Summer Mercato

Originally Posted by Giancarlo

Liverpool... I don't know if they have many Brazilian connections.

They have Lucas & Fabio Aurellio. They have a few Argentinians too for a South American connection (Mascherano, Insua and a tall left winger whos name i've forgotten).

Liverpool needed a second keeper capable of pushing Reina to keep him on his toes and, if needed, take over from him when he has a few flaps in goal. Itandjze just wasn't capable of doing that.

The only way we'd let Paloschi go to Lecce is if we knew we had another striker in the bag. There's no way we'd go through a season with just 3 strikers (Inzaghi, Pato, Boriello).

Originally Posted by Giancarlo

Respectfully disagreed. Ronaldinho knows Milan will only accept him if he shapes up. We cannot have another Ronaldo on our hands.

And Pippo is doing just fine... Janku was doing better in the Euro Cup apparently... skeptical about what exactly?

skeptical about MilanLab work lately,we have a lot of injured players last couple of seasons, and previously MilanLab was known as one of the best in the world.

Not sure we can help Dinho to comeback to his physical condition he used to be,,same goes fro janku and pippo(I meant they are injured a lot)

Originally Posted by kastriot

skeptical about MilanLab work lately,we have a lot of injured players last couple of seasons, and previously MilanLab was known as one of the best in the world.

Not sure we can help Dinho to comeback to his physical condition he used to be,,same goes fro janku and pippo(I meant they are injured a lot)

Is that Milan lab's fault or the fact that certain players were rushed back in or played too much without rest though ?

Tony, I just came across this article: http://www.channel4.com/sport/footba...logs/jh37.html

I was wondering what he was referring to in the last paragraph or so, when the writer talks about the new "english" model that Juve are adopting with regard to merchandising and stadium ownership.

Can u shed some light on this? The author believes this move by Juve will lend itself to increased income, and as such, increased viability in the mercato's of the not-so-distant future...

Or are these plans top secret?

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

They have Lucas & Fabio Aurellio. They have a few The only way we'd let Paloschi go to Lecce is if we knew we had another striker in the bag. There's no way we'd go through a season with just 3 strikers (Inzaghi, Pato, Boriello).

hasn't last season tought you a lesson? we started with 3 strikers but played most of the pre chtistmas season with 2 because of ronaldo's fitness worries. sometimes we only got 1 striker because inzaghi has also missed some games. only after christmas we got a third striker in pato.

after last season it is obvious that our management isn't capable of putting together a decent squad. sad but true.

A Big Club Wants Ferrari - Agent

Matteo Ferrari’s agent, Gianni Corci, has revealed that his client is wanted by a “big club” and that there is profound interest from abroad as well

I would like to cnfirm that a big club is interested in Matteo but I would prefer not to mention any names he added

Originally Posted by Snapster

Is that Milan lab's fault or the fact that certain players were rushed back in or played too much without rest though ?

if it's not entirely their fault, then its gotta be part of it.
IMHO, it's also their job to make sure the player won't play until they're physically ready.

I actually feel the same as kastriots, which is a bit worry if we're gonna buy player who's not 100% ready nowadays, but hey, it's ronaldinho we're talking about... 70% of a ronaldinho is still a usefull player (better than 90% seedorf I think), though I'm hoping his condition will be more like 110% , so if he's available and his price tag is also ok, why not ? just wish the lab knows what they're gonna do.

The lab at Milan.Well is the lab in Milan going to control ones partying habits?

Originally Posted by Roche13

The lab at Milan.Well is the lab in Milan going to control ones partying habits?

I dont think that Dinho has hard core party habits, i think its more paper talk.
His no Adriano nor Ronaldo.

While dinho was playing great he was never mentioned in te same breath with party/orgy or smth else. When he startet to loose form the talks begin.

I think at this point, We cant get neither Ade nor Drogba. Which leaves us with Gomez and Berbatov, the former is good but I dont think his milan bond, Berba on the other hand is not the Big target man we are looking for, and dont get fooled his not gonna cost less than 30 mil eur. Plus if CR7 leaves for Madrid I`m sure that Berfba will end up in Man Utd.

Except the ones I dont know a big target man that can fill Gila`s boots..

So I guess that leaves us only with DInho, and if we get him for 25 mil,his worth the risk. The prospect of having a trident of Dinho,KAka,PAto with Pirlo and Flamini behind is mouthwatering

----Abbiati-----
Bonera Nesta Kaladze Zambro
------Flamini--Pirlo---------
Pato-----KAKA-----Dinho
-------Borriello(so doesnt fit here)------------

This doesnt look that bad really.We still lack squad depth, so 2 new team players will do the trick.

Originally Posted by Roche13

The lab at Milan.Well is the lab in Milan going to control ones partying habits?

The lab wont, but we will have Kaka take him to bible study instead of the club...or maybe to the Bible-Bar for a few drinks of non-alcoholic wine after the bible study.

Originally Posted by acdc81

hasn't last season tought you a lesson? we started with 3 strikers but played most of the pre chtistmas season with 2 because of ronaldo's fitness worries. sometimes we only got 1 striker because inzaghi has also missed some games. only after christmas we got a third striker in pato.

after last season it is obvious that our management isn't capable of putting together a decent squad. sad but true.

I think the management is more than capable, and is trying right now... so lets give them time..

Question, was the Abate deal to Torino ever made official? I haven't seen any official news on that...

Anymore news on Cavalieri? I hear from goal.crap that Liversmool is putting a 5 million pound bid on him? They are cheap and I hope Milan outbids them.

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

or maybe to the Bible-Bar for a few drinks of non-alcoholic wine after the bible study.

That's just sacrilege!

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

That's just sacrilege!

Jamie mate, Vargas just signed with Fiorentina...i remember u were the first one to mention him,when he was fairly unknown to most of us.!!! to bad....he could have been great addition on the left!!

Originally Posted by SANT

Oh man, just look at Jeff's signature...

Calciomercato is not as terrible as Tribalfootball, but you can read that just for fun, never consider it a source of information... trust La Gazetta dello Sport, and of course, nothing like acmilan.com, but there you typically find only the confirmation after the deals are done...

Calciomercato are ok.
There is not such thing as "according to calciomercato..".
All they do is take news from different newspapers or TV and put them on their site. They always mention the source at the bottom of the article.
The advantage with calciomercato is that it's an Italian site and nothing is lost in translation, which is the case with channel4 or goal.com.
You can always find the news from Gazzetta on calciomercato, just like you can also find the sports news from all the other newspapers.
That's the thing i like there. I can check the source and decide by myself if it's reliable or not.

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

Tony, I just came across this article: http://www.channel4.com/sport/footba...logs/jh37.html

I was wondering what he was referring to in the last paragraph or so, when the writer talks about the new "english" model that Juve are adopting with regard to merchandising and stadium ownership.

Can u shed some light on this? The author believes this move by Juve will lend itself to increased income, and as such, increased viability in the mercato's of the not-so-distant future...

Or are these plans top secret?

I never put attention to these things. I'm more into transfers and statistics
But i'll ask my fellow fans and i'll answer your question.

Originally Posted by kastriot

Jamie mate, Vargas just signed with Fiorentina...i remember u were the first one to mention him,when he was fairly unknown to most of us.!!! to bad....he could have been great addition on the left!!

Heeey, it was me !! :angry:
It's just that me and Jamie have the same taste and we like the same players (great taste we have, may i add ) so he kept repeating how he wants Vargas in Milan.
But make no mistake, i was the scout in this case.