Milan will swoop for Oddo

From Channel4.com:

Lazio defender Massimo Oddo will be added to the Milan squad at the end of the current campaign.

The Rossoneri have been looking for a new right-back and the Italian international will reportedly make the move north.

The San Siro outfit are looking for a quality alternative to Marcos Cafu and they’ve opted for Oddo - despite also tracking Reggina’s Giandomenico Mesto, Marco Cassetti of Lecce and Parma’s Daniele Bonera.

The Biancocelesti are ready to sell the former Verona player, who was also being monitored by Inter and Juventus, for as little as £3.5m.

Oddo was actually spotted in Milan on May 9, when he was in the ‘Moscova’ area of the city, which is close to the club’s headquarters.

Oddo, who is a penalty expert, is in favour of the switch given that he is a massive fan of the club.

The full-back is also familiar with his proposed new surroundings as he started his career as a youngster at Milan, spending two years there before his 1995 switch to Fiorenzuola.

Milan have also seemingly already looked to strengthen their left-back options for the new campaign.

They are understood to have agreed to sign Udinese’s Marek Jankulovksi in the summer, even if no official announcement has been made.

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I think Oddo would be a good signing. We have lacked backup for Cafu this season, although we have both Stam and Simic - none of them are natural right backs.

Could be a good signing, though like I've said elsewhere, I do think people overrate him a little and there are better alternatives available.

for £3.5m, I couldnt care less if he is overrated or not.

Thats the perfect price for a short term investment.

Im pretty sure Cafu's long term replacement will be Brazillian.

(Mancini after Roma gets relegated )

I agree with Dev that he may be overrated a bit, but the good thing about Oddo is that he was developed in the Milan youth teams.

That would be one of those signings so called "brilliant transfers od Galliani". I can bet that Oddo wont let us down.

Yup, I always endorse taking a player back into the fold...he should perform above his normal efforts just for the privilidge of playing in the red and black....

Apparently he is a big Milan fan, and this to me is very important, as this will cause him to give more effort than if he was just playing for pay...

If this is actual and factual, then...welcome Oddo...looking forward to having you on the squad...

the source is reliable, the player i like alot, the price is reasonable.... all i can say if it indeed turns out true is:



YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

I like the name "ODDO" its odd.

I thought this might make mk happy

I'm not sure what other rb's you could get for £3.5 million ?? In fact the only decent rb's i can think of are Trabelsi (poor year due to injury), Reveillere (looks to have everything, but could he adapt from the French league), Ramos (amazing potential but would be £10 million and at 19 that's alot of money) ... maybe Sagnol and then the usual Bonera, Cassetti and Mesto.

If we give them Simic, maybe we could knock it down to just £1 million ??

Oddo is a nice solution.reveillere?no,thanks he
cant play in serie a as he plays in france imo.
Bonera?hell no he's totally overrated he sucks

sounds good to me....and for the cost...hell yeah...

well done to our VP again...another great signing for little or no money

Originally Posted by philly_chris

I like the name "ODDO" its odd.

exactly. When we played Lazio at home, Lazio got a penalty. The video was awful, so I could barely see who was going to take it. All the four letters on his back were square in shape, and I was wondering who the heck this "0000" was.

Now we wont need to rely on Cafu too much. The burden is off him a little.


But I read Channel 4, and it says MANCINI may be available for transfer! Now honestly, this guy is my dream buy but sadly, he looks more destined to leave Roma for Valencia

Good news for milan, as the price is quite reasonable.
Mancini is definitely better than oddo, but i dont beliver roma will be relegated

I have heard somewhere that we are offerin Lazio two players for Oddo... but I do not know who exactly....