Winter Mercato 2011

You forfot Pastore!
I think the guy is an very very good player and I am sure he will be WC!

If you ask me I will take him over Ganso and Honda.

We made a mistake spending so much on Robinho. With everybody fit he'll probably be a sub and the money could have been spent on VdV and a good attacking fullback. However that hasn't happened so we'll have to see what kind of money is available in January. I'd imagine there won't be a lot of money and Allegri will need to up challenging at the top or he'll be the scapegoat. Ideally we still need at least one midfielder and and good full back to be anywhere near the top. Having said that a lot of Europe's top teams may struggle this year. Madrid are Madrid, Barca have an amazing team but a very small squad this year, Man U are far from convincing, Arsenal don't have a defence. Only Chelsea are looking like they've improved from last year.

Originally Posted by JuanShoe

We made a mistake spending so much on Robinho. With everybody fit he'll probably be a sub and the money could have been spent on VdV and a good attacking fullback. However that hasn't happened so we'll have to see what kind of money is available in January. I'd imagine there won't be a lot of money and Allegri will need to up challenging at the top or he'll be the scapegoat. Ideally we still need at least one midfielder and and good full back to be anywhere near the top. Having said that a lot of Europe's top teams may struggle this year. Madrid are Madrid, Barca have an amazing team but a very small squad this year, Man U are far from convincing, Arsenal don't have a defense. Only Chelsea are looking like they've improved from last year.

Agreed. We're talking about how Milan need a CM a LB and possibly another Striker IF Ronaldinho is sold, but we're not all that bad at the moment. I agree we do need those replacements within the next 2 Mercato's, and then I can confidently say we will be one of the best squads on paper in the World.

However, Chelsea are probably the strongest with Essien and Drogba being the two scariest players in their squad. However I don't think Terry is that good and the only reason they don't give up goals is because they're holding onto the ball 80 minutes a match.

Real Madrid need 2 years to gel although never underestimate the Mourinho factor. Barcelona are great but like it was said are a small squad. I think Rafa Benitez has and WILL screw up Inter as this guy is an idiot. Same for Juventus. Manchester United are going to be going through a transformation in coming few years as guys like Giggs, Scholes, Neville, Van der Sar, We Brown, Michael Owen are getting old.

Arsenal are not good enough in the back and Liverpool are a mid table team now.

Best squads on paper in Europe right now:
1. Barcelona
2. Chelsea
3. Milan
4. Bayern
5. Real Madrid
6. Inter merda
7. Arsenal/Manchester United
8. Tottenham/Man City

Originally Posted by kakacmilan best

You forfot Pastore!
I think the guy is an very very good player and I am sure he will be WC!

If you ask me I will take him over Ganso and Honda.

Zamparini will never sell anything to us, maybe not even a peanut.

Originally Posted by ZvonimirBoban

Zamparini will never sell anything to us, maybe not even a peanut.

Not a problem, we will get Genoa to buy him for us

Few things:

First, Does anyone know what the story was with Storari? We never really discussed it. Storari did an excellent job last year when he played. I believe he was then injured, and never really played again. Then he was sold to Juventus. Why? Is he better than Amelia and Abbiati? I think maybe.. he is older than Amelia though. What was the story there...

Secondly, I want to compare Milan to Manchester United.

here is Man U's currently lineup:

------------Rooney---Berbatov--------------
--Nani----Fletcher--Scholes----Giggs---
---Evra----Vidic---Ferdinand/Evans--O'Shea--
---------------Van der Sar---------------------

Their Scholes is our Pirlo
Their Giggs is our Seedorf
Macheda is Paloschi
Van der sar is Abbiati

* I like our attack better, but they have future problems coming up replacing older players including their goalkeeper, and large part of the midfield. Yes Valencia is going to be their winger but Scholes/Giggs/Carrick/Owen/Neville/Ferdinand will need to be replaced.

It's interesting how they will handle their transformation as we must do the same...How will their youngster's progress as oppose to our youngsters (Adiyiah, Paloschi, Verdi, Fossati, Merkel, Strasser, Oduamadi)
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Also, while this is a Milan site I want to point out the Mercato problems with Juventus. I respect them as a competitor, and an enemy of an enemy is a friend (Inter's the enemy).... I want to know what the HELL their management was thinking with this lineup. They played well yesterday but still conceded 2 goals. Their lineup should have looked something like this:

------------------Dzeko--------------------
-------Giovinco--Diego--Krasic------------
-----------Marchisio--Melo-----------------
Coentrao--Chiellini-Bonucci--Di Silvestri--
--------------Buffon/Storari----------------

*Aquilani first CM to come off Bench
* Pepe wasn't an Awful signing as he works very hard and can even play at RB/LB
* Marco Motta is not that good
* Quagliarella for Diego??? Awful trade-off
* They should have done what it takes to buy Dzeko
* They should have kept Diego as he was NOT the problem last year
* Giovinco could have been very useful

@Elmagro: Del Neri only knows 4-4-2 and is a real specialist of this balanced formation.

