Articles tagged with "juventus"
Pre-Weekend News Roundup, Or: Games! Games! Games! (And a Touch of Fascism)
By Martha | February 9th, 2007•Did you know all the games are being played on Sunday this weekend? What the hell am I supposed to do tomorrow? This is troubling ...
Toni to Turin? (Insert Further Alliteration Here)
By Martha | February 7th, 2007I'm so relieved the end of the transfer period didn't mean the end of the rumor madness. Where would we be if Juve wasn't linked ...
And the Whining Begins
By Martha | February 7th, 2007Among the less politically savvy club bosses, opposition to the government's planned crackdown on below-par stadiums is on the rise. While high-profile folks like Massimo ...
In Other News, the Delle Alpi is Gonna Be Mighty Pretty Someday
By Martha | February 6th, 2007[Since life in Italian football is moving on despite everything, I'm trying to branch back out into less depressing news. Which, honestly, is a relief. ...
Weekend Newsie Bits: A Pouting Trifecta
By Martha | February 2nd, 2007•On the back of Massimo Marracone's near meltdown and Luis Figo's gruff, swarthy whine comes a pouty little gem from Alessio Tacchinardi. Now on loan ...
Yes, the Transfer Window Really is Closing. (Whatever Will We Talk About?)
By Martha | January 31st, 2007Here's a brief roundup of the latest signings, as well as a few rumor-y bits (one of which is an outright lie -- see if ...
Odds and Ends from the Weekend
By Martha | January 29th, 2007•Now it's not just Juve who are supposedly tracking Frank Lampard, but Milan and Inter as well. All of this stems from Lampard's lack of ...
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 ...
Quick Odds and Ends for Tuesday
By Martha | January 23rd, 2007•Javier Zanetti, Inter captain and example to all who share his ancient age, is in such great form that he is being considered for a ...
Stevie G to Juve?
By Martha | January 22nd, 2007It's Monday, so there must be another Juve transfer rumor to talk about. Today, the target is a Brid: In addition to the 4091 other ...
Stop Press: Pavel's Back, and He's Plenty Bitter
By Martha | January 19th, 2007Hey everybody, guess what! Pavel Nedved's five-game suspension -- initiated, you might recall, but an evil, Juve-hating referee named Stefano Farina -- is finally over, ...
Everything's Gone All Juve
By Martha | January 18th, 2007The last few days have seen even more rumors than usual about players heading to Juve, and only to Juve. What I don't get is, ...
Juve Really, Really Want (the Pretty) Ronaldo
By Martha | January 17th, 2007Yesterday, Spanish newspaper La Stampa insisted Juventus and Manchester United were in talks to bring Cristiano Ronaldo -- likely the best player in England right ...
Buffon to Arsenal...
By Trent | January 16th, 2007...is what I'm hearing today. Word is, the Gunners may ship Freddie Ljungberg to Juventus for the World Cup hero and Italy no. 1 ...
Everyone, it Seems, Wants Ronaldo (The Fat One, Not the Pretty One. This Time, Anyway.)
By Martha | January 15th, 2007Now that David Beckham and Luis Figo have both left their clubs for greener (read: cash-laden, and nicer for aging footballers) pastures, Ronaldo seems eager ...
Mancini's Extension Not a Foregone Conclusion, Or: I Smell Mourinho!
By Martha | January 15th, 2007Inter's Massimo Moratti has spent the last few weeks assuring the media that coach Roberto Mancini's "destiny is to remain with [Inter] for a very, ...
Friday News Roundup: It's Almost Time for Football!
By Martha | January 12th, 2007•In case you missed it, Inter haven't lost a Serie A game in a really, really long time. In fact, if they beat Torino tomorrow, ...
With Beckham Gone, Ronaldo Searches for a Shock! Move of His Own
By Martha | January 12th, 2007Though my newshound, football-ignoring brother assured me last night that Ronaldo will soon be following Real Madrid teammate David Beckham to the US, the Italian ...
Nedved Was Just Kidding About That Whole Retirement Thing
By Martha | January 9th, 2007So, after all of his whining about Juve getting screwed, and how his life is now so hard and so unjust that he may have ...
Mourinho to Italy? Don't Tease Me So!
By Martha | January 9th, 2007Last weekend was rife with rumors that The Special One had fallen even further out with Chelsea owner Roman Abromovich, leading to the widely held ...
While You Were Sleeping: Developments in Milan
By Martha | January 8th, 2007•Figo is an Arab: After what seemed like months of speculation, highlighted by total silence on the player's part and a Figo-free unveiling in Dubai, ...
Schizophrenia at Juventus, Sort Of. Also: CROUCHY!
By Martha | January 4th, 2007Roughly a million stories (give or take) have appeared in the last 48 hours about Juventus, and they all say different things. In one, President ...
It's the New Year, and No One is Going Anywhere
By Martha | January 2nd, 2007In a very unsettling change of tone, the Italian press today is full of flowers and sunshine -- instead of transfer rumors, today's news is ...
The Most Boring Transfer Rumors Ever
By Martha | December 29th, 2006Don't get me wrong -- you know I'm all about transfer rumors. Today's collection, though, is bland enough to put even the most devoted Serie ...
A Roundup of Your Non-Figo News
By Martha | December 28th, 2006•If Corriere dello Sport is to be believed, we should add the perpetually unsettled Franck Ribery to the novel-length list of Juve transfer targets. Though ...
No Moss on Inter, Or: Nerazzurri Already Eying Figo Replacement
By Martha | December 28th, 2006Having finally offloaded their dead Portuguese weight that insisted on making goals every time he was allowed on the pitch (ahem), Inter are already looking ...
The Latest from Turin
By Martha | December 27th, 2006Whenever they can get their whiny Czech to shut up for five minutes, the news out of the Juventus camp is all about the big ...
Juve Win With a Handball -- Where Have We Heard That One Before?
By Martha | December 20th, 2006Karma, meet Pavel. Pavel, meet Karma. The wise among you may have blocked out Pavel Nedved's endless whining by now, but the man has been ...
A Matrix-Heavy News Roundup
By Martha | December 19th, 2006•There's a pretty great piece in The Guardian's Sportsblog today about Materazzi, and how beloved he is by Italian fans despite his sometimes idiotic behavior. ...
Morning News to Reminds Us That, Sometimes, Nobody Really Cares Where Kaka Plays
By Martha | December 16th, 2006Alessio Ferramosca and Riccardo Neri, two players in the Juve youth setup, died yesterday after falling into a freezing lake on the Juve campus. The ...
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