[retired_hvporter]

Seeing as everyone else has one, we may as well have one too.

First of all, the 20 teams for 2007/08:

Atalanta
Cagliari
Catania
Empoli (UEFA Cup next season)
Fiorentina (UEFA Cup next season)
Genoa (Promoted from Serie B)
Internazionale (Reigning champions; UCL next season)
Juventus (Promoted from Serie B as champions)
Lazio (UCL next season)
Livorno
Milan (UCL holders)
Napoli (Promoted from Serie B)
Palermo (UEFA Cup next season)
Parma
Reggina
Roma (UCL next season)
Sampdoria
Siena
Torino
Udinese

A few pointers to get the ball rolling:
1. Fixtures will be out some point in early August, with the season starting later in the month;
2. Channel 5 have rights to one live match and highlights for this coming season, although they are yet to reveal if they will take up the live matches. No word on who will host their shows as of yet, although we all want James Richardson, of course.
3. There is already a whiff of a scandal brewing, this time involving Inter, Milan, Sampdoria and Reggina. They are accused of inflating player values, which in turn enabled their financial books to look better. This is an important thing in Italian football as, if a club is deemed to be in poor times financially, they are booted out of Serie A. This has happened to teams in the past, whilst others have been threatened with such an order.

Interestingly, it relates to the 2005/06 season and has only just been revealed. If found guilty (and it is unclear where these clubs stand, although I suspect Reggina would be worse off), they may face fines, points deductions, relegation and Inter could even be stripped of that Scudetto. Which would, in turn, give it to Roma.

Nothing much changes in Italy.

[retired_0PETE1]

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[retired_hvporter]

Originally posted by birdy123:
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Not yet. I am willing to give Juve the benefit of the doubt right now and switch the focus to other probable dodginess (see above).

[thetaoofshawn]

a few appeals and Inter and Milan will be fine.

[retired_felicityh]

scandal filled teams :thup: Forza Juve!

[retired_0PETE1]

Originally posted by Gav Stone:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by birdy123:
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Not yet. I am willing to give Juve the benefit of the doubt right now and switch the focus to other probable dodginess (see above). </BLOCKQUOTE>

The whole damn league tbh.

[retired_felicityh]

Transfers so far:

ATALANTA
Coach: DEL NERI
In:
Out: Migliaccio (c. Palermo), Donati (AC Milan, Loan return)
FORMATION (4-4-2) - Calderoni / Rivalta, Loria, Talamonti, Adriano / Ferreira Pinto, Bernardini, Ariatti, Defendi / Doni, Zampagna

CAGLIARI
Coach: Giampaolo
In: Zoboli (d. Brescia), Matri (a. Rimini), Larrivey (a.Huracan), Acquafresca (a. Treviso), Marruocco (Foggia)
Out: Suazo (a. Inter), Biondini (Reggina, Loan return)
FORMATION (4-3-3) - Chimenti / Ferri, Bianco, Lopez, Del Grosso / Conti, Marchini, Biondini / Colucci, Pepe, LARRIVEYI


CATANIA
Coach: BALDINI
In: Gia. Tedesco (c. Reggina, Bosman), Babù (a. Lecce, Bosman), Sabato (Cesena, Loan return)
Out:
FORMATION (4-4-2) - Pantanelli / Silvestri, Stovini, Cesar, Vargas / Baiocco, TEDESCO, Caserta, BABU' / Spinesi, Mascara

EMPOLI
Coach: Cagni
In:
Out: Lucchini (d. Sampdoria)
FORMATION (4-4-2) - Balli / Raggi, Vanigli, Pratali, Tosto / Almiron, Moro, Buscè, Vannucchi / Matteini, Saudati

FIORENTINA
Coach: Prandelli
In: Bojinov (a. Juventus), Borre (d Anderlecht, £2.57m), Lupoli (a. Derby Conty, Bosman), Mazuch (d. Brno), Hable (c. Hradec), Balzaretti (d. Juventus)
Out: Toni (a. Bayern, £7.46m), Blasi (Juventus, Loan return)
FORMATION (4-3-3) - Frey / Ujfalusi, Gamberini, Dainelli, Pasqual / Pazienza, Liverani, Montolivo / Reginaldo, Pazzini, Mutu


