Apologies for not putting up a midweek news roundup, I've just not had time to do it. I'll do one this weekend once I get home, though, and try to get a handle on things. Until thing, the two majot things that are going on are:

•Corvino called a press conference today, not to announce the signing of LDS or the sale of Melo, but just to say that he ( Read more... )

•In last week's internationals: Kuzi started and played all 90 minutes for Serbia in their 2-0 win over the Faroes, Vargas started but got hurt and left early in the first half as Peru lost 0-1 to Colombia, and Melo started, went all 90 minutes, and assisted on the winning goal in Brazil's 2-1 win over Paraguay. The Italians played a couple ( Read more... )

•I lied about Vargas being captain, but he did start for Peru, scored their only goal with a sweet free kick, and hit the post with another one later.

•Mutu's episode of I Signori del Calcio is here, in all its glory -- it's about 55 minutes long, full of relaxed Adi and featuring a lot of old footage from back in the dizay in Romania and at Inter ( Read more... )

•First, a quick roundup of internationals: Melo played all 90 minutes in Brazil's 4-0 win over Uruguay, Monty and Gambit both started Italy's 3-0 friendly win over N. Ireland (Gambit went all 90 minutes, while Monty was subbed at half), Jorgy not only started for and captained Denmark in their 1-0 win over Sweden, but also played in the ball that ( Read more... )

In the past week, about a billion names have been mentioned in the context of Fiorentina, but most of them blew over by the next day. I think I'm going to try to only talk about the more consistent rumors -- consistency doesn't at all mean the stories are likely to be true, but we'll all go insane if we try to keep track of every name that comes up ( Read more... )

•The most important story of the day for pretty much everyone on earth is that Jorgy's extension is finally sorted, and he will now -- officially -- be wearing purple through June of 2010. W00t!

•There have been a lot of interviews and press conferences in the last few days, the most recent of which was Monty's [video] today. In his talk with the ( Read more... )

As has been the case recently, the news basically consists of endless names thrown around in transfer rumors. But here's a few things, nevertheless.

•Mutu (who, btw, was hanging with Lippi at the beach while his teammates were in Lecce) saw the doctor yesterday, and though his knee is healing fine, it's not far enough along to allow him to be on ( Read more... )

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•Out of nowhere, Genoa have popped up to steal Crespo away. Even though they're buying Floccari AND reportedly getting Acquafresca (either in full or via co-ownership) from Inter in the Motta/Milito deal, they still think they need a striker and have offered Crespo a two-year deal for a reported €1.5 million/season, versus the €1 million ( Read more... )

•Way more important than anything else is that fact that Gila and Alice are finally getting married! *insert unsmiling shrieks of joy here* According to at least one Italian news outlet, the wedding is going to be in Portofino on July 5th, the same day as Gila's (and Crespo's) birthday ( Read more... )