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AC Milan 3-0 Napoli

Van Bommel swapped Bayern Munich for AC Milan in January and the Rossoneri retain the option to extend his five-month deal for a further year.

Should that not happen, Van Bommel is likely to have plenty of other options with former club PSV Eindhoven and Tottenham known admirers.

The 33-year-old's representative, Mino Raiola, told Voetbal International: "There is still nothing certain - only that PSV are the only Dutch option for him.

"If Milan were deciding today they would keep him. He is a very important player for them, but as he only came in the winter window we decided together that only in May would we look to the future."

Meanwhile, reports in Russia suggest Anzhi Makhachkala could look to sign Gennaro Gattuso at the end of the season.

Anzhi, who have signed Roberto Carlos and made an attempt to bring Ronaldo out of retirement, are believed to be keen to add another star name to the squad. A source quoted in the Russian media said: "Now is the right age to think about the end of his career and to sign an advantageous contract."
Where to begin. A true Italian drama. If I hear another Gattuso story I'll vomit. This entire Gattuso-gate situation took the steam off a few other pressing issues that people aren't discussing nearly enough.

1. Flamini is a contract killer/spy posing as a French midfielder for Milan.
2. Milan were humiliated at the San Siro by a team they were favoured against.
3. Allegri had the deer in the headlights look for 90 minutes.
4. The referee was not suited for this type of match, and lost control of the game. Leading to the unsavoury events that transpired before our eyes.

Let's analyze all the situations carefully

Gattuso-gate: A lot of people have been asking me for my thoughts on the entire situation. Here's a sample of the intelligent, highly thought-out tweets I've received in the past few days: "Hey MilanGuy how do you support a team of cheating mafiosos? Gattuso is a scum of the earth. The EPL is so much better than the Serie A, our 5th best team beat your first! Italian players ruining the game."


After soaking up the wisdom from this laundry list of intellectuals, I knew I wouldn't be able to explain the situation with twitters annoying 140 character message limit. I realize everyone thinks Gattuso is a horrible human being, who deserves supplementary punishment other than a Champions League ban, such as water torture. But let me remind all of you of this: Gattuso is not a malicious player. I've seen malicious players, a few that come to mind, in my opinion, are Materazzi, our very own Flamini, and Nigel De Jong. Players who may aim their forceful, bone crunching tackles at something other than the football.


Throughout his career, Gennaro has prided himself on his grit, determination and fiery tackles. Although his barber might want to remind him that a retro mullet look is not the epitome of toughness, his beard more than makes up for this stylistic gaffe.