GENOA
Coach: Gasperini
In: Diego Milito (Real Zaragoza, Loan return)
Out: Criscito (d. Juventus)
FORMATION (4-4-2) - Rubinho / Bega, De Rosa, Stellini, Rossi / Milanetto,
Coppola, Fabiano, Leon / Gasparetto, Di Vaio

INTER
Coach: Mancini
In: Suazo (a. Cagliari), Gerbo (Giaveno), Aparecido (Livorno, Loan return), Coco (Torino, Loan return), Napolitano (Cremonese, Loan return)
Out: Choutos (a. Larissa), Zicu (Dinamo Bucharest)
FORMATION (4-4-2) - Julio Cesar / Maicon, Burdisso, Materazzi, Maxwell / J. Zanetti, Cambiasso, Vieira, Stankovic / Ibrahimovic, Crespo


JUVENTUS
Coach:RANIERI
In: Criscito (Genoa), Hasan Salihamidzic (Bayern Munchen, Bosman), Zdenek Grygera (Ajax Amsterdam, Bosman), Manuele Blasi (Fiorentina, Loan return), Landry Bonnefoi (Metz, Loan return), David Chiumiento (Young Boys, Loan return), Olivier Kapo (Levante, Loan return), Fabrizio Miccoli (Benfica, Loan return), Ruben Olivera (Sampdoria, Loan return), Claudio Scarzanella (Crotone, Loan return), Alessio Tacchinardi (Villareal, loan return), Andrea Gasbarroni (Parma, loan return), Alex Pederzoli (Pistoiese, loan return), Viktor Boudianski (Ascoli, loan return), Simone Fumasoli (Crotone, loan return), Andrea Luci (Pescara, loan return), Lorenzo Del Prete (Pizzighettone, loan return), Francesco Volpe (Ravenna, loan return), Michele Paolucci (Ascoli, loan return), Rej Volpato (Arezzo, loan return), Giuseppe Sculli (Genoa, loan return), James Douglas Packer (Siena, loan return), Tomas Guzman (Spezia, loan return), Iaquinta (a. Udinese), Molinaro (d. Siena)
Out: Bojinov (a. Fiorentina), Tudor (d. Haiduk), Chiumento (Luzern), Bentivoglio (Chievo), Balzaretti (d. Fiorentina)
FORMATION (4-3-1-2) - Buffon / Zebina, Grygera, Kovac, Chiellini / Camoranesi, Zanetti, Nedved / Palladino / Trezeguet, Del Piero
Co-owned Players 2007/2008: Dicuonzo (d. Ravenna), Cavagna (c. Ravenna)

LAZIO
Coach: Rossi
In: Kolarov (d. Ofk Belgrado), Del Nero (a. Brescia), ZALLOCCO (Lecco)
Out: Peruzzi (p. Retired)
FORMATION (4-3-1-2) - Berni / Behrami, Stendardo, Cribari, Zauri / Mudingayi, Ledesma, Mutarelli / Jimenez / Pandev, Rocchi

LIVORNO
Coach: Orsi
In: Lovis (c. Samb), E. Filippini (c. Bologna), Giallombardo (Messina, Loan return)
Out: Aparecido (Inter Milan, Loan return), Coppola (Messina, Loan return), Fiore (Valencia, Loan return)
FORMATION (4-4-2) - Amelia / Grandoni, Knezevic, Galante, Pfertzel / Morrone, Passoni, Filippini, Cesar / Fiore, Lucarelli


MILAN
Coach: Ancelotti
In: Ba (DJURGARDENS), Abbiati (Torino, Loan return), Donati (Atalanta, Loan return)
Out: Costacurta (d. Retired)
FORMATION (4-4-1-1) - Dida / Oddo, Nesta, Maldini, Jankulovski / Gattuso, Pirlo, Ambrosini, Seedorf / KakÃ* / Ronaldo

