Summer mercato 2009

Originally Posted by Christian

Good point! I myself is from Denmark, which is probably around the same size as the United States when it comes to football give or take.

There aren't that many Danish players playing in top clubs. The thing is, at least here and I imagine it might be like that in the US aswell, that when a Danish player moves to a top club that club gets ALOT more attention. When Michael Laudrup became coach in Spartak Moskva they started showing the Russian league on Danish tv, just because he was there, and he's not even a player... the Russian league!!! I would imagine that Onyewu would atleast bring some more attention to Milan from the football fans in the US. Also don't forget that Milan are playing friendlies in USA aswell this summer...

Milan raid on the US?

Maybe Landon Donovan is next? (He'll be available for free in January!)

That rumour about Santacroce is bull****!

Come on you guys you all should know better,Napoli wants to target a C.League place next season and is planning to build a superteam,thats why they paid for example 20 million for Quagliarella of Udinese and they bought Cigarini and they intend to buy more,they wont let Santa go and if they will let him go,do you really think he will ONLY cost 6 million....i dont think so.Especially nowadays when people are spending like crazy.

So its just bull****...

Acctually now i think of it,Onyewu coming in means we wont get one of the young Italian talents like Santacroce and Bochetti wich makes me a bit angry....

milan needs young but not anonymus players

the club of our stature shuold only be bringing famous players,BUT it should DEVELOP young milan players

What about Milan raiding Shaktar for some of their players....Srna, Jadson, and others...
Elano is also available from Man City....

Originally Posted by HO-YOUNG

What about Milan raiding Shaktar for some of their players....Srna, Jadson, and others...
Elano is also available from Man City....

Elano actually wouldn't be a bad idea. He and Pato have always played particularly well together.

Holy Crap... Lyon bought Lopez from Porto.... wasnt he on our Radar?

Only a one-day rumour...

If you look at our team now,we should win Serie A with the right tactics,we acctually have a strong team only we lack 2 players thats it.

Abbiati(Dida)
Zambrotta(Bonera)-Nesta(Onyewu)-Silva(Kaladze/Favalli)-Jankulovski(Albertazzi)
Gattuso(Flamini)-Pirlo(Seedorf-Cardacio-Flamini)-Ambrosini(Flamini-Seedorf-Janku)
Pato(Abate)-Borriello(Pippo)-Ronaldinho(Di Gennaro)

its not a bad team,the midfield in my opinion is complete,for 3 spots we have enough quality players there.The attack lacks something,a good striker.And the defense lacks a LB because Janku is made for LM not LB.

Also,to many people are counting on Dida for next season,but seeing Abbiati training with the squad a bit yesterday i think he will make it in time for the first game,so not then Dida will only play 2 games before Abbiati steps in.

Oh and who said Storari isnt a quality backup?I think the guy can step in as third keeper or even second keeper,he is good enough for the bench,i hope they kick out Kalac.

Originally Posted by Samaldinho

RO was not cheap at €17.5million. Plus, he had family members who were kidnapped during the vast majority of the season. I'm not sure how that makes him a cheap flop, it's just an unfortunate circumstance.

If you don't remember, when Ronaldo was playing for Milan, he reinvigorated the side. In fact, his play in the league (when he came in the winter) allowed the team to focus more on the CL, and he really was a major contributor to that CL winning season. Again, an unfortunate injury.

So please, let's bring into perspective how Milan actually works.

I'm just more concerned about the fact we now have Onyewu, who I do not rate very highly at all.

Milan sold Sheva for like 45Mil. To me a replacement of a 45mil player should be of the same calibre. RO is not even without all his problems. R99 was solid but with his history of being unfit and injuries, not really someone you want as a replacement for Sheva.
RO was not really wanted by any TOP clubs in Europe and R99-Real cannot wait to dumb him.
To me both are cheap replacements.

One thing I will say about Onyewu is that he is an absolute tank! He would make Drogba look like a sugar dandy.

Originally Posted by Gabriel489

Milan sold Sheva for like 45Mil. To me a replacement of a 45mil player should be of the same calibre. RO is not even without all his problems. R99 was solid but with his history of being unfit and injuries, not really someone you want as a replacement for Sheva.
RO was not really wanted by any TOP clubs in Europe and R99-Real cannot wait to dumb him.
To me both are cheap replacements.

That was during the summer of calciopoli. It was hard to move for targets then. Really our replacement for Sheva was Pato.

Originally Posted by Samaldinho

If you ask me, this is Galliani being smart. I'll tell you why. Americans pour money into anything, there is a reason why America is the world's strongest economy, they just buy anything. One of the smartest things Fulham did was to buy a core of American players, did you notice that after they did, Nike became their kit provider?

That was because American players bring in lots of money and attention. I hope that Onyewu will just be another backup CB like Senderos, but I think it's really something to just make sure that Milan can now start taking portions of that American market, because the Prem is all ready popular with Americans (who love kick-and-run football) but that their players are there, makes it even more solid.

Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but I think that's at least a big part of why Milan got him.

I agree with getting someone for Market Value. But don't you think signing Donovan or Dempsy or even that Adlitore guy would be much much better than signing a CB?
I mean, if you want market share, Morimoto or even Nakemura are talented offensive players who Milan can sign on the cheap while also selling tons in Japan and HK and even China.