Mario Balotelli denies swap deal with Milan’s Thiago Silva
• Striker under contract at the Etihad until June 2015• 'I am happy at Manchester City and will remain there'Mario Balotelli has brushed aside persistent rumours that he will leave Manchester City this summer. Recent reports in Italy claim Balotell...
Chelsea ace reveals season’s low point
Frank Lampard has finally spoken at length about his benching during Chelsea’s 3-1 loss at Napoli, which he believes was the lowest point of the season for him as well as his teammates. Andre Villas-Boas, who was then in-charge of Chelsea, chose to bench veterans such as Lampard, Michael Essien, and Ashley Cole and instead...
Goodbye Gattuso: End of a Milan love affair
Goodbye Gattuso: End of a Milan love affair is a post from: Just Football
Goodbye Gattuso: End of a Milan love affair is a post from: Just Football by Christopher Akinrele Gennaro Gattuso is to leave AC Milan when his contract expires in June. After a weekend in which AC Milan said goodbye to yet another era...Crestfallen striker rejects Real talk
AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has played down talk that he will be making a sensational return to La Liga by joining newly crowned Spanish champions Real Madrid this summer. Ibrahimovic, who recently voiced his intention to stay on at Milan until the end of his career, has cut a frustrating figure at the San...
Extra Time: AS RomAmerica
If only Vespucci had been born in the Eternal City instead of Firenze, the post title would be perfect. That drat-ness aside, we're going to do things a little different this time. Usually, I come here to drop quotes that didn't make it into the final ...
Philippe Coutinho: The trouble when promise meets expectation
Philippe Coutinho: The trouble when promise meets expectation is a post from: Just Football
Philippe Coutinho: The trouble when promise meets expectation is a post from: Just Football In an era of rolling news and ever-shortening attention spans, a footballer’s career in the modern game can be built up and knocked down faster than perhaps...A coupla things…
I am being mercilessly hammered by illness brought on by food poisoning right now, but I heard a couple things today you all would probably be quite interested by. So I've belly-crawled to the desk like a little trooper just to share:
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Serie A players in fear as fan violence returns
Ultra fans create terror on the terraces as many top-flight Italian clubs face match-fixing accusationsItalian football is staring into the abyss again after a brief recovery from a match-fixing scandal that saw Juventus relegated in 2006. This time th...
Cesare Prandelli says Mario Balotelli is focal point of his Italy side
• Striker was excluded from the Italy squad in February • 'I never really thought of doing this without Balotelli'The Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has insisted that Mario Balotelli will be an integral part of the national side for this mer's Europe...
Defiant Ibra: Milan returned my smile
AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has spent the week dismissing suggestions that he would leave the defending Italian champions at the end of the season, insisting that being a part of the club actually reignited his passion for football two years ago. Despite an impressive scoring tally in the 2009-10 season, Ibrahimovic was mostly frustrated...
