Summer mercato 2009

Originally Posted by spina_don

Guys, my friend whom happen'd to be a Chelsea fan said that the refree was shot after the match on the chest by a chelsea fan but was then taken to the hospital...I don't know if its true or not....

its true... jack bauer has kidnapped the referee to make sure he is safe

If I am not mistaken, this is the same referee who cancelled Luca Toni's goal in the European Finals between Italy and Romania.

Originally Posted by Christian

Seems like there'll be a mass clearout from Roma this season:

Goal.com

It seems almost certain that we'll pick up Mexes at this point. Though the only Roma player I'd really like would be De Rossi, but that'll never happen. Though Vucinic is a great talent aswell.

I think Mexes is looking much more of a reality after these comments from Morabito. De Rossi would be a dream if we could get him. It would mean Flamini stays at RB, but De Rossi is too good to pass up.

Did u see what Uli Hoeness said yesterday ''I know that Franck Ribery would like to see Sebastien Frey join the club this summer. However, Fiorentina have set a €10 million asking price, which is simply too much for us''

not that much for Frey..

Originally Posted by Brasileiro

@Siregar: This guy agree with me...To be fair, he has more hope on Alex Silva than me.
http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy...ebastien-heier

Thank you Brasileiro. You said in other thread that Thiago Silva was the one who was worth for Milan to buy (big difference in price between them at that time).

http://www.channel4.com/sport/footba...lia/may7c.html

Here is Maldini's opinion of Thiago Silva and a type of defender who stays close to him. I don't know why Maldini chose Favalli for the player and not Nesta and still don't fully understand what Maldini meant by 'by his side or close tho Silva'. It could be that Favalli can 'teach' him in training or Maldini meant that Favalli should play with him in real game.

What ever it is, Maldini's word about Silva makes me more confident about Thiago Silva's quality.

Originally Posted by Siregar

Thank you Brasileiro. You said in other thread that Thiago Silva was the one who was worth for Milan to buy (big difference in price between them at that time).

http://www.channel4.com/sport/footba...lia/may7c.html

Here is Maldini's opinion of Thiago Silva and a type of defender who stays close to him. I don't know why Maldini chose Favalli for the player and not Nesta and still don't fully understand what Maldini meant by 'by his side or close tho Silva'. It could be that Favalli can 'teach' him in training or Maldini meant that Favalli should play with him in real game.

What ever it is, Maldini's word about Silva makes me more confident about Thiago Silva's quality.

Actually, it seems that the contract extension that was reported some months ago for Favalli (one more year to his contract to end in June 2010) was true. He showed good things, he showed he is smart when he plays at CB, which is a bit less physical than the LB position and so it's probably why he does better there ...

Anyway, Favalli is known as the "Teacher" or "Professor", so that probably means he helps younger people with his experience, which is good too ...

Originally Posted by GeoTav

Actually, it seems that the contract extension that was reported some months ago for Favalli (one more year to his contract to end in June 2010) was true. He showed good things, he showed he is smart when he plays at CB, which is a bit less physical than the LB position and so it's probably why he does better there ...

Anyway, Favalli is known as the "Teacher" or "Professor", so that probably means he helps younger people with his experience, which is good too ...

Actually Favalli already proved it in the beginning of the season when our CBs were Bonera and Favalli and we made the best defence until 10 or so games but the people's hate on him was almost same with Emerson and only news source (goal.crap if I remember correctly) who praised him for his performance as CB.

Well, I am not against the renewal for another 1 year but Ancelotti's biased decision on picking players worries me a bit.

Seriously we still need a high quality CB for next season.

I was reading something about refs and I remembered how Graham Poll booked Šimunić ( now in Herta Berlin ) THREE times in a WC game Australia-Croatia in the last WC. Its was a comedy! Simunic gets booked for the second time and walks away to his position and plays untill he commits third fould for a yellow card and then Poll books him with the red card.

Off topic, but for a laugh.

We'll be destroyed in cl with favalli as cb. reach a certain age in italy and automatically you are called professor, even if you've onl;y ever been an average journeyman. What a fall from baresi, maldini, nesta to favalli.

I don't think it's the plan that Favalli should be first choice defender. I would like him to stay though, since I'd much rather have him as a 4th choice than Kaladze. He's proven that, at least against the smaller teams, he's solid. And options for rotation isn't a bad thing.

Just read some other interesting news:

"Italian clubs are scrambling for Brazilian sensation Ciro Silva.

The Sport Recife striker, 19, is a star with Brazil U20 and is the subject of a massive offer from Ukraine giants Shakhtar Donetsk.

However, AC Milan and Fiorentina are also chasing Silva, who is rated at £17 million by his minders.

Investment firm 'Europe Sports Football Brazil' hold Silva's transfer rights, while Adidas are also involved. Indeed, it's suggested the sportswear giants favour the striker moving to partner club Milan so to make the most of his growing profile."

triblefootball.com

Anyone heard of Ciro Silva? I have to admit I've never heard him mentioned before.

