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September 2008
On sale from August 22

Get ready for the new season with our unmissable 2008-09 Serie A guide. With pages dedicated to all 20 teams competing in the top flight, we comment on all the clubs, giving you the full squad line-ups, star men, Coach profiles, best buys and the young guns who are eager to make a name for themselves. Don’t start the campaign without us.

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SPECIAL FEATURES 12 SERIE A PREVIEW With the start of the new season just around the corner, Giancarlo Rinaldi looks at what we can expect from the top flight over the next nine months 14 CALCIO COACHES Who will amaze the peninsula with his new tactics? Who will be the first to suffer the sack? We take a look at the men occupying Serie A’s benches this season 16 MARKET MOVERS Italy’s big clubs are making the final additions to their squads for 2008-09. James Sugrue rounds up all the latest major transfers 18 MUNTARI RETURNS Inter have been surprisingly quiet in the transfer market, but one player who has joined the Nerazzurri is former Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari 20 ENGLISH EXIT Several players have left the Premier League to join Italian clubs over the summer. Steve Wilson wonders if the tide is turning in the transfer market 22 MAGIC MANCINI Inter’s main addition this summer has been Amantino Mancini. Can the Brazilian winger make the difference and claim a Scudetto and Champions League double? 24 SPECIAL ONE Jose Mourinho has already been busy putting the Inter squad through their paces in pre-season. We find out what the Nerazzurri players make of their new boss 26 DE ROSSI DANGER The home-grown star might be a dying breed, but Roma ace Daniele De Rossi is proving that the age of the Bandiera isn’t dead just yet 28 ROMAN RIISE Norwegian international John Arne Riise has left Liverpool to join Roma and bring a wealth of Champions League experience to the Giallorossi ranks 30 AMAURI’S MISSION New Juventus striker Amauri isn’t wasting any time getting settled in Turin and the Brazilian could be the final piece in the Bianconeri’s Scudetto jigsaw 32 VIKING INVASION Claudio Ranieri is putting his faith in three Scandinavian stars this season. Can they recreate the glory of Juve’s Scudetto winning Danish trio from the 1950s? 34 PATO DOBLE After all the hype and promises, Alexandre Pato has started to fulfil his potential at Milan. But how will the teenager cope in his first full season in Serie A? 36 SELEÇAO STARS Swedish and Dutch trios have given Milan great success in the past, but how will the latest combination of Kaka, Ronaldinho and Alexandre Pato get on? 38 MIDFIELD MARVEL It looks set to be a huge year for Riccardo Montolivo with both Fiorentina and Italy. Susy Campanale looks at the blossoming Viola playmaker 40 STAYING POWER Fiorentina have impressed in the transfer market, but their most important signings could be Sebastien Frey and Adrian Mutu’s contract extensions 44 THRILL OF THE CHASE It’s not all about the top four, as Antonio Labbate takes a look at the outsiders hoping to challenge the top flight’s big boys for a place in Europe 48 CATCHING UP With all three of the promoted sides finishing in the top half last term, the gap between the Scudetto challengers and the also rans is smaller than ever 50 STRIKING STARS Alessandro Del Piero claimed the 2007-08 Capocannoniere title, but who will be competing for the striker’s crown this season? 52 SURVIVAL STRUGGLE The battle against relegation has provided just as much excitement as the title race in recent years. James Horncastle looks at the teams likely to struggle this season