Summer Mercato 2011

[Siregar]

Flamini wage is just too much. I know that he was at the end of his contract at Arsenal and being chased by other big club like Juventus but 5 mil euro is just too much, at least for his recent performances. I really don't mind if we sell him.

Pirlo needs to reduce his wages, player over 30 doesn't not deserve so much wages. We shouldn't do the same mistake again and again by giving so much money for old players. They gave Milan trophies but Milan paid them to play for Milan. Loyalty must not always come from Milan, the players should also be loyal (not always thinking that they are still have peak performances for the rest of the left contract). Seedorf and Jankulovski should leave. So should Zambro and Gattuso when their contract end. Nesta already said that he deserves a wage-cut. So, this will leave Ibra and Robinho have high wages (Let's hope we will get Mexes not for 4-6 mil euros per year).

If we manage to do that, we can manage a healthier wage's structure.

[Gabriel426]

I think loyalty is when a player plays for the club for lesser wages than they can get elsewhere. Not the other way around.
On top of that, if Milan wants to create a family atmosphere, they should offer scouting jobs for those over the hills players after they are done playing and not offer them stupid money to be a part time players.

[Kaka1899]

http://www.football-italia.net/may3b.html

Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi has promised the fans that he will continue to invest in the Rossoneri.

Milan have become the most successful club in the world – in terms of trophies won – thanks to the Italian Prime Minister’s money and he’s ready to get his chequebook out yet again.

“My family has invested an average of €50m a season in Milan,” he said. “That figure was €70m last year and I promise to continue with my costly habit of giving gifts to the Milan fans.”

Berlusconi caused a stir last month when he claimed that he’d like to sign Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, but he now admits that may not be possible.

“Everyone likes Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, but the Spanish game is rich and has different tax laws,” he added.

“As a result, it is hard to get into a bidding war with Spanish clubs for the greatest players.”

Turning to this season, Berlusconi did compliment boss Massimiliano Allegri before offering him a bit of tactical advice.

“He can continue our tradition of great Coaches,” added the politician. “He has great technical and human qualities to achieve great results.

“I’ve seen some good play this season, but not ball possession. There needs to be specific training on this.

“When I coached the kids we won all the tournaments and on occasions we passed the ball 20 times in a row.

“It’s not true that the fans don’t like it.”

[Jay Crisp]

Just read that , another 70 million would be nice Mexes Taiwo free Ganso about 30 and and another 40 to rejuvinate the squad.Hopefully.

[Siregar]

You can't do many ball possession if you don't have players who can do that. With Pirlo/Seedorf, Bommel, Gattuso and Boateng it is difficult to do ball possession since only Pirlo and Seedorf are master of ball possession. Unfortunately the can't play now in the same time. We need at least one creative midfielder to play with Pirlo to be able to do ball possession well.

By the way, there is issue that Robinho will go to Bayern and Robben to Milan. I don't believe this gossip but if only Robben is not an injury-prone player, I'll take that. We need player who can creates spaces/chances AND score. Robinho has been playing well in Serie A but his finishing is just so bad. Even Gattuso can shoot more accurately than him. Robinho is a second striker and scoring is not his main job but still he should shoot much better than a DM. There are so many second strikers who can finish chances well. Robinho can play with Milan if we have lethal striker. Unfortunately we don't have yet now. Robinho, Ibra and Cassano don't posses high quality finishing while Pato is in the development so we can't judge his ability of scoring (still he has better records than the other three).

If Milan aim for Champions League, they should go for a game changer. One of Ibrahimovic, Cassano and Robinho should be sold IMO. Either we go for a forward like Robben (who can create chances and score) or a CF.

[Kaka1899]

are these are NET Salaries ? if so we spend about 18mil on Ibra's wages per annum!

[Siregar]

If news tell about EPL player earn x thousand pounds per week, it should be before taxes, right? If so, the list above should be without taxes since 5-6 mil euros per year after taxes for Milan star is little money.

[Gabriel426]

Thats the players net salary. Yes, Ibra is being paid 18mil a year. But considering he plays a big part in helping Milan win the league, he is worth every penny. A League champions can always ask for more money in their sponsorship deals.

70mil huh, does that mean there will be other big signings beside Ganso?

[Jay Crisp]

Well Berlu spent 70 mil last year he said.Doesn't mean it will be spent this year.But it would be nice Ganso 25 -30 ..Luiz for 30..lol and someone for 10 + Mexes and Taiwo free.

[Gio-mania]

We are being linked to Hulk, and apparently they have denied a 16-17 mil offer from us. Napoli and Tottenham are also interested, but if Hulk has to choose he will go with us.

Galliani also spoke of Danilo, but said it's just a matter of admiring his skills, not actually wanting to buy him. Plus he said Abate is our RB for next season and we wont be investing in that role.

Regarding Berlusconi, I think he will spend this summer. The elections are close, so he has a reason. We saw that he got us Ibra+Robi this summer since he feared elections. He is talking about Messi and Ronaldo, but I would rather get 3-4 players for that money instead. In any case it's good news that we are being rumoured to be so active on the market, considering a few years ago we were rumored to players like Emerson and Amoruso.