Summer mercato 2009

Originally Posted by Rick

Gooch has great potential. He's not the finished product just yet, but hopefully guys like Nesta and Maldini can polish him up.

Just have to quote you Rick. If you take away Gooch and insert Senderous. Thats exactly what many including myself said in Sept, 08.

Like I said earlier, I really don't think we as fans should make a huge deal about this signing as it is really nothing.

Originally Posted by Christian

The best part:

Voices around the San Paolo claim Napoli want around €6 million, but the Old Lady want to spend less than that.

What??? It seems like the clubs really don't rate Santacroce for some strange reason...

Well, I heard he got some major dental problems.

SOME INTERESTING MERCATO NEWS RELATING TO MILAN:

-Tuttomercatoweb is saying that 65 procent of the rights of Luis Fabiano are in hands of a bussinesman named Zahavi,apparently we have a very good relationship with this man,because he ownes so much of Fabiano's transfer rights Luis has to be sold for more then 11 Million,Sevilla denies it and says Fabiano are theirs.It seems that if Sevilla and Milan and Zahavi cant reach a deal a court will force Sevilla to sell Fabiano for around 15 million.

So very very strange news and i dont get it,i think its crap....

-We are interested in another Treviso player named Barbini,he is a offensive midfielder and if he comes he will play at our Primavera.

-Cissokho said in a interview with L'Equipe that he hasnt a problem with his teeth and that it is made up because of economical reasons,he also said that he doesnt now where he will play next season and stated that Porto and Milan are stil talking....

Originally Posted by Hasan Rossonero

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

I'm glad I'm not the only one who understands that Pato was the replacement for Sheva!

As for RO, Milan fans have tended to be far too harsh in their attitude toward him. He has always been a good goalscorer (he proved it again after moving back to Spain), but he was not only under enormous personal stress that season due to the kidnapping, but he also was still trying to recover from a serious knee injury and was not yet back at top fitness. He was never going to be a player like Shevchenko, but had circumstances been different he might have become a valuable player in the Milan squad. It was certainly a reasonable gamble for Milan to make considering the club's circumstances in the could of uncertainty over the calcio scandal. I'm happy he's been a success since returning to Spain.

Originally Posted by Hasan Rossonero

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

Like I said, it took them 16 months to find him.

Originally Posted by Gabriel489

Just have to quote you Rick. If you take away Gooch and insert Senderous. Thats exactly what many including myself said in Sept, 08.

Like I said earlier, I really don't think we as fans should make a huge deal about this signing as it is really nothing.

No, it's not a big deal. But it's a good signing. And don't be fooled into thinking Gooch is like Senderos. If you think they are the same, then you've either not seen much of Gooch or you're not very perceptive. Gooch is very athletic. Senderos can barely walk without tripping over his own feet. They are not the same. You never would have heard me say that about Senderos because I always saw him for the clumsy player he is. But you'll hear me saying it about Gooch because I have long seen his potential.

Originally Posted by Gabriel489

Like I said, it took them 16 months to find him.

But they found him. You don't always replace a great player with another player who is just as good or better right away. It's better to wait and find the right player.

Originally Posted by Rick

No, it's not a big deal. But it's a good signing. And don't be fooled into thinking Gooch is like Senderos. If you think they are the same, then you've either not seen much of Gooch or you're not very perceptive. Gooch is very athletic. Senderos can barely walk without tripping over his own feet. They are not the same. You never would have heard me say that about Senderos because I always saw him for the clumsy player he is. But you'll hear me saying it about Gooch because I have long seen his potential.

Rick I agree with you about Gooch 100%.
If you look back a few pages, I said that he is an upgrade from Kala, Bonera and Senderous. And he should do well in Series A b/c the league itself lacks small and speedy strikers.

But my point has always been, this is a signing that us fans should not be over the hill with joy about as it is really a normal signing. A pure squad player.
OFcourse if he turns out to be a superstar, my repsect toward Galli and company. But as of now, he is really someone that add squad depth.

Originally Posted by Rick

But they found him. You don't always replace a great player with another player who is just as good or better right away. It's better to wait and find the right player.

Well, to me, i really think Torres is the best Sheva replacements in 2006.
As he is just as fast like Sheva and a good finisher. And if Milan actually signed Torres then, he would have been much cheaper than RO+R99+Pato.

Anyhow, thats the past.

I honestly cannot fathom how anyone could be disappointed by this. I think its a great move. I keep reading how people think it's a stupid move, and we gain nothing. It's insane. We get a big, athletic center back who may or may not be good enough as a starter. If he is, great! If not, then he's a backup. Why are you angry?

Originally Posted by Gabriel489

Rick I agree with you about Gooch 100%.
If you look back a few pages, I said that he is an upgrade from Kala, Bonera and Senderous. And he should do well in Series A b/c the league itself lacks small and speedy strikers.

But my point has always been, this is a signing that us fans should not be over the hill with joy about as it is really a normal signing. A pure squad player.
OFcourse if he turns out to be a superstar, my repsect toward Galli and company. But as of now, he is really someone that add squad depth.

Ah, well of course nobody is jumping for joy, but there is always room for players who can fit into the team and bring a different dimension -- especially those who will play their hearts out, always be in top fitness and bring some size, strength and athleticism. As I said, he's unlikely to move right into the starting lineup, but he has great potential and he will have the best mentors any defender could possibly have. And the price was right!

Originally Posted by Gabriel489

Well, to me, i really think Torres is the best Sheva replacements in 2006.
As he is just as fast like Sheva and a good finisher. And if Milan actually signed Torres then, he would have been much cheaper than RO+R99+Pato.

Anyhow, thats the past.

It would have been great to get Torres, of course, but no player of his stature was going to move to Milan in that summer because Milan's fate in the scandal (unfair as the connection was) was still to be decided. But as you say, that's the past. I love having Pato.

Hey don't get over excited by the Onyewu acquisition, he still hasn't passed his medical maybe they'll find some ear problems and ask Standard to pay his wages instead of us.

Originally Posted by brk

I honestly cannot fathom how anyone could be disappointed by this. I think its a great move. I keep reading how people think it's a stupid move, and we gain nothing. It's insane. We get a big, athletic center back who may or may not be good enough as a starter. If he is, great! If not, then he's a backup. Why are you angry?

Its because you dont get dissapointed by anything at all..

for me that means that we re not getting anyone else for cb..since we now have 2 new players for the defence..
how lucky are we??

Originally Posted by Acmir^

Hey don't get over excited by the Onyewu acquisition, he still hasn't passed his medical maybe they'll find some ear problems and ask Standard to pay his wages instead of us.

Haha. Well, considering that he's a Bosman and no longer under contract with the Belgian club, that might prove a bit tricky.

Besides, if Milan was foolish enough to cast him off now, he'd just get snatched up by Real Madrid (don't laugh -- he was supposedly their second option if they couldn't sign Arbeloa from Liverpool and Perez had that largely untapped U.S. market in mind).

Originally Posted by Rick

Haha. Well, considering that he's a Bosman and no longer under contract with the Belgian club, that might prove a bit tricky.

Besides, if Milan was foolish enough to cast him off now, he'd just get snatched up by Real Madrid (don't laugh -- he was supposedly their second option if they couldn't sign Arbeloa from Liverpool and Perez had that largely untapped U.S. market in mind).

Yep...
http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain...ewu-as-back-up