“If Italian football supporters had any doubts that Serie A is now a Big Issue-selling relation to the English and Spanish top flights, they have been dispelled this summer. First Kaka moved to Real Madrid, kicking off Florentino Perez’s spending orgy and prompting AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi to vow to do something about football’s “mad prices” after having pocketed €68 million (£58m). The comments did little to make up for the loss of his side’s main creative force, but they did produce some chuckles from those who remember when Berlusconi used to be the one destabilising transfer markets by willy-nilly cash splashing.” (WSC)