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Drenthe off to Madrid, Juve announced they will go for TWO CB's not just one, Camoranesi staying with them also...

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

I was following Milan closely when we bought this player, on Zacceroni´s insistence...

We bought him before Zaccheroni, he was actually a Capello wish.

Originally Posted by kastriot

If Tores does 100 m in less than 10 sec....I wonder what Eto and Martins can do...Break the world record.... I dont believe he can do that, his fast though and I personally like him,but I think his low work rate, and lack of physic make him not good candidate for Serie A.

It is really hard for us to judge since we never see the players run a full 100m. AFAIK, the fastest runner on a 100m in EPL is Rommedahl. The German Odonkor is possibly the fastest runner in top eurpean football over 100m. Take this at arms lenght, since it is hard to come up with factual figures.

Anyway, when it comes to football players it is often the 10-60 meters that count.

Originally Posted by mrki

Drenthe off to Madrid, Juve announced they will go for TWO CB's not just one, Camoranesi staying with them also...

I think Real M are still at the point of being interested in him ... nothing definite ... although I would expect to see a good number of players to come and go in and out of Madrid over the next 2 months given that most probably they will be changing coaches - replacing an award-winning coach with a totally unproven one and paying around 10 mil in fees to Capello too ... has the stamp of "made in Madrid only" all over it

Drenthe seems to be the yet another "new R.C." for Real although I wonder didn't they have one already ... a player who caused quite a moan among Milan fans when he left for Madrid last year

As for Juve, I think 2 CBs is what they needed from day one - one wouldn't have been enough given their current choices of Legrotaglie and Boumsong with Kovac gone too.
One of these CBs will Cannavaro, the other one of Pepe or Milito, form the looks of it.

On a scientific study the avergae distance a player ran in the EPL with the ball is 13 yards, so having a player who can do 100 metres in 10 secs doesn't make a diff really unless his reaction speed is brilliant also.

OFFICIAL A.C. MILAN ANNOUNCEMENT
6/27/2007
A.C. Milan have announced that they have temporarily loaned out Davide Di Gennaro to F.C. Bologna 1909.

Seems like a great talent - hopefully he can grow at Bologna....it would be nice to have a player from our youth team come through....feels like its been ages since we've had one!

I think the problem might be the amount of money Pato is worth, buying Kaka money wise was next to nothing described by Berlusconi as peanuts. However Pato on the other hand will go for something near the 20mill mark, its a big risk if you ask me.

The latest reports suggest that we will go for Eto and if we fail then tis Pato, my opinion is that I dont like Eto. I never have liked him and probably never will, the biggest reason for the ego this guy carries. I would prefer if we got Pato and made Ancelotti nurture him as we are talking about the guy who basically made Kaka.

From Corriere dello sport :
Morinho wants Eto'o. If Chelsea buys Eto'o it will free up Drogba who would like to join Milan in that case

Galliani also said that Milan has only one objective this summer - One grand attacker. He said Dinho and Eto'o are untouchable but Sheva is still an option.

Originally Posted by Tony29.

Galliani also said that Milan has only one objective this summer - One grand attacker.

No reinforcements for the the retaguard? I'm sure Galliani must be joking, it cannot be otherwise...

Well... I have a feel that Pato will join us, perhaps not now, but on the following year, and that will be outstanding. For now I guess we're more closer to Drogba than to Eto'o.

Originally Posted by Tony29.

From Corriere dello sport :
Morinho wants Eto'o. If Chelsea buys Eto'o it will free up Drogba who would like to join Milan in that case

Galliani also said that Milan has only one objective this summer - One grand attacker. He said Dinho and Eto'o are untouchable but Sheva is still an option.

Hionestly, I do not like the way Eto'o "underestimate" Milan by saying that he doesn't want to join Milan sometime ago,
If now he prefer to join Milan then I shall welcome Drogba more than if we re-sign Sheva or even Eto'o. Also that news said Eto'o has kinda "bad temper" and in many times brought troubles in the dressing room at Nou Camp. We knew that Milan's dressing room is one of the friendliest room where all players fell like a big family to each other. Shall we sacrifice the peace at Milanello by signing this guy ??
To me, Dorgba is the best option should we lose Eto'o to Chelski and moreover Drogba has already declared that he loves to join Milan which will be a good start as a new family member of Il Grande Milan.

A little correction to my previous post.
Actually what I intend to write is :

If now he prefer NOT to join Milan then I shall welcome Drogba more than if we re-sign Sheva or even Eto'o.

Sorry for the mistyping......

If Eto'o goes to Chelsea, then Sheva is surplus.
In my opinion Drogba is different type of player, and I don't think Chelsea will replace him with Eto'o.
Plus, Jose should be stupid if let Drogba go. He is quality player, with great strength and technique, and one of the best strikers in the world, despite poor 2006/07 season.

On channel 4 it states we are more closer into letting RO go.

If we are to let him go wont this affect our relationship with R10?

Originally Posted by Milancelotti

On channel 4 it states we are more closer into letting RO go.

If we are to let him go wont this affect our relationship with R10?

Question is...do we really need such a super high value R10 in the team? Would Milan become unbeatable if we have R10? It's all a theory because Berlusconi does like R10 like he loves Sheva.
IMHO, with the amount of money we have to pay for R10 we can buy at least 2 great names who can help reinforcing the entire team raher than having only 1 player who may also rui the harmony in the dressing room.

Originally Posted by dejan.s

If Eto'o goes to Chelsea, then Sheva is surplus.
In my opinion Drogba is different type of player, and I don't think Chelsea will replace him with Eto'o.
Plus, Jose should be stupid if let Drogba go. He is quality player, with great strength and technique, and one of the best strikers in the world, despite poor 2006/07 season.

Drogba had a "poor" 2006/07 season? I better go check my eyes...

Originally Posted by GilAttack [11]

Drogba had a "poor" 2006/07 season? I better go check my eyes...

obviously he meant the 2005/2006 season, and it's true, people were booing him at one point from what I remember