Winter Mercato

Is Pirlo out for 2 month?

Rumours on the peninsula (???) suggest that we might swap Pato for Inler of Udinese. Now obviously we need a midfielder with Pirlo out and Inler is a good choice and i must stress 2 things about this news:

1-It's very much just a loan deal, though we'd probably have the option to buy the Swiss player in the summer.

2-Udinese are the ones requesting Pato.

Now i don't think this will happen, Udinese wouldn't give up an integral member of their side and even if we entertained the idea of loaning out Pato, he'd still have a few players in front of him at Udinese. Shame because i was kind of hoping the rumour would say we were swapping Kaladze & Emerson for Zapata & Inler

What I'm about to say doesn't concern the winter mercato (sorry ) but the next summer mercato. On Wikipedia (I know, great source) it says that the Brazilian midfielder Arouca's contract runs out April 30th 2009.

Now I admit I don't get to watch a lot of the Brazilian league, but as far as I remember Brasileiro spoke fondly of this guy. Arouca turned 22 a month ago and has already played nearly 200 games for Fluminense (again according to Wiki), plus games for the Brazilian youth NT setups. He's a defensive midfielder, and I truly wish we'd get him on the 1st of May next year to replace Emerson (who could ideally replace Arouca at Flu ).

Someone in Italy please tell Galliani!

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

Rumours on the peninsula (???) suggest that we might swap Pato for Inler of Udinese. Now obviously we need a midfielder with Pirlo out and Inler is a good choice and i must stress 2 things about this news:

1-It's very much just a loan deal, though we'd probably have the option to buy the Swiss player in the summer.

2-Udinese are the ones requesting Pato.

Now i don't think this will happen, Udinese wouldn't give up an integral member of their side and even if we entertained the idea of loaning out Pato, he'd still have a few players in front of him at Udinese. Shame because i was kind of hoping the rumour would say we were swapping Kaladze & Emerson for Zapata & Inler

That wont' happen. Inler is a good player, but we can't give up Pato. And plus... look at who plays in Udinese. Quagliarella and Di Natale would allow Pato very little playing time...

I wouldn't mind swapping Kaladze for Zapata... or something like that.

Originally Posted by Giancarlo

That wont' happen. Inler is a good player, but we can't give up Pato. And plus... look at who plays in Udinese. Quagliarella and Di Natale would allow Pato very little playing time...

I wouldn't mind swapping Kaladze for Zapata... or something like that.

YESSSSSSSSYESSSSSSSSSYESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

the pato thing is a joke, nice try udinese... athlough they play alot of 4-3-3 and quag, di natale, pato would work.

kaladze 4 zapata? lol. Next we should offer favalli 4 sergio ramos

Originally Posted by Milano84

YESSSSSSSSYESSSSSSSSSYESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

the pato thing is a joke, nice try udinese... athlough they play alot of 4-3-3 and quag, di natale, pato would work.

kaladze 4 zapata? lol. Next we should offer favalli 4 sergio ramos

I'm not going to get run off yet another forum.

Quag, Di Natale, Floro Flores/Simone Pepe is what they would play in 4-3-3...

They have 4 strikers already...

Originally Posted by Giancarlo

I'm not going to get run off yet another forum.

Quag, Di Natale, Floro Flores/Simone Pepe is what they would play in 4-3-3...

They have 4 strikers already...

its pointles, pato is going nowhere.... except the goal

Originally Posted by Giancarlo

I'm not going to get run off yet another forum.

weclome back

Rumour from France: people working on the recruitment of Milan (Edit: it was Ariedo Braida) were in Lyon to watch Lyon-Fiorentina and especially Benzema ... Today, some French websites report that Milan would be in pole position to buy him on the next summer.

So rumours are starting again ... even if it is not for Winter Mercato !!

...well if Sheva and Pippo both leave...that'd be a great buy! Otherwise we just have bigger selection problems on our hands.

Originally Posted by GeoTav

Rumour from France: people working on the recruitment of Milan (Edit: it was Ariedo Braida) were in Lyon to watch Lyon-Fiorentina and especially Benzema ... Today, some French websites report that Milan would be in pole position to buy him on the next summer.

So rumours are starting again ... even if it is not for Winter Mercato !!

Pato and Benzema would be a very nice and dangerous partnership if it does happen..Maybe Benzema could replace inzaghi..

Did anyone else read Moratti has brought Maradonna in to be his South American scout? This was such a clever piece of business, one i'm surprised we didn't think of. I know we have Leonardo, but we could have used Maradonna's links to players, or even just used his prestige as a lure for the top players.

It wasn't even Moratti's idea, he was talking to a journalist and then approached Maradonna. Now Inter have a great connection to Aguero and South American players. I just think we missed out here.

Please don't say we don't buy Argentine players, that's a poor excuse.

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

Did anyone else read Moratti has brought Maradonna in to be his South American scout? This was such a clever piece of business, one i'm surprised we didn't think of. I know we have Leonardo, but we could have used Maradonna's links to players, or even just used his prestige as a lure for the top players.

It wasn't even Moratti's idea, he was talking to a journalist and then approached Maradonna. Now Inter have a great connection to Aguero and South American players. I just think we missed out here.

Please don't say we don't buy Argentine players, that's a poor excuse.

Jim, what makes you think that Maradona will be a good scout?

He was one of the greatest players, but as a man he's only a jerk.
May be a bit better than Gascoine.

Originally Posted by Maltese Charlie

Jim, what makes you think that Maradona will be a good scout?

He was one of the greatest players, but as a man he's only a jerk.
May be a bit better than Gascoine.

He is Agueros Hero and possible future father in law. Thats a good start.

Originally Posted by K77SH C

He is Agueros Hero and possible future father in law. Thats a good start.

Even if having Maradona as a scout would give us an advantage in signing Agüero (I doubt it would be a significant one), would we ever spend € 55 million on one player? I doubt that as well.