Summer Mercato

Also, sorry for the double post, Kenyon is in Milano. It is ugested that Drogba will play for Inter, along with Quaresma and Deco soon. We have made a great mistake in not doing all we can to sign Mourinho as our coach, he couldnt express all of his coaching talent in Chalski and with aBramovic on his kneck, like he did in Porto.

Right now we need 4 or 5 very good palyers to be at the same level as inter is squad wise, and Im not pleased to see what is happening with premier of the country not wanting to invest normally. Do not forget that if Inter wins next year that will be their 17th scudetto! Which is an equal to our number.

Of course, we need to llok at our own squad first and then fight untill the end, and that is why I claim we need to invest properly untill the end of the summer.
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EURO: Marek once again showed he cannot paly LB at the highest level we need. From 7 crosses 6 were wrong, his man needed to duplicate on him to close Behrami, he made only classical simple passes and so on...he lost the touch Im afraid.
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more, since Im up early as I cant sleep as Croatia plays today ( even without Eduardo which means we can score from corners only! )

Carlo said he will only betray Milan for Roma ( jokingly ), nd that Aquilani is an extraordinary player but that we are great in midsfield. I would like to says that this isnt true! About our Midfield: We have 5 ( five ) pure defensive midfielders ( Gattuso, Ambrosini, Flamini, Brocchi, emerson ), one creative deep lying midfielder ( Pirlo ), one worlds best palyer - Ricky and one palyer that is NOT capable of playing whole season at top level - Seedorf. NOT ABLE TO simply, buring to long career, its normal. Yoan is in Bordoux now.

Milan needs one more attacking creative midfielder who would add a moment of pace in our midfield, player like Ronaldinho, Nasri, Diego, Quaresma, Moutinho(?) nad so on...noone talks about this but our team cannot rely on Seedorf and ask him to play 45 games par season anymore, its obvious. that hurts Seedorf, hurts Kaka', hurts our paly in general. Its unprofessional and we need one more player in there. Yoan was ment to be that but he failed and it hurt us in rotation plans.

Originally Posted by mrki

Also, sorry for the double post, Kenyon is in Milano. It is ugested that Drogba will play for Inter, along with Quaresma and Deco soon. We have made a great mistake in not doing all we can to sign Mourinho as our coach, he couldnt express all of his coaching talent in Chalski and with aBramovic on his kneck, like he did in Porto.

Right now we need 4 or 5 very good palyers to be at the same level as inter is squad wise, and Im not pleased to see what is happening with premier of the country not wanting to invest normally. Do not forget that if Inter wins next year that will be their 17th scudetto! Which is an equal to our number.

Of course, we need to llok at our own squad first and then fight untill the end, and that is why I claim we need to invest properly untill the end of the summer.
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EURO: Marek once again showed he cannot paly LB at the highest level we need. From 7 crosses 6 were wrong, his man needed to duplicate on him to close Behrami, he made only classical simple passes and so on...he lost the touch Im afraid.

1. I am not impressed by drogba, he is not going to get better at his age. There are better players out there.

2. Deco is finished as a player, can only be a bit part player in a big team, nothing more.

3. Quaresma? Interesting but i have heard his name since he was 18 but he has not make it big 7 years from then. Is he ready for the big time? And he will cost a bomb if porto's president is to be believed.

All these are not players i think milan need so they can go to inter milan for all i care. Mourinho's tactics is so simple, pack a bus in front of goal and wait for opponents to make a mistake. Ancelotti used to make the team play likewise and i remember many people were so critical of him so why people still want a get a coach like that? I don't like his style and hope he stay far away from milan.

We really need to buy wisely now. For example, a player like moutinho would be useful in our squad now as he can learn from pirlo and be the next pirlo. On the other hand, i don't think a DM like velso is a priority for our team.

Like you, i wise we can have a better player than janku on the wings but let see how it work out for now.

Milan derby for Ferrari?
Sunday 8 June, 2008

Roma defender Matteo Ferrari is edging towards a move to Milan, but there are rumours that Inter are also in the frame.

Ferrari’s deal at the Stadio Olimpico expires at the end of the month and the 29-year-old has refused to sign a contract extension with the Giallorossi.

