I had the privilege of being a guest on World Soccer Daily yesterday and talked with hosts Steven Cohen and Kenny Hassan on the approaching Serie A season as well as potential transfers and finally FIFA's decision to fine Adrian Mutu £13.68 million. Audio Segment For those of you unfamilar with what Kenny and myself are talking about see [. Click to continue reading...

Here we go with the second installment. In this preview we'll look at Fiorentina, Genoa, Inter, Juventus, Lazio, and Lecce.

FIORENTINA

2007/2008 was a good year for Viola fans. Well, it wasn't just a good year, it was a great year. Fiorentina, led by great performances from key players like Frey, Gamberini, Montolivo, and Mutu, ended the season in 4th place, gaining Champions League qualification for the first time since the days of Batistuta and reaching the semi-final of the UEFA Cup.

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Plenty to talk about on this week's show.
* I break down the opening weekend of the Premier League discussing all the games I saw and some brief general thoughts on the others.

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With Adrian Mutu ruled-out because of his recent elbow injury, Victor Piţurcă awarded Florin Costea of Universitatea Craiova his first International call-up. However the Tricolorii were dealing with considerable absences from the recent Euro squad including Cristian Chivu, Daniel Niculae, Nicolae Goian and Răzvan Raţ. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you call the cops for a noise disturbance at a kindergarten....... Argentina's women's team pays tribute to the Spanish men's basketball team. (The Spoiler) Everton has peaked, for now. (Reuters Soccer Blogs) Captaincy is the least of England's worries. (Guardian Unlimited) Mutu thinks FIFA are guilty of human rights violations. Click to continue reading...

At the time, somehow it slipped quite under the radar that back in June the FIFA powers-that-be ruled that Adrian Mutu owed Chelsea the princely sum of £9.6million for the whole cocaine debacle that led to the termination of his contract and subsequent free move abroad to Juventus. Now though, after a further two months of appeals, FIFA's pompously-titled Disputes Resolution Chamber has decided that close to £10million was clearly just a ridiculous sum for an individual to pay, even a footballer. Click to continue reading...

When Chelsea signed Branislav Ivanovic from Lokomotiv Moscow in January, many members of the media were referring to the Serb as the next Nemanja Vidic. £10 million and 0 appearances later, Chelsea are claiming that the defender hasn't impressed anyone at Stamford Bridge and are ready to let him leave for AC Milan. Click to continue reading...

And with the season upon us, it's time for more predictions which will almost certainly not come true because my crystal ball is dirty and unreliable. Just like Man City's ownership. The Big Four.....will stay the Big Four. Every year someone is supposed to crack through and break the big moneyed foursome clotting the top of [. Click to continue reading...

It wasn't widely report at the time, but back in June FIFA decided that Adrian Mutu owed Chelsea €12 million (£9.6 million) compensation. Why? For putting some special Colombian powder up his nostrils, getting his contract terminated and then signing for Juventus on a free transfer before moving on to current club Fiorentina. Click to continue reading...

La Fifa ha condannato Adrian Mutu a pagare una maxi-multa di 17,17 milioni di euro per la rescissione del contratto con il Chelsea avvenuta nell'ottobre 2004, dopo che il giocatore - ora alla Fiorentina - era stato trovato positivo alla cocaina.

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I'm very proud to announce that we are a team that can now string together 2 wins in a row! The first time for 16 months!

We beat Stockport 1 - 0 Tuesday night in the League Cup. On Saturday we play ... er ... Stockport again in the League. At their gaff this time.

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Modern football guarantees that silly season is always on, 12 months out of 12. Former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu was sacked in 2004 after failing a drug test for cocaine. After a four delay (in claims, counter-claims, appeals, etc), Fifa's Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) awarded Chelsea a hefty compensation. Click to continue reading...

Self-explanatory, eh? Adrian Mutu: Fiorentina v Slavia. Christian Pander: Schalke v Atletico. Alessandro Del Piero: Juventus v Artmedia. Hatem Ben Arfa & Benoit Cheyrou: Marseille v Brann. Simao: Panathinaikos v Sparta. Goal of the Matchday? ( polls) Thanks to 101GreatGoals.com for the vids. Click to continue reading...

Here's a story from the Serie Aaaaargh! blog from Four Four Two magazine about Alberto Gilardino's move to Fiorentina. I agree with Riccardo Rossi in that I think we're going to see the truly qualities that Gilardino possesses this season. Teaming him up with Adrian Mutu will be a great addition for the club, which is suddenly becoming the new home for wayward forwards. Click to continue reading...

Adrian Mutu gets credit for this beauty in a Champions League third-round match with Slavia Prague.

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The paintbrush of Adrian Mutu and the violin solo of Alberto Gilardino. Tuscany is well-known as the homeland of many Italian artists, and Fiorentina are certainly no exception to that trend. The two Viola strikers were main protagonists Tuesday night, as their team obtained a key 2-0 home win against Slavia Prague and slammed the [. Click to continue reading...

Italy's Fiorentina won it's first Champions League qualifying matchup 2-0 against Slavia Prague.  The two players who should lead Fiorentina this upcoming season, Adrian Mutu and Alberto Gilardino, both scored in the game. The second leg of the match will be played on August 27th in the Czech Republic. Click to continue reading...

1 - 0 Adrian Mutu 3'



2 - 0 Alberto Gilardino 58'



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La Roma, dopo aver perso le speranze di portare in maglia giallorossa Adrian Mutu (29), è sempre alla ricerca di un attaccante da poter affiancare al capitano Francesco Totti (31). Nelle ultime ore la società romana sta sondando il terreno con l'Udinese per Fabio Quagliarella (25) e con l'Inter per David Suazo (28). Click to continue reading...

La Fiorentina comunica l'ufficializzazione del prolungamento del contratto dell'attaccante rumeno Adrian Mutu fino al 2012.

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L'accordo [tra la Roma e] il Real non c'è ma si troverà, anche se nelle ultime ore l'ipotesi del prestito oneroso sta perdendo quota. Gli spagnoli vogliono cedere la «Bestia» a titolo definitivo e chiedono 12 milioni di euro. A 8-9 più i bonus legati alla qualificazione in Champions si può chiudere. Click to continue reading...

Nei prossimi giorni Adrian Mutu sarà anche ufficialmente un giocatore della Fiorentina fino al 2012. L'accordo è stato comunque già trovato dopo un incontro tra il ds viola, Pantaleo Corvino, e il giocatore romeno. Un colloquio avvenuto a San Piero a Sieve, sede del ritiro della Fiorentina: mancano solo alcuni dettagli burocratici per la notizia ufficiale. Click to continue reading...

Luciano Spalletti ha rilasciato a Sky Sport un'intervista nella quale commenta il sorteggio del calendario di serie A, la trattativa-Mutu, non tralasciando il mercato.

Sull'esordio in campionato contro il Napoli.
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Il capitolo Adrian Mutu sembra definitivamente chiuso, anche se dalle parti di Trigoria ancora esiste una piccola possibilità di poter vedere il rumeno vestire la maglia giallorosa il prossimo anno. Ma il mercato non si fa con le speranze e allora Daniele Pradè continua a cercare il sostituto, il nome che vada a sostituire Alessandro Amantino Mancini sulla fascia sinistra. Click to continue reading...

Dirigenti romani seccati dal dietrofront dei viola

E la Roma dà l'ultimatum

Il club giallorosso non ha perso la speranza ma aspetterà fino a oggi
Poi a Trigoria si cominceranno a valutare seriamente gli altri obiettivi

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ROMA - La Roma ha ancora una speranza
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