Come between Italian footballers and model? (9)
I believe the answer is:
interpose
'come between' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'italian footballers and model?' is the wordplay.
'italian footballers' becomes 'inter' (Inter Milan).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'model?' becomes 'pose' (synonyms).
'inter'+'pose'='INTERPOSE'
(Other definitions for interpose that I've seen before include "Place between" , "Muscle in" , "Insert between (one thing and another)" , "mediate" , "butt in" .)