("Screw football, people -- check me out!") Even though no photographers seem to have bothered to attend, Fiorentina played in The Dahila Cup yesterday , a triangular tournament against Catania, who...not even trying to play football anymore." It was not pretty. The team have the day off today, and will train tomorrow and Wednesday morning ahead of a friendly against the babies Wednesday evening

(Dainelli knows it's height that matters, not results.) Well, that went well. Maybe we should just focus on the good excuses, huh? PSG's season start on August 8th, so they're far ahead of Fiorentina...better than you ever will, punk* Makelele: "Hey, I love your show man! That Ray guy is hilarious ." Next up is the Dahlia Cup on Sunday, a triangular tournament with Catania and Palermo

•The work in Cortina is all done now ; the team are headed back to Florence and are off now until Tuesday, when they head to San Piero a Sieve for the second leg of their preseason work. ( Here's the...are interested in a loan with the option to buy , Jefferson's agent says a lot of teams want his client on loan , and Da Costa supposedly turned down a move to Lens because he wants to go to Hertha.

("Yes, I've been on the beach while all these guys have been working. SUCKERS.") In good news, Gila, Gambit, and Monty are all back now. In bad news, there has been a ton of fitness work going on this...friendly today 7-0 and, after a big fan fest tonight, will supposedly have a day off. After that, they head to San Piero a Sieve for more preseason, then back to Florence to play PSG on the 29th

( Walking Living on the fine line between smolder and pout.) Since the last update, Corvino has developed a posse, vice-Gila Castillo has arrived (pictures of that coming later, sorry), Pasqual signed...second half. He looks sort of like he could be Bocchetti's brother, doesn't he? And, finally, Agiely, looking way older than his 17 years. Gila and Gambit are due back today, finally. Woo hoo

(Kuzi doesn't know about anyone else, but he is VERY happy to be back.) Because apparently barely finishing fourth is pretty much as good as you can get, Fiorentina were the last team in Serie A to...Cadore early this morning. It's now expected to be put off until they get to Camp #2 at San Piero a Sieve, but that's not official yet. The first purple friendly, against a local team, is tomorrow

During a week when 60% of the fan site posts consist of stories about people arriving for medicals and reports about Marchionni and his wife having dinner in Florence (his wife was wearing purple, OMG...pimptastic. Mutu, meanwhile, looks like he might have punched the photographer just after this frame was shot. Good lord. Does Santana always look this puffy? Seculin just looks scared. Aw.

•As everyone knows by now, the Marchionni situation has been settled: He ended up taking the €1.3 million/season deal that Corvino had originally offered, and it's thought he was in Florence Friday... • Here's the preseason schedule : Arrivals for medicals start tomorrow, but training won't begin until Thursday, when the team head out to Cortina for camp. The new kits will be presented on 29 July

(Trying ever-so-hard to look happy rather than terrified .) First and most importantly, the Chi !exclusive failed, and there are a bunch of wedding pictures here for your dress, suit, and smile...co-ownership of Marco Marchionni and are working the details out with him now, and 2) Natali passed his medical today, and will be presented tomorrow . Two arrivals in two days, how crazy is that

1. Gila is married . ADV was there, along with Comotto , Pazzo , Seb , Donadel and Bonera , among others. 2. Natali's move to Fiorentina is official, he apparently cost €2.4 million , and... I don't really understand how it works, but this dance somehow benefits one of Peru's youth baseball NTs, who desperate need money. Aw. (Thanks to telurica for finding the video .)