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Alex Pato: more muscle injuries than Inter have had 2011-12 wins

Luckless AC Milan star out for the 14th time in little over two years

What was the least surprising incident in the Champions League this week? All three away-leg winners triumphing at home? Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo scoring twice? Chelsea fans waving their super naff flags?

Nope, forget all that, the event that trumped all others in the so-damn-disappointingly-inevitable stakes was AC Milan forward Alex Pato hobbling off [...]

Tevez in ‘being involved in interesting transfer saga’ shock

Still got some power - has Berlusconi scuppered the Tevez deal?

While everyone in England is bored to tears of Carlos Tevez, the transfer saga that he is currently tangled up in over in Italy is genuinely riveting, and produced a doozy of a twist on Thursday.

It finally, finally looked like AC Milan had sussed a way to deck him in red and white that [...]

Fresh from ruining Italy, Berlusconi is ready to derail AC Milan

Massimiliano Allegri can look forward to plenty of tactical insights

Italian football club presidents are notorious for being as hard to please as mother-in-laws, Daily Mail readers and Aston Villa fans (hey, we can’t pick on Liverpool all the time you know!) combined.

Nine coaches have been sacked already in 2011-12 – two before the season even started – and the most reactionary president of [...]

Don Balon’s list of the 100 best young players in the world

You’ll be hearing a lot about this man in the next 20 or so years

Don Balon is a Spanish football magazine with a good line in fate-tempting articles predicting the next generation of world superstars.

Of course, speculating on the potential of young players is a risky [...]

World Cup virgins, Dutch team are banned from Twitter and Fabio Capello gets strict(er)

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Tim Cahill, Lucre Neill and compatriots play a pick-up game with the local wildlife [via 101GG]

Let’s all go to Tescos, where Jonas buys his best clothes! La-la [...]

Real Madrid to sign Karim Benzema today, Chelsea attempt to lure Pato again

The latest transfer gossip, rumours and damned lies

Karim Benzema to Real Madrid This whole Benzema thing is getting messy. His Lyon team-mate Miralem Pjanic claims he will join Manchester Utd, and Arsene Wenger is said to have expressed an interest, but according to [...]

Owen negotiates deal with Everton, Chelsea target £19m Brazilian sensation

The latest transfer gossip, rumours and damned lies

Michael Owen to Everton Back in April, The Daily Express claimed the Toffees were after the charismatic Newcastle striker, and the rumour has resurfaced today in The Mirror. Apparently, Owen has entered negotiations and has been [...]

Which Brazilian striker has been caught exposing himself on a webcam?

AC Milan youngster pulls an Ashley Young

It’s been a very sexy day of stories so far, and we’re about to crank things up a notch. Alexandre Pato has been hailed by AC Milan teammate David Beckham as one of the brightest [...]