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•Zanetti hasn't been presented yet, but he's not only already training, but also has decided where he's going to live. Impressively efficient, this guy. Juve fans are pissed that he's gone, which seems encouraging, and Donadel, who used to idolize Zanetti and called to welcome him as soon as the deal was official, must be over the moon, even if he ( Read more... )

•As everyone knows by now, the Marchionni situation has been settled: He ended up taking the €1.3 million/season deal that Corvino had originally offered, and it's thought he was in Florence Friday to sign his contract and have his medical. He'll be presented sometime next week.

•Melo's not official, but the clubs have signed what they need ( Read more... )

•For anyone who's not seen them, there are tons of Gila wedding pictures here, and the Chi scans are here.

•Though the Melo-to-Juve deal is not yet official, Juve have confirmed talks, and the lack of denials from both sides speaks volumes, particularly given how quick they were to dispute similar reports over the weekend. If Marchionni doesn't ( Read more... )

•Sky Sports in Italy reported today that Melo (whose agent says he'd be happy to go to Turin) and Juve had reached an agreement, with a meeting between Fiorentina and Juve scheduled for Tuesday (Juve were ready to offer €18-21 million + Marchionni), something both Juve and Corvino almost instantly denied. In his denial, though, Corvino ( Read more... )

•Gila won something called the Versilia Prize, which is awarded annually to "a person in the world of sport or entertainment that has linked his name to that of Versilia," and has already been won by such luminaries as Sebastien Frey and Marcello Lippi. I'm sure he's delighted, and will be on hand to receive the award later today, while Alice is ( Read more... )

•Last week in New York, Mutu used Steve Nash's Showdown in Chinatown [There are pictures all over the interwebs of the event, including here and here.] to test out his surgically repaired knee and elbow. Because he's a good boy, he wore his elbow brace, but there was nothing on his knee and he scored two goals, talked to his old Inter homies, and ( Read more... )

•The U-17s beat Inter 3-1 on Friday in the Campionato Allievi Nazionali final to win their age group Scudetto [pictures here and here]. Woo hoo! The official site seems to be ignoring them entirely, but they had a sort of mini-parade yesterday, and Corvino (for whom this is the first youth title in Florence) greeted them and gave them all ( Read more... )