Summer mercato 2009

IT is a great deal for Inter. Eto plus 40Mil for Ibra. Heck, if MIlan got that offer from Barcelona instead of the 65Mil from Real, I will take the Eto plus 40Mil deal in a second.

Inter might lack the creativity of Ibra but Eto is the kind of striker that JM wants and knows how to max their play. Just look at Drogba, he was just a powerful striker but once he began playing under JM, he became more of a complete striker.

On top of that Helb is no joke. I think he will do well under JM as he can play both sides of the 4-3-3.
I also have a feeling that Inter will indeed sign Cissohko as they need cover in FB with the 40mil.

It is not as good of a deal for Barcelona though, as both Messi and Ibra are creator, but I am sure Pep must have a reason to do this instead of getting Villa.

This is Inter lineup

Caesar
Maicon-Lucio-Chivu-Santon
Cambaiso-Muntari-Motta
Eto-Milito-Hleb/Mancini

Bench: Stankovic, J. Zanetti, Helb/Mancini, Baletolli, Matrix, Samuel, Suzao.

Thats not a bad team.

Originally Posted by Saliwonczyk

Flamengo Star Adriano: I Would Have No Problems Joining Milan
‘Adri’ confesses he would have no "qualms" joining the bitter rivals of his former club Inter.
17 Jul 2009 08:26:46
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Adriano has sensationally announced that he would be prepared to join Milan, the great rivals of Inter, whom he by mutual consent last April after going AWOL in Brazil for several days. Since leaving the Nerazzurri, he has re-ignited his career at Flamengo, the club where he first shot to fame.

His agent, Gilmar Rinaldi, has dropped a strong hint this week that ‘L’Imperatore’ could return to the peninsula in the near future, revealing that the Rossoneri have already enquired after his client. The player himself has now admitted to contact being made.

“Above all, I am keen on the 2010 World Cup and then I will think about returning to Europe and joining a big team,” he revealed to the Corriere dello Sport.

“Yes, it could be Milan because I would have no qualms accepting a deal from such a big club like the Rossoneri.”

The 27-year-old has a clause in his contract with Flamengo that would allow him to walk away next January, but press reports in Italy claim that the wedding between ‘Adri’ and the Diavoli is more likely to be celebrated next summer.

Besides Inter, Adriano has also represented Fiorentina and Parma in Italy.

Vince Masiello, Goal.com

I think Milan have enough ifs for next season already. No point bringing in another one.

The ibra deal is a good one for Inter. Don't forget that Inter are getting 40 million on top of Hleb and Eto'o. Eto'o himslef is worth around 30 million....

Makes me wonder WHY we didn't have Hunterlaar included in the Kaka deal?

Hleb is no joke.... I wouldn't be upset if we got him!
At the moment a winger is important, and the arrival of Hleb paves the way for the departure of Mancini

Personally, I think Ibra was one of the main problem for Mancini last season. As Mancini was used to moving fast and always expect a return pass from Totti at Roma. While Ibra does not do that for him. JM will probably keep Mancini around for one more season esp since Figo left.

About Pirlo, I am optimistic with his next season performance (if he still stays with Milan). From last friendly game Pirlo will have much more freedom to play and manage the game AND won't have so much responsibility to defend since there will be two DMs (Flamini and Gattuso) behind him.

In Carlo era Pirlo's position was a dilemma IMO. Milan benefit so much from the deep-playing playmaker to live up their play but in the other hand Milan's defence (and the DM beside Pirlo) had to work harder to cover the space of Pirlo's position (a delicious position for the opponent) since he was a pure playmaker but had also major task to defend.

With Leonardo's tactic from last friendly game Pirlo should be our real playmaker :

--------Gattuso---------Flamini--------
------------------Pirlo-----------------

Pato------------Inzaghi-------Ronaldinho

We have just taked a big step forward, without doing anything .

Inter without Ibra, is really the wrong move by Inter. Everytime Inter has been in problems Ibra was the man who rescued them - and when things didn´t go well for Ibra, Inter really had big troubles.
Eto´o is good in Spain, but in Italy and the way Inter play it will not be like Barca. It could be really a great move for us Inter-haters.

I'm pretty sure it was mentioned already, but possibly the biggest change in the transfer market since Bosman ruling (probably even bigger than this) will be made in 2012 when clubs will only be able to make purchases of players within the club's means. This will stop clubs like Chelsea, Real even Man City from hiking up transfer prices with sugar daddies. With this in mind, I can understand why Man Utd and Milan are being extremely tight with money, and are buying youth players like there's no tomorrow.

In essence, what is perceived right now as poor management by Milan could well work out to our favour in the long run. Especially when you consider we are the first major club in world football to try and stay financially healthy.

Originally Posted by ACMILAN1983

I'm pretty sure it was mentioned already, but possibly the biggest change in the transfer market since Bosman ruling (probably even bigger than this) will be made in 2012 when clubs will only be able to make purchases of players within the club's means. This will stop clubs like Chelsea, Real even Man City from hiking up transfer prices with sugar daddies. With this in mind, I can understand why Man Utd and Milan are being extremely tight with money, and are buying youth players like there's no tomorrow.

In essence, what is perceived right now as poor management by Milan could well work out to our favour in the long run. Especially when you consider we are the first major club in world football to try and stay financially healthy.