NAPOLI
Coach: Reja
In:
Out:
FORMATION (4-4-2) - Iezzo / Grava, Cannavaro, Domizzi, Garics / Dalla Bona, Gatti, Savini, PiÃ* / Calaiò, Sosa

PALERMO
Coach: COLANTUONO
In: Migliaccio (c. Atalanta), Ujkani (p. Anderlecht), Parravicini (Parma, Loan return)
Out: Corini (Udinese)
FORMATION (4-4-1-1) - Fontana / Zaccardo, Barzagli, Dellafiore, Pisano / MIGLIACCIO, Guana, Simplicio, Di Michele / Brienza / Amauri

PARMA
Coach: DI CARLO
In: Falcone (d. Sampdoria, Bosman)
Out: Rossi (a. Manchester United, Loan return), Dedic (Frosinone, Bosman), Parravicini (Palermo, Loan return), Grella (c. Parma)
FORMATION (4-4-2-) - Bucci / Coly, Contini, FALCONE, Castellini / Gasbarroni, Parravicini, Grella, Dessena / Muslimovic, Budan

REGGINA
Coach: ?
In: Alvarez (d. Nacional Montevideo), INACIO (a. Albinoleffe), MOTTA (SPORTING LISBONA), Biondini (Cagliari, Loan return)
Out: Gia. Tedesco (c. Catania, Bosman)
FORMATION (4-4-2) - Campagnolo / Lanzaro, Aronica, Di Dio, Mesto/ Vigiani, Amerini, Gazzi, Modesto / Amoruso, Bianchi

ROMA
Coach: Spalletti
In: Pit (c. Bellinzona), Barusso (c. Rimini), Alvarez (Messina, Loan return), Brighi (Chievo, Loan return), Nonda (Blackburn Rovers, Loan return), Scurto (Chievo, Loan return), Zotti (Sampdoria, Loan return)
Out: Defendi (Tottenham Hotspur, Loan return)
FORMATION (4-2-3-1) - Doni / Panucci, Chivu, Mexes, Tonetto / De Rossi, Pizarro / Mancini, Perrotta, Taddei / Totti

SAMPDORIA
Coach: MAZZARRI
In: Lucchini (d. Empoli), Bellucci (a. Bologna)
Out: Falcone (d. Parma, Bosman), Bazzani (Brescia, Free), Olivera (Juventus, Loan return), Ziegler (Tottenham Hotspur, Loan return), Zotti (AS Roma, Loan return)
FORMATION (4-4-2) - Castellazzi / Zenoni, LUCCHINI, Accardi,Pieri / Maggio, Palombo, Volpi, G. Delvecchio / Bonazzoli, Quagliarella

SIENA
Coach: MANDORLINI
In: Yarolim (c. Slavia Praga), Eleftheropoulos (p. Ascoli), Candela (Messina, Loan recall)
Out:
FORMATION (4-4-2) - Manninger / Negro, Gastaldello, Portanova, Bertotto /
Alberto, YAROLIM, Vergassola, Konko / Chiesa, Maccarone


TORINO
Coach: NOVELLINO
In: Malonga (a. Monaco), Corini (Palermo), Grella (c. Parma)
Out: Gallo (c. Novara), Abbiati (AC Milan, Loan return), Coco (Inter Milan, Loan return)
FORMATION (4-4-2) - Abbiati / Comotto, Brevi, Franceschini, Balestri /
De Ascentis, Barone, Ardito, Rosina / Lazetic, Stellone


UDINESE
Coach: MARINO
In: Floro Flores (a. Arezzo), Inter (c. Zurigo), Marino (d. Castelvetrano), CANDREVA (Ternana), Lukovic (Red Star), Harold Enrique Martinez (Atletico Nacional)
Out: Muntari (c. Portsmouth), Iaquinta (a. Juventus)
FORMATION (4-3-3) - De Sanctis / Zapata, Coda, Natali, Dossena / Motta,
D'Agostino, Pinzi / Di Natale, FLORO FLORES, Asamoah

[retired_darom]

Bookmarked.

[retired_jayvette]

still can't get over milan re-signing ba

[allygator]

Roma signed Juan so I guess that means Chivu to Inter will be more than likely now.