ACMILAN1983

This place is too panicked, it's insane. The transfer market has only just begun, so it's too early to say which players we'll get. Galliani's comments are probably there to play the game, transfer season is a tough time and a statement like that will ease the growing rumours of all these forwards we're linked with, reducing the profile of the transfer and thus, gaining us an advantage in negotiations.

Also, I'm hearing complaints about Suazo and Tuncay?? Tuncay first of all never was Milan quality. If he came, the most he'd be is a 4th choice forward, which I doubt he'd want. Suazo isn't half as good as some people make out. He's a very fast and pretty strong forward, but there's a lot of problems if he was to come. Firstly, he's not brilliant technically, and can be wasteful. Secondly, his game is based on speed and running in behind defenders, perfect for counterattacking football, which Milan rarely get to play,so how we'd even be able to fit him into the side is beyond me. Thirdly, he's had 2 decent seasons now, the first 2 years ago where he'd come on mostly as a sub (at 25 and in Cagliari, not impressive) and had a reasonable goalscoring return. Last season he was very good and burst onto the scene, and scored 22. This season, he's scored 14 (2 more than what's considered a terrible season by Gila) and 6 (YES 6!!!!) were penalties. He's gone to Inter as most probably a sub, not a starter. If we get a top class forward as suggested, then in our squad we'll have Ronaldo, Gila, Pippo, RO and new forward. That means most probably RO will leave, with Gila and Pippo being on the bench, hardly a poor strikeforce.

Another worry people seem to be having is we're not getting particularly young players. Don't people notice a difference between Milan in recent years compared to the past during Berlu's time in Milan? If you haven't, it's actually that we are developing our youth setup a lot more. The results are evident, as a number of Primavera talent have been shining, with a handful (Aubameyang, Di Gennaro, Bottini, Antonelli, Darmian to name some) looking like players we could develop into top class players. It's not just Primavera players either, but also the Allievi Nazionale looks promising after they recently won their league. These players will be important in the future, especially as the rules in CL change to say that clubs must have homegrown talent.

Now for the strikers we're linked with, they're all good players, but I think there are certain targets which are exciting...

Henry - For me, a player that should have an immediate effect in the side. He's not young anymore, but has plenty of talent and would slot most naturally in the side. The risk is how long can we maintain him to play at the highest level, as the drop will come, and usually that's at 30 for many strikers. However he's also got a fantastic strike rate for Arsenal.

Eto'o - A quality player, strong, quick and has the ability to move around well. He's definately amongst the best forwards around and would nicely go out wide when we need him to. At 25, he costs a lot, but has the potential to be huge for us, though his Barca goalscoring figures aren't as impressive as you might think (54 in 133 games).

Dinho - Either he'll be a massive, and I mean massive player for us, or one of the greatest flops of all time. He'll cost a fortune, but his talent is unquestionable. However, he can nicely fit into Seedorf's more recent role, but then it's a question of how well can he work with Kaka and Ronaldo, which until now has never been hugely successful. Another factor people often miss is he's actually got an excellent strike rate for a player in his position scoring somewhere around 60 goals in 126 games for Barca (note, that's better than Eto'o).

Drogba - A different kind of player to the others as he won't drift wide. He's a big, very powerful target man and can produce magic. However, how well he'd fit into our squad, and our system is debatable. He's got a good goalscoring record but again will cost us. Like Henry, at 29 it's questionable how long before the inevitable drop comes.

Trezeguet - Similar to Gila but is probably a more reliable striker. Ageing again, but probably can last a couple of seasons yet. However, it's very unlikely he'll come.

Personally, I find it hard to decide who to get. If Dinho was cheaper, he would probably be my first choice, as i do think Carlo has the ability to bring the best out of the "Ro-Ka-Ro" partnership.

edit - the goalscoring figures are from Wiki, so maybe not correct.