Agent Gianni Corci has been keen to stress that his first priority is trying to find an agreement with the capital club, but it seems almost inevitable now that the former Everton man will leave on a free transfer.

According to Il Romanista, Milan are eyeing Ferrari as a possible replacement for Croatian international Dario Simic, who is headed for the San Siro exit.

The player is said to have his heart set on wearing the Rossoneri shirt and would accept a pay cut to join the world champions’ ranks, where he would provide much-needed defensive cover.

However, there are whispers that Inter may step in and beat their city rivals to the punch.

After last term’s injury crises, the Italian champions will be looking to ensure they have greater strength in depth at the back and may see Ferrari as a cheap addition.

Fiorentina were also believed to be keeping an eye on the former Parma man, but they have more pressing targets.

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I can really see Galliani following this one through. Yet another mediocre player coming to Milan.

Originally Posted by K77SH C

Milan derby for Ferrari?
Sunday 8 June, 2008

Roma defender Matteo Ferrari is edging towards a move to Milan, but there are rumours that Inter are also in the frame.

Ferrari’s deal at the Stadio Olimpico expires at the end of the month and the 29-year-old has refused to sign a contract extension with the Giallorossi.

Agent Gianni Corci has been keen to stress that his first priority is trying to find an agreement with the capital club, but it seems almost inevitable now that the former Everton man will leave on a free transfer.

According to Il Romanista, Milan are eyeing Ferrari as a possible replacement for Croatian international Dario Simic, who is headed for the San Siro exit.

The player is said to have his heart set on wearing the Rossoneri shirt and would accept a pay cut to join the world champions’ ranks, where he would provide much-needed defensive cover.

However, there are whispers that Inter may step in and beat their city rivals to the punch.

After last term’s injury crises, the Italian champions will be looking to ensure they have greater strength in depth at the back and may see Ferrari as a cheap addition.

Fiorentina were also believed to be keeping an eye on the former Parma man, but they have more pressing targets.

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I can really see Galliani following this one through. Yet another mediocre player coming to Milan.

Free mediocre player

Originally Posted by Graeme C

Free mediocre player

Nothing in this world is free. We will pay him wages and signing him will probably mean we wont sign the kind of quality we really need.

Originally Posted by mrki

Also, sorry for the double post, Kenyon is in Milano. It is ugested that Drogba will play for Inter, along with Quaresma and Deco soon. We have made a great mistake in not doing all we can to sign Mourinho as our coach, he couldnt express all of his coaching talent in Chalski and with aBramovic on his kneck, like he did in Porto.

Right now we need 4 or 5 very good palyers to be at the same level as inter is squad wise, and Im not pleased to see what is happening with premier of the country not wanting to invest normally. Do not forget that if Inter wins next year that will be their 17th scudetto! Which is an equal to our number.

Of course, we need to llok at our own squad first and then fight untill the end, and that is why I claim we need to invest properly untill the end of the summer.
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EURO: Marek once again showed he cannot paly LB at the highest level we need. From 7 crosses 6 were wrong, his man needed to duplicate on him to close Behrami, he made only classical simple passes and so on...he lost the touch Im afraid.
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more, since Im up early as I cant sleep as Croatia plays today ( even without Eduardo which means we can score from corners only! )

Carlo said he will only betray Milan for Roma ( jokingly ), nd that Aquilani is an extraordinary player but that we are great in midsfield. I would like to says that this isnt true! About our Midfield: We have 5 ( five ) pure defensive midfielders ( Gattuso, Ambrosini, Flamini, Brocchi, emerson ), one creative deep lying midfielder ( Pirlo ), one worlds best palyer - Ricky and one palyer that is NOT capable of playing whole season at top level - Seedorf. NOT ABLE TO simply, buring to long career, its normal. Yoan is in Bordoux now.

Milan needs one more attacking creative midfielder who would add a moment of pace in our midfield, player like Ronaldinho, Nasri, Diego, Quaresma, Moutinho(?) nad so on...noone talks about this but our team cannot rely on Seedorf and ask him to play 45 games par season anymore, its obvious. that hurts Seedorf, hurts Kaka', hurts our paly in general. Its unprofessional and we need one more player in there. Yoan was ment to be that but he failed and it hurt us in rotation plans.

