'Serie A' L attention paid by Premier League clubs

The Italian Serie A has never been quite as popular or publicised as the Premier League but they still boast of clubs that have proud records in both domestic and European club competitions not to mention its fair share of scandals and hooliganism. Usually imports into the Premier League were almost a rarity for the last3-4 years. But lately many Premier League clubs have begun to follow players in clubs like Juventus,Milan,Inter and Roma more closely. Many Italian players like Gianluca Vialli,Pierluigi Casiragghi, Gianfranco Zola have plied their trade in the Premier League and were very successful. The appointment of former AC Milan manager Carlo Ancellotti as Chelsea's new manager and the purchase of Alberto Aquilani by Liverpool has sort of started a wave of interest in the Serie A. Arsenal are believed to be following Juventus youth prodigies Claudio Marchisio and Phillip De Ceglie very closely in addition to Inter Milan's bad boy Mario Balotelli and Liverpool are said to be interested in 'The Atom Ant' Sebastian Giovinco to help them in salvaging some pride this season. The financial revolution at Manchester City has seen them show interest in AC Milan's Gennaro 'Rino' Gattuso and Ignazio Abate, the former not in a comfortable position at Milan. Ancelotti does not remain far behind in this regard when he tried hard to bring his trump cards Andrea Pirlo and Alexandre Pato from Milan in addition to bidding for Roma's Capitan Futuro Daniele De Rossi. The latest Italian to be linked with Chelsea is the Sampdoria striker Giampaolo Pazzini. The Premier League heavyweights have tried their hand in buying Italian players but at the same time have trained Italian youngsters within their academies. Examples of such rising stars for Italy are Federico Macheda of Manchester United, Vito Mannone from Arsenal and Fabio Borini and Jacopo Sala from Chelsea. Unless the BPL clubs have other ideas the Serie A may see many of its best players wanting a move out of Italy