| |  |  | | "We talked about it but Lotito is a prima-donna and like every prima-donna either seduces you or you have to seduce her."
Aurelio De Laurentiis and Claudio Lotito enjoy a game of footsie under the table as they talk about Goran Pandev's transfer
"Unfortunately their demands for a loan deal are too high, so the transfer is over."
So said Adriano Galliani of Aly Cissokho's off and on and off and on and off transfer to Milan from Porto, only for Roger Boli to again claim it was on again a few days later
"I spoke with the directors and we agreed that the transfer would be in everybody’s interests at this moment in time."
So says Kaka, who learned in Business Studies that £56m in June is a better deal for Milan than £100m in January. Every million counts as two in June you see, or something.
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Fabio Cannavaro – the short, dark haired stopper who can’t dribble
"It's right that we lost. We should have earned qualification with our strengths and not with a present from the USA. It was good to avoid Spain because in our condition, we risked making an ugly impression."
After being taught a lesson by Brazil, Gigi Buffon didn’t fancy a repeat against the Spaniards
"The mummy joke was not a very good one, it was too easy. But being called mummies doesn't affect us at all. We are just thinking about doing well and be careful, because sometimes mummies lose their bandages."
Marcello Lippi prefers knock-knock jokes
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What they should've said...
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“There are no phenomenons left in calcio – I can’t see them.”
Fabio Cannavaro – not only have his legs gone, there are now fears over his eyesight…
“I will finish the European Championship and then I will start thinking about Lippi.”
Under-21 ‘keeper Andrea Consigli – but shouldn’t it really be the other way around?
“We all like Cassano but he has paid for his errors. Now in Genova he has found the peace of mind and a girlfriend but Lippi is the one who decides.”
Fabio Cannavaro suggests that Italy’s future may rest on the shoulders of Cassano’s other half
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