Summer transfer window 2017

[GeoTav]

I missed it. What sort of look was it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA5d6JUMqBU

True that his case is not like Pato or Gilardino.. but his case also isn't like Locatelli - Donnarumma - Calabria either. Those guys were eased into the lineup at a time were there was no pressure to perform and our squad was crap. We've currently invested 230m because we want immediate results, and thats why Kalinic is a much better option than Cutrone. He gives us options, and understands how to move in & out of the box, with & without the ball, has plenty of experience after playing in several different competitions in Europe and is at the right age in his career to deliver right now and not in 5 years. We already bought Andre Silva and he's going to be our young promising striker who we're going to gamble on. Kalinic can be our Tomasson. Now lets see what else the have in store for us for attack.



If you like Cutrone now without him getting experience, imagine how good he'll be after getting 25-30 games in Serie A then coming back. There's no way he'll get that many games here at Milan this year. He needs game time to mature and we cannot afford to give him that this season - that is the bottom line here.


I cant agree/disagree on Kalinic yet until I see how the mercato ends. Let's see how much money is left and how they decided to spend it. However at this moment in time, I think an experienced Serie A striker was really needed. The price of 25m is expensive, but if that's what we're spending on bench material then we must be very ambitious. I do not think Kalinic was brought to be a starter.. do you?

My problem with a loan in Crotone for example is exactly the reason why you think we should send him on loan actually (that's funny, one reason gives two opposed opinions) : there is not much pressure there, and he would play in a side without too much talent and who's going to battle to keep its place in Serie A. I feel that won't help him to grow to be Milan material. With us, he will improve of course, will have high confidence because we keep him and he will feel like a wanted player, someone the coach trusts, and then, given he seems to have the same winning mentality as Lapadula but with a much better future ahead and more talent, alongside better players, he should get enough time on the pitch to grow.

I don't think we're going to get the so called big striker, so the guy should get playing time in the Italian Cup, small games of Serie A and when we need to send 2 strikers on the pitch. And who knows about Europa League, depending on who will be our opponents (probably no need to put the best team in each game in the group stage).