[ITA] Serie A 2008/2009 (30 Viewers)

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Supposedly.

 

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[Dostoevsky]

Mourinho wants Owen.

And looks like they are going to sell Mancini & Suazo.

 

[Firestarter]

Owen's agent already denied it.

 

[.zero]

no one and i mean no one says no to mourhino and lives to tell about it

 

[.zero]

Adri goes AWOL again

Adriano didn't arrive at training with the rest of Inter's players this morning, prompting fevered speculation about his future.

The former Parma enigma has been at loggerheads with Coach Jose Mourinho over the last few months due to his attitude to training and lack of first-team football.

Many pundits predicted that Adri would be sent out on loan during the winter transfer window.

However, Inter have repeatedly denied that L'Imperatore is headed for the exit.

But this morning the rest of the Nerazzurri players congregated for their post-Christmas meeting at Appiano Gentile and Adriano wasn't present.

Adri's compatriots Julio Cesar, Maxwell and Amantino Mancini arrived at Malpensa Airport at 10am, but there was no sign of the troubled striker.

While some sources suggest that Adriano is undergoing medical tests after damaging his thigh last month, there has been a silence from Inter and the mystery deepens.

http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/jan2i.html

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what a waste of talent but that doesn't exuse him from being a fat moron. if you would've asked me 2 years ago if i would want him on my team, my answer would have been hell yes in a heartbeat

 

[Ahmed]

I would still take him

 

[Turk_Bianconero]

he could eat our waste so we wouldn't pay for garbage collection tax

 

[.zero]

and maybe score a few goals for us as well

 

[Ahmed]

a garbage-munching goalscorer! would be heaven on earth!

 

[.zero]

yes, he would truly be a big fat dream come true!

 

[Ahmed]

why you gotta be like dat, Dru? so the homie gotta a li'l junk in his trunk

 

[.zero]

i love fat men!!

 

[Christina]

yes, he would truly be a big fat dream come true!

 

[Enoran]

An interesting article on how much each team was paying in salary per point in the table

Source: http://www.calciomercato.com/index.php?c=7&a=107428

1. Atalanta (0,231 milioni di monte-stipendi per punto in classifica)
2. Udinese (0,286)
3. Catania (0,357)
4. Reggina (0,393)
5. Cagliari (0,425)
6. Siena (0,430)
7. Napoli (0,433)
8. Sampdoria (0,444)
9. Lazio (0,450)
10. Fiorentina (0,521)
11. Genoa (0,538)
12. Palermo (0,549)
13. Bologna (0,576)
14. Lecce (0,581)
15. Chievo (0,700)
16. Torino (0,757)
17. Roma (1,203)
18. Inter (1,276)
19. Juventus (1,420)
20. Milan (1,622)

 

[Enoran]

Its amazing how Napoli can build a respectable team with such a modest budget ...

 

[Osman]

Its even more amazing that Udinese have the 3rd lowest salary budget (half of Napolis), and still have several Azzurri NT players and quite decent squad in overall.

 

[Albertmare]

Owen's agent already denied it.

They mean Owen Wilson

 

[Enoran]

You're rite Osman but Udinese is more or less a selling club and players comes and goes. (Di Natale the exception)

Napoli on the other hand had reiterate that they wanna built on their success since their promotion. They have quite a few players that the bigger clubs are really interested in. So it remains to be seen if they can really hold on to them with the small budget they are operating with compared to the big boys in Serie A and Europe ...

 

[Marceℓℓo]

The salary table looks quite fishy though.There's no way Inter just spend 5 m € more than us on salaries.

 

[Alen]

I doubt the reliability of fiorentina.it in this case. Many numbers don't match.

The numbers about Juve's yearly wages are more or less correct. Last year we were paying 96.9m eur, but this year we've added few more high earners (Sissoko, Poulsen, Amauri, Mellberg) and it's possible that we're paying 115m eur per year on wages. (although , i don't think we're paying so much since we also got rid of around 9m eur by selling Boumsong, Almiron, Palladino, Nocerino, Criscito, Birindelli and Olivera, and with Del Piero accepting a pay cut).

But Milan's and Inter's salaries don't match, especially Milan's. Milan were paying 120m eur last year.
Since then they got rid of Ronaldo (5m eur a year), Cafu (2m), Serginho (2m), Gourcuff (1m), Digao (1m), Gilardino (3.5m), Simic (1.8m), Oddo (2m), Brocchi (1.5m).
So, in total they got rid of ~20m eur net (around 40m with taxes included), but they brought in Ronaldinho (7m), Flamini (5.2m), Zambrotta (3m), Borriello (2m), Abbiatti (1.5M), Antonini (1.5m), Shevchenko (????, but probably at least 3m), Senderos (?????, probably 2m). Plus they gave a pay rise to Kaka, which means they are paying around 5-6m eur net more than last year (10-12m eur with taxes included).