goal.com - 1/17/2008
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In what is yet another example of financial and marketing power dictating matters football, Inter are supposedly ready to splash the cash on Ronaldinho. Italian sports daily Tuttosport claims that armed by the Nike deal, Inter president Massimo Moratti is looking to bring the unsettled Barcelona ace to the club as part of the Nerazzurri's centenary celebrations. AC Milan's interest in the ...
Patiently awaiting the “Run-DMC” & Nike Endorsement Deal —
Sports Business Digest
You know, by this time next year, when I’m writing about future NFL Running Back Darren McFadden, I’ll be able to do it in my Nike Air McFadden I (c) football shoes! At least, that’s the path that we seem to be headed down, with the news that Nike has decided to pick up the tab on all of McFadden’s pre-NFL combine training.
From Sports Business Daily ,
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Inter v Parma: Jesus Effing Christ —
Italy
Jesus Christ, talk about unjust — Parma absolutely had that game won , and fully deserved the three points. Inter were utter rubbish for most of the match, giving the ball away all over the pitch and not really bothering to defend with anything resembling organization, while Parma were making life difficult, defending well for once, and effectively closing off the space in their ...
Inter Milan: Maicon not for sale —
CaughtOffside.com
26-year old full back Maicon is one of the best players in the Italian Serie A and his club Inter Milan know that better than others and are therefore ready to keep the player in the blue-and-black half of Milan for a long time. Sky Sports has reported that Inter are ready to assign a new contract to the player even if he has still 3 years left on his current one.
The move comes after both ...
Inter Milan coach wants Ronaldinho —
CaughtOffside.com
Ronaldinho is never out of the transfer rumor picture and today too he is hitting the headlines. Goal.com reports that Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini has publicly declared that he wants Ronaldinho in the squad and is confident that the Brazilian ace, struggling with poor form and apparent injuries, will settle well into his large side.
Manicini said:
Nobody believed me when I talked ...
Sunday’s Transfer Rumour Frenzy! Part 1 —
CaughtOffside.com
If Didier Drogba leaves Chelsea, Avram Grant will try and nab Barcelona’s Samuel Eto’o and are rumoured to be willing to pay up to £40m. (Sunday Express)
…And Drogba’s Ivorian teammate Yaya Toure has let the cat out of the bag, saying that the striker fancies a move to Barcelona, AC Milan or Real Madrid. (Mail on Sunday)
Both Man Utd and Newcastle are leading the charge to buy ...
Barcelona President: Ronaldinho not for sale —
CaughtOffside.com
Goal.com reports that FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta has declared in a press conference that Ronaldinho is not up for sale this January. Laporta, who came into the Barca hotseat in 2003, has dismissed all rumours linking Ronaldinho to a plethora of clubs, including Chelsea and AC Milan.
Laporta said:
We planned this campaign counting on Ronaldinho and will follow this logic in a ...
Transfer Roundup: Newcastle United, Tottenham, Everton, Portsmouth, Fulham, Birmingham, Aston Villa, Wigan, Stoke City, Lyon, Valencia, Juventus, Inter Milan, Kansas City —
Soccerlens.com
It’s the weekend, but I’m not taking any time off from keeping you updated with the latest transfer news .
It was too little, too late for the mystery club who came in for Everton ’s, well now, Birmingham ’s James McFadden. After apparently balking at a move to the Midlands club due to a second club entering the picture at the 11th hour, McFadden went ahead and signed on the dotted line, ...
The “Emperor” is Back - Adriano Scores Two Goals in São Paulo Debut —
Soccerlens.com
The “Emperor” is back. Back in Brazil that is, and back to scoring some goals. Adriano Leite Ribeiro has hit some pretty rough patches these past few months, but since he was loaned out to Brazilian club São Paulo by Inter Milan , he seems to be doing a lot better. He’s doing so good in fact that on Thursday, on his first official match with his new colours, the lad got a ...
