Serie A:
Good news for Roma fans, it appears that Alberto Aquilani is fit and ready to play after the winter break ends.
http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/7631518
Speaking of Roma, the Corriere dello Sport has reported that Roma and goalkeeper Alexander Doni will be entering a new contract that will result in a significant pay raise for Doni. Doni's current contract is set to expire in 2009.
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=534889
Recent talk of Figo going to the MLS is premature, appears he wants to win Serie A and the Champions League with Inter.
http://goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=534865
http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/01/03/scrap-that-mls-figo-doesnt-know-you/
This month, Serie A and Milan fans will get to see the much-hyped Alexandro Pato take the pitch against Napoli (Jan. 13). This past August, Milan paid a 22million Euro fee to Inter for the young Brazilian.
http://goal.com/en-us/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=534549
Siena has signed Richard Porta from River Plate, Uruguay. Meanwhile, Reggina has brought back Cristian Stuani who has been on loan at Danubio.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/03012008/58/serie-siena-reggina-sign-strikers.html
A final Roma note, the team is going after Bari defender, Nicola Belmonte.
http://goal.com/en-us/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=535427
MLS:
It appears that the San Jose EarthQuakes will be bringing Moneyball to the MLS:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=495270&root=mls&cc=5901
-Can a stats oriented system produce a MLS Winner, I guess we'll find out.
Final Note:
Sunday night, my favorite television series returnst to HBO, for its final season: The Wire. If you haven't watched it, I highly recomend you do.
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