Serie A

AC Milan
Four-time Scudetto winner Zvonimir Boban has criticised former club Milan for being more interested in their balance sheet and club politics.

AS Roma
Daniele De Rossi has refused to rule out the possibility of leaving Roma for free as negotiations over a renewal are proving to be problematic.

Atalanta
Atalanta defender Andrea Masiello is thankful for the international break as the last five games have taxed both their phsically and mentally.

Bologna
New Bologna boss Stefano Pioli is confident the squad is good enough to survive in Serie A this season, but admits they must show improvements.

Cagliari
Cagliari president Massimo Cellino is delighted with coach Massimo Ficcadenti and is hoping they could close the season in Europa League spot.

Catania
Catania midfielder Alejandro Gomez believes the international break has come at the right time, as his side need to recover injured players.

Cesena
Cesena coach Marco Giampaolo said he replace Ghezzal in the match against Chievo because the booes were beginning to affect the whole team.

Chievo
Chievo are in sixth place in the Fairplay chart with 11 penalty points after receiving nine yellow cards and a red card so far this season.

Fiorentina
Fiorentina coach Mihajlovic admits the hooligans who forced last year's match with Italy to be abandoned made him ashamed of being Serbian.

Genoa
Rodrigo Palacio insists that Genoa deserve the credit for his return to the Argentine international set-up - his first call-up since June 2008.

Inter Milan
Inter are thought to be looking at Borussia Dortmund starlet Mario Gotze as the Nerazzurri are eager to lower the average age of the squad.

Juventus
Emanuele Giaccherini will have his fitness assessed over the next 48 hours after picking up a left thigh muscle problem in Juventus training.

Lazio
Lazio striker Miroslav Klose is eager to Germany's goalscoring record held by Gerd Muller, and says he is not thinking about retiring just yet.

Lecce
Lecce CEO Renato Cipollini insists they are not going to change coach and that the club knew that they will have to be patient this season.

Napoli
Good news for Napoli after it was reported that striker Goran Pandev did not suffer serious injury and could resume training in two weeks time.

Novara
Novara's Japan international striker Takayuki Morimoto says he was delighted to have scored against Catania, the club where he spent 5 years.

Palermo
Palermo defender Matias Silvestre has told coach Cesare Prandelli he is available for Italy - if the Azzurri should call him before Argentina.

Parma
Parma coach Franco Colomba admits the win over Genoa has helped his side to breath easy, but also urges his players to continue to work hard.

Siena
Bad news for Siena head coach Giuseppe Sannino as striker Emanuele Calaio is sidelined for up to three weeks after picking up a knee problem.

Udinese
Sports director Fabrizio Larini admits Udinese are keeping an eye on several European players but insists they do not do business in January.