09-04-2014, 05:16 PM
One thing that's clear is Milan won't be investing any money in transfers in future. If ever there was a time to invest it was this summer and we didn't. After finishing a disastrous 8th, there was talk of getting back into CL immediately. Even Paolo Berlusconi said he believed Silvio would be opening a new cycle of investment. Instead, we picked up other teams' unwanted trash again for free and finished the mercato in surplus. This' the 3rd summer running Milan hasn't spent money. There's even talk of Milan having tied up Suso on a free transfer next year.
We were led to believe that Milan was developing youth into first team players. Only last summer Barbara said the club aimed to promote one player from the academy each year. She believed it would be Cristante's turn last year. DES/SES became first team regulars aged 19 so I truly believed Cristante would get his shot. Instead Galliani sold our best youth midfielder in 20yrs to cover Cuntari's wages. After Barbara's interview, I believed our 3 best youth prospects after DES/SES (De Santis/Locatelli/Mastour) would be promoted when they reached 19. It was exicting to think half our squad would consist of quality Italian academy players by 2016/17. But since Cristante was overlooked I can't see the other's becoming regulars for at least 5 years if Galliani doesn't sell them. Cristante had an amazing physique for a 19yo. The other 3 are nowhere near as well developed so seriously doubt they'll be regulars at his age.
This leaves us picking up other teams trash on free transfers/expiring contracts without investing for the next 5 years. We'll probably keep extending mature players like Bonera, Muntari, Alex until they can't walk. The best result would be another disastrous season and hopefully Galliani quits for good. It would be great to see Maldini/Albertini brought back into the set up. They've been saying publicly for years Milan lacks quality and can't rely on free transfers. I imagine they'd permanently axe the fodders and start taking a bet on youth. After all, one of Albertini's main selling point's as FIGC chief was the need to rely on youth.
http://www.rossoneriblog.com/2013/05/03/...ayers-but/
We were led to believe that Milan was developing youth into first team players. Only last summer Barbara said the club aimed to promote one player from the academy each year. She believed it would be Cristante's turn last year. DES/SES became first team regulars aged 19 so I truly believed Cristante would get his shot. Instead Galliani sold our best youth midfielder in 20yrs to cover Cuntari's wages. After Barbara's interview, I believed our 3 best youth prospects after DES/SES (De Santis/Locatelli/Mastour) would be promoted when they reached 19. It was exicting to think half our squad would consist of quality Italian academy players by 2016/17. But since Cristante was overlooked I can't see the other's becoming regulars for at least 5 years if Galliani doesn't sell them. Cristante had an amazing physique for a 19yo. The other 3 are nowhere near as well developed so seriously doubt they'll be regulars at his age.
This leaves us picking up other teams trash on free transfers/expiring contracts without investing for the next 5 years. We'll probably keep extending mature players like Bonera, Muntari, Alex until they can't walk. The best result would be another disastrous season and hopefully Galliani quits for good. It would be great to see Maldini/Albertini brought back into the set up. They've been saying publicly for years Milan lacks quality and can't rely on free transfers. I imagine they'd permanently axe the fodders and start taking a bet on youth. After all, one of Albertini's main selling point's as FIGC chief was the need to rely on youth.
http://www.rossoneriblog.com/2013/05/03/...ayers-but/