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So here's what we did this summer so far:
Official moves:
- Sell Kaka & Gourcuff for 84 + 15 = 99m pounds. (not including Kaka's wages ~10m)
- Lost Beckham for a the first half of Serie A to LA galaxy
- Maldini's retired - we have replaced him with Onyewu
- Signed Thiago Silva for (can anyone remind me how much?)
- Bought Zigoni and Beretta for about 2.5m
- Players who have returned from loan: Abate, Oddo
- Players who have returned from injury: Nesta, Boriello, Gattuso, Bonera (Galliani sees them as 4 new signings)
To be frankly honest - we aren't reeeeeallllly as messed up as most of us think... all we need is for Ronaldinho to perform well and 2-3 quality signings. I think Milan's trying to find a way to sign Hernanes & Dzeko but they aren't able to.
Rumoured targets
Dzeko: Galliani comes out right after Kaka's sale and says Milan's only target is Dzeko...but he was too expensive for us so we backed out. He signed a new deal with Wolfsburg and he said he will stay one more year with them. It is rumoured that there is a clause in his contract to sell him to us next year for a fixed price. However that does not mean we can't sign him this summer, it just means that we will have to pay a crazy amount for him.
Hernanes: As soon as Leo took over, it was rumoured all over that he wanted Hernanes. It seems like he's a big fan and Leo's eye for talent shouldn't be underestimated. At first his price was 40m euro, then it dropped to 20m, then to 15, then to 10, and now its rumoured to be 8m euro with their president begging for offers publicly. If we were going to get him, I think we would have gotten him already as his price is ridiculously cheap now. However, him and Dzeko are both Non-EU so we can't sign both of them this summer.
Cissokho: An embarrasment for Milan. On our website we stated that he was going to be the new face of Milan until we found out there was something wrong with his teeth - so we asked for a 3 million euro discount cause of his teeth. The player has now officially signed for Lyon.
Fabiano: We've been after him in 2004 and we didn't sign him then cause we didn't believe in him...He's been playing in Europe for a few seasons now and we only started to notice him after his 5 goals in the Confederations cup and we want to sign him. We are offering 12.5m euro but Seville want 20m euro. The agent believes this could be wrapped up around 17-18 euro. Milan aparently found a clause in his contract and have made Fabiano turn against his own club but they aren't willing to make any sacrifices and are sticking to their primary offer.
Onyewu: Out of the blue. No one ever saw Milan linked with Onyewu and then bam, we signed him. This means not all of Milan's work is broadcasted so maybe we should be a bit more patient.
Santos: Linked with him but now he has signed for Fenerbahce.
Eto'o: Rumours of him come and go.....nothing concrete... It is rumoured he's going to sign for Inter tomorrow.... personally he's my favourite player from all the players we've been linked with.
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