Originally Posted by Tony75

We'll be destroyed in cl with favalli as cb. reach a certain age in italy and automatically you are called professor, even if you've onl;y ever been an average journeyman. What a fall from baresi, maldini, nesta to favalli.

Favalli has done really well this season and exceeded all expectations. I don't think anyone by any means wants to keep him as a first choice CB next season, but as a backup in the squad he could be useful.

For me if we want to make a great team like Milan of the past 3-4 years we must buy 2 great backs! Man Utd,Chelsea,Barca,Inter the best teams of the world has great bakcs.The role of a fullback is very important to a team, with his runs he can help in the attacking part.Also they are and defenders so, after a big run they run again to come back to their defence and help the team. Their role is very important for the team.
The second is to Change ou GK's, they are for laugh! Keep Abiatti as second, sell the finished Dida and Kalac and buy a good young (Loris,Akinfeev)

Third one good DC.I don't care, if you are called Milan and you want to win CL or Serie-A you need a World class DC, all the great teams have for sure 1, or 2!

In midfield if Gorgy returns we are ok.If Ronnie has lost his desire for football, get rid of him and go for the great wonder kid of Valencia Silva(lazy players are finished for great teams, instead with us).

The last thing is the striker.After the loss of the old good $heva in attack we have lost 1 goal for each game, from his exit until now we have not find anything good eccept Pato.But the duck is to young to score 25-30 goals in each season, we need a ready World class striker(last summer we lost Eto the perfect striker right now with Villa). Villa,Eto are the best solutions, after them i would like Adebayor,Zlatan(he want's to leave),Milito,Benzema.

About Favalli, of course, he's not going to be our first choice CB next season !! Who would want him as the first choice ?

But in some Serie A games, he can be used, especially alongside one of our new CBs (rotation).

Look, it's simple actually: Maldini is retiring, Nesta is unlikely to come back (it's what I think, if other people want to hope, I let them do it by hoping their hope will become true ), who's our best CB nowadays ?

Kaladze ? Injured and terrible since the beginning of this season.
Bonera ? Injury-prone and average this season (sad because he showed great things at the end of the last season)

Favalli ...

So keeping him a last year is the best option we have, because let's imagine that the duo Thiago Silva - Unknown new CB doesn't work, or let's imagine that we have a new injury crisis in our defence, we will all be happy to have Favalli as a CB for some games after what he showed this year (I mean, if we are serious, we clearly know we won't buy 3-4 CBs, because sometimes, it seems like some people want Kaladze and Favalli to go, but this way, we just have Bonera and Thiago Silva for next year !!).

Originally Posted by rosoneri_11

For me if we want to make a great team like Milan of the past 3-4 years we must buy 2 great backs! Man Utd,Chelsea,Barca,Inter the best teams of the world has great bakcs.The role of a fullback is very important to a team, with his runs he can help in the attacking part.Also they are and defenders so, after a big run they run again to come back to their defence and help the team. Their role is very important for the team.
The second is to Change ou GK's, they are for laugh! Keep Abiatti as second, sell the finished Dida and Kalac and buy a good young (Loris,Akinfeev)

Third one good DC.I don't care, if you are called Milan and you want to win CL or Serie-A you need a World class DC, all the great teams have for sure 1, or 2!

In midfield if Gorgy returns we are ok.If Ronnie has lost his desire for football, get rid of him and go for the great wonder kid of Valencia Silva(lazy players are finished for great teams, instead with us).

The last thing is the striker.After the loss of the old good $heva in attack we have lost 1 goal for each game, from his exit until now we have not find anything good eccept Pato.But the duck is to young to score 25-30 goals in each season, we need a ready World class striker(last summer we lost Eto the perfect striker right now with Villa). Villa,Eto are the best solutions, after them i would like Adebayor,Zlatan(he want's to leave),Milito,Benzema.

Give realistic and available players to buy !! It's easy to say that mate, it's like saying the best solution would be to buy Chiellini and Santacroce, Alves, Essien, Gerrard and Torres, this way, we will be the best ...

Lloris: unlikely to move from Lyon because he only arrived last year !!
Akinfeev: unlikely to come to Milan probably because of his high price ...
Silva: all depends on our formation, but I think he could be a possible solution.
Villa: of course, he would be a solution for all teams in the world, but look at his possible price (more than 40M I think).
Eto'o: unlikely to come as I think he will stay in Barcelona and renew his contract ... anyway, we can't compete with English teams to have him and I don't think he is a friend of Ronnie.
Adebayor: said once again he would stay in Arsenal at 100% and doesn't want to leave, we are all upset with Spanish medias for their made-up stories about Kaka', but it looks like we don't care when some English-Italian medias do the same thing (less aggressive than the Spanish ones anyway ) for us.
Ibrahimovic: Inter player, Inter star player I mean, no way he comes nor wants to come ...
Milito: it's maybe possible if his price isn't too high, but anyway, why would he leave Genoa after one year only (he's the king there), and especially if his team can play the next CL.
Benzema: looking at his performances this season and the price that will be asked, and knowing that he said he will stay one more year and probably leave then in Lyon, I don't see him like a possible solution ...