Winter Mercato

But by a midfielder, I was hoping of more of a DM then a CAM like ronaldinho, if we can find someone to replace one of seedorf or someone to replace gattuso (in the long run of course) then that would probably better then spending all this crazy money on ronaldinho, where we can then also get an LB

I am back peeps, did any of you miss me!

Anyhow, I guess my little time off without any news or internet access for Milan news have not hurt at all, since nothing happened.

Can anyone update me on what is going on with Milan, I mean, did they really played that bad in Moscow?

Originally Posted by remote2book

i watchd the lyon match yesterday against auxere...........reallyy good young player they have......ben harfa..he is only 20 yrs old...really good player but i dont know y our managment never really buys any players from france..

I also watched the game. He came in the 2.nd half and I think, his performance on that day was not really good. How he dribbled, moved and played with the ball in that match, IMO, did give me an info that he need to gain so many matches to develop and be prepared for the game from the first minute of the game especially in Serie A.

We have last year bought Gourcuff from France but I'm sorry that I forget the name of his previous club.

Gourcuff came from Rennes.

Originally Posted by thomas_h

ok2 . . .
anyone here ever watched Digao at Rimini ? how many times did he play ? was he in the first team ? how was he ? actually, he has good physical & maybe good in aerial ability . . .
about ibrahim Ba ( iBou ) where did he play last season ? is he still 'good' now ? maybe he can cover brocchi`s position . . .

Ibrahim Ba can't cover anyone and I would be amazed if he featured any in the first team at all.

Originally Posted by zlatanov

Should he turn out to be something really special, I would expect Milan to be first in line for the other half of Barusso's playing rights given the close relations with Rimini.

I am sure yuo can't buy 50% of a player in Italy without buying the other teams 50% too. Basically a 50% ownership can't be moved from one club to another.

Originally Posted by kris

Gourcuff came from Rennes.

Thanks for helping me to name that club.

i think that now we need someone in defence and in midfield,firstly we need a creative left wing back like Lahm who can also can play at RWB when oddo injured and then Kalström of Lyon would be a perfect signing for us,He can replace Ambrossini in 4-5-1,he is very versatile,know how to defense as well,Lahm,Mexes or barzagli plus Kalström would make us world's best by a mile.

Baptista is good. He`s STRONG !!!!!!! He played as DMC in Sao Paulo, FW in Sevilla & Real & Arsenal, AMC in Brazil ( Copa America `07 ) . Inzaghi & Ronaldo are prone to injury, Gilardino had just been operated, so . . . . . . . . Milan will play Kaka as a second striker ( again ) at least until January ( Pato can play ) although Kaka prefers the 'trequartista' role . . . unless we get Julio Baptista or another striker, Cassano maybe or we give Aubameyang another chance.
In defense, i think we get all covered well : Nesta ( retires from the Azzuri so he`s 100 % Milan ), Kaladze , Maldini ( hope he`ll get well soon ), Bonera, Simic ( just in case ), Digao & Darmian ( our new Costacurta maybe . . .). Oddo & Cafu ( he`s a good backup ) for RB, Janku & Favalli & Serginho for LB

Originally Posted by kris

I am sure yuo can't buy 50% of a player in Italy without buying the other teams 50% too. Basically a 50% ownership can't be moved from one club to another.

that could well be the case although I haven't read a rule like that ... still, Rimini could table a surprisingly high bid at the auctions, can't they?

In midfield, we have gattuso ( irreplaceable ) , pirlo ( maestro ), seedorf ( il pantera ) , ambrosini ( hope he will be fine all through the season ), brocchi ( good pre-season ), gourcuff ( still lack of confidence, he need more matches ) , KAKA ( no comment, the best player in the world ) . If Seedorf and / or Kaka get injured then we`ll have a big problem. Last season, Kaka was very very fit although he played almost 50 matches with MIlan and we`re very lucky. IMO, we need another midfielder that can play as AMC or even FW , i suggest Julio Baptista or Kim kallstrom ( 24 yrs old ) (http://tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=50930)

Corriere dello Sport -> MIlan will get Barzagli ( 26 yrs old ) for defense, Motta ( 24 yrs old ) for midfield & JUlio Baptista ( 25 yrs old ) ......................... EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!

Not sure if we really are after Kallstrom since the news is just on tribalfootball

So who is coming to ACM???? I hope its not Eto'o or Ronaldinho
Any chances of ACM getting a GOOD new GK??? or we will sill stick to that ordinary player

Robben to ACM?????

Originally Posted by lked

Not sure if we really are after Kallstrom since the news is just on tribalfootball

actually, the rumour appeared first on TuttoSport, which isn't exactly the most trusted source out there but still better than tribal (although it's questionable how much better ):
http://www.calciomercato.com/index.php?c=12&a=50696

Lyon seem to be unwilling to sell Kallstrom, though given that they already sold Tiago and Alou Diarra.
With the French League already under way, I doubt they would be willing to part with Kallastrom (btw, he is 27 yo) this year.

News :

1. The deal with Mark Bresciano is almost done. The Palermo man will play in England next year with Manchester City

2. Heinze denies Juve rumors and said that only one offer has arrived and it was from Liverpool. As you know, SAF will not let Heinze go to Liverpool but he gave the green light for his departure. Heinze will leave ManUtd but it's still unclear where he will go.
Maybe Milan ?

3. Ranieri said that Juve's mercato is closed eventhough a defender, midfielder and another attacker could do well. Chiellini won't leave the club and even if Zalayeta leaves Juve no more attackers will be bought.

4. Barzagli says again how he wants to stay another year in Palermo, besides the offer from Juve, but he also added that he's pleased and very thankful to Nesta for the kind words the Milan defender said about him.

5. Makelele won't leave Chelsea and he won't play in Italy , according to his agent.

6. Inter offered Cesar (ex-Lazio) to Juve on loan !
Thank you Moratti, i'm really touched with this gesture of yours

Originally Posted by thomas_h

Corriere dello Sport -> MIlan will get Barzagli ( 26 yrs old ) for defense, Motta ( 24 yrs old ) for midfield & JUlio Baptista ( 25 yrs old ) ......................... EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!

One more hour to go and i will be able to read today's Corriere and i will translate the article.

Cheers mate! These news round-ups are much appreciated