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I don't remember reading anything about such a high offer for Colo. And even if some merky website did report a 15 mil offer for him that could have easily been a "ghost" like 90% of all the "news" we read all over the place. My point is that had Milan indeed received such a lucrative offer for Colo, I honestly doubt that the managemnet would have not cashed on it on the second - after all, although Colo was/is a young player with potential, Milan never really seriously considered him Maldini's or Nesta's heir. If that were the case, Milan would have loaned Colo to a Serie A team and not to half the teams in Primera starting with a cashed-strapped Atletico M and ending with the Primera newbies Villareal, whose main goal was avoiding relegation. And then, if we counted on him so highly as to refuse a 15 mil offer, we wouldn't have gotten rifd of him after just half a season of unconvincing displays but would have given him more time and chances to prove himself.
As for Roque, I do agree that we miss a great chance to get more money for him after WC 2002 but back then we didn't exactly have an abundance of defenders as Nesta was still a Lazio player - and he became a Milan player in the very last day of the transfer window - and I am not sure if we already had even Simic with us, immediately after the WC. I guess this is why Milan decided to keep Roque for one more year as the 2002/2003 season was his last at Milan.
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