Italian football seems to be on a bit of a rise at the moment. Don't think it will ever get back to the glory days of the 80s and 90s, what with the Premier League and Spain. Quite a few good players heading down that way.
Meanwhile, in India, Owen Coyle's Chennaiyin FC are 2-0 down approaching half time away at Odisha FC. Obviously, Coyle's team are second bottom of the division.
Bottom of the table Hyderabad FC, managed by Phil Brown, got hammered 5-1 the other day with big Matthew Kilgallon at the back, and Giles Barnes coming off the bench.
Did we miss a trick there? If we are going to bring in a loan striker (I don't think we'll buy one) what a fantastic player to bring in he would have been!
Providing, of course, that he realised he is so filthy rich that 6 months on a meagre £50K a week wouldn't seriously harm his bank balance! Big ask, I suppose - his agent probably regards £50K a week as about right for his cut!
Zlatan came on for the last 30 minutes but didn't trouble the onion bag in a 0-0 draw.
Young Ronaldo, on the other hand, rolled in a second half hatty (including a penalty) in a 4-0 Juventus win. I really hope Inter carry on their form and win the league though.