THE WOLF'S DEN - Tana dei Lupi I

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[Frenchesco]

Just a joke for my fellow Italian friends...I finally understand why Roma has to remain Italian...

[The MAN]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008 ... elsea.roma

So Spaletti seems to have been their second choice (Galliani mentioned last week there was another Italian coach Chelski wanted besides Carlo)....2 rejections.... may Chelski continue their "successful manager search"

PS. Is Roma's financial situation (debt) that bad??

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[Jamoldo]

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[Jamoldo]

[RomaShield27]

[Dejan-Stankovic]

[RomaShield27]

Oh I see. I would be interested in Adriano and Suazo, but of course a little thing called money would make any such moves unlikely.

Thank feck for this:

Chelsea suffer fresh blow with Spalletti snub
www.guardian.co.uk/football – Thursday June 5 2008

Chelsea's search for a new manager endured another setback last night when Luciano Spalletti, the impressive Roma coach, followed Carlo Ancelotti's lead by becoming the second Italian to distance himself from the vacant position at Stamford Bridge in successive days.

Spalletti, who has implemented an attractive brand of attacking football since assuming the reins in the Italian capital three years ago, has led Roma to runners-up spot and the Champions League quarter-finals in each of the past two seasons, which had alerted Roman Abramovich's advisers to his quality. Most eye-catching was last season's elimination of Real Madrid in the knockout stage.

His agent, Vlado Lemic, is understood to have held informal talks with Chelsea officials in Paris. However, the 49-year-old manager has since made it clear privately that he does not wish to proceed with discussions. He apparently feels he is not yet experienced enough to take on a challenge of the size of Chelsea and has expressed concern at his lack of English.

The language barrier had also appeared to rule out any interest from Chelsea in the World Cup-winning Italy coach Marcello Lippi, though the club would have been confident of prising Spalletti - whose previous coaching experience came largely at Udinese, whom he took into the Champions League - from the Stadio Olimpico, with Roma a club rendered vulnerable by considerable debts.

The club's parent company, Italpetroli, is reported to be saddled with debts or about £300m. The manager was due to meet Roma officials yesterday to discuss what remains of his transfer budget for next term, though he may yet lose influential players such as Alberto Aquilani and the Brazilians Juan and Mancini to richer suitors this summer.

Chelsea remain "comfortable" with the way their selection process is progressing, though focus is increasingly falling upon the Portugal head coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari, who will not consider his own future until after the European Championship. The London club are prepared to wait that long to secure the right man, though any hopes that Ancelotti could still be persuaded to leave Milan are receding.

Mark Hughes, the favourite of the Chelsea chief executive, Peter Kenyon, has since taken up the reins at Manchester City, with the other potential candidates - the unattached Roberto Mancini, Frank Rijkaard and Didier Deschamps - still dividing opinion at Stamford Bridge.

Milan yesterday suggested they hope to lure Didier Drogba and Andriy Shevchenko to Serie A next term. Milan's general manager, Adriano Galliani, claimed he had enjoyed a lengthy dialogue with Kenyon earlier this week "talking about football things in general". When asked whether the availability of the strikers had cropped upn, Galliani replied: "Sure, we talked about players, about Shevchenko, about Drogba, about all these things. We still have a very good rapport with Chelsea."

Neither player's departure would be a real surprise. Drogba has appeared unsettled in west London since Jose Mourinho's sacking last September, with Chelsea having circulated his name to clubs in recent weeks. Ancelotti had pinpointed Drogba as one of three forwards he wished to pursue last month.

Shevchenko has failed to make any consistent impact in English football since his £30m move from Milan two years ago and a return to San Siro at a fraction of that fee has long been mooted. Yet the prospect of Kaka moving in the opposite direction was instantly dismissed by Galliani. "He is absolutely not for sale," he added. "Just like Carlo Ancelotti, Kaka will be here with us next season."

