England CLubs Prepare Italy Swoop
"Juventus, Fiorentina and AC Milan are set to be forced to sell many of their top players, with Chelsea and Arsenal also ready to swoop.
TRANSFER RUMOURS
Chelsea
Alessandro Nesta (Milan) , Fabio Cannavaro, Pavel Nedved, Gianluca Zambrotta (all Juve)
Manchester United
Patrick Vieira, Pavel Nedved (both Juve), Gennaro Gattuso (Milan), Luca Toni (Fiorentina)
Liverpool
Mauro Camoranesi, David Trezeguet (both Juve)
Arsenal
Gianluca Buffon, Lilian Thuram, Patrick Vieira, David Trezeguet (all Juve), Filippo Inzaghi (Milan)
Tottenham
Lilian Thuram (Juve), Filippo Inzaghi (Milan)"
I can understand why Milan may need to sell some players who's wages may be tricky to pay without UCL money, or who only want to play in UCL (or go 'for their family/a new challenge') - but I can't really see us having to sell many of our top players.