Galliani goes surrealistic!!!

"The defeat at the Olimpico means we have probably kissed goodbye to the Scudetto," said Galliani afterwards. "At this point there’s no point in talking about further purchases."

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Well, well, well... what do we have here? If Galliani thinks that we don't need further purchases because our Serie A hope's are gone, that is to say, because we are not playing sufficiently well to fight for the title, than I'm really don't understand nothinh anymore...

I read this remark and thought Galliani had absolutely lost the plot. Serie A is lost, no point in bringing in players? It is common knowledge that unless a player is coming out of contract in the summer, they will generally cost more as clubs are unwilling to destabilise the team without adequate compensation. So this no purchase policy would be yet another method of saving money.

Serie A is becoming a ridiculous league, heading for disaster. I don't think Galliani is stupid, and being the president of the football association I think it would be against his better judgement to allow clubs to sell their own rights at the expense of the minnows. This is a pure business, ruthless and unscrupulous, making it difficult for fans who provide revenue, who buy the merchandise, for them to follow their team...especially if they live abroad. I subscribed to ESPN who had the rights to Serie A, now I find they can only show Udinese v Treviso, or teams of similarly low popularity.

But Im sure that Galliani has been given his orders, just as Silvio was able to manipulate Parliament in order to change the laws regarding television rights. I am so gutted...

Moratti has cost Inter much success by interfering too much...But at least he loved his team that much that he would spare no expense to see them conquer one day. He had the right intentions. Milan however, has always been motivated by money. Wise investments are crucial, but operating on the cheap will not cut it in this new climate. Berlusconi started this escalating transfer fees when he stopped at nothing to pay (then) astronomical money for Gullit, Van Basten and Rijkaart.

It is time for him to adapt to this new climate, as Juventus will continue to increase their supremacy in the scudetto count.

I thought the same when I first read it, but hes probably right.

The Scuddetto is gone and any player worth getting or able to make a difference in our CL campaign will be cup tied. So we have no other choice to wait.

But why not bring new players now, so at the begin of the next season they will be already adapted?

Well, a new cup tied rightback would solve our problems in Seria A, but the fact that he couldnt play CL would add to our already existing problems.

No big name player, ie Alex will want to leave now and miss CL. Why sign a player half as good just because hes available.

That goddamned World Cup is being really a pain in the ass for our transfers needs, you are right about that.

no cup tied means that a player wont be eligible to play in the CL for us. For example Ballack has played for Bayern so if we signed him, he couldnt play in the CL for us until next season.

Originally Posted by K77SH C

no cup tied means that a player wont be eligible to play in the CL for us. For example Ballack has played for Bayern so if we signed him, he couldnt play in the CL for us until next season.

NO! We shouldn't have lost at Roma.

Originally Posted by K77SH C

no cup tied means that a player wont be eligible to play in the CL for us. For example Ballack has played for Bayern so if we signed him, he couldnt play in the CL for us until next season.

I know that, but I was thinking about the World Cup, because of all the stuff of players worried for being in the reserve.

By the Way: whoever thinks (being Galliani or just one of us poor Milan fans) that our place on next CL edition is guaranteed is dead wrong... we are now lying on third place, and certainly the team will have to fight fiercely for being on the first five, you can count on that....

we cannot count on anything now except, carlo and galliani improving our defence

Originally Posted by K77SH C

The Scuddetto is gone and any player worth getting or able to make a difference in our CL campaign will be cup tied. So we have no other choice to wait.

there are quite a few players who are not cup tied that could help us.

lb: grosso, chivu (who can also play cd), evra (now gone to manu)
cd: barzagli, lugano, felipe
rb: oddo, bonera, maicon (mesto, marchionni, mancini they are both more midfielders than defenders)

But why not bring new players now, so at the begin of the next season they will be already adapted?

exactly. either they are adapted or we already know they won't do the job and we can get others.

when WC starts prices will get higher then they already are...
and like i've seen milan will never invest more then 20mil€ that the real maximum...

and probebly we will never buy 1... only sign (most signers were 29+)

if we don't sign players we won't be the milan we were before...we will be a runner up in serie A. always fighting for the title but never winning 'em ... if this keeps goin on like this...

Originally Posted by acdc81

there are quite a few players who are not cup tied that could help us.

lb: grosso, chivu (who can also play cd), evra (now gone to manu)
cd: barzagli, lugano, felipe
rb: oddo, bonera, maicon (mesto, marchionni, mancini they are both more midfielders than defenders)

of all these, only Chivu is a world class player and can get into Milan's first 11 i.e. make a real difference for us immediately. Problem is Roma are a pain in the ass when it comes to selling star players and even if they agree to offload him in the middle of the season, he would cost us at least 15 mil euros.
There are several very good players from the rest, who we could use - Lugano, Barzagli, Oddo, Bonera - but none of them is better than the players we already have. Maybe only Oddo would be of use right now since we don't have an attacking RB with Cafu being sidelined.
As for Mancini and Marchionni, we could use someone like them but doubt they would leave in midseason, at least Marchioni said he wants to stay with Parma. Mancini would probably leave in a heartbeat but Roma won't let him to.
Just read on www.tgcom.it/sport that Marchionni has chosen to sign for Juve next season. Don't know how definitive that is but that's what his choice seems to be right now.