Thursday 31st August

[hitmannq8]

Alright, I didnt know where to post this thread but I think its needed.

Every thing at the moment is pointing to 31 Aug. All the transfers that Milan are willing to make will be at 31st. I also remember Braida telling us fans that he will give us a surprise, and it can also be in the last minute of the 31st of August (this was when he sold Sheva). Rumours all over the net are saying Milan are going to sign one of Adriano,Robinho,Ronaldo,Oliveira,Tevez on Thursday, along with Oddo and Buffon.

48 hours left till the deadline. Tomorrow is gonna be our DOOMS DAY. Only after tomorrow we can judge our management for all the mistakes they have done all summer. Let's see if they can make up for all them missed targets. Ofcourse everyone will be Milan fans whether we sign anyone or not, but it is really important to satisfy the fans with a nice important signing to replace our one and only Sheva. The fans need a big-name morale-boosting signing, that will also IMO be proportional to the season tickets sales.

FORZA MILAN, LETS HOPE GALLIANI,BRAIDA AND SILVIO GIVE US A GOOD GIFT!

:3band: :3band: :3band: :3band: :3band:

[_MaJi_tz]

I think that we can bring some good players on thursday tooo

[Tony Soprano]

We can do it :p017:

[Billy1969]

I have almost lost the faith, Calciopoli, appeals, CL qualification, not being able to buy anyone before being qualified, now still not being able to buy anyone, I can't stand it any longer. It has gone on for too long, need oxygen, badly.

[Rick]

Many, many transfers are completed in the last two days (even the last day). So keep the faith, my friends. And always look on the bright side of life....

words and music by Eric Idle

Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best...

And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...

If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing.

And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin
Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow.

So always look on the bright side of death
Just before you draw your terminal breath

Life's a piece of s#@&
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

And always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the right side of life...
(Come on guys, cheer up!)
Always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the bright side of life...
(Worse things happen at sea, you know.)
Always look on the bright side of life...
(I mean - what have you got to lose?)
(You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing.
What have you lost? Nothing!)
Always look on the right side of life...

:5guitar: :beach: :cheers:

[kastriot]

Two days is more than enough for buying players. they can do it, but weather it can be a surprise thats I`m afraid impossible. We were so active in the Forum this summer that I think we covered just about every player in the market( some of them not even available for buying but we coverd them too),and I think our managament was linked with a lot of players lately.
Lets recap what we did this summer

Teves: latest report say that his agent is in Italy this days trying to arrange his client a transfer , intersting.
Torres: The both managaments have really good relationships, possible transfer( considering that they owe us a considerable amount of money.)
R. Oliveira:Just one phone call can make this transfer official.Most likely will happen.
Adriano:His next door, if we want him, two days is more than enough to sign him. I dont see this happening,morati is scared that history can repeat, like Pirlo and Sedorf.
Ronaldo: Negotiations are made, the fee and Kaka was the problem, Its obvious that Ronaldo wants to join us.So it can happen if we only increase our offer.
Drogba: He was in Milan,talked to galiani,what more to say. Only Mourinho can be the problem here.
Robinho: His not in capellos plans, i`m sure clubs talked about this player too while talking about Ronaldo. So 25 mil can be enough for Robinho to join us.
Oddo: I think its matters of hours when he join us.
Buffon:hardly possible, he look like loyal person. Anyway we have Dida(the second best goalie in the world)

I think one of these will be our "surprise" signing.
The best but possible scenario would be

Oddo+ R.Oliveira and u can chose the other striker :5schal: :5schal: :5schal:

[tardissun]

I feel bad for Milan mgmt. Can't blame them for not trying. I don't know who they exactly made serious offers to, or if was just the media - but we've been linked to just about every forward who has a 1% shot of transferring. It some ways, it's been like a sad joke along with the punishment.

But all is well that ends well, and there are a few more days left to make some good signings. Let's see.

[slifersd]

I feel bad for Milan mgmt. Can't blame them for not trying. I don't know who they exactly made serious offers to, or if was just the media - but we've been linked to just about every forward who has a 1% shot of transferring. It some ways, it's been like a sad joke along with the punishment.

