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Serie A Talking Points: The hunchback of Florence, Roma's f*****g idiots, money-laundering and match-fixing

Fiorentina fans have changed their tune on Paulo Sousa and Roma president James Pallotta is still fighting with the club's fans. Mark Doyle brings us the Serie A talking points.

The Derby d'Italia is the main focus of attention ahead of matchday 8 in Serie A - on the field, at least.

Indeed, while we have enjoyed an exciting start to the new season - just one scoreless draw in the 70 games played so far - there are all manner of conflicts and controversies raging in Italy ahead of the resumption of play after the international break.