ACM like Diego doesn's suit the formation.

Im glad Galliani wanted to buy Shaarawi, as that showes Milan has intention to buy class young players ( italian ). Maybe we'll try for him again.

Buying Robinho WAS NOT a mistake as he'll eventually play behind PAto and Ibra.

According to Spanish press Bale will end up in Madrid for 20mln euro... that is a steal, aldough people will now say 20mln is so much etc. What would you pay for 21 year old Maicon + left footed?

I havent seen Lazzarru ebough to comment and I do not want to comment just one brilliant pass and a GOOD game vs Juve. But the player shows his place is not at Cagliari for sure...

We want Gerrard?

The thing with ManU is that, they have much better depth in youth and players in their prime than Milan. Valencia should be starting if it not for him being injured. Welback will be a very good third striker if not second striker for any teams. Carrick and Anderson are very talented player that just need a stretch of good games to have confidence. Then there Park. Gibson could very well turns out to be another Fletcher in a few years. They also have that Mexico kid up front. As for their defense, they got the Twins who I rate them pretty high, as well as Evans and Smallling as CBs. But the most important thing is thtat all those young guns that I mentioned for ManU actually played in The EPL or FA cup while those in Milan never even get half a game in Serie A beside Polashi.

I think problem ò ManU is that they have many good players but lack real stars.

Losing Ronaldo & Tevez are too much for them. They need players who can decide the match. Rooney still hasn't found his form.

Ibra & Robinho are the transfer Alex Ferguson wants.

Originally Posted by Aficio

I think problem ò ManU is that they have many good players but lack real stars.

Losing Ronaldo & Tevez are too much for them. They need players who can decide the match. Rooney still hasn't found his form.

Ibra & Robinho are the transfer Alex Ferguson wants.

Amen to that. The truth of the matter is, in any professional sports, a true superstar cannot be replaced by anything. You can have 30 good players, but they still cannot do what one superstar does. Ferguson's too big headed and Man U is probably too broke to make the big signings, so they are hoping one of the dozens of talented young'ums would turn out to be the new C Ronaldo.

Every team in the world is hoping their youngsters can turn into Messi, CR7.....

I would rather have a whole bunch of good players than 1-2 superstars with average and over the hill players.

Juventus Keeping Tabs On Corinthians Midfielder Jucilei Da Silva - Report
Corinthians midfielder Jucilei Da Silva has reportedly attracted the interest of Juventus.


According to a report in Corriere dello Sport, Italian powerhouse Juventus are closely monitoring the situation of young midfielder Jucilei da Silva, currently under contract with Brazilian outfit Corinthians.

La Vecchia Signora are in the market for a new midfielder dur to the ongoing uncertainty about the futures of Claudio Marchisio and Mohamed Sissoko, and technical director Giuseppe Marotta supposedly sees Jucilei as the perfect replacement.

The 22-year-old midfielder joined his current club from Malucelli (nowadays known as Corinthians Paranaense) in 2009 and has since developed into a key player at the Coringao. Additionally, Jucilei made his debut for Brazil's senior side earlier this year.

Jucilei's rise to prominence hasn't gone unnoticed in Europe and the highly rated midfielder is continually being linked with a move away from Corinthians. The Brazil star has also been linked with clubs such as Benfica and Valencia.

Originally Posted by Filipéz 182

Juventus Keeping Tabs On Corinthians Midfielder Jucilei Da Silva - Report
Corinthians midfielder Jucilei Da Silva has reportedly attracted the interest of Juventus.


According to a report in Corriere dello Sport, Italian powerhouse Juventus are closely monitoring the situation of young midfielder Jucilei da Silva, currently under contract with Brazilian outfit Corinthians.

La Vecchia Signora are in the market for a new midfielder dur to the ongoing uncertainty about the futures of Claudio Marchisio and Mohamed Sissoko, and technical director Giuseppe Marotta supposedly sees Jucilei as the perfect replacement.

The 22-year-old midfielder joined his current club from Malucelli (nowadays known as Corinthians Paranaense) in 2009 and has since developed into a key player at the Coringao. Additionally, Jucilei made his debut for Brazil's senior side earlier this year.

Jucilei's rise to prominence hasn't gone unnoticed in Europe and the highly rated midfielder is continually being linked with a move away from Corinthians. The Brazil star has also been linked with clubs such as Benfica and Valencia.

they already used their non-EU spot for Krasic, so they can watch us sign him and weep