Former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has hit back at Fiorentina and Juventus after he snubbed them in order to join Fulham. Berbatov has been criticized by both Serie A clubs after allegedly breaking promises to them about his interest in joining them, something Berbatov refutes. “Some clubs wanted me, other clubs wanted me, but […]

Italy boss Cesare Prandelli has explained why Antonio Cassano has been left out of his squad for the two World Cup qualifiers against Bulgaria and Malta. “Cassano has said that he is currently only at 50-60 per cent and, at this moment, I don’t have time to recover players because we need to win games […]

Juventus maintained their winning start to the Serie A season by cruising to a 4-1 victory over Udinese on Sunday, while Roma went into the Giuseppe Meazza and convincingly beat Inter 3-1. Arturo Vidal opened the scoring for Juventus from the penalty spot 14 minutes after Udinese goalkeeper Zeljko Brkic had been shown a straight […]

Two of Europe’s big names, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain picked up their first league wins of the season, while Manchester United needed two goals in the last four minutes to win at Sunderland. Elsewhere Bayern Munich flexed their muscles in Germany, thrashing Stuttgart 6-1. Here is a recap of the action across Europe this […]

It has been an eventful summer at AC Milan and it was really interesting to read Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani and Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri bicker over what a successful season will be. After some late signings including the capture of Nigel De Jong from Manchester City, Galliani is feeling pretty bullish about this season telling Gazzetta dello Sport: “Now Allegri has no more excuses. […]

AC Milan bounced back from a shocking opening-day defeat by Sampdoria with a 3-1 win against Bologna thanks to a hat-trick from summer signing Giampaolo Pazzini. Having sold Zlatan Ibrahimović and Antonio Cassano this summer, and then seeing strikers Robinho and Alexandre Pato pick up injuries, Milan needed the former Inter player to have an […]

Not bad draws in the Champions League for both Juventus and AC Milan. These are the only two Serie A sides represented in the group stages as Udinese were eliminated on penalties by Sporting Braga earlier in the week. Milan face Zenit, Anderlecht and Liga side Malaga while Juventus take on Chelsea, Shakhtar Donetsk and […]

Juventus director general Beppe Marotta insists they “acted fairly” towardsFiorentina, but have lost Dimitar Berbatov to Fulham. The Manchester United striker had agreed terms with the Viola and flown out for a medical today, but never turned up, instead flying to Munich. That transfer was hijacked by Juve, but this evening he changed his mind again and chose Fulham. “These are very normal things that happen […]

Andrea Stramaccioni warns Inter are not taking tomorrow’s Europa League play-off with Vaslui lightly and admits Douglas Maicon could leave. The Nerazzurri won the first leg 2-0 in Romania last week, but risked throwing away a 3-0 lead against Hajduk Split in the previous preliminary round when they lost 2-0 at San Siro. “We are […]