Summer Mercato

Originally Posted by Graeme C

I rate him, he and Antonini killed us on the left hand side when we played against Empoli.

Does anyone here know the full line up of the italian side from the Toulon Tournament? Were being linked with the Left back, Bocchetti this morning.

Player from seria B,Frossione one of the best defenders i seria B!!He had good tackle and superior in jump but he can play on CB also,Abate is very good purchase for us,i praid that he will return to Milan

Like many others I really want that CB to make us stronger, but I know that our market will mostly be rated and judged by whom the striker we buy will be.
Eto'o = awesome
Sheva = epic fail

Can abate be that player many people in this thread have been talking about, aka someone who can replace seedorf and give both offensive and defensive support? Seeing as he is a side-midfielder, that is somewhat where we played seedorf in the 4-3-1-2 formation...
This article (gazzetta) talks about Inter's mercato, esp. their search for a winger. What i found most shocking was, however, the price that Roma would be willing to sell Mancini - € 13M + a player.... this is really low for a player like him. it is of course due to his contract expiring in the summer 2009. But imagine we switch the "player" to € 5-10M (or Brocchi, who they'd refuse) - that would be a nice signing. In case Abate isnt made for that role, esp. as his main role, Mancini would fill those requisites …

I bet we will be linked to cassano after the euros!!! after abate's amazing signing i hope we get marzoratte + guerci + young aubameyang ... this is my dream team ... i am sorry guys but i took 4 pills of sarcasm today !!!!!

Originally Posted by hishamilan

I bet we will be linked to cassano after the euros!!! after abate's amazing signing i hope we get marzoratte + guerci + young aubameyang ... this is my dream team ... i am sorry guys but i took 4 pills of sarcasm today !!!!!

I'm pretty sure you're wrong about Cassano He just completed his move to Sampdoria a couple of weeks ago (he was on loan from Real Madrid).

Hey guys thanks for the support The way we behaved today is how the forum should always be (i.e. sticking up for eachother) Thanks rt9, stitch Gio-mania, remote2book and anyone else who I forgot

So far all my mercato hopefuls have either been underwhelming (Lahm) or downright rubbish (Gomez, Quaresma) But I don't feel too bad....all the Benzema groupies are going atm Veloso, Moutinho haven't impressed....Cech has made high profile errors...actually only Podolski, Miguel have looked the bill as possible transfers...unless Berlu is engineering the greatest transfer coup in history to get us Villa or CR7 I really don't mind having Podolsko though as he is extremely versatile and most importantly FAST

Mrki keeps pleading and no one listens but he IS right WE NEED SPEED. Enough with the "all tactical" players already. My suggestion is a guy from Portugal....I can't remember his name atm but I'm pretty sure it starts with a "Q"

While others here may prefer Quaresma, I am not at all upset with Abate's capture.

I am always happy when Milan aquire Italian talent, as long as the gap between the aquisition and other options on the market isn't that significant (cue several responses from "lake of pitch" country to the defense of Super Quaresma)

While it might be silly to compare these players, my defense is that we are, after all, in silly season.

Instead of Miguel Veloso I would be interested in seeing us acquire Inler from Udinese.

If you want speed, you have now Abate !!

It's true we need one or two players who can run very "fastly" (this word sounds weird to me lol) ... but if they walk like Seedorf, their speed will be useless !! lol

The best would be a guy who runs very very fastly in our defense (so the most probable would have been a side-Back but we won't get any new, I don't know any CB running really fast** ??), one in our midfield (now Abate + Kaka' when he has the ball) and one in our attack.

** and who is a good CB too lol

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

While others here may prefer Quaresma, I am not at all upset with Abate's capture.

I am always happy when Milan aquire Italian talent, as long as the gap between the aquisition and other options on the market isn't that significant (cue several responses from "lake of pitch" country to the defense of Super Quaresma)

While it might be silly to compare these players, my defense is that we are, after all, in silly season.

