Winter Mercato 11'/12'

[theaxeofpain]

He has a contract until 2014. Very difficult to get for less than 25M IMO.

[GeoTav]

Some people talk about Khedira, how do you rate him ?

[theaxeofpain]

He wouldn't add much quality to our midfield in terms of creativity IMO. Not really needed.

[Gio-mania]

Interesting stuff going on, I think I was the first to say Gotze would be great in Milan, and now it seems there is someone talking about Gotze n every page. Personally, getting Gotze is probably harder than getting CR7. First I don't think he is available for Milan budget and secondly, if he is on sale, I am pretty sure Real will probably sign him before us.

As for getting Torres? Have any of you seen him play over the past three yrs? Also, have you know the style he plays? He is the best striker for a counter attack team due to his height, holding the ball, and one on one skill. Over the past yrs, due to injuries and forms he had been crap and playing for Chelsea did not help at all. Having him in Milan is a waste of money, I am not saying he won't score goals but no matter how cheap Milan could sign him, those money should be spend on a midfielder instead.

Monty and Constant, although they are probably signed with Milan but unless it is official, they are not Milan players yet. On top of that, both are just box to box Mids, and as of this moment, they are not WC and probably won't make it there. Allegri might mold them along with Nocerino, Boateng and Aqua into a great midfield unit but individually none of them are WC players like Hernanes, Bastian, Ozeil, Cesc, Xavi, Iniesta, Silva, Xabi, De Rossi, Sneijder, Essien, Pirlo, Lampard, Gerrard or have potential to be one like Gotze, Ganso, Ramires, Sahin, Honda, Kagawa, Nasri, Young, Hamsik, Pastore, and Gourcuff. To me, I think Milan needs to play more as a team rather than try to sign WC players and hope they play well and lead the team. Having Monty, Aqua, Boateng and Nocerino as the four midfield might not sound as intimating as Xavi, Xesc, Iniesta and Sergio but winning games is the ultimate goal. I said it before and I am saying it again, As long as Ibra is spearing the attack of Milan, Boateng can re define the CAM position much like Pirlo did with DM almost ten yrs ago. Of course having Hamsik and Hernanes will probably be better than Aqua and Monty but fact is, Milan is poor and can't even allow to make long distance calls.
As for discount deals, well, I am pretty sure if Torres and Kherida are available, Milan won't be the only team after them. Torres will probably head back to A. Madrid. While Kherida is a very good box to box mid.
Lastly, age has nothing to do with how a players play the game. Conditioning, forms, hard works, and talents will always come before age. Bonera and Kala is always younger than Maldini and Nesta, you don't see them play ahead of the latter two due to being younger. Milan is not Arsenal or Napoli or Juve where they are satisfy with just finishing in a CL places, Milan is win now or bust. If Milan finishes in second in Serie Apand made the semis in CL, it is a failure season while teams like Arsenal, Napoli, Juve, Pool, and Valenica will consider that a success. Thus, Milan must win now and continue their winning ways, anything less is a step backward. That's why Milan should careless about player X and Y could probably only have three great yrs left since that's still three more great yrs than the current players. Of course it would be great to get players like Cesc, Gotze, Hamsik, and Pique since they have at least 7-8 great yrs left in them but they are either not available or cost too much.

Of course Maldini at 35+ is better than Kaladze at any age, but Maldini at 35+ isn't as good as Maldini in his prime. More experience yes (well he had more than most already at 25), but purely from a physical aspect he isn't as reliable both regarding pace and for playing 50 games a season. That was what I meant in my previous post.

[theaxeofpain]

http://www.milannews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=62233

Apparently we're interested in Van der Vaart, according to Daily Mail (no idea how reliable is the source).

[will4li]

Don't rate vdv.monty is a better player overall,vdv maybe has a bit creativity edge,but monty is stronger physically,defend better,and more versatile.

[xudong]

http://www.milannews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=62233

Apparently we're interested in Van der Vaart, according to Daily Mail (no idea how reliable is the source).

I thought vdv is (or, was) also injury prone? I am just too nervous to have one player like that.

and he and Ibrahimovic simply don't get along. that could seriously be a deal breaker, if there is a deal at all.

[GeoTav]

Yep, VdV and Ibra are known to hate each other ...
But if they can make peace together, why not ? VdV is a very good (but like Xudong said, injury prone) player. So no to VdV, yes to VdV and Montolivo. And let's not forget Ganso (another injury prone player ).

[fLame]

After watching yet another Juve's game today, I am convinced we did right to sell Pirlo. Of course, he's still got his magic touch and trademark long distance pass. BUT... He is just soooo daaamn slooow... and worst of all - he keeps losing possession in the worst possible parts of the field... something he used to do at Milan before leaving.

Today, I counted 3 very dangerous counter attacks that resulted from Pirlo losing the ball on his own half or while being one of the last men during his team's attack.

[slifersd]

VDV, Khedira and Montolivo would be great additions to this team. VDV adds the creativity, scoring capability, dribbling and pace that our midfield desperately needs. He is not as fancy a signing as a guy like Fabregas, but for his price (he won't go for more than 15 million), he would be an excellent signing. Khedira is a big, strong and tough defensive midfielder. He would be the ideal replacement for Ambrosini or Van Bommel. Even though we have a lot of DMs already, the age of that group is a major concern. Khedira is definitely someone who can break into the starting 11 and stay there for the next 6-7 years. Montolivo would be the ideal LCM for our current line up. He is slightly less creative but has more pace and defensive skills than Seedorf and Aquilani. A midfield of Khedira-Montolivo-Boateng-VDV would make us a lot better.