Summer mercato 2009

This Pirlo - Essien swap is too good to be realistic. I would do it in a second, but I cant believe its possible.

Hernanes's (sp?) manager confirmed only club to made a bit for Hernanes is Bayern. His price is around 20-25mln euro now. It would be sad if after Gourcuff we let another class player who is versatile, powerfull, young and plays with both legs go away. Lets hope Leonardo can make this transfer happen. We need fresh midfield players as well as some defenders.

Essien-Hernanes-Gattuso-Kaka'... 3 players capabvle of playing well in defensive phase, and also 3 players capable of playing forward on WC level. Sublime midfield.

Also there are some rumors about some young 18 year old player from Lille. Geo, is he any good?? I think he is Belgian...

And, our Nesta is called up!! Forza Sandro!

As I said, Im hoping for a few players with grit in new Milan.

Next year we start with practically 6 new great players: Mexes, Thiago, Nesta, Hernanes, Essien, Adebayor

Now Im off for my coffee coz Im apparently not well in the morning

Adjustment, and sorry for the double post.

We CANT sign both Essien and Hernanes as they are both non eu players. So even if we could get both of them and not to brake a bank as we would switht Pirlo+Seedorf for Essien and we have 15mln from Yoan, we cant create that super team coz of super player called Viudez and Galliani's brilliant circus transfers that made Thiago this years non-eu player. comical.

Originally Posted by Blacktop

Not really; it instead looks like the result of too much Football Manager. The bolded part is particuarly laughable.

how is it laughable? cr7 has stated diffrent times he admires serie a he spoke about alessando del piero and has said he likes italy... we offer him the show with kaka' leonardo speaks portugues kaka pato r80 mattioni t.silva portugues never talk bad about one another they really backup each other's culture... alotta people from brasil consider people from portugal as there cousins.... ronaldo would be the face of serie A and remember berlusconi is unpredictable... its not football manager estimate all the players i mentioned sold combined with gourcuff's 15 mill plus some extra money... he smiled dont be close minded this is football remember when barca sold luiz figo to madrid? now thats crazy

I doubt that Chelski is gonna agree to this kind of transaction Pirlo-Essien but who knows it might go trough if Carlo goes there.

I would love to have Essien. I'd do that swap in a minute. In fact, if I could choose a player from the EPL to build a team around, Essien would be the guy. There just isn't a better defensive player (did you notice how he completely shut down Gerrard -- right in the middle of all the "best player in the world" stuff -- when Essien came back from injury?) He's very versatile as well (he can and does make plays and he has a powerful shot). He actually plays a very similar role to Pirlo as a deep-lying playmaker for the Ghana NT. But I just can't imagine Chelsea swapping a 26-year-old Essien just entering the prime of his career for a 30-year-old Pirlo -- not even if Carlo is their manager!

Oh, and the Ronaldo stuff is just nonsense dreamed up by someone who was imagining what Silvio was saying to Ronaldo when he was whispering in his ear during the medal ceremony. I can pretty much guarantee that he wasn't saying "come to Milan." That would have been totally inappropriate and tampering. Besides, Milan isn't going to spend that kind of money on one player (especially one who would be hogging the ball from Kaka -- we've already got Ronaldinho for that!). We're not Real Madrid.

WEll, I thought the Non EU rules is that we are allow three non EU players signing per season as long as we replace the existing ones.
Our three non EU players are Sheva, Viduez and Kalac.
If all three of them are gone, then it is possible for T. Silva, Essien and Hernanes to come, right? Or am I wrong?

Essien's passing is sh*t. He is custom made for the premier league with all the power and drive he has and even though i'm a big fan of his, I doubt he can have the same impact in Serie A as he can in EPL and La Liga.

A Pirlo - Essien swap doesn't make sense because we already have Gattuso and Flamini. We need a playmaker to compete with Pirlo. We've already let Gourcuff go. Xabi Alonso would be a much better option (and cheaper).

It would be great if Seedorf left to add some colour to Chelsea and I'm very certain Ancelotti is heading to Chelsea because they want the Champions League. Only chance that wouldn't happen if Hiddink decides to stay (very unlikely).

If Milan signs a player like Cronaldo, I will stop supporting them that instant. An arrogant cheating a**h*** is the last thing this club needs. Although I'm not surprised a man like Berlusconi invited Cronaldo to join his club... more of the same.

Originally Posted by boring

Essien's passing is sh*t. He is custom made for the premier league with all the power and drive he has and even though i'm a big fan of his, I doubt he can have the same impact in Serie A as he can in EPL and La Liga.

Essien's passing might be a bit on the conservative side, but it's actually pretty good, especially his short passing. He's very much like Patrick Viera (and Milan would have done well to have held onto him). Essien can actually play just about anywhere. He was more of an attacking player at Lyon than he's been in his role at Chelsea most of the time. He's also played fullback. I can't think of a more versatile player. I don't see any reason why he wouldn't be successful in Italy.