Nasri i think would be a good buy. Thats the thing about Aquilani. If he comes up i think we should make a bid even if it means Losing Borriello and Jankulovski in return. I dont believe we will have brocchi and Emerson next season. I hope Brocchi will be included in the deal for Maggio or even Mutu if the rumours are semi true..

Originally Posted by mrki

Also, sorry for the double post, Kenyon is in Milano. It is ugested that Drogba will play for Inter, along with Quaresma and Deco soon. We have made a great mistake in not doing all we can to sign Mourinho as our coach, he couldnt express all of his coaching talent in Chalski and with aBramovic on his kneck, like he did in Porto.

Right now we need 4 or 5 very good palyers to be at the same level as inter is squad wise, and Im not pleased to see what is happening with premier of the country not wanting to invest normally. Do not forget that if Inter wins next year that will be their 17th scudetto! Which is an equal to our number.

Of course, we need to llok at our own squad first and then fight untill the end, and that is why I claim we need to invest properly untill the end of the summer.
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EURO: Marek once again showed he cannot paly LB at the highest level we need. From 7 crosses 6 were wrong, his man needed to duplicate on him to close Behrami, he made only classical simple passes and so on...he lost the touch Im afraid.
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more, since Im up early as I cant sleep as Croatia plays today ( even without Eduardo which means we can score from corners only! )

Carlo said he will only betray Milan for Roma ( jokingly ), nd that Aquilani is an extraordinary player but that we are great in midsfield. I would like to says that this isnt true! About our Midfield: We have 5 ( five ) pure defensive midfielders ( Gattuso, Ambrosini, Flamini, Brocchi, emerson ), one creative deep lying midfielder ( Pirlo ), one worlds best palyer - Ricky and one palyer that is NOT capable of playing whole season at top level - Seedorf. NOT ABLE TO simply, buring to long career, its normal. Yoan is in Bordoux now.

Milan needs one more attacking creative midfielder who would add a moment of pace in our midfield, player like Ronaldinho, Nasri, Diego, Quaresma, Moutinho(?) nad so on...noone talks about this but our team cannot rely on Seedorf and ask him to play 45 games par season anymore, its obvious. that hurts Seedorf, hurts Kaka', hurts our paly in general. Its unprofessional and we need one more player in there. Yoan was ment to be that but he failed and it hurt us in rotation plans.

I don't know what to say. How is signing Mourinho going to help Milan? Let alone that other team anti-italian team in milan"? I shrug my shoulders at the guy. He won Chelsea NOTHING European wise... his last European trophy was with Porto. He has a big mouth... and I do not like his tactics.

I think Milan needs another forward... we have enough creativity in the midfield as it stands. We need a good solid forward.. like Mario Gomez... and Seedorf can produce consistently good results... he's not that old. And he has a lot of fight in him.

Inter won't be winning the Scudetto next season because we saw how their team is. It's just one big fight waiting to happen... Materazzi seemingly does not get along with anyone... Mourinho? What difference is that going to make?

Am I the only one who seems to think that Mourinho isn't all what he stacks up to be?

i must agree with mrki ... in our 4-3-1-2 or 4-3-2-1 ... kaka has no replacement and so we need a player to cover up for seedorf and rest kaka ... but i don't agree it will be moutinho because although he is young and skillfull he doesn't have the same stamina nor balance like seedorf so a player like diego or R10 will be more appealing ... another thing is that ferrari will not and can't be a starter and we need a starter to replace kaladze so zapata is a more reasonable choice although the fee is higher (to sign him) . so we are again defining our targets :
1) GK ... BORUC / FREY??
2) CB ... ZAPATA/ MEXES
3) LB ... BEHRAMY??? / PASQUAL??? / GRIMI?????????
4) CM/OMF ... R10/ DIEGO
5) CF ... NOT ETOO ... GOMEZZZZZZ / KURANYE/ DROGBA
5 players for ~90 million pounds .. its good!!!!

Originally Posted by hishamilan

1) GK ... BORUC / FREY??
2) CB ... ZAPATA/ MEXES
3) LB ... BEHRAMY??? / PASQUAL??? / GRIMI?????????
4) CM/OMF ... R10/ DIEGO
5) CF ... NOT ETOO ... GOMEZZZZZZ / KURANYE/ DROGBA
5 players for ~90 million pounds .. its good!!!!

