A partner for Gila

The departure of Shevchenko seems to be hurting us as we clearly lack a striker of his caliber to partner Gilardino. Inzaghi is too old to rely on for a whole season and he understandable gets injured when played frequently. Olivera and Borellio are simply not that good. While Gilardino as I said is the only one who seems to match the heights of Sheva but lacks a quality partner to make a threatening partnership.
With Henry, Etoo, and Ronaldo all rejecting to come to Milan our options are limited. In my eyes one man who can really form a threatening partnership with Gila is Lionel Messi. The Barcelona forward is just 19 and there is no doubt that in the coming years he will overtake Ronaldinho as the best player in the world and surely if he continues the way he is playing now then dethroning Pele and Maradona is a reality. His ball control, dribbling and finishing is absolutely unbelievable and most importantly he is not a selfish striker. I can understand that his cost might be high but we can look to him as our long term solution for he is only 19.