A lot of youngsters in Serie A just now because of how skint they are- it's going to serve them well because the rivalries in Serie A will always maintain some fan-base despite the amount of big-name players who are no longer there.

Plus, if most of the youngsters are Italian then they are incredibly loyal to their own country and tend to stay in the league.

Expect Saponara to be in the first team

Who is Boateng going to?

Heard lots of good things about Saponara, but can't see him getting ahead of Niang, who really surprised me back end of last season. Even then, Pazzini may play in a wide position, he had a great return too.

Boateng to a Russian club hopefully, someone who will pay big money.

Milan have two games coming up where they will be playing all of their players.
Saponara is someone the Milan fans seem to be excited about, maybe more so than Poli

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Watch out for Cristante

I've heard people compare Saponara with Kaka. I know that happens with every young player at every club- he's compared to a great player from the recent past.

I've not really seen him play though!

He was the year before, moved to Sampdoria, made a bigger name for himself and joined Milan in a player plus cash deal

He was never owned by Inter it was a loan deal, Samp is where he made his name

I've seen bits of Saponara and I must say I've enjoyed what I have seen

Saponara-Balotelli-El Sha

would be very exciting

How do you think Icardi will fit in at Inter? They've signed him and Belfodil, to go with Milito and the impressive Palacio, I think it will be hard to cement himself down as a starter

Icardi

Inter

Reina is a good addition to Napoli and I think they will get the best out of Hamsik under Benitez think he may hamper Insigne though not sure

YAY!

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It's a bit of a pain in the arsé because although it helps the lesser teams finacially it robs them of all their stars with lousy offers

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This.

I must say though whilst we are around the topic of ownership I love the idea of Watford and Udinese

The Watford thing annoys me because their own academy was actually developing along nicely, and whilst it's good that Udinese's younger players get good experience in the Championship it hinders the development of local players!

Good point there Henrik, Watford are, in crude terms, Udinese's bítches

What academy rating do Watford have though because I believe if a AAA academy want a player from a lesser academy they can have them for a small compensation fee (I may be wrong)

I genuinely don't know. There was talk of it being downgraded after the Pozzo family took over, not entirely sure though

http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/9873025.Watford_Academy_to_downgrade_to_Category_3/

I don't know any Watford fans but I would like their opinion on matters....they would have been in the prem this season if it wasn't for a couple of errors along the wya

I was once debating whether to start a Bundesliga/Série A Thread. Majority said Bundesliga.

Serie A