But all is well that ends well, and there are a few more days left to make some good signings. Let's see.
You actually feel bad for the Milan management? Nothing personal here, but it is all their fault that the team is in this kind of situation right now. For the sake of money, they sold our one and only world class striker Shevchenko. Let's face it, the management only pretended they wanted Shevchenko to stay so the fans won't be too angry at them and affect the ticket sales. They waited long and "patient" until Shevchenko made up his mind to move to Chelsea to match the Chelsea offer. And with all the team, not the management raised with the sale of Shevchenko and qualifying for CL, we spent like 10% of that and stopped. We had the money, the attraction and more importantly, the need for some big transfer names over the summer. Players such as Zambrotta, Crespo, Buffon, Torres, Ibrahimovic, Tevez, Gallas, Diarra and many more could be had if we made the effort. So, why did we end up with none of them? Well, we didn't try hard enough! Making a phone call and tell the other teams to sell their star player for half what they cost is not called trying. The management once again, pretended like they wanted to do something with the money so the fans can buy tickets. If they think Ricardo Oliveira is our answer to solve the Shevchenko departure problem, then they are even bigger morons than I gave them credit for. We need all remember one fact, even without qualifying for the CL, we still had a lot of money (50 million) from the sale of Shevchenko. Money was never the issue. The management just isn't interested in strenghening this team any more. With the way they have been doing things, we can anticipate Kaka leaving next summer. Why else would he stick with a team who is going downhill and has no desire to get better? Hell, if it wasn't for the sake of ticket selling, he would've been gone this summer. God knows what the fans was going to do if we lose both Shevchenko and Kaka at the same time.

[Rick]

and more importantly, the need for some big transfer names over the summer.

There is never a particular need for big transfer names. That's just a fan myth perpetrated by those who are too easily swayed by media hype and who don't completely understand the role of scouting. The need is for players who can help Milan win, whether they are "big names" at this point of their careers or not. :w200:

Oh, and by the way, Milan's season ticket sales are up this year, despite losing Shevchenko.


From acmilan.com:

MILAN - Season ticket sales have reached 30,526, bringing in receipts of 9,560,298 euro.

[tardissun]

You actually feel bad for the Milan management? Nothing personal here, but it is all their fault that the team is in this kind of situation right now.

It's easy to point fingers at them, but with all that's happened it hasn't been the easiest of situations. Even though they are tied to the club with money, they are still fans like us - and want Milan to succeed as much as we do - if not more since they have financial incentives.

2 key points to remember:

1) There is still a couple of days left. Yes, I would have preferred to have Tevez and Mascerano here already but I can wait and dream. :-)

2) Milan still has a good team NOW. I don't think Inter is going to come out and blow us away 5-0 or that we'll get destroyed in Europe in the group stages. Sure, Milan needs to improve it's squad and depth in specific areas and it will happen eventually, if not in the next 2 days.

:3band:

[Rick]

It's easy to point fingers at them, but with all that's happened it hasn't been the easiest of situations. Even though they are tied to the club with money, they are still fans like us - and want Milan to succeed as much as we do - if not more since they have financial incentives.

2 key points to remember:

1) There is still a couple of days left. Yes, I would have preferred to have Tevez and Mascerano here already but I can wait and dream. :-)

2) Milan still has a good team NOW. I don't think Inter is going to come out and blow us away 5-0 or that we'll get destroyed in Europe in the group stages. Sure, Milan needs to improve it's squad and depth in specific areas and it will happen eventually, if not in the next 2 days.

:3band:

Very good points. Even with the current team, Milan should be able to move through the group stage of the Champions League. Players currently in South America, such as Tevez and Mascherano (providing they don't move in the next two days), or who play for clubs not competing in Europe could be brought in during the January transfer window to begin knockout play in February. As for the Scudetto, we're talking about Inter here. Don't count Milan out despite the points penalty.

But a lot can still happen in two days. :cheers:

[oskarius]

Slifersd, what a pesimistic post that was. I was following what was going on on this forum for some time and just couldn't believe how the nature of posters changed since I was logged last time.