[Dejan-Stankovic]

If Mancini is on Roma's transfer list, a swap seems reasonable. Although I haven't seen cold hard numbers, Crespo and Suazo might have to take a pay-cut to play at Roma. This might be the best possible way to get some key players without breaking the bank.

[RomaShield27]

I would take a swap of Mancini for Suazo, or Mancini for Adriano. They almost surely would have to take a wage-cut though.

[Dejan-Stankovic]

I don't think we'll transfer list 3 strikers. It will probably be Crespo and Suazo with Adriano staying for one more season to try and prove himself. Though, it all depends on what Mourinho is planning to do for next season; if he adopts the lone-striker formation as he did at Chelsea, we won't need 5 strikers next season.

I haven't heard any news regarding Mancini whatsoever. Since he's not participating in the Euro's, you'd think his next destination would be announced in the near future.

[RomaShield27]

STILATE LE DATE DELLE PRIME AMICHEVOLI DELLA ROMA
http://www.romanews.eu/news.asp?newsID=5367&pag=2

Si inizia a stilare il programma delle amichevoli pre-campionato della squadra giallorossa. Trigoria sarà per il secondo anno consecutivo sede del ritiro estivo. Per il momento sono state confermate solamente due date legate allo sponsor e alla cessione di Hossam Mido al Tottenham. Si evitaranno sicuramente lunghe tournée oltreoceano ma si andrà a giocare al Cairo il 6 o 7 agosto, un'amichevole legata allo sponsor Wind. Mentre il 10 agosto la squadra raggiungerà Londra per affrontare gli "Spurs", amichevole prevista nella cessione di Mido al Tottenham.

Translation (thanks to DonSimon) :
The program of Roma's pre-season friendlies for the Roma squad has begun to be drafted. Trigoria will be for the second consecutive year the site of the summer withdrawal. For the moment just two dates have been confirmed, due to the sponsorship and to the transfer of Hossam Mido to Tottenham. Surely it will not be a long tour overseas, but the team plays in Cairo on 6 or 7 August, a friendly for the team sponsor Wind. Meanwhile on 10 August the squad will go to London to confront Spurs, a friendly expected because of the transfer of Mido to Tottenham.

[edge_xeno]

I really need to know wheather this is true or not??? Seriously, i'am getting insanely excited, my Roma will come to Egypt? Fuck me!

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[Italiamia]

Giuly pensa a ritorno in Francia
Gio 05 Giu, 06:18 PM


(ANSA) - PARIGI, 5 GIU - Ludovic Giuly si dice 'motivatissimo a rientrare in Francia' e afferma che quella del Psg sarebbe 'una sfida interessante' ma 'non l'unica'.

'Sono motivatissimo a rientrare, dove non lo so - dice l'attaccante della Roma, che L'Equipe da' nel mirino del club parigino - il Psg e' una societa' che a livello di sfida e' interessante ma non e' la sola. Mi rimangono due o tre anni ad alto livello. Voglio divertirmi'. Giuly, 31 anni, ha ancora due anni di contratto con il club giallorosso.
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As suspected, Giuly wants out of Roma.

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Giuly heads for Roma exit

Thursday 5 June, 2008



Diminutive winger Ludovic Giuly is ready to quit Roma to return to his native France.

The 31-year-old arrived at the Stadio Olimpico from Barcelona last summer, but failed to truly make his mark with the Giallorossi.

After spending the majority of the season warming the bench, the man nicknamed ‘The Pocket Panther’ seems to have his heart set on playing regular first-team football in Ligue 1.

“I am very determined to return to France,â€

[stefano]

This is not a Roma related post, but as we all know, this is where anything goes. I read this earlier today and found it quite entertaining. Current American politics make me sick. This made me feel a little better. Thank you PJ O'Rourke, I guess.

http://www.cato.org/pubs/catosletter/ca ... erv6n2.pdf

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i wonder if we can still get a good deal off of Valencia without Carboni. id like Maduro and Hildebrand