Summer mercato 2012

[Maltese Charlie]

When Galliani had a blank checkbook to wave around, things were always easy and rosy. The bad economy may be the main culprit, but lack of ambition of course plays a big role. Galliani keeps talking about no Italian club can spend, while the defending Serie A champion that scum of a team already spent tons of cash on quality players. In my opinion, Berlusconi has lost the passion, and it is not helped as Galliani's incompetence. He is only good at lying and toying with the media, and giving out long and fat contracts to old champions. The craziest act was giving 5-year extension to 30+ aged players like Inzaghi, Gattuso, and Dida. In old Chinese proverb, we have a saying that one should start planning for the bad time even when currently living in a great one. Galliani should know that his way of running the club would not sustain and sooner or later, the owner would get annoyed and lose interest. He has undying passion but lacks such strategic planning, and he is tasting his own medicine now.

A funny way to see it, the problem seems to be not knowing how and when to let go. Galliani should let go of the old champions, and maybe Berlusconi should let go of the club, if he just doesn't want to spend anymore.

1. Galliani never had a blank cheque, and is considered one of the best negotiator and manager in Italy by most of the Italian experts of football.

2.If Berlusconi lost his passion or not, I don't know. Most probably only him can answer this question.

3. The 5 year extension contract to the 30+ players. Milan from the begining of Berlusconi's era introduced the "moderate wages plus big bonuses when the club targets are reached" system. In that particular year the bonus promised if winning the Champions league was the extension of contract.
You can agree or not with that promise, but the target was reached.

4. Galliani was the first manager in Italy that warned everyone about the spending of the Italian clubs and the loosing of power against other nations.

5. Milan are not Financially sick. They are the No 1 club in Italy which manufacture the most income, and their income is still increasing year after year. The problem is the economy of Italy, and Fininvest and all the companies and business under here umbrella are operating in Italy with all the difficulties in these very difficult times.

6.What makes you so sure that Foreign investors want to invest in Italian clubs???
The Italian clubs are not so attractive for foreign investors. They don't posses property (stadiums) like for example the english clubs.
And who wants to invest in a club who's running on 70 mils on the minus?