Summer Mercato 2010

Any news linking G.Rossi towards AC Milan and Borriello away from San Siro?

I would like to ask anyone who has seen Paulo Henrique Ganso extensively what they actually think of him and whether they think he could be as great as hyped. I know we've been linked to him a couple of times of late and although I haven't seen a great deal of him, from what I have seen he does seem like a potentially very special player, most of all because of his vision.

Few footballers have the great vision, and many of them end up being key figures in football due to this ability. Zidane, Pirlo, Rui Costa and also Ronaldinho are all technically outstanding footballers, but what makes/made each one of them great through their careers was their ability to dictate play through their vision and passing. Paulo Henrique may not have the excitement of others like Neymar, but he's caught my interest more than others because he seems to have this massively important ability to see and play important passes.

What I want to know though, what is his game beyond this ability. Tactically is he clever (he seems it from the little I have seen)? Is he a team player and willing work for the team rather than rely on his individual ability?

If anyone who has seen a lot of him could answer my questions, I would appreciate it.

AC Milan needs G.Rossi to partner Huntelaar and Pato in 3 men attack and a Frank Lampard type of midfielder to play with Flamini and Abate in a 3 men midfield. R. VDV could be that player for ACM. That's it no more signings.

Originally Posted by mzk57

AC Milan needs G.Rossi to partner Huntelaar and Pato in 3 men attack and a Frank Lampard type of midfielder to play with Flamini and Abate in a 3 men midfield. R. VDV could be that player for ACM. That's it no more signings.

So you don't want Pirlo anymore ? Who would be your RB ? Zambro for a whole season ? If injured, who replaces him ?

I prefer Abate as vice-RB and we get a starting RB this summer ...

Originally Posted by mzk57

Any news linking G.Rossi towards AC Milan and Borriello away from San Siro?

No Rossi please, too fragile for Serie A. Borriello has been heavily linked with swap deal involving Buffon.

TMW reports that Dzeko asked for the agreement of Milan to deal with Manchester City ... and it looks like Milan gave him this agreement.

So that means Dzeko probably never was a real target on the mercato for us ...

Originally Posted by GeoTav

So you don't want Pirlo anymore ? Who would be your RB ? Zambro for a whole season ? If injured, who replaces him ?

I prefer Abate as vice-RB and we get a starting RB this summer ...

Lets face it, Pirlo for ACM is not working anymore I really like they guy and the way he has performed for AC Milan, but the fact is that for some time now, he is just not the player he was once. AC Milan's failure for 3 seasons has something to do with midfielders along with other issues. Every one bash Seedorf and Gattuso so badly, but only few criticize Pirlo. Pirlo, with all due respect to him, rite now can not be compared with Lampard, Xavi, Wesley & Iniesta. Few years ago Pirlo was better than all of them (bar Lampard).

I mean AC Milan fans want a change, so whats the point of putting Pirlo as the deep play maker for new plans? Same old story. Now every coach/manager knows that just man mark Pirlo and AC Milan will not play. For God sake, even a loser like Park-Ji-Sung can man mark Pirlo completely out of the game. That's how helpless he has become unfortunately.

I mean he can be part of the tea, but ideally I would like a new play-maker like VDV or Arshavin if you like.

Plus i feel Thiago Silva should be our new right-back. His pace and attacking instincts shouldn't be suppressed by putting him as a CD. TS can be our new Cafu/Serginho

Originally Posted by mzk57

Lets face it, Pirlo for ACM is not working anymore I really like they guy and the way he has performed for AC Milan, but the fact is that for some time now, he is just not the player he was once. AC Milan's failure for 3 seasons has something to do with midfielders along with other issues. Every one bash Seedorf and Gattuso so badly, but only few criticize Pirlo. Pirlo, with all due respect to him, rite now can not be compared with Lampard, Xavi, Wesley & Iniesta. Few years ago Pirlo was better than all of them (bar Lampard).

I mean AC Milan fans want a change, so whats the point of putting Pirlo as the deep play maker for new plans? Same old story. Now every coach/manager knows that just man mark Pirlo and AC Milan will not play. For God sake, even a loser like Park-Ji-Sung can man mark Pirlo completely out of the game. That's how helpless he has become unfortunately.

I mean he can be part of the tea, but ideally I would like a new play-maker like VDV or Arshavin if you like.

Plus i feel Thiago Silva should be our new right-back. His pace and attacking instincts shouldn't be suppressed by putting him as a CD. TS can be our new Cafu/Serginho

I'd keep Pirlo in the starting XI if he is used in another position ... I mean, yes, if we give him this very important role in the team, other teams just have to man-mark him to cut the link between each part of our team. But if we use him as a "simple" CM (which means giving the keys of the team to somebody else), like in the Italian NT, and given the fact that Pirlo still runs a lot, at least more than Seedorf and some other guys in the team, it could be a "new born in Milan" for him ...

Originally Posted by GeoTav

I'd keep Pirlo in the starting XI if he is used in another position ...
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But if we use him as a "simple" CM (which means giving the keys of the team to somebody else), like in the Italian NT, and given the fact that Pirlo still runs a lot, at least more than Seedorf and some other guys in the team, it could be a "new born in Milan" for him ...

For that matter, Huntelaar could be a ''new born in Milan'' as well. I hope your agree on that.

Hey Geo, what do you think of the idea of Thiago Silva playing as a RWB (or LWB)? CD is too quieter position to play for ab adventurous player like TS. Plus we desperately want to see a Cafu/Serginho type of a match winning FB.

Originally Posted by mzk57

For that matter, Huntelaar could be a ''new born in Milan'' as well. I hope your agree on that.

I'm among the people who think that by using 2 strikers up front (Pato-Borriello and Pato-Huntelaar depending on the opponents), we'll be stronger. We just need a good player supporting them. Who knows, maybe Pirlo can play this role ?

So, you understand it, I think that Huntelaar, Borriello and Pato of course have to stay, I don't count Inzaghi, so we need another striker (Paloschi as 4th striker ?).

For me, this striking line is strong enough, we don't need Dzeko, Torres, etc (of course, if we can get one of these guys, we MUST take them).

About T.Silva, he allowed us to fix our CD position, if we put him on the right, who will be our starting CD ? Don't forget Nesta will be one year older, and we'll need again another purchase there ?! Let's keep T.Silva there unless we get one of the best Italian (Bonucci, Criscito, etc) or Brazilian (David Luiz, etc) prospects for the CD position.

About Huntelaar: TMW reports that officials from Milan will go to Benfica tomorrow to meet Rui Costa. Rui Costa showed some interest for Huntelaar, and he also said two or three days ago that Milan should get "his" (after all, the guy plays in his club) David Luiz ... Who knows, TMW says it's a meeting for Huntelaar, but maybe they will also speak about David Luiz.

Originally Posted by GeoTav

About Huntelaar: TMW reports that officials from Milan will go to Benfica tomorrow to meet Rui Costa. Rui Costa showed some interest for Huntelaar, and he also said two or three days ago that Milan should get "his" (after all, the guy plays in his club) David Luiz ... Who knows, TMW says it's a meeting for Huntelaar, but maybe they will also speak about David Luiz.

Why don't they bargain Huntelaar for Angel Di Maria...

Luiz and Di Maria are both more expensive than Dzeko but at least they are positions we have greater need in my opinion.

Is David Luiz that good? I mean, he didn't even make it to the World Cup and was beaten by likes of Luisao and Juan, or even our Thiago Silva.