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Musings from Naples
Tweet A quick apology for the lack of new content recently. I have been suffering from a rare fatigue induced by pizza, spaghetti vongole, red wine, and Laphroig – all of which I consumed rather too...
View ArticleIn defence of a co-ownership transfer system – lessons from Italy.
Tweet Earlier this year I wrote about the changing nature of the transfer market regarding the race to capture the best young players in England. With that in mind, I looked to foreign shores for...
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Serie A: a more sensible approach to transfers?
Tweet George Orwell wrote that Italians are incapable of doing anything without making a deafening noise, and he kind of has a point. Italy is pretty mental, but it works in its own way. Take the...
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Hunting in Pairs: Shevchenko and Rebrov, Dynamo Kyiv
Tweet If you’re thinking about strikers in the 90’s – and, why would you want to look at any other decade – you’d struggle to find a pair that better epitomise the best aspects of the front two than...
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Ligue 1 and Serie A: the tables have turned, and I don’t like it.
Tweet I have no idea when the rivalry between France and Italy started. I was oblivious to it growing up despite my father’s Italian heritage. He didn’t seem bothered by the French, in fact he seemed...
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Hunting in Threes: Signori, Rambaudi and Baiano, Foggia.
Tweet Last week’s post lamented the dwindling power of Serie A and the sickening trend of Italian clubs being outgunned in the transfer market by their French rivals (‘filled to the brim with...
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