Serie A

AC Milan
AC Milan are set to offer EUR15 million for the transfer of Udinese defender Mehdi Benatia, as the Rossoneri prepare to lose Thiago Silva.

AS Roma
AS Roma striker Bojan Krkic has told Barcelona that he left the club due to Pep Guardiola and would not return to Camp Nou while he is Coach.

Atalanta
Cesena are reportedly preparing an offer for Atalanta midfielder Matteo Brighi, who could leave in order to play more first team football.

Bologna
Francesco Della Rocca said he jumped to the chance of joining Palermo because the Rosanero are more ambitious than his former side Bologna.

Cagliari
Cagliari coach Massimo Ficcadenti has fielded virtually an unchanged line-up so far, as the same 10 players have started all of their matches.

Catania
Catania defender Nicolas Spolli is confident ahead of the Inter clash and declares he would have no problem playing in a three-man defence.

Cesena
Cesena director Lorenzo Minotti would not rule out a return of midfielder Luis Jimenez, but insists it is too early to talk about the market.

Chievo
Chievo midfielder Perparim Hetemaj has committed 14 fouls, the highest in the squad, while Gennaro Sardo is the only player with a red card.

Fiorentina
Fiorentina head coach Sinisa Mihajlovic is hoping to have striker Alberto Gilardino back in action at some stage within the next four weeks.

Genoa
Genoa defender Dario Dainelli insists 7 points from 5 games cannot be considered as a tragedy, but admits his side need to show improvements.

Inter Milan
Keeper Julio Cesar is confident that he will recover from a back problem in time for Inter Milan's game at Catania in Serie A this weekend.

Juventus
Juventus are the only Italian club interested in Rhodolfo, but there is no deal already agreed with Sao Paulo over a winter market transfer.

Lazio
Lazio coach Edy Reja must wait another 48 hours before he can assess the condition of Miroslav Klose for the clash against Roma this weekend.

Lecce
Lecce midfielder Giullermo Giacomazzi admits it is up the experienced players to help the squad maintain calm as his side struggle in Serie A.

Napoli
Defender Christian Maggio has urged Napoli to bring back young attacker Lorenzo Insigne, who is currently impressing while on loan at Pescara.

Novara
Novara coach Attilio Tesser is moderately satisfied with what they done so far, as he is convinced that they deserved another 1 or 2 points.

Palermo
Francesco Della Rocca said he jumped to the chance of joining Palermo because the Rosanero are more ambitious than his former side Bologna.

Parma
Parma manager Franco Colomba is not worried about his team's dependency on Giovinco as it is only a matter of time before the others score.

Siena
Siena boss Giuseppe Sannino is convinced that there are six teams who could win the Scudetto, Roma, Lazio, Milan, Inter, Napoli and Juventus.

Udinese
Udinese star Antonio Di Natale has revealed his dream of scoring 150 goals in Serie A and gave special praise to young striker Diego Fabbrini.