Actually, where IS ...
Wow, Milan's Trainers Don't Mess Around
By Martha | July 5th, 2007As you may recall, the no-longer-fat Ronaldo is currently chilling in Rio, enjoying the company of a member of AC Milan's crack training staff. Said ...
Inter Throw in Chivu Towel, Eye An Old Argie Friend
By Martha | July 4th, 2007Evidently sick to death of all that damn Spanish interference, Inter have officially withdrawn from the Chivu Sweepstakes. Because this is big time football, the ...
Why Adriano, You Cheeky Bastard!
By Martha | July 4th, 2007Remember a week or two ago, when Adriano solemnly pledged to keep eating salad and return to Milan to fight for his place in the ...
Room Service Training for Ronaldo
By Martha | July 2nd, 2007If you're a big enough cheese, apparently, even the most important clubs in the world will work on your schedule. Take Ronaldo, for example. Like ...
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