Andy van der Meyde, on his way?

Originally Posted by rahul.acm

Its esay for us fans to say that we don't give a damn about the books but our club's financial status is very important for its survival. Balancing of the books means that we will have more freedom in spending as we wouldn't be owing anyone.

In a organisation, there is no one such as an OWNER! Berlu hold highest share of Milan and it is not neccesary for him to go nuts like Abramobitch. Even if you say that we didn't buy good players but it took a bribed refrees and an unallowed goal for us to get knocked out! So overall, our performance was above par!

No offense dude, but you're wrong---factually wrong, that is. If you think Abramovich is spending lots of money now, then you have no idea how much berlusconi was spending in the early to mid 90s. At a time when most clubs did not have much financial muscle, we were spending like crazy. Our bench could have been the starting eleven for most teams in Europe. And believe me, no one gave a damn about balancing the books then. Our so called financial responsibility seems to have started since the Zaccheroni era and since silvio has been more pre-occupied with politics. So in terms of having a history of financial responsibility being very important for our survival and so on so forth---you are wrong. Not that balancing the books is not important, it is crucial, but to suggest that a club like Milan needs to do this to the point of survival is wrong.

Secondly, AC Milan is an organization, and we have an owner. His name is Silvio Berlusconi. No, he does not have maximum shares in the club. He OWNS the club. You are right. It is not necessary that he go nuts like Abramovich. But you cannot deny the FACT that Silvio owns this club. The fate of our club goes hand in hand with Silvio. If one day his business enterprise may collapse (god forbid),then Milan will also fall, ala Lazio and Parma. So in the end of the day, the players we buy, the direction we take is at the mercy of only one man, and luckily for us, he is berlusconi. This is why i dont give much of a damn about balancing books. I just want to see Silvio put his heart and soul back into this club. I want to see us being invincible again, like in the late 80s early 90s.