What's going on? How come that so many Milan fans suddenly became so arrogant and distrustful? I guess that 'Calciopoli' scandal affected some of us more than we thought.

Our management made many decisions, most of them were good, some weren't. Actually, many fans of other clubs were jealous of our board seeing their great moves in the past. You say we missed opportunity to sign some players. Well, have you ever considered that some of them maybe didn't want to come?? Did you forget we could've finished in Serie B, that our reputation was staggered at some point? Maybe Kaka considered leaving us if Milan cheated, can you blame him? I can't..

However, I'm not a member of our management so I ain't sure what are they up to, but I believe in them. I think they gave us a reason so far.Tevez, Torres, Oliveira, Ronaldinho etc. whoever signs, Milan will still be the club that everybody respect and fear of or correctly said, THE BEST club in the world.

Forza MILAN !

[midori]

Rick - a little MP absurdity is apt at this point ;)

I can't believe that people point their fingers so quickly at management, assuming nothing has been done, or will be done - let alone completely under estimating the onus that the scandal has laid on us and affected our transfer season. What we hear in the media is probably only a tenth true, and what we do hear is probably only a tenth of whats really going on.

There are plenty of players I'd love to see here at Milan but I won't bemoan the fact that they're not here and management isn't taking my personal requests. I have complete optimism in the coming season, regardless of who comes or goes in the next few days.

[Sheva milan]

I hope that our managers preparing to us a big surprise

[minhduc]

What can that be? Buffon, Ronaldinho, Drogba, Adriano, Oddo, Gallas, Olivera, Tevez, Torres, Chivu or the kind of Vieri, Favalli?

I think there is a possibility that
1/ Brocchi is prepared to play right back, so we do not need Oddo
2/ Simic will play more Central right cum right back, plus Bonera so we do not need any defender
3/ Dida extend the contract for another year so we do not need any GK
4/ Berlusconi agrees with 4-5-1 so we do not need any striker
It looks pretty good and we are done with the transfer.

[rt9]

I dont think it's a question of being optimistic or pessimistic. It's a question of being PRACTICAL. AC Milan football club is built to win, not finish second or third. Last two seasons, we have not won any trophies. Yes, we have come close, but we havent won. So what we need are some new signings that will increase our quality sufficiently enough to start winning some trophies again. On top of that, we've now lost Shevchenko. It makes our need even more urgent. If we dont sign some top players this summer, I'm afraid we may not go all the way in the CL, and challenging Inter (with their squad) AND minus eight points will be really difficult. No matter what your philosophy in life: Milan plus Mascherano and Tevez is far better than the present Milan, right?

[drucurl]

^ I agree 100% The thought crossed my mind that suppose there was a big secret in this whole scandal thing. Maybe our management used a lot of our transfer money to pay the right people? I know its disgusting even to think of, but it could happen

Anyway back to more +ve talk, I wonder what happened with Milan's initial interest in Henry. Tonight on fox sports I saw that Arsenal wanted Tevez. Why would they want another striker? If Reyes is going logically. Bu What if Wenger makes good on his attempts to keep the spainis crybaby. That could only mean that Henry is coming to Milan

[endic]

i'm sure that milan will bring one top player..
but why oliviera did'nt make other milan player antuciated?
because milan need a champion player to be the true champion!!!

[Lebanese]

Why dont you people wait 2 more days and see the real surprise :) ?

[GilAttack [11]]

Not signing anyone counts as a "surprise"?

:ilol:

[hitmannq8]

']Not signing anyone counts as a "surprise"?

:ilol:

lol nice one.. it would certainly be one

[Rando]

What can that be? Buffon, Ronaldinho, Drogba, Adriano, Oddo, Gallas, Olivera, Tevez, Torres, Chivu or the kind of Vieri, Favalli?

I think there is a possibility that
1/ Brocchi is prepared to play right back, so we do not need Oddo
2/ Simic will play more Central right cum right back, plus Bonera so we do not need any defender
3/ Dida extend the contract for another year so we do not need any GK
4/ Berlusconi agrees with 4-5-1 so we do not need any striker
It looks pretty good and we are done with the transfer.

i like that! i remember galliani said he was happy with the current squad anyway if we failed to sign a striker. football result depends greatly on overall team performance which is irrelevant to how many star players we have.
however, i have a feeling we will sign a striker, who would it be???

