Summer Mercato

Man, another 20 pages and still no sign of any new players... sigh...

on the borriello front.... he makes no sense. He doesnt have enough skills to play w/ anyone upfront except pato. The way i see it, if pato gets hurt at all. we'll prolly go back to 4-3-2-1. I just dont think pippo, borriello and (lets assume) eto'o can play together... thats my problem. I'd rather have a more dynamic striker in his place who can play both positions. But management is signing a striker who will play his EXACT position... hencee they dont think he can be a starter

Originally Posted by Milano84

in 2006-2007 he ruptured his meniscus and missed 3-4 months. Hence only 19 starts. I thought he had a couple nagging injuries beginning of season too.

on the plus side. He is a spanish citizen now. so he wont take a non-eu spot!

He's recovered pretty well towards the end...

And the EU status is indeed true:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...ca/7050416.stm

So that's a good thing since we could go for Andrei Arshavin...

Eto's missed 2 months i think 2 seasons ago with a knee injury...then last year, he didn't start playing until december because of problems with the same knee injury.
i don't know if that qualifies as an "injury problem" (it's certainly no Ronaldo!), but dems da facts...

Originally Posted by Milano84

on the borriello front.... he makes no sense. He doesnt have enough skills to play w/ anyone upfront except pato. The way i see it, if pato gets hurt at all. we'll prolly go back to 4-3-2-1. I just dont think pippo, borriello and (lets assume) eto'o can play together... thats my problem. I'd rather have a more dynamic striker in his place who can play both positions. But management is signing a striker who will play his EXACT position... hencee they dont think he can be a starter

How could you even say any of this? I'm not that quick to discredit Borriello. I think he would do fine with another striker. I think Eto'o is pretty dynamic and can play with any of those players. Eto'o has played with plenty of other strikers in Barcelona...

I say lets wait until the transfer market actually opens... then we can see things happen. I'm sure by the end of this transfer season, we will have at least 1-2 major signings (Samuel Eto'o and Andrei Arshavin are my picks). I'd also like to see some other signings, including another defender and keeper.

Apparently some unnamed Italian side has put a bid for Diogo... who could it be?

http://www.goal.com/en-US/Articolo.a...enutoId=749938

Arsenal are set to do battle with an Italian side to secure the signature of Portuguesa-SP’s highly rated Brazilian striker Diogo Luis Santo.

The chase for Diogo has now become a two-team affair, after the São Paulo based side confirmed that they have received another big offer for his services.

Arsenal have previously had two transfer offers rejected, and the latest approach from an unnamed Italian side, has suffered the same fate, although the offer that was made did not fall far short of the club’s valuation.

“So far the best offer has been from an Italian side who I cannot name,” Portuguesa director Andre Heleno told the press.

“They have bid around £9 million, but we want closer to £11 million.

I think Giancarlo might be on to something re Borriello. Personally I had always liked him. For those who say that he doesn't have skills Probably you guys saw more matches with him that I have but everytime he played I thought he had some GREAT moves and movement... To me his only flaw as a player was that his finishing made Adebayor look clinical Now it SEEMS he has learn't the art of finishing....maybe he does deserve the chance......I mean looking at him play is almost like watching Amauri move.....add the fact that he's cheaper and Italian and it may well be the bargin buy of the hour!!!!!

Again I haven't seen him that much as many of you...I am talking about the times I have seen him....If I remember correctly he was a hot prospect not too long ago but failed to deliver on his potential....could he be stepping up now?? I remember him comming into a good patch of form right before he got busted for the drugs.

diogo would be our kind of signing... and quite frankly i like those type more.....i youtubed him a while and didnt find very much video. Can anyone give a scouting report on him?

The only plus side to tribal is you can name search. So i search diogo and got this articles...
AC Milan keep tabs on Brazil pair
tribalfooball.com - December 22, 2007

AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has confirmed they're following two young stars currently based in Brazil.

Galliani has refused to make their identities known, but it's suggested Sao Paulo midfielder Hernanes and Portuguesa striker Diogo are in Milan's sights.
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also i cant remember where but i do remember reading fiorentina tried bidding for him but got rejected

Could anyone explain me what's the matter with this NON-EU SPOT?

I honestly think Borriello might have something to prove at Milan, dru. He has to make an effort, and I think he has the skills to do it.

Originally Posted by drucurl

Again I haven't seen him that much as many of you...I am talking about the times I have seen him....If I remember correctly he was a hot prospect not too long ago but failed to deliver on his potential....could he be stepping up now?? I remember him comming into a good patch of form right before he got busted for the drugs.

exactly true. he was once considered the jewel of milan youth system but nothing ever happened. Plus the drug thing isnt exactly what u want...

i'm skeptical, what can i say

Originally Posted by acmilan24.com

Could anyone explain me what's the matter with this NON-EU SPOT?

you can only sign 1 nonEU player per window in italian football. So if player carries any sort of EU passport, u can get around putting him in that spot.

Originally Posted by Milano84

you can only sign 1 nonEU player per window in italian football. So if player carries any sort of EU passport, u can get around putting him in that spot.

Hence another reason why I favor Eto'o. Does Adebayor have an EU passport out of curiosity?

Originally Posted by Giancarlo

Hence another reason why I favor Eto'o. Does Adebayor have an EU passport out of curiosity?

No. He has no EU passport.