•The most important news of the week is that Monty might be dating a Playmate! Yes, that's right -- now that Pazzo's gone, he's moved on to the showgirl set, like a proper footballer. (Here are some properly tarty, NSFW, depressing pictures of her, for your research purposes.) They've been seen out and about together a lot and, while neither of ( Read more... )

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•It's been officially announced that team team are off to Marbella in Spain for their winter training camp. They'll spend January 1-8 there, at a center "already known for its avant-garde for the preparation of professional teams." God only knows what that means, but I'm hoping for silly hats, at the very least.

•Ex-Toro captain Comotto was in the ( Read more... )

•Mutu was before the press on Friday [audio|video added when/if it goes up], and he had a lot to say. Among other things, he said: 1)In the face of pressure from both club and country, he was the one who decided against having surgery on his knee; 2)He understands people criticizing him after the Roma thing, and is motivated to go out every match ( Read more... )

•You know that €17 million Mutu was reported to owe Chelsea during the Euros, despite the fact that FIFA hadn't actually announced their decision, and Mutu later claiming the story was untrue? Well, he really owes it now. Like, for real. (It's been announced on Chelsea's official site, but there's nothing yet on Fiorentina's that I can find.) ( Read more... )

•It's not actually official official yet, because there's a suit signature missing (that'll come on Thursday), but word on the street is that Mutu has, at long last, finally signed his extension. The contract includes a significant raise (the original offer was €2 million + incentives, but I've read reports of it being as high as £2.2 million ( Read more... )