Maureen is Inter boss

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7431480.stm

Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has been appointed as manager of Serie A side Inter Milan.

Mourinho has signed a three-year deal with the Italian side in his first job since he and Chelsea parted company by mutual consent in September 2007.

Mourinho succeeds Roberto Mancini, who led the club to a third consecutive Serie A title during the past campaign.

[Chrono]

Perfectly gruesome combination.

[Rich]

Interesting to see who he buys

[BFG]

Interesting to see who he buys

Hopefully Drogba, fat Fwank and Carvalho.

[LFC Barry]

How long before Gerrard is linked with a 40 million move?

[friedk]

Couldn't think of anyone I would like to fail more than him.

At the start of the season he went on about how he can work without money and can sign players within a budget. If you consider the players he did bring in you would have to say that his signings were amongst the worst in the league, but of course the "great man" could never be criticized for signing the likes of Belleti, Pizarro and Sidwell.

In fact, if you look at the players he did sign, most under £15m were complete failures.

Spending in full


2007


Aug Juliano Belletti Barcelona £3.7m
July Florent Malouda Lyon £13.5m
June Tal Ben Haim Bolton Free
June Claudio Pizarro Bayern Munich Free
June Steve Sidwell Reading Free


2006


Aug Ashley Cole Arsenal £5m
Aug Khalid Boulahrouz Hamburg £7m
June John Mikel Obi Lyn £16m
May Ben Sahar Hapoel Tev Aviv £320,000
May Andrei Shevchenko AC Milan £30.8m
May Salomon Kalou Feyenoord £8m
May Michael Ballack Bayern Munich Free


2005


Aug Michael Essien Lyon £24.4m
July Shaun Wright-Phillips Manchester City £21m
July Lassana Diarra Le Havre £1m
July Scott Sinclair Bristol Rovers £160,000
June Asier Del Horno Athletic Bilbao £8m
Jan Jiri Jarosik CSKA Moscow £4.83m
July Ricardo Carvalho Porto £19.85m
July Didier Drogba Marseille £24m
July Tiago Benfica £8m
July Mateja Kezman PSV Eindhoven £5m
July Paulo Ferreira Porto £13.2m
July Arjen Robben PSV Eindhoven £12m (already signed by Ranieri)

Total £225.76m

[Imy]

Perfectly gruesome combination.

Forza Milan

[The_weatherman]

I read somewhere that he'd be given 100 million pounds to spend this summer at Inter, so he sure knows how to pick a job

[NIred1]

Forza Milan

Even more reason to Inter!

[Harv]

he wants Dogbreath.

He's told Moratti to get rid of Ibra apparently

[Rich]

Zlatan to Chelsea, Drogba to Inter?

[Harv]

could happen.

[slimbimjim]

I'd love to see Adriano here actually...

[Shaggy]

I'd love to see Adriano here actually...

Apparently he's re-discovered his form for Sao Paulo.

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I watched Adriano play for Brazil the other night. Although Brazil were rubbish and he only played for 20minutes he at least looked determined. Haven't seen any determination from him for a long time so he seems to be sorting himself out and might be a big player for Inter next season