Since he's joined Chelsea, he's changed his game from what it was in Lyon. I think he even played as a supporting striker on the odd occasion over there but now his utility as an attacking players is largely limited to driving runs from deep in the midfield and supporting the attack. Plus he has a fantastic shot up his boot. I've watched him a lot over the last 3 seasons and he's not as versatile in attack as he was at Lyon. He is a fantastic man to man marker but tactically he's not too great. Also he has struggled against team that play the passing game.

However, and I'm sure you'll agree with this, that's not quite what Milan needs considering the kind of gaping holes our squad has in certain positions.

P.S. I think he can be better than Vieira but in the last 3 years he's been injured, gone for African nations, played out of position so often that people have forgotten how good he really can be. Defensively, he's a stronger and technically superior but less hungrier version of Gattuso.

Originally Posted by Rick

I can't think of a more versatile player.

Andres Iniesta! Anywhere in midfield or attack except ST.

Originally Posted by boring

Since he's joined Chelsea, he's changed his game from what it was in Lyon. I think he even played as a supporting striker on the odd occasion over there but now his utility as an attacking players is largely limited to driving runs from deep in the midfield and supporting the attack. Plus he has a fantastic shot up his boot. I've watched him a lot over the last 3 seasons and he's not as versatile in attack as he was at Lyon. He is a fantastic man to man marker but tactically he's not too great. Also he has struggled against team that play the passing game.

However, and I'm sure you'll agree with this, that's not quite what Milan needs considering the kind of gaping holes our squad has in certain positions.

P.S. I think he can be better than Vieira but in the last 3 years he's been injured, gone for African nations, played out of position so often that people have forgotten how good he really can be. Defensively, he's a stronger and technically superior but less hungrier version of Gattuso.

Spot on. People complain about us having to many copies and now the same people want Essien at Milan? Sure if we could swap Flamini or Ambrosini for him, but not Pirlo. People complain about playing with 2 DM's and now they want 3?? He is versatile, but he's no playmaker, not even close. Would also 10000 times rather have De Rossi if we need to have one more DM. Or what about Miguel Veloso from Sporting?? He's versitile aswell, AM/MC/DM, he's abit of a troublemaker though, but he is gonna leave Sporting this summer. Anyways, doesn't matter we don't need more DM's at Milan.

[quote=Christian;531887]Spot on. People complain about us having to many copies and now the same people want Essien at Milan? Sure if we could swap Flamini or Ambrosini for him, but not Pirlo. People complain about playing with 2 DM's and now they want 3?? He is versatile, but he's no playmaker, not even close. Would also 10000 times rather have De Rossi if we need to have one more DM. Or what about Miguel Veloso from Sporting?? He's versitile aswell, AM/MC/DM, he's abit of a troublemaker though, but he is gonna leave Sporting this summer. Anyways, doesn't matter we don't need more DM's at Milan.[/Q


Looks like Veloso is gonna sign for Bolton for 6 milion pounds.

Micheal Essien would be a fantastic signing he is probably the best dmf/cmf player in the world. This report is pretty trite anyway i cant see Chelsea swapping assets in exchange for part seedorf deal. If Pirlo goes I think it is time for the sb to produce long to the front men like arbeloa does for liverpool. to honest we are not going to find a like Pirlo he pretty unique it is going to be a case of changing the formation. If Milan are going to get players from Chelsea than we should sign Alex, Malouda or hilaro.

^^ Funny fellow.

Originally Posted by prle

Looks like Veloso is gonna sign for Bolton for 6 milion pounds.

You must be kidding.. he's much better than that.

Originally Posted by Hasan Rossonero

Kaka' needs to stay if this Milan is to compete in the near future.

I think most of us agree on this matter.
Or not?

Well we can always sign Nedved as his replacement, he suits our transfer profile perfectly...

Originally Posted by ACMILAN1983

In all honesty, we can't guarantee him CL football next season yet (Bordeaux can), we can't guarantee him first team football (Bordeaux can), we didn't appear to show much interest in him until fairly recently (he's Bordeaux's hero) and he didn't exactly have a positive time when he was with us (. On top of that, everyone knows Domenech is biased against Italy based players, which would hamper Gourcuff's world cup hopes. lol, Can we blame him for leaving?

I don't blame Gorky for chosing Bordaux I do blame the mangement.
You are quiet right but I don't think Milan should offer these things. But they had to make sure he had a feeling milan would give him a fair shot this time that they believed in him that he was our future.
Fact is he didn't bought it or they didn't try enough unles maybe last weak but his mind was allready made up Milan didn't believe in him.