Maradona, Caniggia, Sensini, Balbo, Chamot, Simeone, Redondo, Batistuta, Crespo, Veron. The list of great Argentinian players to grace the pitches of Serie A can go on and on. And pretty soon we might have to add another name to the list: Mauro Zarate. The 21 year old striker is on fire, leading the Serie A scoring charts with 6 goals in the first 5 games and giving defenders nightmares.

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This has been news in the calcio world recently. When Lazio first met up for pre-season training in mid-July, coach Delio Rossi made a list of players that did not fit into his plans for the coming season. These players are: Roberto Baronio (considered as a youngster to be the next great Italian midfielder, never happened), Simone Inzaghi (Pippo's younger brother who has always been more technically gifted than Pippo, but not as successful), Massimo Mutarelli (a defensive midfielder who works hard all game, impressed at Palermo), Tommaso Berni (a young goalkeeper who was never given a chance), Alberto Quadri (another promising player as a youngster but has turned out to be an average player), and Guglielmo Stendardo (on loan at Juve last season, a decent defender who has also garnered interest from Milan and Inter).

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Non si è andati oltre un confronto informale e gli auguri reciproci per le rispettive attività, ma quello di ieri è solo il primo di una lunga serie di appuntamenti ai quali parteciperà anche Claudio Lotito. Alemanno, che non aveva ancora trovato l'occasione di incontrare la Sensi da quando è il primo cittadino, ha inserito nel suo programma elettorale la costruzione di due stadi di proprietà per le società romane e anche ieri ha ribadito di voler rispettare il suo impegno. Click to continue reading...

After making it publicly known that he does not want to return to Eastlands, Manchester City's on-loan striker is more than likely to stay at Celtic, but not if Lazio have anything to do with it. After a successful loan spell at Celtic Park, Gordon Strachan was very keen to make Georgios Samaras' deal permanent, as [. Click to continue reading...