Summer Mercato

Originally Posted by Xudong

I am also curious. Has it come out yet? I failed to see it from the official website.

Indeed Xudong and Ho Young...I thought it would have been there, what with R80´s number having been sorted out...

Originally Posted by HO-YOUNG

Berbatov is proven talent in germany and england and CL... not because he is not brazilian...or Media Pupet...he is worth what they are asking... No injury worries... sure net finder...with excelent technique...we need a striker... who do we have a a provenn net banger? Inzahgi?...Pato?

Well according to the official site: http://www.acmilan.com/lm_team_roster.aspx

We have all of...wait for it....7 forwards!

So obviously a striker is out of the question...

i wonder how many forwards barcas website lists lol......

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

Well according to the official site: http://www.acmilan.com/lm_team_roster.aspx

We have all of...wait for it....7 forwards!

So obviously a striker is out of the question...

Did you notice that Zambrotta was listed as a midfielder? Interesting. Will Carlo play him like Trap did in 2002? Who knows.

if i were milan id snap up berbatov -however for a fee at aroound 15-18mill, so we have a left over 5 mill saved to also buy one of the silvas.

Milans list of players on the official web site is a joke. Come on Zambrotta in midfield? Roni, Seedorf, Kaka striker? Come on this is a joke.

About Galliani saying that we already have 6 CBs so there is no need for another signing: I guess quantity is more important than quality at this point.

About Abate: It makes no sense that we would sell a share of him rather than loan him. This stinks of a money reason and I fear that we have really hit bottom where we have to squeeze every last cent possible to meet our bottom line.

Milan made some great moves this summer. But when you consider all the players we sold, in truth we only payed a net of 10 million euros. Not what you'd call big spending. I'm really at a loss right now over how tight fisted the team has become. This team desperately needs to trim away some fat (ie Dida, Brocchi, Simic) and sign some quality (Boruc, Zapata, a LB). But the money/will just isn't there.

Aside from us not signing a CB, I was somewhat content with our transfer market - that is until the Abate move. I don't know - this Abate thing REALLY bothers me. How cheap have we become?????

Well, another way to look at this Abate thing could be that teams nowadays would demand a co-ownership deal instead of loan as they no longer want to be the trainning ground for big clubs. At least in a co-ownership deal, they can earn a few millions if the players improves alot, this will also work as an incentive for those clubs to play the players more.

Don't worry unless Abate does a Maggio next season, he will be back at Milan for about 2M.

As for the Borreillo deal, actually Milan only played 5M, since Genoa played like 2.5 last season. And if Borreillo can prove to be a consistent scorer for Milan those 5M payed are much better than just paying Borreillo's salary to sit on the bench and never play.

Originally Posted by Russo-Neri

About Abate: It makes no sense that we would sell a share of him rather than loan him. This stinks of a money reason and I fear that we have really hit bottom where we have to squeeze every last cent possible to meet our bottom line.

There is no money reason. The reason is that clubs don't trust playing loaned players since they won't win much on it. With a co-ownership they can make a investment in playing the player.

Originally Posted by Gabriel489

Don't worry unless Abate does a Maggio next season, he will be back at Milan for about 2M.

As for the Borreillo deal, actually Milan only played 5M, since Genoa played like 2.5 last season. And if Borreillo can prove to be a consistent scorer for Milan those 5M payed are much better than just paying Borreillo's salary to sit on the bench and never play.

It is possible they have a set sum as for Abate. I'd prefer if he played as great as being worth a lot.

In the Borriello deal we included half of Di Gennaro, worth a indisclosed sum.

Originally Posted by kris

In the Borriello deal we included half of Di Gennaro, worth a indisclosed sum.

Do you have source?
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By the way in my opinion co-ownership is good for both clubs. They take same risk about the prospect of the player and also the same right to decide the future of the loaned player.

Not like a pure loan, co-ownership gives much more responsibility the the loaned club as they have to pay (to buy the half of the player's contract) before they take the player but they will have bonus (the player's price increases lot) if they can make the player much better than when he was taken.

For me, this is a fair system as Milan will have to pay much more compare to fees they get for the player, if the player can turn to be a much better player. So the club that take Milan's player get something for what they have done to the loaned player, not like the pure loan system. With pure loan system Milan can take the loaned player whenever they want without giving anyting the the club that have made the player better.

Originally Posted by Siregar

Do you have source?
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It was on the official site and about every newsource when we got Borriello.

Braida - "Berbatov? Absolutely not. Our market is closed."

Originally Posted by kris

It was on the official site and about every newsource when we got Borriello.

In the Borriello deal we included half of Di Gennaro, worth a indisclosed sum.

I never read it in acmilan.com even in source like channel4.

off topic:

Have u seen Brochis new hairstyle???

U just got to love it!! LOL