“The European winter transfer window was flung open with a flourish last Saturday with Roma putting on display their newly acquired Italian international striker Luca Toni. Everybody seemed happy with the 18-month loan deal from Bayern Munich, not least the free-spirited Toni, whose chances of being part of Marcello Lippi’s squad going to South Africa next summer will doubtless improve thanks to the likelihood of playing regularly and being back on Italian soil.” (BBC)