Articles tagged with "berlusconi"
Tuesday Milan Musings, Still Sinking...
By Gianfranco | September 16th, 2008In a few days Milan will start a UEFA Cup journey that leaves me confused and a bit wanting. As I sit here and ...
Kaká <3 Milan (and vice-versa)
By Moka | July 26th, 2008Rumors suck. They're a waste of time unless you really know the players/clubs involved. The 'Kaká to Chelsea; a Real Possibility' rumor, was complete B.S., ...
Berlusconi Says Those Naughty Words
By chris | April 24th, 2008Milan owner and soon-to-be reinstalled Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has done gone and made Michel Platini fume behind closed doors by airing out his ...
Basement Banter
By Marco | April 15th, 2008Not the happiest of times in Leghorn for the moment, the unemployement rate is still disastrous, Silvio Berlusconi gets back in to office (which must ...
Ronaldinho To Milan Rumors Heat Up Again
By chris | March 26th, 2008Only this time it's not Silvio Berlusocni and his incessant lust for all things Brazilian, it's the slightly dysfunctional brother across town. Rumor has it ...
Juventus' Number 1 Transfer Target: Louis Thomas
By roberto | December 29th, 2007Secco call Moggi (oops), three-way Gigli and send some posted notes Pessotto's way. We need this kid signed now. What the fuck, in today's sporting ...
Friday Milan Musings, for my pal Ro
By Gianfranco | December 28th, 2007I did not want Ro to go into withdrawals but even bloggers need a break. It is not all Cristal and Playboy Bunnies over ...
Silvio Berlusconi Piles the Anvils on Pato's Back
By Martha | December 17th, 2007You may have heard of a young Brazilian footballer named Pato. 18 years old, bright young hope of AC Milan, weight of the world on ...
Your Regular Brazilian Milanese Update: Today, Pato and Adriano
By Martha | December 17th, 2007I just wrote this up for the front page, but it clearly needs to be discuss here, as well: Silvio Berlusoni claims Carlo Ancelotti told ...
Thursday Milan Musing, Fire Carlo?
By Gianfranco | October 4th, 2007No, I do not think Carlo should be fired. Firing Carlo, and hiring someone like Jose Mourinho would be like hiring a world class ...
Celtic-Milan: An Old Nemesis Returns
By JT | October 2nd, 2007I try to keep things positive here on the Celtic Offside, attempting to avoid disparaging opponents too frequently, unless of course they reside on the ...
THE BEAST?
By Gianfranco | July 23rd, 2007Julio "The Beast" Baptiste, who was originally outed right here on the theoffside.com by some faithful readers (maybe I have taken to much credit) as ...
Saturday Afternoon hangover, The Ronaldinho saga continues...
By Gianfranco | July 21st, 2007Berlusconi is ready to buyout "Dinho's contract. I can not refrain my excitement. This transfer window has become the most abysmal, boring, and ...
Kaka Talks Frankly About His Sex Life; Makes the Masses Very Uncomfortable
By Martha | June 5th, 2007You know, I can totally respect that Ricky Kaka belongs to Jesus (though the media's obsession with photos of him talking to The Man Upstairs ...
Moderately Exciting Transfer News
By Chris | May 24th, 2007It's going to be a slow day on the Italian transfer rumor front. But there were a few minor announcements. Reports stated Rosella Sensi ...
And Today in Non-Champions League News: Transfers Rumors (And a Few Other Things)
By Martha | May 23rd, 2007•The killjoys at Milan are insisting they've had no talks (Outside, one assumes, of "Hey Andriy. Jose is an asshole. Good-looking bastard though, isn't he?") ...
Champions League: So Many Strikers!
By Martha | May 21st, 2007As was dramatically announced last weekend with a fairly frightening Thunderdome-related headline, barring an explosion of clumsiness both Pippo Inzaghi and Alberto Giladrino look set ...
Oh Sheva Rumors, How We've Missed You!
By Martha | May 4th, 2007It's been many terrible, lonely months since we've heard a story about Andriy Shevchenko's desperation to flee his alleged misery in London for the comforts ...
What Up, Clizzarence?
By Martha | April 13th, 2007There's precious little going on today and I'm on borrowed internet time, but I think it's important for everyone to see this picture. No, your eyes ...
WAG of the Week: Aida Yespica
By Martha | March 1st, 2007[I'm sick of not featuring WAGs because their best photos are full of nipples. To get around the problem, I made some minor adjustments to ...
Milan's Latest Transfer List Has Herr Berlusconi Considering New Mortgages
By Martha | February 27th, 2007Taking a break from reporting on Juve's summer plans, the papers today are full of the big-name targets being tracked by Milan (and Inter -- ...
Coach Berlusconi is Back!
By Martha | February 15th, 2007For a while there -- back when he was Prime Minister and, apparently, less busy than he is now -- Silvio Berlusconi was a regular ...
Berlusconi Does it Again, Or: Rejoice, the San Siro is Open!
By Martha | February 10th, 2007After working around the clock, Silvio Berlusconi's crack team of indentured servants well-paid employees managed to get 28 turnstiles in place* at the San Siro, ...
Berlusconi Wants A Brazilian Fiesta in Milan! (Or at Least the Rumor Mill Hopes He Does.)
By Martha | February 8th, 2007From the moment Ronaldo brought his tubby little gut to Milan, some in the press (and, it seems, in the Milan front office) have been ...
Berlusconi Suing Football Because He's Losing Money
By Martha | January 26th, 2007Mediaset, AKA one of Silvio Berlsuconi's many media arms, is taking "legal action" against the Italian football league because, well, they're not making as much ...
Oh, Snap: Berlusconi in Sheva Smackdown Shock!
By Martha | December 15th, 2006Ah, old love. Why, just a few weeks ago, Silvio Berlsuconi was waxing nostalgic about the good times he'd shared with Andriy Shevchenko, and publicly ...
Put Away the Prayer Candles: Berlusconi is OK
By Martha | November 27th, 2006I don't know about you, but when I heard that ex-Italian Prime Minster (and, more importantly, Milan president) Silvio Berlusconi had been hospitalized, I was ...
Sheva Staying Put, Or: Berlusconi Has Never Been Very Good With Rules
By Martha | November 13th, 2006You know how, just days ago, Milan bigwig Silvio Berlusconi was making noise about how Sheva might be on his way back to Milan as ...
Milan Can't Win Because the Refs are Mean, Or: Welcome to the Real World, Suckers
By Martha | November 6th, 2006The Italian press (as well as the team's homepage) today is full of quotes from the Milan camp about the injustice that has been visited ...
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