Chelsea touched down in Rome this week for their Champions League game with Roma. After checking in at the luxurious Cavalieri Hilton hotel on Monday, Luis Felipe Scolari expressed his desire to book the hotel for the last week of May as he expected Chelsea to be back in the Italian capital for the Champions [...]

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Roma have signed the Norway International John Arne Riise from Liverpool for a fee of 5million euros. The move looked to have broken down in recent days with Riise claiming a 50/50 chance of staying with Liverpool.
Riise has been a fantastic servant for Liverpool, renowned for his fierce shot and tough tackling he has been [...]

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I read a very interesting article on the Guardian website today about how foreign players have watered-down the English game.  Unlike many similar statements, this one was from an Italian, Guido Santevecchi, who spoke of the deteriation of rock solid Italian defences for the same reason - an influx of foreign players.
He attacks the four [...]

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