Italy’s top flight Serie A clubs confirmed they will split from the second division Serie B sides in an attempt to make up ground on England’s Premier League and Spain’s La Liga. The move is based on the English clubs’ 1992 breakaway which transformed the sport and made the Premier League the richest in the […]

The draw for the Champions League was made and the draw set up a couple of mouth watering Spain v Italy games. AC Milan were drawn against Real Madrid, Marseille, FC Zurich. That means that Kaka will be making a return to the San Siro to face his old team. Inter did not fare any […]

Wesley Sneijder’s move from Real Madrid to Inter Milan is all but complete as the player is on his way to Milan to finalize the deal according to tuttomercatoweb. “Next season I will play in Serie A with Inter. I am traveling from Madrid to Milan to complete the final paperwork and visitations,” he revealed […]

AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi has defended the Rossoneri’s transfer dealings this summer. The Serie A outfit have signed Thiago Silva from Fluminense, Oguchi Onyewu from Standard Liege, Flavio Roma from Monaco and Klaas Jan Huntelaar from Real Madrid. However, the Rossoneri have failed to lure their main targets of Sevilla striker Luis Fabiano and […]

Inter Milan were held to a 1-1 draw against newly-promoted Bari in their opening game of the Serie A campaign. The defending champions went ahead in the 56th minute when former Barcelona star Samuel Eto’o scored on his Italian league debut from the penalty spot after Diego Milito was brought down inside the area by […]

Italian Premier and AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi made some very interesting comments earlier this week about why football needs a salary cap. “Footballers’ salaries are outside reality. It is necessary to introduce a salary cap,” Berlusconi was quoted as saying by Italian media on Tuesday. “They are unacceptable, distant from the real economy in […]

The American takeover of European sports teams continues as American businessman Timothy Barton has agreed to buy Serie A club AS Bari. The transfer of ownership is to be completed by Oct. 31, at which time Barton will become club president, Bari said in a statement posted on its Web site Tuesday. Vincenzo Matarrese will […]

According to a recent report from Ansa.it, it seems the plans to implement a membership scheme in Italy have taken a controversial turn with the news that any supporters who refuse to sign up will be denied access to away fixtures from January. With the new ‘fans membership card’ set to be introduced in 2010, […]

It is advantage Fiorentina at the midway point of their UEFA Champions League play-off tie against Sporting Lisbon after they gained a 2-2 first-leg draw in Lisbon. Juan Manuel Vargas sent Fiorentina on their way by opening the scoring and Alberto Gilardino’s goal eleven minutes from time gave Cesare Prandelli’s team a great finish after […]