If that and the 6+5 rule is in full effect.

I am not going to go into the 6+5 rule as I think it is abit racist and unfair for players coming from small countries playing their trade in top leagues. To me, I believe in quality of players, if the players are quality, they will play regardless(ofcourse Mr. 4time CL winner is a HUGE exception for this belief) of their nationality for top teams.

About this debt rule, on the surface it looks great and it makes sense. But there will be loophole. For example, one of the owners of Real can just buy part of Real's estate(old trainning ground or used equipments....) for over the market prices, or how owners, going to use Berlu here, sign players like Messi from Barcelona for 50Mil under his own company and then loan Messi to Milan for like 2mil pounds per season. Those are just two ways that clubs with rich owners can get away without creating debt for the club.

Thus at the end, there is really no stopping rich owners buying top players to play for their teams regardless of their so call debt issues.

Perhaps later years when rules are ready , in my opinion its right time for world of football to applied rules of salary cap like NBA, it may reduce gap between rich teams and poor teams.
It may also make competition more interesting with possibly 6-7 teams in one league has competitive squad .

Back to mercato

Trez-Oddo shock exchange?

A surprising transfer rumour is emerging that Milan have offered Massimo Oddo in exchange for want-away Juventus striker David Trezeguet.
Both players are unsettled, but due to their huge wages are unable to find other clubs to accommodate them.


Oddo returned from his loan spell at Bayern Munich with the Germans deciding not to take up their option on the World Cup winner.


Trezeguet is increasingly crowded out after the arrival of Diego, but interest from Olympique Lyonnais and Marseille came to nothing.

Milan see this as a cost-effective way of ending their striker problem, as they are refusing to increase their £12.5m offer for Sevilla hitman Luis Fabiano.

A straight swap would allow both clubs to replenish their squads in needed areas at practically no cost.

According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, Rossoneri Vice-President Adriano Galliani has proposed the exchange and is waiting for an answer.


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You know, with all this doom and gloom, it seems that I forgot we had a certain player by the name of Alexandre Pato. I have been wasting time on youtube, and this just makes me remember: "HOLY **** WE HAVE THIS KID!"

I also agree with ACMilan1983, it seems pretty obvious that there are real reasons why Milan is shifting. I am sure it would be easier, from a business-side of things, for Milan to piss money away (besides the political ramifications for Berlu right now).

It is obvious that we are building for the long-term, few teams in the world really have a real youth setup. Looking at that list of the amount of debt clubs have, its amazing how much debt English clubs have, even looking at a team like Inter, it just underlines how Milan is always a few steps ahead of everyone.

That being said, I really want Milan to win and to get players that LEONARDO thinks we need.

And do yourself a favor, and watch Borriello's goal against Udinese, if that doesn't inspire you to put some faith in the guy, I don't know what will.

ps. Borriello's goal against Inter (when he was with Genoa) is also worth a look. Glad he a knack for scoring against those bastards.

Originally Posted by Gabriel489

This is Inter lineup

Caesar
Maicon-Lucio-Chivu-Santon
Cambaiso-Muntari-Motta
Eto-Milito-Hleb/Mancini

Bench: Stankovic, J. Zanetti, Helb/Mancini, Baletolli, Matrix, Samuel, Suzao.

Thats not a bad team.

to me its even better than last year. that forward line has the potential to be something special, and with the support of that strong midfield im actually very impressed.

Originally Posted by ACMILAN1983

I'm pretty sure it was mentioned already, but possibly the biggest change in the transfer market since Bosman ruling (probably even bigger than this) will be made in 2012 when clubs will only be able to make purchases of players within the club's means. This will stop clubs like Chelsea, Real even Man City from hiking up transfer prices with sugar daddies. With this in mind, I can understand why Man Utd and Milan are being extremely tight with money, and are buying youth players like there's no tomorrow.

In essence, what is perceived right now as poor management by Milan could well work out to our favour in the long run. Especially when you consider we are the first major club in world football to try and stay financially healthy.

I totally agree with this kind of thinking. It's more polite and to a certain extent more respectful to us fans. Most of us work damn hard for our money and to see clubs throw it around without a care in the world, to me, feels like a slap in the face. So bravo to Galliani for not going with the flow and splurging.
Of course i am not excited by our summer transfers (or lack there of) but really, its probably the right thing to do. Why buy a player for twice his value? In hindsight it will turn out to be bad for the clubs pocket and therefore bad for the future.
And to be honest i trust Sir Alex Ferguson more than, say, Florentino Perez.

oddo for trezeguet is genius by galliani

we dont have to overspend and we get a great proven striker

plus im pretty sure nobody wants to see oddo again
and mabey galliani can throw jaku in there lol

Btw, apparently Roma are selling Vucinic for 20M euro's. Am I the only one that thinks he's a class striker? Only problem is that he tends to play on the left wing if I'm not mistaken, where we'd need a right winger/striker. He also doesn't have an eu-pass, he's absolutly class though, no doubt about that.

About the Oddo - Trez swap, I don't really like us picking up older players, but if Galliani pulls this one of then I'd take of my hat for him. This could actually be a great deal, if we used the money we saved on players like, say Hernanes and Cissokho or somebody else who didn't live back when the world was flat.

Offtopic: Am I the only one who thinks that Vucinic looks like the actor that plays Mark Antony in the HBO series Rome?

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