After a remarkable 28-year career, Gianluigi Buffon announced his retirement from Parma and the beautiful game. In the past, the 45-year-old said he plans to stay playing until the 2026 World Cup. Also, Buffon added that he aims to finish out his contract with Parma. That deal expires in June 2024. However, the experienced goalie […]

Chelsea recently paid a club-record fee of $126 million for Romelu Lukaku. Lukaku earned this reputation. The Belgian is one of the most prolific goal-scorers in Europe and already has a proven record against English opposition. In his career, he led Everton, Manchester United and Inter Milan in season-highs when it came to goals. The […]

Massimiliano Allegri spent his last few months with Milan as a dead man walking with rumours circulating about his imminent sack hugging the headlines of Italian newspapers day after day. The results were simply not good enough. The once mighty AC Milan was a mess on and off the pitch. During Allegri’s reign with the […]

This upcoming weekend gives Juventus a great chance to bounce back from their bad run of defeats. Having only taken one point in nine the past three matches in the Serie A, Juventus need to pick themselves up if they want a chance at getting in a Champions League place by the end of the […]

As the new Serie A season pauses this weekend for national teams to begin their qualifying for Euro 2012, Italian soccer fans may feel lost not being able to watch their favorite club.  To be honest, the Italy-Estonia qualifier looks less than tantalizing only two months after the exciting World Cup match-ups and high-level play.  […]

Italy boss Cesare Prandelli announced his 23 man squad for the friendly against the Ivory Coast which will take place on Tuesday in England. Many of the names chosen by Marcello Lippi were dropped. Prandelli made some expected changes following the World Cup disappointment with Fabio Quagliarella the only striker remaining from the team selected […]

By now you have undoubtedly heard about the injury to Gigi Buffon and his questionable status for the remainder of the World Cup.  Reading between the lines of the statements coming out of the Italian camp it looks like possibly the best keeper in the world could actually miss the entire World Cup.  And in […]

The World Cup will dominate the world's football focus this summer but that doesn't mean the usual wheeling and dealing of the transfer market won't be in full force. Last summer saw the high profile departure of Christiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid and Emmanuel Adebayor trading in the red of Arsenal for the blue of […]

Probably the biggest news to come out of this weekend's matches is the injury to Gianluigi Buffon and his subsequent surgery, which will take him out of action for a month.  Get used to the name Alexander Manninger, the new starting keeper for Juventus. The second big story, at least if you live in the […]

Why is Michael Essien so underrated is a mystery to me. I must admit that I was nonplussed about him as a player, knowing next to nothing about him when he signed for Chelsea from Lyon in August 2005 for £24 million. That was in the dark days before I had Setanta and could immerse […]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Inter Milan's Swedish hitman had a big night on Monday 2 days after the Nerazzurri's surprising 3-1 loss to Atalanta. Ibra won the award as the 2007-08 Serie A Footballer of the Year at The Oscars Del Calcio ceremony. Inter's goal scoring assassin beat out Juventus' icon Alessandro Del Piero for the award. […]

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