"It is true that last year, Real had more points and was in the top of the league. The fact remains that it was also eliminated from the Champions League and that did not draw with Lyon, but lost. So I see no reason not to do a comparison between the two seasons, only to be a honest one"said The Special One.

After 25 rounds, Real Madrid are second in La Liga with seven points behind Barcelona, has to play the King’s Cup final, also against Barcelona, and is favored to qualify in the quarter final of the Champions League after the 1-1 score against Lyon in the first leg.

Earlier, Cristiano Ronaldo signed with Armani, where he replaced the English  midfielder, David Beckham. The Portuguese promotes especially jeans and underwear, designed by the famous Italian designer, a direct competitor to Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana.

The competition is not only between Messi and Ronaldo but also between Dolce Gabbana, who is a sponsor of AC Milan from 2004 and Giorgio Armani who is a supporter of the rival Inter Milano.

"He has the qualities needed to play in the Bundesliga and the national team. I don’t see why he could not play in Italy in the future" said the coach Thomas Schaaf. Benitez is trying to hide the Milan club’s intentions, saying "Marin has the qualities and may play over several posts. But we got Sneijder, which I prefer".

Berlusconi is very pleased with how the team is prepared by the Italian Massimiliano Allegri and reveals that he did not like how AC Milan evolved when Carlo Ancelotti or Leonardo were coaches.

"With Allegri we started well and we should continue the same.

If a player that we are interested will be accessible, we will take it.
If it were up to me, I would take the Brazilian Roninho. We have not had an attack so good from the time of Van Basten.
With Zlatan in the team we will be a force in Europe and worldwide" said the president of AC Milan.

The 12 players nominated are three goalkeepers, three defenders, three midfielders and three forwards, and were selected by the coaches of the 16 teams that reached the last eight of the Champions League in the 2009/2010 season.

Goalkeeper of the year: Julio Cesar (Inter Milan FC), Hugo Lloris (Olympique Lyon), Víctor Valdés (FC Barcelona)
Defender of the year: Lucio (Inter Milan FC), Maicon (Inter Milan FC), Gerard Piqué (FC Barcelona)
Midfielder of the year: Xavi Hernández (FC Barcelona), Arjen Robben (FC Bayern Munich), Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milano FC)
Striker of the year: Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona), Diego Milito (FC Inter Milan), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United).

"Inter is a great club, it would be a dream to play at a high level again, but there is nothing sure. Currently there are only rumors" said Forlan.

The Italian champions has extended today the contract of Diego Milito with one year. The new agreement expires on June 30, 2014.

"I felt in his voice that he wants to play at Flamengo starting this season" said Amorim. Flamengo started the negotiations with Ronaldinho’s brother, who is also his agent, and offered the Brazilian star 300.000 euros per month. Ronaldinho has a contract with AC Milan until the summer of 2011.

Ronaldinho was on vacation in Rio de Janeiro, where he has a house in Barra da Tijuca resort. In this holiday he played football on the beach with Romarinho, the son of former Brazilian international player, Romario.

The announcement was made by the player’s representative, Fernando Hidalgo, after a meeting with the vice president  of Inter Milan, Rinaldo Gheffi.
"Everything is good, tomorrow we will write the contract, then will go to Buenos Aires for Diego to sign and will return to Italy next week to file the agreement at the Italian Professional League," said Hidalgo who did not disclose the new salary of the Argentine goalgetter.

"I wish Jose Mourinho all the best, to win all the trophies, because he deserve it, he is a great coach. I will never come back to Real Madrid. I was treated very badly, they did not respect me so I am not interested to come back there.

I feel very good at Inter Milano, I am eager to work with the new coach Rafael Benitez. I talked with Dirk Kuyt, who worked with Benitez at Liverpool and he told me good things about him, he is very serious, he prepares very well all the  matches and he knows how to listen and communicate with the players" said Sneijder.

Wesley Sneijder played at Real Madrid between 2007 and 2009.

The Spanish coach was fired by Liverpool last week, after six years of collaboration, following the poor results in the 2009-2010 season.

Rafael Benitez could take Javier Mascherano with him to Milano after Masimo Morati declared several times that he likes the Argentinean midfielder.