[conti]

']Not signing anyone counts as a "surprise"?

:ilol:
:howler: That would be a brutal surprise

[marcovb]

I hope that Braida wasnt lied when he said that a surprise transfer will be made at the end of august

[King tiger]

Playing Borriello in attack would be a surprise also:D

[meazza]

i've stopped thinking about it. as you say, after midnight tomorrow I can really evaulate the transfer campaign.

right now it looks very dissapointing, but still we have two days. Can't see any more than 1 player coming though now. to negotiate two would be very difficult.

[endic]

Marco Amelia and Massimo Oddo would be a nice signing..
then we hope drogba come too..

ohhh, god!!!!!
i think milan should prget Oliviera, 'cause Betis did'nt respect Milan as a great club!!! f##k betis!!

[hitmannq8]

Alright, its DOOMS DAY. Lets see what does uncle Silvio have in store for us! I hope they satisfy us. Im not sure if im going to sleep, because if I do i will just wake up at the end of the day after all the transfers are done.

[tardissun]

What can that be? Buffon, Ronaldinho, Drogba, Adriano, Oddo, Gallas, Olivera, Tevez, Torres, Chivu or the kind of Vieri, Favalli?

I think there is a possibility that
1/ Brocchi is prepared to play right back, so we do not need Oddo
2/ Simic will play more Central right cum right back, plus Bonera so we do not need any defender
3/ Dida extend the contract for another year so we do not need any GK
4/ Berlusconi agrees with 4-5-1 so we do not need any striker
It looks pretty good and we are done with the transfer.

There are some questions about that...
1) Is Brocchi good enough to play right back? At Milan's level, not Lecce's or something.
2) Simic as a CB makes sense as that's where he claims he is best at. He's a good backup I think. I was hoping we'd sign a RB.
3) Did Dida extend his contract? I never saw it, I must have missed it. Can someone else confirm???
4) 4-5-1 may not be so bad. Not my preferred, but if it works, who cares!!
I trust Inzaghi as a lone striker, a big IF he doesn't get injured. Gilardino, who I like a lot, I don't have faith in to hold down a single forward position all by himself and score.

[zZ[-_-]Zz]

1... Brocchi is only an emergency backup for RB... at the moment... Simic & Bonera are the likely choices to play at RB should Cafu be suspended/injured...

3... Dida did not extend his contract... we are into the last year of his contract...

[hitmannq8]

8:45 AM in Italy right now and so far according to reports there has been two moves by AC Milan.

- Oliveira has been signed according to Corrielle dello Sport and Gazzetta.

- Foggia to Lazio on loan (option to buy is still unknown). Something strange that is known is that Oddo has NOT been included in the deal!!!!!!!!!!

[peters]

http://www.eurosport.com/football/european-leagues/2006-2007/livecommentsfullpage.shtml

I think there will be all todays transfers. But for milan i trust u guys it will be written here as soon as its confirmed.

[Liput_lo]

at last

A.C.MILAN COMUNICATO UFFICIALE
31/08/2006
L'A.C.Milan comunica:
A) di aver acquisito dal Betis Siviglia le prestazioni sportive del calciatore Ricardo Oliveira, che ha sottoscritto un contratto che lo lega alla società rossonera fino al 30 giugno 2011;
B) di aver ceduto a titolo definitivo al Betis Siviglia il calciatore Johann Vogel;
C) di aver risolto consensualmente il rapporto con il calciatore Marcio Amoroso.

FORZA MILAN

[KingHenry®]

at last

A.C.MILAN COMUNICATO UFFICIALE
31/08/2006
L'A.C.Milan comunica:
A) di aver acquisito dal Betis Siviglia le prestazioni sportive del calciatore Ricardo Oliveira, che ha sottoscritto un contratto che lo lega alla società rossonera fino al 30 giugno 2011;
B) di aver ceduto a titolo definitivo al Betis Siviglia il calciatore Johann Vogel;
C) di aver risolto consensualmente il rapporto con il calciatore Marcio Amoroso.

