Summer mercato 2009

Milan In Negotiations With Lazio For Lorenzo De Silvestri - Report
Although De Silvestri is close to a move to Fiorentina, Milan are also in negotiations and are not far off agreeing a deal...
6 Aug 2009 11:05:19
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Lazio's Lorenzo De Silvestri in action for his side. He is becoming one of the best youngsters in Serie A
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Fiorentina may find their bid for Lorenzo De Silvestri scuppered by Milan, as the Rossoneri have a crucial bargaining chip in Ignazio Abate.

It has been reported that the Viola agreed an €8 million fee with Lazio for De Silvestri, but nothing has yet been signed.

After a summit meeting was held between the movers and shakers at San Siro yesterday, Milan's transfer negotiations are moving much more quickly and they are said to be close to a deal for Lazio's right-back, according to Milannews.it.

Draft proposals for the transfer have been drawn up between Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani and Lazio president Claudio Lotito, but while Fiorentina have matched Lazio's asking price, Milan are considering a simple player exchange.

The Rossoneri are thought to believe that Abate's youth and talent is equivalent to that of De Silvestri and are hoping to take advantage of the good relations between the two clubs to push through a swap deal.

Anthony Wright, Goal.com

I know he is in a position most needed (probably can play LB or free up Zambrotta, but is he worth Abate? I quite like the young winger with his leg speed!)

Originally Posted by Filipéz 182

@ dutchieMilan

I've been following the Hunter since his AGOVV days, I'm always very excited about new young talents and I see much more of the Eredivisie than of our own belgian league.

He was my favourite player when he was at Heerenveen. I never understood why PSV didnt gave him a real chance there.

BTW: his style reminds me of van nistelrooy, do you agree with that?
this wouldnt be a bad thing as RvN scored many many goals for man utd and real madrid. also his scoring record in the champions league is amazing!

Yes you are right,i am going to talk dutch with you because its easier ok?

Dom van PSV dat ze hem geen kans hadden gegeven ja,jammer maar goed PSV had blijkbaar ook Honda kunnen hebben vroeger hebben ze ook niet gedaan,zelfde geld voor Robinho....kan gebeuren denk ik.

Denk dat Huntelaar een betere optie is dan RVN omdat Huntelaar tenminste bemoeit met de aanvallen enzo inplaats van wachten op een scoringsmogelijkheid,hij is meer actief.

The good part about KJH is that he's got the abilities we need, he's a great goalscorer and he's got a good physical presence in the air (especially his bicycle kicks ). The bad part is that he's not exactly the greatest when it comes to contributing to the team, setting up other players etc. I'm not looking forward to R80 trying to play a fancy one-two play with KJH.

People are correct that he's a better all rounder than Pippo, since Pippo is the WORST player in the world if your criteria is all round-skills. Still Pippo will continue to score tons of goals even when he's 70 years old!

EXCLUSIVE: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Will Be As Good As Inzaghi For Milan - Filippo Galli
The former Milan defender has praised the Dutchman, who is expected to sign for the Rossoneri on Thursday...
6 Aug 2009 10:07:11
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Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Real Madrid (PA)
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Filippo Galli, ex-Milan centre-back and currently a youth team coach at the club, has exclusively told Goal.com Italia that Real Madrid forward Klaas-Jan Huntelaar could be as successful as current Milan legend Filippo Inzaghi.

The Dutchman is expected to undergo a medical later today and could officially complete his transfer to Milan as early as this evening.

"I like [Huntelaar] a lot, he is a great striker," Galli enthused. "He is a finisher like few others, but he also works hard for the team. In short, he is a player of great value.

"We can say that he is very similar [to Filippo Inzaghi]. He has the same hunger for goals but is a few years younger. Of course, there is only one Inzaghi but Huntelaar is very similar."

Galli, who played 217 times for the Rossoneri during a 13-year spell with the club (1983-1996), also criticised those who have claimed that the former Ajax striker was a failure at Real Madrid.

"He is not a fall back, this should be clear," Galli added, making reference to Milan's earlier moves for Edin Dzeko and Luis Fabiano. "Whoever says that he has failed at Real Madrid is making a mistake. He scored eight times, despite playing very little.

