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So, the season is upon us again. The endless summer months in which rumour after rumour confronts us about who is going where and who is staying put. So far nothing of note has happened, in Serie A at least. Barcelona have got themselves of the mark with the 40 million Euro capture of David Villa. An interesting deal, as what does this mean for Zlatan Ibrahimovic who despite scoring 22 goals in his first season has been seen as somewhat of a disappointment, mainly in all likelyhood because he does not fit the pace of their system. Will Zlatan be happy to sit on the bench while Villa, Messi, and Pedro take to the field before him? Today he is strongly linked with AC Milan though they have been reluctant to splash the cash in recent years.

Juve however are most certainly in search of a striker and Pazzini and Sergio Aguero are at the front of the que. Both have been targets for some time but the latter will probably be harder to obtain than the former. That being said he is unlikely to move to another club in Spain given the rivalry with Real Madrid and the fact that Barca are full upfront. The odds of him moving this summer are high and Chelsea and Inter are arguably more attractive destinations given they have Champions League football. But, Juve are said to be ready to offer Diego and Thiago as well as Cash for the Argentine. Yet, these rumours change daily as only Yesturday Edin Dzeko was linked to Juve in a deal that would see Diego move the other way to Wolfsberg.

Elsewhere Roma look set to strengthen their forward line with the imminent arrival of Adriano. It seems like the hugely talented forward will return to Italy after some dark times at Inter Milan and a rejuvenated spell in Brazil.

Lazio seem to be edging closer to signing Sergio Floccari for 8.5 million Euros without having to sacrifice Radu, Lichsteiner and Ledesma. After an appalling season Lazio have set out aims of trimming their huge squad and re-enforcing the midfield. Martinez from Catania and Ederson from Lyon have been mentioned in recent days.

Manager Merry go round
On the managerial from, Domenico Di Carlo, the former Chievo manager, has taken the reins at Sampdoria while Luigi Del Neri has moved onto the big job at Juventus. Additional changed are set at Parma with Guidolin set to take over at Udinese and Milan where Leonardo has left and Massimo Allegri is set to take over their. Cesare Prandelli is set to become the new Italy boss after the world cup and currently Sinisa Mihajlovic is favourite for the Fiorentina role.