FORZA MILAN

english please

[zZ[-_-]Zz]

means we get Oliveira... Vogel goes to Betis... and somethin' about Amoroso...

[_MaJi_tz]

yes but what abaut amoroso? pls anyone

[Grande-Milan-DK]

Amoroso future is not decided yet -

[Vinesh]

Foggia to Lazio on loan (option to buy is still unknown). Something strange that is known is that Oddo has NOT been included in the deal!!!!!!!!!!

that is strange cos when Vogel goes we might be a bit short in midfield, having brocci helps but Vogel is class.

+ no oddo at the end.

[Liput_lo]

english please

Yap English please ... :) :5drunk: :5drunk: :5drunk:

[Maltese Charlie]

yes but what abaut amoroso? pls anyone

Milan and the player agreed to cancel their contract. Which means that Amoroso will go free where ever he likes.

Most probably Corinthians, to replace Tevez.

[King tiger]

[/QUOTE]A.C. Milan announced that:
A) they have purchased Ricardo Oliveira from Real Betis Balompié and that he has signed a contract with the Rossoneri until June 30, 2011;
B) they have traded Johann Vogel to Real Betis Balompiè;
C) they have come to a mutual agreement with Marcio Amoroso.[QUOTE]

"they have come to a mutual agreement with Marcio Amoroso" this confuses me.

[Buju]

probably mutual termination for amoroso.

AC Milan have had a bid of 25m Euros for Robinho rejected by Real Madrid, according to Spanish media, who have also speculated on a swap deal between Ronaldo and Inter Milan's Adriano. And could more players leave Juventus, who are facing up to life in Serie B because of their involvement in the Italian match-fixing scandal?

why we had to wait for the final day amazes me now we may ended paying over the odds.

[CAB-MILAN83]

good news, olivera is coming. i hope tevez too!!!!

[marcovb]

Tevez goes to west hwm

We need a defender
Why not a defender

[_MaJi_tz]

Milan seal Oliveira deal Thursday 31 August, 2006

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Milan have signed Ricardo Oliveira and will try to finalise Massimo Oddo and Vincenzo Iaquinta’s captures before the transfer deadline.

The Brazilian striker has signed a five-year deal after Betis reportedly accepted £12m plus midfielder Johann Vogel in return.

The lengthy negotiations were complicated by the Spanish side’s decision to up their demands, but an agreement has now been reached.

The Via Turati club were desperate for his capture and he may also represent the key in getting Ronaldinho next year.

Oliveira’s agent is in fact Ronaldinho’s brother, Roberto de Assis Moreira, and the Rossoneri are ready to make a bid for the Brazilian star ahead of the 2007-08 campaign.

Oliveira’s arrival has seen Marcio Amoroso leave. His contract has been rescinded and he’s now joined Corinthians after just six months at the San Siro.

Milan are also courting defender Oddo of Lazio, who is set to leave the Biancocelesti despite being contracted until 2008.

The two clubs are trying to reach a compromise on the economic aspects after Lazio chief Claudio Lotito valued the world champion at £6m.

Oddo may now arrive on a £1.7m loan, with an option to buy at the end of the season, but no official confirmation has been released.

The two clubs have also agreed in principle to the switch of Pasquale Foggia. The 23-year-old will arrive in Rome on loan and replace the injured Valon Behrami – out until November.

Milan have also not yet ruled out the idea of landing Iaquinta, although Udinese chief Franco Soldati confirmed on Wednesday that he was not leaving the Zebrette.

Milan are willing to offer up to £10m for the world champion, who could be replaced at Udinese by either Amauri of Chievo or Erjon Bogdani of Siena.

[Buju]

Mascherano & Tevez to West Ham!!! what the frig is going on????