1) Boruc with Simic to Celtic ( Ferrari comes to replace Simic )
2) Zapata as Braida's choice
3) Pasqual is in Udinese now, our choice could be Sagnol in the end, I wouldnt be surprised at all.
4) only Ronaldinho is on my mind for that role. For real, the rest is a second choice.
5) Drogba, Adebayor, Eto'o - I dont care.

Chelsea give permission for Milan to approach Drogba, according to Galliani!!!

Make it happen!!!!

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slu...ters&type=lgns

I read about Galliani in talks with Drogba, but personally for me he's not the first choice. I still want Gomez, and I think Eto'o is also a good choice (Adebayor also seems out of the picture now). Drogba's an excellent player, but at his age, and his injury problems I'm hesitant how much we can hope from him.

Realistically, I don't think we need too much. Abbiati looks set to be our first choice keeper next season. Though far from my first choice, he's a pretty solid keeper with brilliant reflexes. If he can add stability (and offering confidence like in his early years) then he'll be excellent for us.

We've bought one fullback of quality and that's the bare minimum we need. I have great confidence in Bonera after this season and feel he's ready to step up once and for all. If not we still have Zambro and Oddo for RB. At LB we have numerous options with Zambro at the top, so I have few worries.

Centre defence is an area I really think we need to invest in. A top level defender for a long term solution is important for me. I have little confidence in Kaladze ever becoming what was hoped of him and Bonera's really the only other option we have that has more than the odd year left in him (ala Maldini). Zapata is ideal as he's young and showing fantastic promise in Udinese.

Midfield could do with one more attacking threat. It doesn't have to be a star though, as I don't think we'll try to rely on Seedorf so much next year (thus adding a great option to the squad). Someone like Abate or even Maggio (a RB, but realistically plays as a right winger), who can influence from wide areas are fantastic options.

Eseentially, to complete the mercato I think we need a star forward (preferably with a long future), a good attacking midfielder for the squad and a long term prospect in defence.

apparently we have resigned Antonini from Empoli. Nearly offical, acmilan say galliani has a deal to bring him back.

MILANO - In un'intervista rilasciata alla Gazzetta dello Sport, Adriano Galliani ha confermato l'accordo trovato con l'Empoli per il ritorno in rossonero del centrocampista Luca Antonini: 'Posso confermare che abbiamo raggiunto l'accordo con l'Empoli per il riscatto di Antonini, che prenderà il posto di Serginho', ha dichiarato l'amministratore delegato rossonero.

Originally Posted by mrki

And that player from Zenith - he is less expencive becouse he has far less quality!!

Far less quality? I hardly think so. Just because he doesn't play in a fashionable league, isn't Brazilian and has little hype around him doesn't mean he's a poor player. He's solid defensively and is very attacking (and good at attacking too), just because he's not your idol Alves or Srna doesn't make him a bad player.

I stand by my notion that he'd be a good addition to our squad.

Gio-Mania, i said around £15 million, not £15 million exactly.

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

Far less quality? I hardly think so. Just because he doesn't play in a fashionable league, isn't Brazilian and has little hype around him doesn't mean he's a poor player. He's solid defensively and is very attacking (and good at attacking too), just because he's not your idol Alves or Srna doesn't make him a bad player.

I stand by my notion that he'd be a good addition to our squad.

Gio-Mania, i said around £15 million, not £15 million exactly.

Not a polite way to talk to me. My "idol" Alves or Srna? What the f...? I have discussed that Alves is the best option for Rb as he is the best Rb in the world, and Brasiliero and Drucurl have agreed...so he is their's idol as well...

Srna? I can understand you are frustrated for some reason, but I never mentioned Srna in this mercato thread.

And that player has FAR, yes - FAR, less quality then Alves, which is obvious. that is why Alves has signed for 32 mln for Barcelona and he is in Zenith. Lets not lie to ourselves.

Mutu is by far a better player than boriello, and i would be willing to give Viola, Boriello and Brocchi + 5mil for Mutu.