Based on this week's evidence, "Serie A" Inter and "Champions League" Inter are clearly two very different teams. Napoli realized this at their own expense Sunday, extending their 14-year long winless streak at San Siro (the Nerazzurri chapter) by one more match. José Mourinho's made winning by a one-goal difference a habit lately, but the [. Click to continue reading...

If you can youtube the first 36 minutes of the Napoli Inter Milan match or have been lucky enough to be watching this game then you will have been witness to some fantastic finishing.

Three Fantastic goals one by Inter's Cordoba on a deft left foot volley,followed by Sulley Muntari's full pace cheeky back foot deflection that gave Inter a 2-0 lead. Click to continue reading...

The Jose Mourinho stamp on this Inter Milan team is set. Now more than ever. Strong & well-organized tactics, a determined athletic performance from all players, and a winning mentality: the psychological drive necessary to come out as victors in the ever-difficult Derby d'Italia fixture. And too bad if the match-winning goal came through a fortunate [. Click to continue reading...

In real time it didn't appear Sulley Muntari had even hit Giacomo Tedesco's face, which does appear to be the case from this replay. But still, it was a tap and Tedesco hammed it up for the cameras like there was no tomorrow (I'm partial to the second angle they show). Did a good job, [...] Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Nadir Belhadj (Lens, loan), Jerome Thomas (Charlton), Armand Traore (Arsenal, loan), Younes Kaboul (Tottenham), Peter Crouch (Liverpool), Ben Sahar (Chelsea, loan), Glenn Little (Reading) Notable departures: Steven Davis (Rangers), Pedro Mendes (Rangers), Sulley Muntari (Inter Milan) What grade. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Nadir Belhadj (Lens, loan), Jerome Thomas (Charlton), Armand Traore (Arsenal, loan), Younes Kaboul (Tottenham), Peter Crouch (Liverpool), Ben Sahar (Chelsea, loan), Glenn Little (Reading) Notable departures: Steven Davis (Rangers), Pedro Mendes (Rangers), Sulley Muntari (Inter Milan) No deal. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Jerome Thomas (Charlton), Armand Traore (Arsenal, loan), Younes Kaboul (Tottenham), Peter Crouch (Liverpool), Ben Sahar (Chelsea, loan), Glenn Little (Reading) Notable departures: Steven Davis (Rangers), Pedro Mendes (Rangers), Sulley Muntari (Inter Milan) Many have interest in Ghana international. Click to continue reading...

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2 games, 0 points. No goals scored and five goals allowed.

What those numbers don't tell you are the two opponents in question. At Stamford Bridge against Chelsea and then host to Manchester United.

When Portsmouth saw their early season schedule, they had to be a little concerned.

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In today's Gazzetta dello Sport, there's a great article by Antonino Morici that makes a preliminary analysis on José's Inter, at least based on their first-competitive-match performance in Sunday's Supercoppa. It's still early for season assessments, but given that Gazzetta are generally experts in all things Inter and AC Milan, this one's a pretty good read: MILAN, 25 [. Click to continue reading...

One of the most fascinating moves this summer was Internazionale's hiring of Jose Mourinho as manager after Roberto Mancini was sacked despite winning the title. Mourinho has built a strong reputation in a short time and I am interested to see if he can push Inter further in the Champions League. They've struggled in recent [. Click to continue reading...

Ladies & gentlemen, the new Serie A season has been launched! Yes, Day 1 only begins on August 31 "officially", but Sunday night's Supercoppa appetizer provided enough excitement and entertainment, it almost looks like we're in it already. Indeed, the traditional pre-season clash between Scudetto champions and Coppa Italia winners resulted in 4 goals and 120 [. Click to continue reading...

It took more than 90 minutes but the outcome was similar to their last win back in 2006, as Internazionale are winners of the first Cup of the season, walking away with Super Cup silverware yesterday evening. New signing Sulley Muntari scored first for home-side Inter in the 18th minute (what an amazing start for him as a [. Click to continue reading...

Inter beat Roma 2-2 (6-5 on penalties) to win the Supercoppa Italiana. The Supercoppa is the preseason game between the winners of Serie A and the Coppa Italia from the previous season (the same way the community shield is played in England).  This was the 3rd straight meeting between Inter and Roma, with Inter winning in 2006, Roma in 2007 and now Inter in 2008. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Jerome Thomas (Charlton), Armand Traore (Arsenal, loan), Younes Kaboul (Tottenham), Peter Crouch (Liverpool), Ben Sahar (Chelsea, loan), Glenn Little (Reading) Notable departures: Steven Davis (Rangers), Pedro Mendes (Rangers), Sulley Muntari (Inter Milan) Harry gets some help from Arsenal. Click to continue reading...

Three first half goals were plenty enough to see Chelsea past Portsmouth 4-0 on a day where Portsmouth showed up in body, but not in competition.

Roman Abramovich wanted beautiful football and brought in the man who he thought could bring it, Luis Felipe Scolari. The Chelsea performances of the last two seasons defensive yet steady. Click to continue reading...