[marcovb]

Why do we want iaquinta
anyway i just want to see they sign Oddo

[King tiger]

Oliveira, Pippo, Iaquinta. Gilardino seems like a powerful atack:D

[marcovb]

I guess with the teams that we play in CL its enough
but what about Serie A
we have to recuperate those 8 points

[coq*]

It´s good that Milan let Amoroso go. That may give Borriello a chanse to show Ancelotti what he can do!

[K77SH C]

Oliveira, Pippo, Iaquinta. Gilardino seems like a powerful atack:D

At the moment it can only be considered as an impotent attack. Much has yet to be proved with Oliveira, Gila still hasnt got a CL goal, Pippo is in the form of his life, but at his age anything can happen and lets not mention the other guy hasnt even signed. Obviously, everything can go hunky dorey an I hope it does. But we do hae to be realistic and not expect too much from this attack.

[zZ[-_-]Zz]

Borriello might join Livorno... for us to get priority to buy Amelia durin' the Jan TW or for next season... so gettin' Iaquinta will help in that process...

[K77SH C]

The only part of that sentence I like is buy Amelia

[zZ[-_-]Zz]

yeah... same here... i only like the part about Amelia... but Iaquinta would be a better choice to me than Amoroso & the current Borriello who is in-experienced...

[K77SH C]

Fair point, but if no one comes that leaves room for Gourcuff to play which I think would be quite a good option.

[triniman]

Mascherano & Tevez to West Ham!!! what the frig is going on????


Chelsea are behind this...i can put money on it.
Weall know that the MSI group which owns corinthians and Chelseas' owner Roman are in business together. Thus is makes perfect sense that the arrange for them to be loaned out to an english club , one that posses no threat to their title changes, yet good enough to be mid table.....then if they perform there, they will be shifted over after the year when they offload drogba and gerimi

[Hasan Rossonero]

I didn't want to start a new thread for this but...

Pasquale Foggia has been sent to Lazio...(www.acmilan.com).

No news of Oddo.

[zZ[-_-]Zz]

Gourcuff will feature more as a replacement for Seedorf & Kaka... he is the only attackin' option in midfield now that Foggia is likely to join Lazio... that's why Iaquinta would still prove a useful transfer... not vital... but useful... and since it might help us get Amelia... i'm all for Iaquinta... plus he's Italian & doesn't take up a non-EU spot for future transfers... or we might get Kluivert who has been released on a free from Valencia... ok... just kiddin' about Kluivert...

[zlatanov]

I wouldn't mind Iaquinta coming but for this money we should be able to get Suazo from Cagliari. I doubt he would miss on a chance to play for Milan and Cagliari would be happy with such an amount - probably their biggest transfer ever.
Let's see what happens in the next 5-6 hours ;)

[zZ[-_-]Zz]

Suazo would take up a non-EU spot... a reason why Milan prefers Iaquinta... that non-EU spot was left for Oliveira and/or future transfers...

[Jim_UK]

Suazo, Oliveira, Inzaghi & Gilardino would be a nice combination .... i really do hope it isn't Iaquinta.

What about Esposito ?

I also saw that Madrid are looking at a new right-back ... either Alves or someone else ( i forgot who ).

[K77SH C]

The thing is if it gets so bad thet Iaquinta has to play it probably meas two of the other strikers are injured. Afterall, how many times do our fourth strikers play.

So lets say Oliveira and Gila are out then would you guys prefer:

Pippo
Kaka
Gourcuff

or

Pippo
Iaquinta
Kaka

[Grande-Milan-DK]

No more signings.

From the official site the squad for the season

PORTIERI: Dida, Kalac, Fiori.

DIFENSORI: Paolo Maldini; Bonera, Cafu, Costacurta, Favalli, Jankulovski, Kaladze, Nesta, Simic.

CENTROCAMPISTI: Ambrosini, Brocchi, Gattuso, Gourcuff, Kakà, Pirlo, Seedorf, Serginho.

ATTACCANTI: Borriello, Gilardino, Inzaghi e Ricardo Oliveira.

[K77SH C]

If so thin in all departments

[Jim_UK]

there may very well be no more signings, but you can't discount anything until the window is closed.