"I believe that he and Luis Fabiano were the first choices. In the end it was he who arrived after a decision made by [coach] Leonardo and the staff."

Originally Posted by Revolver

I see many of you aksing questions about Dzeko, so here we go. Dzeko was BY FAR the best attacking option we had, though too expensive. It's not just one good season, Dzeko is magnificent for our NT also. In couple of years he'll be the best no. 9 in Europe. For 23 years old, he's positional sense is brilliant, he's pretty quick, REALLY strong, with two good foots, great in the air and clinical finisher. As for Misimovic, he's very good AM playmaker with great vision, passing and technique. Though he wouldn't suit us because we have Ronaldinho and, if you would consider him Seedorf's replacement, no, he cannot defend.

@ Dutchie-Milan

I've never seen Huntelaar in a full match, but I've seen a lots of clips. From those, I made conclusions that he's a striker with great possitional sense, pretty strong, with amazing shooting (he can shoot from any position, he strongly reminds me on Van Basten here), good finisher, good in the air, and a solid techique. But one thing that bothers me is his speed. So I ask you: how quick he is? Quickness-wise, who would you compare him to? I tried to get as many informations about him as possible, so I've heard that he's not faster than Van Nistelrooy.

Have to say that he is a bit quicker then RVN,but yes he isnt quick,but dont wory about that he makes it up with his other attributes,but yes he isnt that quick,although quicker then slow RVN.But no worries mate,he never had trouble with his quickness,in Eredivisie soccer is played quick on the ground(at least they trie so....)and he never was behind or something like that.

Originally Posted by MVBasten

The good part about KJH is that he's got the abilities we need, he's a great goalscorer and he's got a good physical presence in the air (especially his bicycle kicks ). The bad part is that he's not exactly the greatest when it comes to contributing to the team, setting up other players etc. I'm not looking forward to R80 trying to play a fancy one-two play with KJH.

People are correct that he's a better all rounder than Pippo, since Pippo is the WORST player in the world if your criteria is all round-skills. Still Pippo will continue to score tons of goals even when he's 70 years old!

LOL! How is his fitness? We should play him in firneldies as sson as possible!

Originally Posted by Dutchie-Milan

Oh yes....sorry didnt understand,just woke up you know.

He has several strong points,i will mention the strongest ones: He is incredible strong in the air,do you know how Pippo heads?Hunter is just the same,in aerial challenges he ALMOST NEVER loses,he just is so strong in the air its really incredible,he has scored many goals with his head,he never aims wrong.We finally have a forward who can head the ball in without to much trouble and who can benefit from our crosses,finally,we can force something in the air,because with Hunter thats not a problem.

His finishing skills are also amazing,i really cant remember him missing one on one with the goalkeeper,he ALWAYS scores when he gets the chance,ALWAYS!His finishing skills are also similiar to Pippo's,its just that he cant miss,and the most perfect thing is he doesnt need to have a good chance to score,he has scored many goals from difficult places wich seemed impossible,so he can do it out of all kind positions.

I also want to give some attention to his techniqual ablity,because it seems that it is worring some posters here,he can do much more then what is assumed here on this forum,just like Ibra,i have seen Klaas-Jan give many times split passes through defences or brilliant assists,he isnt Pato or Kaka,thats for sure,but he contributes to our team play with a huge impact,he isnt like RVN,who waits for the ball and then when he gets it he finish it off,Hunter is more active and tries to involve himself with the teamplay,and when he has the ball he isnt that clumsy on it but he can acctually free himself up with his technique,he can do much more then only finishing.He scored backflips,free-kicks everything,so he can also score beatifull goals.

He is also a free-kick master,just so you know that,scored many goals at Ajax from free-kicks,and a static striker cant score beatiful crossy free-kicks hm........

He also shows up in BIG AND SMALL games,at Ajax,he scored against PSV and Feyenoord but also in CL against Inter,while he also crushed small teams at his own.So no problemo there.Oh,and when he plays bad he even manages to score,so thats also a good thing.

Why are people saying that Dutch League you get more space then Serie A so it is less hard to score?Against Ajax all teams play with all their people in the box to prevent them to score,so Huntelaar is already uses to 9-man defenses,who he crushed by the way,he was always marked with more then one guy and still scored more then one goal sometimes.

