Articles tagged with "rumors-amp-news"
Another Day, Another Award for Canna
By Martha | January 30th, 2007The Italian football awards (If you can believe it, they're called "Oscars," a name all those who consider Italy a country of divers doubtless find ...
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 ...
Carlo 'n' Roberto, Sittin' in a Tree, Or: When Google Translate Goes Too Far
By Martha | January 29th, 2007Speaking on Italian radio earlier today, Carlo Ancelotti spent most of his time talking about his team's chances of qualifying for the Champions League next ...
Pouting Report: Inzaghi Plays Nice, Caracciolo Cries Like a Little Girl
By Martha | January 29th, 2007It's a little late to make the announcement, but, hey, Palermo fans? You should know you're not allowed to boo Andrea Caracciolo, no matter how ...
Odds and Ends Headed into Week 21
By Martha | January 26th, 2007•Remember that Parma auction? Well, sucker savvy businessman Tommaso Ghirardi bought the club yesterday. Ghirardi -- who is only 31 bloody years old -- won ...
Rivaldo to RBNY?, Or: One Aging Brazilian's as Good as the Next
By Martha | January 26th, 2007Less than 24 hours after RBNY fans got the sad(ish) news that Ronaldo was in Milan, not New Jersey, ESPN Desportes has allegedly reported that ...
Mancini Positions Himself for a Move (or a Huge Contract)
By Martha | January 26th, 2007London's The Sun is absolutely loving the whole "Will They or Won't They?" thing with Robert Mancini and Jose Mourinho. Today's on-line version of the ...
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 ...
Ronaldo in Milan; Berlusconi Tents Fingers Mr. Burns Style and Mutters "Eeeeexcellent"
By Martha | January 25th, 2007Various sources -- including irritated commenter RomaPete (whose irritation might stem more from his team's falling behind 2-0 after 20 minutes than anything Ronaldo is ...
Mancini and Mourinho: Musical Managerial Chairs?
By Martha | January 25th, 2007Under a fairly awesome headline reading "Mancini is Jose minus aggro," London's ever-reliable Sun reported today that Chelsea owner Roman Abromovich is totally over The ...
Ronaldo is So Close Ancelotti Can Almost Taste Him. So to Speak.
By Martha | January 25th, 2007Major press outlets (meaning things like the International Herald Tribune, as opposed to the football gossip rags we all love so much) are reporting this ...
A Couple of the Good Ones are Sticking Around
By Martha | January 24th, 2007During this time of frenzied transfer rumors and big-name players moving, bellyaching or agitating for changes, it's particularly nice to see a couple of solid, ...
Maccarone Coming Home
By Martha | January 24th, 2007Word on the street has it that Massimo Maccarone -- once a highly valued import -- is on the verge of ending his long English ...
Things Heating Up In Ronaldo Talks, Or: The Fat Man Looms
By Martha | January 24th, 2007Though they're still miles apart on the issue of a transfer fee, talks are now actually taking place between Real Madrid and Milan regarding the ...
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 ...
Marco Materazzi, Man of Peace
By Martha | January 23rd, 2007Who would have guessed the World Organisation for Peace cared about football? In fact, they care so much about it they put together a book ...
Coco is On Trial With Man City and ... Oh. Never Mind.
By Martha | January 23rd, 2007A week ago today, Inter defender Francesco Coco (You would be forgive here for saying "Liar! Coco is not at Inter!" because he's yet to ...
Oddo to Milan, Or: Free at Last, Free at Last -- Thank God Almighty, We Are Free at Last!
By Martha | January 23rd, 2007Today, friends, our long national nightmare is at an end: Lazio and Milan have agreed a transfer fee, and Massimo Oddo is finally leaving Rome. ...
Rumors and News for Monday: Everyone Loves Rossi and Andriano
By Martha | January 22nd, 2007•Giuseppe Rossi's agent has seized the occasion of his spectacular goal to shout far and wide about how many of the big clubs want to ...
Will the Oddo Drama Never End?
By Martha | January 22nd, 2007Right now, the man looks less likely than ever to go to Milan. Lazio president Claudio Lotito is still on full tilt after decided last ...
Di Vaio Comes Home, Hoping to Find the Scoring Boots he Left in Parma
By Martha | January 22nd, 2007After plying his trade in Spain and France, Marco Di Vaio is back (or he will be later today), hoping to regain the form that ...
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 ...
Lazio v Milan: An Oddo-Free Zone
By Martha | January 21st, 2007I know Valon Behrami has been publicly unhappy about having to play right back if Oddo ever actually leaves Lazio, but if Behrami The Back ...
Lazio, Palermo Presidents Going Gloriously Mad
By Martha | January 19th, 2007Imagine how much more fun the Premiership would be if Roman Abromovich ranted against the government rather than smiling inscrutably in his luxury box. Or ...
You Stay Classy, Gianluigi
By Martha | January 19th, 2007In case you were wondering why footballers sometimes make erroneous decisions when it comes to where they play, who they hire, and what they do ...
It's an American Invasion!
By Martha | January 19th, 2007Hot on the heels of the arrival of NY Red Bulls prodigy Gabriel Enzo Ferrari in the Sampdoria youth team, fellow American starlet Giuseppe Rossi ...
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, ...
Another Day, Another Scandal
By Martha | January 18th, 2007Yawn. I'm sorry, what's that? Another scandal in Italian football? No! I'm sure you are as shocked as I am to hear that yet another investigation ...
Massimo Oddo: Lazio or Milan, He'll Bring His Dancin' Shoes
By Martha | January 18th, 2007Welcome, friends, to Week 401 of the Oddo-to-Milan transfer drama. The latest word is not good: Milan want the player, but apparently not enough to ...
Ronaldo to Milan Has Pippo Pouting; In Other News, the Sky is Blue
By Martha | January 18th, 2007Sigh. Could someone explain to Pippo Inzaghi, please, that low production combined with copious pouting is not the way to endear yourself to a team? ...
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