[zlatanov]

Zz']Suazo would take up a non-EU spot... a reason why Milan prefers Iaquinta... that non-EU spot was left for Oliveira and/or future transfers...
I believe he has an Italian pass - he has been with Cagliari for 7 years now and seems to be married to an Italian woman from Sardinia.

[Jim_UK]

Say we did get Suazo, who would you play up front against Lazio ?

Oliveira & Gilardino,
Suazo & Gilardino,
Oliveira & Inzaghi,
Suazo & Inzaghi,
Oliveira & Suazo,
Inzaghi & Gilardino,

so many options !

[zlatanov]

Gila-Pippo it's proven and tested ... the other will need some time to get used to the club and their new teammates.
But I wouldn't mind an attack like the one we currently have. My point about Suazo was that if we had to spend 10 mil BP on Iaquinta, then I'd rather see us go for the Honduran striker.
I personally doubt we'll go for either of them. The most I would expect is see Oddo come to Milan and maybe a Vogel replacement pulled somewhere from Fester's sleeve ... although, I susepect that we'll wait and see if Ambro can take that role and if not, then look for a replacement in the January window.
The same goes for Gallas - as someone here suggested, we'll probably wait and see how the current defense does, and if we need reinforcements, go for Gallas in January when Chelski would be probably willing to sell him with just 6 months left on his contract ... unless of course Roman waves a large bundle before his agent's eyes.

[Hasan Rossonero]

Say we did get Suazo, who would you play up front against Lazio ?

Oliveira & Gilardino,
Suazo & Gilardino,
Oliveira & Inzaghi,
Suazo & Inzaghi,
Oliveira & Suazo,
Inzaghi & Gilardino,

so many options !

Yes I believe the options would exactly be 3! or 6 as per the permutations you have written. *cringes at his nerd-dom*

[Tas]

Them :w154:


Pippo
Kaka
Gourcuff


Anyhow the team listed on acmilan.com currently has only 24 players. And 25 players are allowed to be registered for the UCL. Oddo? (to fill up our defence so it has 10 people in it?) :p1511:

[Graeme C]

that isnt completely correct, Jankuloski is listed as a defender, but he will prob play in midfield for most of the season! can maybe see simic going to Lazio aswell today.. just gota see!

[Maltese Charlie]

If another player comes, it is Oddo, and I repeat a very BIG IF.

Most probably Milan will not sign anybody else, and the market will close in a 3 1/2 hours more. That is 19.00.

[Oldman]

IMO, the reason why Milan choose Iaquinta instead of a Non EU player is to reserve a place for Ronaldinho next year.
If Milan buy Suazo then a Non EU player should leave when Dinho comes next year.

My only concern is about Dida who is still not extend his contract with Milan and that's why Milan need to sign Amelia and just sell Dida in January TW.

Id Oddo comes in the very last minute of 31st August then it will be a surprise gift to reinforce Milan defenders.
So, just wait for the last minute.......for which I believe the "dirtysmiled" Moratti's heart beat so fast......

[Jim_UK]

Why would Moratti be worried if we buy Oddo ?

Wouldn't Dida free up a non eu place ?

[Maltese Charlie]

I'm not sure about Dida if he really wants to leave next year.

Most probaly I'll think he don't want to sign now is because he had 2 seasons not so brilliant like the one before, so he is hoping to have a very good one this year. In that case he can have a much better contract than if just sign a new one now.

[Vadim]

I wouldn't mind Iaquinta coming but for this money we should be able to get Suazo from Cagliari. I doubt he would miss on a chance to play for Milan and Cagliari would be happy with such an amount - probably their biggest transfer ever.
Let's see what happens in the next 5-6 hours ;)

I would love for Suazo to come, but I think its unlikely. The highlights I've seen of his goals for Cagliari have amazed me.

[zZ[-_-]Zz]

I believe he has an Italian pass - he has been with Cagliari for 7 years now and seems to be married to an Italian woman from Sardinia.
ok... if he has an Italian passport... than i have to agree that Suazo should have been the target... such a pity...

[zlatanov]

I think we came pretty close to getting him this year as there a lot of reports about contacts between Milan and cagliari ... so, maybe next season would be his turn, or who knows, could happen in the winter break, as he won't be cup-tied.
He is currently 26 yo, like RO, so it won't be too late for a move like that.