Adriano Scores São Paulo Double - The Return of the “Emperor” —
mCalcio.com
The “Emperor” is back. Back in Brazil that is, and back to scoring some goals. Adriano Leite Ribeiro has hit some pretty rough patches these past few months, but since he was loaned out to Brazilian club São Paulo by Inter Milan, he seems to be doing a lot better. He’s doing so good in fact that on Thursday, on his first official match with his new colours, the lad got a ...
News Roundup As We All Drink to Adriano —
Italy
•Four of the players on UEFA.com’s fan-chosen Team of the Year squad ply their trade in Italy, including three Rossoneri. Kaka , Alessandro Nesta and Clarence Seedorf are joined in the team by their totally awesome mortal enemy Zlatan Ibrahimovic . (No Pirlo . I know.)
• Genoa and Fiorentina have finally sorted out their exchange deal for Papa Waigo and Anthony Vanden Borre and, ...
Roberto Mancini emotional about his son’s debut —
CaughtOffside.com
Filippo Mancini is only 17 yet he is already donning on the colors of the mighty Inter Milan. Cynics would point out that the teenager is doing so only because he is the son of the Inter coach Roberto Mancini yet we would like to keep that patronage factor out of the equation.
Filippo Mancini played the last 8 minutes of the Coppa Italian tie against Reggina in midweek in what was his first ...
Coppa Wrap as Totti Scores, Lazio Survive and Milan Go Home —
Italy
[Sorry about the radio silence yesterday — The Offside unexpectedly switched servers, which left a lot of us seeing error messages all day. I wrote most of this then, in between clicking “refresh” every 30 minutes.]
The order of Coppa Italia things was somewhat restored this week when Roma overturned a 1-3 first leg deficit against Torino with a 4-0 thrashing at home, ...
Crespo scores a cracker; Adriano off to a flyer for Sao Paulo —
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Inter Milan 3 - Reggina 0 (Agg. 7-1) (Coppa Italia, January 17, 2008) Inter again brushed aside Reggina thanks to first-half goals from Hernan Crespo (a goal of the week contender) and an og from Cascione , Cesar got the third in the 90th minute.
Napoli 1 - Lazio 1 (Agg. 2-3) (Coppa Italia, January 17, 2008) Igli Tare scored for the visitors in the second-half before Domizzi’s ...
Transfer Roundup: Manchester City, Birmingham, Wigan, Fulham, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Hamburg SV —
Soccerlens.com
Today’s transfer roundup is pretty light, so you don‘t have to worry about your lunch getting cold while you read.
Wigan have made a couple of signings to help bolster their survival hopes, bringing in former Tottenham defender Erik Edman from Rennes on a 500,000 pound deal, and Honduran defender Maynor Figueroa from Olimpia.
Steve Bruce’s former club, Birmingham , is pretty busy ...
Presenting Maniche, the Newest Recruit of Inter Milan —
Soccerlens.com
His full name, says Gazzetta , is almost as long as the list of trophies he accumulated during his career. But hopefully for Inter, Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro “MANICHE” has thirst to add many more to his curriculum. The recent transfer from Atletico Madrid felt quite relaxed at his Milan press conference this week, and is very eager to begin his contribution towards the ...
Maniche, the New Face of Inter Milan —
mCalcio.com
His full name, says Gazzetta , is almost as long as the list of trophies he accumulated during his career. But hopefully for Inter, Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro “MANICHE” has thirst to add many more to his curriculum. The recent transfer from Atletico Madrid felt quite relaxed at his Milan press conference this week, and is very eager to begin his contribution towards the ...
Maniche: I want to win the Champions League with Inter —
CaughtOffside.com
Portuguese international striker Nuno Maniche is a footballing journeyman. He has played in all parts in Europe, from Benfica and FC Porto in Portugal to Chelsea in England to CSKA Moscow in Russia to Atletico Madrid in Spain. Now the 30-year old midfielder is in Italy to don on the blue-and-black colours of Inter Milan.
Goal.com quotes Maniche as saying that he is immensely buoyed by the ...