No defense here. As much as I like him it's far time that he steps up....less talented players like Ribery are making waves because of their sheer determination. Abate IS great and from what I heard IS very fast (finally) and is good on the wing. He mightn't be making waves in the media but if you want good football his acquisition will probably suit us better than the metro guy. Dennilson was one of the most talented footballers ever but never applied himself. I hope Quaresma and Cassano will wake up one day and set the world on fire but until then Milan must progress

So for moment, our team is:

GK - Kalac, Dida, Storari, Abbiati
Defense - Oddo, Zambrotta, Bonera, Nesta, Kaladze, Maldini, Jankulovski, Antonini, Favalli
Midfield - Gattuso, Pirlo, Ambrosini, Flamini, Emerson, Brocchi, Abate, Kaka', Seedorf
Attack - Pato, Inzaghi, Borriello, Paloschi

Sold/Loaned/Retired - Cafu, Serginho, Gilardino, Gourcuff

Would be good if people update that list sometimes lol !!

By looking at that list and by knowing that our management said that we will have a team composed of approximately 24/25 players, and to finish by knowing that they seemingly try to get a CB, maybe a GK, even if no news since Abbiati came back and the end of Lloris story, and someone in front (offensive midfielder and/or striker), we can already try to know who will be the next to leave:
- At least 1 GK of course, probably 2 GKs if we buy one
- 1 midfielder (my 2 cents on Brocchi lol)
- 1 striker unless Paloschi stays as a "joker" for "money time" of important matches or to allow Pato/Inzaghi or others to have some rest

Originally Posted by GeoTav

If you want speed, you have now Abate !!

It's true we need one or two players who can run very "fastly" (this word sounds weird to me lol) ... but if they walk like Seedorf, their speed will be useless !! lol

The best would be a guy who runs very very fastly in our defense (so the most probable would have been a side-Back but we won't get any new, I don't know any CB running really fast** ??), one in our midfield (now Abate + Kaka' when he has the ball) and one in our attack.

** and who is a good CB too lol

I always thought of Nesta as being rather fast for a defender....If we get Zapata...I've heard people speak glowingly about his pace we'd be ok....IF we got a speedster like Alves we'd RULE!!

Originally Posted by drucurl

I always thought of Nesta as being rather fast for a defender....If we get Zapata...I've heard people speak glowingly about his pace we'd be ok....IF we got a speedster like Alves we'd RULE!!

Yep, no, I don't know actually ... I don't know when we can say that a defender (defenser ?) is fast, so I'll let all of you judge yourself about that lol.
I never thought Nesta was/is really fast, he's "just" smart, he knows where to be, like Maldini and other great(est) CB. So even if the guy in front of him runs a lot faster than him, he is rarely beaten because he's always right-placed on the pitch to stop him.

Originally Posted by GeoTav

Yep, no, I don't know actually ... I don't know when we can say that a defender (defenser ?) is fast, so I'll let all of you judge yourself about that lol.
I never thought Nesta was/is really fast, he's "just" smart, he knows where to be, like Maldini and other great(est) CB. So even if the guy in front of him runs a lot faster than him, he is rarely beaten because he's always right-placed on the pitch to stop him.

Nope I think Maldini WAS fast back in the day.....but fast defenders are not necessarily the best.....all a good attacker has to do is send you the wrong way and you're screwed....Cannavaro has a bit of zip to him too but I don't want him here.
There's a little guy in Brazil (I think he's playing in France atm) named Rathino.......like Quaresma he has it all but hasn't come good on his talent as yet...I wonder if Leonardo is scouting on him??

Eduardo Ratinho is a 20yo RB from Brazil (Corinthians). He has been loaned to Toulouse in January 2008. His loan contract lasts 18 months and Toulouse has an option to buy him ...

So it would be difficult for us to buy him now I think, because that would mean that his loan contract would have to be broken and then he would have to be sold ... no way this can happen. The only solution to take someone in this situation is to give money to Toulouse to buy him and make them loaning him to us, and then let us buying him.