Summer mercato 2012

[Beppe]

Oh dear, what now... What Galliani and Silvio will do now with the money will say A LOT on the future (short term and long term) of Milan!

[xudong]

The fact that we have to worry and get toyed (by our owner and VP) is pathetic. Manchester United fans don't worry about Rooney leaving; Barcelona fans don't worry about Messi/Iniesta/Xavi leaving; Real Madrid fans don't worry about Ronaldo leaving. Even for Santos fan worrying about Neymar might be leaving, at least it seems that their president is trying to keep him. Arsenal fans may see van Persie leave, but it is the player's idea there.

The reason I mentioned those names is that I feel Ibrahimovic and Silva are roughly in the league with those big stars, more or less. And we could be the only "top" team that try to sell our superstars, and with pathetic excuses too.

Interestingly, I am unusually calm though. Just like Hasan, I will just wait and see. As I said, this could be another farce by Berlusconi in his desperate seeking of attention and acknowledgement that he is the only "true hero" in Milan.

[Hasan Rossonero]

Apparently, as others have said, Berlusconi has confirmed the sale of both our top players.

I won't say anything further on Berlusconi...it's not healthy.

[WCmilan]

Seriously if we don't reinvest this money, ALL OF IT and wisely we have a dark future that's all i have to say

[xudong]

Hasan, I just heard some rumors that PSG were mainly interested in Silva, and Milan wants to get rid of IBRA and his huge contract, but there was no market for him due to his salary, age and caracter, so Galliani offered Ibra & Silva as a package.
Looks like that is the only way to get rid of Ibra.

That would be nice.

I am too lazy to go back to find my own posts, but I believe that I first pointed out that possibility (or more precisely, my wishful thinking ) when the first round of Silva-PSG farce was going on.

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Seriously if we don't reinvest this money, ALL OF IT and wisely we have a dark future that's all i have to say

you are assuming that there would still be something called "future" associated with this club, in that case?

[Ryo]

Seriously if we don't reinvest this money, ALL OF IT and wisely we have a dark future that's all i have to say

Rest assured, mate, they're going to reinvest ALL of the money, SERVICING THEIR SO-CALLED DEBT.

Guess you can put your shades on now.

If Acerbi was our replacement for Nesta, who the hell are our replacements for Ibra and Thiago?

I get the feeling we're going to get burned this mercato. Just like the one with Kaka, we hold 65Mil Euros and no one wants to sell anyone to us because they all want over-the-top prices for their players.

Everyone knows we are holding 60Mil, no one is stupid enough to not sell us players at a premium, regardless of how Berlu or Fester say the money will be used to service their debts. No one will loan us players either, because they will expect cash up front for this.

Lets just stop the stupid games and put all the money into the debt anyway, promote some kids from our youth squads. Thats the best we'll be able to come up with now anyway.

I can only say this: Well played Galliani, well played....

And to think I was about to buy myself a Thiago Silva Jersey once the squads for this season were finalized. Well, Berlu just lost my 180 Euros right there.

[Arildonardo]

Gazzetta also... Berlusconi says we've sold Ibra and Silva:

http://www.gazzetta.it/Calciomercato/12-...0356.shtml

He says we've saved 150 million over 2 years... Not counting the loss of income in gate receipts, marketing, shirt sales and loss of CL-money of course, but I guess they haven't thought of that? Idiots...

[xudong]

Seriously if we don't reinvest this money, ALL OF IT and wisely we have a dark future that's all i have to say

Rest assured, mate, they're going to reinvest ALL of the money, SERVICING THEIR SO-CALLED DEBT.

Guess you can put your shades on now.

If Acerbi was our replacement for Nesta, who the hell are our replacements for Ibra and Thiago?

I get the feeling we're going to get burned this mercato. Just like the one with Kaka, we hold 65Mil Euros and no one wants to sell anyone to us because they all want over-the-top prices for their players.

Everyone knows we are holding 60Mil, no one is stupid enough to not sell us players at a premium, regardless of how Berlu or Fester say the money will be used to service their debts. No one will loan us players either, because they will expect cash up front for this.

Lets just stop the stupid games and put all the money into the debt anyway, promote some kids from our youth squads. Thats the best we'll be able to come up with now anyway.

I can only say this: Well played Galliani, well played....

Agreed. Wanted to say that myself too. If we wanted to buy Dede, we should have bought him before we sell Silva.

That makes me appreciate the truly masterful managerial skills of Moggi. Not kidding. That guy is a fox. I actually don't care that much about his morality, I just resent that he gave his best service to the wrong side(s).

[WCmilan]

Well, RVP is on the market. I'd consider him to be a good replacement for ibra. Dede could replace silva but directly? I don't know meaning I don't think next season in his first season with us(saying if he does arrive) that he'll instantly do what silva was. however, let's be optomistic and see how this mercato turns out. I'll be angry once it's over and we've made shit transfers, for now let's see what happens.

However I believe earlier today that Dede recently resigned with vasco.

[Arildonardo]

Berlusconi: "You just can't reject such a big offer, that would be irresponsible"