Just like Manchester City and Everton, Portsmouth is coming off their best season in England's top division in years, and I'm not sure there'd be much argument from the South Coast side's supporters by saying it was the best season in club history. Portsmouth wound up in 8th place, their highest-ever finish in the Premiership (though not in the old First Division). Click to continue reading...

The Ghanaian international, Sulley Muntari , has been presented as an Inter player. The former Portsmouth midfielder is making his return to Serie A after a years absence. Muntari started his club career at the top tier level with Udinese before being transferred to the English Premiership League side Portsmouth for a record club fee, believed to be around £7. Click to continue reading...

It looks like "The Special One" will still have time for fun and games this season after taking the job at Inter Milan. He's been busy this summer, already bringing in Amantino Mancini from Roma, and it looks like Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari will head to the San Siro in the near future. Frank Lampard also could reunite with his former manager as Mourinho has made it clear he'd still love to have the Chelsea vice-captain. Click to continue reading...

So what does that make Pompey? However, before you assume that these words came from the not insubstantial mouth of Lassana Diarra, they were actually uttered by one of his team-mates, who appears to be on the verge of signing for Inter. Sulley Muntari arrived in England as a relatively unknown ... Click to continue reading...

Do you have a pinch of salt handy? Good, you're going to need it. Time for some more summer Transfer Talk... Real Madrid are interested in signing unwanted Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o, despite the Cameroonian leaving the Bernabéu on very bad terms last time. I honestly think there's more chance of Eto'o going to Uzbekistan than [. Click to continue reading...

The English Premier League is a unique league where each season brings one surprise package. Last season Portsmouth had a chance at that glory but the African Cup of Nations hampered the second half of their season. This year, however, Harry Redknapp's team is looking primed and ready to take the Premiership by storm. Click to continue reading...

With a £9 million for Peter Crouch already rejected, Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp is insistent on signing Chelsea's Shaun Wright-Phillips. A player who was once one of the brightest prospects in England, a few seasons on the Stamford Bridge bench has put a speed bump on SWP's career.

Portsmouth impressed many fans last year as they were strong contenders for a European spot until the African Cup of Nations rolled around and half the team left. Click to continue reading...

The latest news from this week...Due to the amount of material covered, I didn't post links to the original sources like I normally do, but if you want them, let me know.

OUTGOING:

FRED: Is it just me, or does Fred spend an inordinate amount of time making life difficult for the rest of us?

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A manager's success is directly tied to the players he recruits, so naturally, the manager needs to make his money count. Clubs always have reservations about making money available to their manager, especially when players like David Nugent are bought for £6 million, but these ten buys were truly divine. Click to continue reading...

The quarterfinal round of the 2008 African Cup of Nations opened in style today as Ghana snatched a 2-1 victory over their fierce West African rivals, Nigeria, through an 83rd minute goal from former MLS star Junior Agogo. Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari threaded a low, left-footed shot/cross across the six-yard box to leave the easiest of tap-ins for Agogo, whose second goal of the tournament proved to be the winner for the host nation. Click to continue reading...

GhanaWeb reports a come-and-get-me-plea from Sulley Muntari. The Portsmouth midfielder is currently playing in the African Nations' Cup with his national side Ghana and although he is performing well at his Premiership club Portsmouth, Muntari says that he wants to play for the Manchester United before long. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea stalwart Michael Essien scored once and set up Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari for Ghana's second goal and that was all The Black Stars needed to see off Morocco yesterday and win Group A, likely avoiding Ivory Coast in the quarterfinals by doing so. The 2-0 scoreline was even a bit misleading as Ghana really dominated this game, but Morocco were very unfortunate to have an own goal by Ghana and West Ham defender John Paintsil disallowed as the whistle had already been blown for a foul even though replays showed there was none. Click to continue reading...

As I said before in my previous post about the 2008 African Cup of Nations, I'm very disappointed that I'm not going to be able to watch the games on TV. I'm going to try and do my best to keep with this tournament as best I can on the Internet through some live streaming sites and then highlight sites like YouTube and 101 Great Goals. Click to continue reading...

Portsmouth have been shoved into transfer speculation once again. As if the continuous media circus on manager Harry Redknapp weren't enough, it appears that key midfielder Sulley Muntari could just be heading out of Fratton Park too. Goal.com has reported that Valencia manager Ronald Koeman, who is frantic about wringing some pivotal changes in the team, [. Click to continue reading...

I was going to use this part to talk of players that I think should and/or will be sold, but I've decided to do one more installment of possible acquisitions. Some have been rumored, while others I've just thrown in there just in case, you know, Rafa is reading.

Sulley Muntari, CM, Portsmouth - Supposedly a replacement for Mascherano if we fail to sign the Argentine on a permanent. Click to continue reading...

Pompey's current African Cup contingent [Nigeria's Kanu and John Utaka, Ghana's Sulley Muntari and Senegal's Papa Bouba Diop] are so far pencilled in to miss the Fratton Park clashes with Derby on January 19 and Chelsea on February 2.They could also miss trips to Manchester United (January 30) and Bolton (February 9), as well as a potential FA Cup fourth-round tie on January 26. Click to continue reading...