He will also be a great partner with Pato,how do i know that?Because Huntelaar succeed upfront at Ajax with Suarez,a similiar player to Pato who has also incredible speed and technique,so if he could do it with Suarez(they really played good together)then he should also do it with Pato,they are the same,only Pato is better so it should be easier.

He only uses his body when needed,usely when he gets the ball and he can shoot he doesnt wait and tries to first do fancy things etc.he always aims and shoots precisely just like a real HUNTER.But when he needs to open up space for other players or hang on the ball,sure he uses his body,but he isnt like Toni who always puts his body in because he cant do anything else,just like i said: He can do more then only score.

On the ground he is good,giving split paces and sometimes good one-two's with other players,he isnt Pato but he is decent enough,he was trained at Ajax IMO,there if you cant play soccer on the ground fast,then you are not Ajax-material.

The fact that he grew up at Ajax should already remove all doubts about how he is in terms of technique......

He is also dynamic,he has to give a assist or score goals and thats his goal for the matches,he said in a interview,he works 90 minutes full for that one moment and when he gets it he finishes it.

Hope you have know got some picture about Huntelaar.

read this everyone who wants to know about Klaas

Originally Posted by Dutchie-Milan

read this everyone who wants to know about Klaas

You seem to like him. Hope you are not being too biased!

Originally Posted by Saliwonczyk

LOL! How is his fitness? We should play him in firneldies as sson as possible!

I have no idea, but I assume he's in decent shape having trained in preseason with Real Madrid? If we assume everything works out well with the medical and contract signing, there is always some days for him to get his affairs in order (moving into his new home, meet the team, getting to know the Milanello etc). We will probably not see him against Benfica on saturday, but maybe in Trofeo TIM on the 14th?

Originally Posted by Saliwonczyk

You seem to like him. Hope you are not being too biased!

No it is not that because he is dutch that i like him,all of you would like Van der Vaart or Sneijder at Milan but i said that i didnt wanted them here(maybe Sneijder a bit),so i am completely honest,some dutch players are Milan-material and some not,he is Milan-material.

Abate for De Silvestri is good,Abate isnt a starter and De Silvestri would be a starter immediately,Abate is good but we need a fullback more then we need Abate.Huntelaar to Milan: its on our official website!

Originally Posted by Dutchie-Milan

No it is not that because he is dutch that i like him,all of you would like Van der Vaart or Sneijder at Milan but i said that i didnt wanted them here(maybe Sneijder a bit),so i am completely honest,some dutch players are Milan-material and some not,he is Milan-material.

That's fine, I understand. But I can't help notice posters of Dutch origin are responding mostly to the transfer just when gooch was signed and American fans were dominant. I was hoping that partiotism didn't get in the way of pure opinion..... I trust your thoughts though!

BREAKING NEWS:

OFFICIAL: Milan Sign Klaas Jan Huntelaar
The AC Milan Web have confirmed the deal...

Goal.com Worldview: Klaas Jan Huntelaar To Milan – Top Or Flop?
The Dutchman is expected to complete his move to the Rossoneri tonight, and Goal.com’s world editors have their say on whether this is a good or bad move…
6 Aug 2009 11:45:05
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Finally Milan fans have something to smile about. Or do they? After a summer of doom and gloom, during which the Italian giants sold star man Kaka to Real Madrid, lost eternal legend and captain Paolo Maldini to retirement, and saw long-term coach Carlo Ancelotti move to Chelsea and replaced by rookie Leonardo – not to mention the collapse of Aly Cissokho’s transfer from Porto – Milan finally made their move on the transfer market.

It was reported in the Italian and Spanish media yesterday evening that Real Madrid striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar would be joining for €15 million, and this morning Milan general manager Adriano Galliani confirmed that the transfer would be completed after the Dutchman arrives at San Siro this evening and successfully completes a medical.

Milan have been written off in many quarters, but will the signing of Huntelaar help them challenge this season for major honours? A selection of Goal.com editors from around the world have their say on whether the 25-year-old will be a Top or Flop…

Ewan Macdonald (Goal.com International): It's good for Huntelaar, who will always be a decent enough poacher, but is it good for Milan? He is clearly and abundantly a distant third choice after Dzeko and Fabiano, they've spent €15m on him, and he's also a guy who was rejected by Real Madrid after just six months. He is in every sense a cast-off.

