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Cesar: New club
Bologna have snapped up former Inter Milan and Lazio winger Cesar Aparecido.
The 34-year-old has been without a club since leaving Inter in the summer.
He has now agreed a deal with Bologna, where he will again link-up with coach Sinisa Mihajlovic, who he worked with at Inter.
“Unfortunately there are certain things that [...]

Thanks to a 2-1 victory over Schalke 04, Bayer Leverkusen retain their lead at the top of the Bundesliga table.
“It was a feat of strength,” says the Bayer and Germany goalkeeper Rene Adler, speaking to bundesliga.de about the hard fought victory with evident satisfaction. Leverkusen are not talking about the title just yet, but in [...]

Several FC Bayern stars are currently away on international duty.
Lucio had to pull out of Brazil's friendly game against Portugal, however.
Adductor and back problems
The central defender returned from the match in Mönchengladbach with adductor and back problems and will stay in Munich this week.
Lucio is rated doubtful for Saturday's game against [...]

Cesar: Bologna move
Bologna have signed Brazilian winger Cesar on a free transfer following his release by Inter Milan.
The 34-year-old, who has also spent time at Lazio, Livorno and Corinthians, has been on the lookout for a new club since the end of last summer.
New Bologna boss Sinisa Mihajlovic played with Cesar at Lazio [...]

Shevchenko: Real link
Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has rubbished speculation that Andriy Shevchenko is set to join Real Madrid in January.
Primera Liga champions Real are looking for attacking reinforcements following the long-term knee injury sustained by star striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Juventus hit-man Amauri, Inter Milan ace Hernan Crespo and Lyon’s Karim Benzema have also [...]

Shevchenko: Real link
Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has rubbished speculation that Andriy Shevchenko is set to join Real Madrid in January.
Primera Liga champions Real are looking for attacking reinforcements following the long-term knee injury sustained by star striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Juventus hit-man Amauri, Inter Milan ace Hernan Crespo and Lyon’s Karim Benzema have also [...]

Bayer Leverkusen won Saturday's heavyweight clash with Schalke 04 to stay top of the pile, while the Royal Blues dropped further off the pace at the top.
Bayer's 2-1 (2-0) victory made it six wins in seven games for them. For Schalke, it was the second big-game loss in a week having gone down at home [...]

A spirited fightback by Borussia Mönchengladbach put an end to Bayern München's recent victory roll.
Borussia battled back from two goals down to snatch a 2-2 draw, preventing the champions making it six wins on the trot in the process.
The result leaves Bayern three points adrift of table-topping duo Leverkusen and Hoffenheim. For [...]

Toni: Helps out Modena
Luca Toni has helped save his hometown club Modena.
The Bayern Munich striker has answered the call of president Gianni Gibelllini - who was looking for investment to save the Serie B squad.
The Italian international has now invested in Modena - the club he began his career with.
“Luca Toni, via [...]

Dica: On his way home
Catania coach Walter Zenga has confirmed that Nicolae Dica will be leaving the club in January.
The Romanian forward arrived in the summer on a four-year contract from Steaua Bucharest.
Zenga brought in Dica after managing him at Steaua - but the 28-year-old has failed to settle in Italy and is [...]