Goal writes: "Looking ahead to the summer of 2009, few people seemed to believe that Milan could get away with a slow transfer season if they were to mount a serious title challenge. Until mid-March those predictions were very much being realised, with the Rossoneri proving to have too thin a squad to trouble city rivals Inter. But as Inter slumped in February and March, there was a door left open for an outsider. At first it seemed that the Diavolo may be best placed to come up on the rails, but their lack of strength in depth was to prove their downfall and instead they fell so far off the pace that they were hanging on for automatic Champions League qualification until the final fortnight."
