Summer mercato 2009

Originally Posted by GeoTav

If you read completely what Galliani and/or Berlusconi said, Kaka' refused Manchester City but is ok to leave for Real Madrid ... how does it have to be interpreted ?

My interpretation is that Kaka wish to continue playing with Milan but if the club decided to sell him, he accepts ONLY Real.
So its either Milan or Real Only.

Originally Posted by johncharles365

remember guys only 1 non Eu spot left at Milan if new players are coming it will between adebayor, dzeko, lavezzi, hernanes costa and essien.

lavezzi definitely has italian passport

ah yeah you right my mistake i just forgot to look him up he still cost 27 million euros.
http://www.footballdatabase.com/inde...equiel_Lavezzi

From the Kaka' sale we will go for one of Eto'o, Tevez, or Adebayor. There is no guarantee that any will arrive IMO.

Kaka's departure signals an end of an era for Italian football. The teams will be stacked with Italian players (great thing), with only a few stars. The league will compete with Bundesliga for third place. The UEFA co-efficient rankings say as much.

Well, like I had been saying, lets don't doubt the love from Berlu for Milan. Lets say he really can't afford to run Milan anymore, what should he do? Sell any players who can make a profit and try to balance its budget year after year fully knowing you need to sell any available players once you are in red again, which most likely be next season. Or sell parts of the club for profit while maintaining control, repay the debt and pocket the money.

I don't know about you, but I will choose option B straight from the start.

As I said in my post earlier, I think this is just a way for Berlu to come out and be the hero while also justifying his reason for selling the club.

He is going to sell part of the club period and there is no way he is selling Kaka now, as that will decrease the value of Milan

ITs funny how the British Press is now reporting Kaka is staying b/c his father is too greedy.

Yeah, okay there.

Originally Posted by Gabriel489

ITs funny how the British Press is now reporting Kaka is staying b/c his father is too greedy.

Yeah, okay there.

Source? I have not seen this anywhere.

The source was likely to have been this guy called Guillame Balague who is a correspondent for UK Skysport. But it is an old news.

He said this before yesterday...I think, on Sky, and said the deal was definitely not on, then. Because of the outrageous demands from Kaka side.

Unfortunately, he just said an hour or so ago on Sky, that every detail was agreed and every side is just waiting for the perfect timing to unveil Kaka as a RM player next week.

Originally Posted by Hasan Rossonero

Source? I have not seen this anywhere.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/trans...demands-report

It's from The Mirror though.

Btw, a good point was made earlier in this thread (I think it was), that Moratti does not seem to mind spending money on new players. Apparently Mourinho has already drawn up a list of players he wants. And Juve just bought Diego, one of the finest players in Europe at the moment.

AND, let's not forget that the amount of money spent on players in Italy last summer pretty much equaled the amount of money spent by English clubs. I don't believe Galliani when he says the situation is dire for Italian football. On the contrary, it seems as though Serie A is on the rise again (whereas at the beginning of this decade, clubs were going bankrupt and whatnot). Remember Fiorentina and Napoli?

To me it seems like he is trying to justify the sale of Kaka without telling the fans what we all know - that Berlusconi won't or can't invest heavily in the team anymore. How is it that Milan can't afford to keep Kaka, while Inter can afford to reject bids for Ibrahimovic? How can Juve afford to keep Buffon, if the situation in Italian football is this precarious?

I am not saying that Italian football compares with the Premier League when it comes to financial muscle, but it's not lagging -that- far behind either. I believe Galliani when he talks about players being taxed heavily in Italy compared to Spain and England, but new tax legislation is underway in England due to the financial crisis, and it'll probably happen in Spain too. A mass exodus from the Serie A? Bull****. How many of the best players left Italy last summer? None. How many seem to be leaving this summer? Only one, and that's Kaka.

Originally Posted by MVBasten

And let's consider the worst case scenario: We have to sell some of our best players and for the coming years we will not be a top club anymore. Will you still support the club? I would love to hear the answer to that question, cause from many comments I start to wonder.

I will still support Milan but that doesn't mean that I do not have the right to criticize the management.

This is not about Kaka as much as about their lying and not showing that they want to do everything in the club's best interest.
Berlu wants to stay at the helm, but doesn't want to splash some serious money like other European giants like Liverpool, Barca, Inter do.

Just take a look at Juve, they were in much worst situation in the last couple of years but they seem to do better than Milan and this is what bothers me the most.
If Juve can do it, so can Milan.

I wonder if any of the Ancelotti haters would now concede that the man did a good job holding things together. Do any of you think that young Leonardo can have at least equal influence over the club?

Now that Ancelotti is gone - all hell broke loose.

Originally Posted by fLame

I wonder if any of the Ancelotti haters would now concede that the man did a good job holding things together. Do any of you think that young Leonardo can have at least equal influence over the club?

Now that Ancelotti is gone - all hell broke loose.

That's a bit outlandish, I am not replying to start an argument but come on. He is a very popular players' coach and for good reason but seriously...

Do you think that Ancelotti had any influence on Kaka's situation? Or is it really Berlu and Galli?

And no, I am not "Ancelotti hater", I respect him, but i think he didn't do a good job in the last 2 seasons.

Originally Posted by fLame

I wonder if any of the Ancelotti haters would now concede that the man did a good job holding things together. Do any of you think that young Leonardo can have at least equal influence over the club?

Now that Ancelotti is gone - all hell broke loose.

Well management tried to sell Kaka to man city if he wanted to join them he would have left and Gorky can't be blaimed on Leo aswell he just inherited the situation.

So don't blaime the new guy