[rahul.acm]

Is everything over? Frankly speaking we really don't need any other reinforcements. Just look at our roster.

Defensively we well covered with experience, youth and sheer performance.

Midfield we have the old players (except Vogel :sad: ) along with Gourcoff and Brocchi.

Attack looks enticing but untested. How is good Borriello? Is he versatile, fast, left/right/both footed, ...?
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It's not a very shiny roster but a capable one. I'm sure Carlo would work his magic as usual. Remmember the prediction of Carlo that we would score the first goal by the end of the third minute in the '05 UCL Finals? Really which coach has the balls/brains to make such an assumption during such a tight match. Forza transferistas, Forza Carlo and Forza Milan.

[Billy1969]

We loaned out Foggia to Lazio and didn't get Oddo in the deal, looks familiar to the Sheva and Gallas deal, WTF? We could do with one of those two, our defense is not getting younger! If no other name than Oliveira comes up in the next hours, then we're living the worst transfer season since 1986!

[zZ[-_-]Zz]

the reason why i feel we need to get one more decent striker is because Livorno wants Borriello on loan... and in return give us priority for Amelia for either now... the Jan TW or next season... otherwise i wouldn't mind Borriello stayin'...

[Maltese Charlie]

Is Ronaldo Coming to Inter?

Looks like it.

Arsenal and Real just loaned Reyes and Baptista to each other.

It means that now there is a place for Adriano.

Time left is 1hr and 50mins.

[KingHenry®]

Time left is 1hr and 50mins.

i could of sworn it was at midnite

[Jim_UK]

nope, the deadline is in 14 mins time

[Billy1969]

and we're running out of it.

[zlatanov]

this is a deadline for the deal to be closed and the docs to be filed with FIGC ... official announcements, and any info leak in the papers, could be hours late.

[Jim_UK]

of course Zlat ... everything will be known 100% by tomorrow morning

[zZ[-_-]Zz]

latest reports... Ambrosini is seriously injured while trainin' with Italy... Cassano is injured too... we made a mistake releasin' Vogel... our midfield needs some decent reinforcements...

[KingHenry®]

cant really wait for 2morrow

[Jim_UK]

and that's it ladies & gentlemen ... please join us next time on January 1st 2007 to see the next exciting chapter of "Transfer Window" !!

:D

[KingHenry®]

and that's it ladies & gentlemen ... please join us next time on January 1st 2007 to see the next exciting chapter of "Transfer Window" !!

:D

haha nice one u took the words out my mouth

[Billy1969]

Biggest dissapointment transfer window in 20 years, thanks to Calciopoli, CL qualification and all available players gone elsewhere in the meantime. I'm sore. And Braida lied, there is no surprise to be seen. I was hoping for Buffon honestly.

[Billy1969]

Zz']latest reports... Ambrosini is seriously injured while trainin' with Italy...

You got to be kidding me, is he injured YET AGAIN? Is he made out of porceline or what?

[zlatanov]

the proposed ronie-adriano swap seems to be off as well:
www.tgcom.it/sport

[Maltese Charlie]

i could of sworn it was at midnite

In spain yes, it is till midnight, but in Italy it is not.

And thanks God it is over because now I'm fed up with rumors coming from everywhere.

[Tony75]

Well done the management. Screwed us over again by signing crap players. not one player makes a difference to our first team of old timers with nothing to worry about. Maybe Billy will resign for another year, or have him using his zimmer frame in a couple of years.

Management OUT.

[zZ[-_-]Zz]

no kiddin' Billy... Ambrosini is out injured again... and apparently a serious injury too... we just lost Vogel & now Ambrosini... bad sign...

[mrki]

we didnt do anything to make our squad STRONGER. This Milan is not so good aqs Milan a year before, If we have signed Oddo and maybe some good midfielder we would be ok. This way....Vogel is sold, Ambro is injured, but hey, BROCCHI is back!!! Just the way Galliani like it...

[Jeff]

31st August is over. Thread closed.