When I was growing up Milan wouldn't have been seen dead signing another team's nobody. Now it's expected of them. Very sad.

Francois Duchateau (Goal.com France): I saw ‘The Hunter’ a lot at Ajax, and I'm sure he will be the next Marco van Basten at Milan. Mark my words. Now he has a club that counts on him. I'm happy he didn’t go to Stutgart. He will be the next star in Italy, after the exit of Ibrahimovic.

Sergio Stanco (Goal.com Italy): He is not the forward that Milan are looking for. For years Ancelotti said that Milan needed a big player, who will be able to hold the attack, to open the defence and so on. Leonardo asked the same, and Dzeko, Luis Fabiano and even Claudio Pizarro are these kind of players.

Is Huntelaar the same? Not in my opinion, he's just a goalscorer, a younger Pippo Inzaghi. My impression? Leonardo said: “I need a forward”, Berlusconi answered “You have €15m”, and Adriano Galliani took the only good striker on the market at that price. We'll see if he's the right player.

Tommy Vaneldik (Goal.com Netherlands): Huntelaar is one of the best finishers in football at this moment. He's definitely a good addition to the Milan squad. He showed that at Ajax, and also in the Dutch national team and the youths that won the European Championship in Portugal in 2006. The fact that Real Madrid don't want him anymore is not the fault of Huntelaar, but of Real. The way this club is governed is a joke. They buy a striker for a huge bag of euros and six months later this guy isn't even good enough to get a squad number? Unbelievable!

His statistics at Real weren't that bad last season (20 games, 8 goals in La Liga) and if they would have given him a chance he could have become a good player at Real. But instead they throw players and coaches away like garbage and just buy new ones. And if they have a couple of bad games the same thing starts again and this will happen over and over again. Is it just a coincidence that the last European successes of Real Madrid were during the era of Vicente del Bosque, a coach who was allowed to stay for more than year and had the opportunity to build something up? And what about the way he was sacked?

Milan can be happy about their new striker. In addition, this could be very good for the image of the Serie A in the Netherlands. Finally a Dutch player with a big name is going to play in Italy (with the exception of Clarence Seedorf, which is a very different and complicated story...) and that's very important. The way Dutch football lovers look at the Serie A at this moment is not very positive. They all prefer the Premier League and La Liga over here and even the Bundesliga is more popular. So, a good Dutch role model is very good for the perception of the Italian League in the Netherlands. And the way Real Madrid treat Huntelaar (and the other players like Rafael van der Vaart and Michel Salgado) is a total disgrace!

Carlo Garganese (Goal.com International): Huntelaar reminds me very much of a young David Trezeguet, and if the supply is good you would expect him to score a lot of goals. If the supply is bad, he may be anonymous. Whether he will prove to be the "world class" striker that Berlusconi promised remains to be seen. Although he scored goals galore in Holland, he is still relatively unproven in a big league after his short term experience in Spain, so we won't know for sure until Serie A kicks off.

What I do believe though is that the blend between Huntelaar and Pato in attack is good. As ‘types’ they will compliment each other very well. Much will depend on how Ronaldinho does, and if he can feed Klaas. Whatever the outcome, the signing of Huntelaar is not enough - Milan still need a midfielder and a full back, and if they don't buy them this season could still be very rough.

It is a good first step, but Milan still need more.

André Baibich (Goal.com Brazil): I think Huntelaar is a good signing for the €15m that Milan wanted to spend on a new centre forward. He has the talent to blossom with the opportunity of playing frequently, something he didn't have at Madrid. For me, it's a step down in quality if you compare him to Luis Fabiano, but he still is a fine player. Nevertheless, I agree with Carlo when he says it's not enough. A creative midfielder is urgent to replace Kaka. Milan can't rely on an improbable Ronaldinho recovery.

Originally Posted by Saliwonczyk

That's fine, I understand. But I can't help notice posters of Dutch origin are responding mostly to the transfer just when gooch was signed and American fans were dominant. I was hoping that partiotism didn't get in the way of pure opinion..... I trust your thoughts though!

I have been posting here a year even when we werent having interest in dutch players mate.