Winter Mercato 2011

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

After the derby victory, Balotelli was seen having dinner in Giannino's with none other than Galliani.

Giannino's is Kaladze's restaurant and it is usually and traditionally been a place where Milan make their deals with players outside the offices.

do you have a source?

Originally posted by kaka1899

Borri = awesome idea
Amauri = awful, lets put out a training cone instead
Matri = on loan would be a useful reserve

but what about Paloschi?

Paloschi is not proven yet in seria a ,he'd better be on loan for couple of years.

amazing it is what ibra brought us this season,I just can't wait to see 2 power CF paired up front.milan never played 2 skill big CF since my memory.

Since we already sold borri to roma,maybe matri will be a reasonable choice both tactics and ecnomics wise.the guy is strong and skillful just like borri,played for allegri before,acceptable 10 million price tag also.

Don't think it will be Borri, as he can't play in CL. If there is a replacement in Jan, he will most likely be someone who is very exp., and will have impact off the bench and not some young hotshot.

Originally Posted by Elmago99

-----------Ibra----Balotelli------------
--------------Pastore------------------
------Flamini--Ambrosini--Gattuso/Boateng
Coentrao---T. Silva--Nesta----Zambrotta
----------------Amelia/Abbiati-------------

Amazinggggggggg

Pato's hurt ALL the time, Inzaghi out, we need a striker. However, Balotelli would be too expensive....and probably Pastore too...

Ronaldinho OUT
Seedorf OUT next summer

*I like the way we play without Pirlo in CM

yup pato is injury prone and we need to sell him, Fernando Llorente wouldn't be bad option.. certainly Pastore would be out of Milan reach, so Mark Hamsik would be more suitable.... after spat with Manager, Glenn Johnson may leave Liverpool in January, he's very good attacking fullback, though his defensive work wasn't up to the mark at times...........

Originally Posted by zakakhan

yup pato is injury prone and we need to sell him, Fernando Llorente wouldn't be bad option.. certainly Pastore would be out of Milan reach, so Mark Hamsik would be more suitable.... after spat with Manager, Glenn Johnson may leave Liverpool in January, he's very good attacking fullback, though his defensive work wasn't up to the mark at times...........

From the names mentioned above Hamsik is the only player that I like. I'm against Pato's selling despite his rather poor fitness record so far. I still think he's the best striker of his generation and therefore the one to build our team around. Very much like what Barca have been doing with Messi whose fitness is just as bad when he was at Pato's age.


Johnson won't add much. Don't we have a player who shares similar quality with him (good at attacking but not at defending) in Abate? At least Abate is from our own youth, and he's developing quite well this season.


Lastly, from what I've seen of him, Llorente is just another decent, old-school, robust, center forward. A quality that differs him from another Spain strikers. That said, I don't see what he's got that Hunter and Borriello don't have. He's a bit younger, but at his age I doubt that he will accept to be benched most of the time.

looks like barca will be signing affeley in january according to goal.com report.. i hope this isnt true, we need someone like that..quick down the flanks, if we get coentrao or a really good fullback fine.

Originally Posted by MilanMikey

looks like barca will be signing affeley in january according to goal.com report.. i hope this isnt true, we need someone like that..quick down the flanks, if we get coentrao or a really good fullback fine.

I've seen Affelay as a forward for Holland.. so how can you compare him to Coentrao, who would be a Left Back for us..?

We will need another forward...Inzaghi won't be back, may as well buy in January. Obviously we don't trust our young Primavera players, as none have been brought up with any real intentions...

Time to buy a forward, Matri, Floccari, G. Rossi...

Robinho doesn't seen to GEL with Ibrahimovic. Ibra seems to want to be the SS..and he wants an Adriano/Dzeko/Drogba type player with him, NOT a Robinho.

Ronaldinho is as good as GONE....he hasn't played recently, he's finished. Time to buy an ACM, and forward, along with a LEFT back..and we're good for now....

Rumor has it Braida is in Brazil to talk to Santos about Ganso for 18mil euro.


I'm not too optimistic about Braida, I think he gets too much credit for my liking. He's gone to Brazil like 6 times in recent years and most times come back with nothing - and out of the little times he's come back with something it was: Kaka and Pato (credit goes to Leo more than Braida I think), Mattioni, Grimi and I believe Viudez and Cardacio were picks of Braida along with our Uruguayan scouts. Braida also picked players like Huntelaar, Oliveira and now has a hard on for Funes Mori.

My opinion is, get Braida back to Milan asap and send in Galliani to buy Neymar & Ganso for a total of 5m euro . Probably with 10m more he can buy the entire Brasiliero .


Alot of people saying Robinho isn't gelling with the team.... Personally (and I've seen other reports on other sites agree with me) think that Robinho played his best game in a Milan shirt in the derby and he has been running like crazy, playing the ball to the right places, isn't taking too long on the ball, has been intelligent tactically, has worked his ass off, is adding alot of speed to our attack...and hasn't even played more than 1 full game in a Milan shirt yet and hasn't complained yet....... I don't get why people say Robinho was simply "not bad" against Inter? He was excellent!!

About Ganso, I hope Galliani has learned from his mistake. He said that the best time to buy Bale is when he was injured. Same case with Ganso, Galliani! Don't forget to mention Jucilei as second choice so that Berlusconi will also buy Jucilei directly after we sign Ganso, just like Ibra with Robinho!

It is time here to dream.

Originally Posted by Elmago99

I've seen Affelay as a forward for Holland.. so how can you compare him to Coentrao, who would be a Left Back for us..?

We will need another forward...Inzaghi won't be back, may as well buy in January. Obviously we don't trust our young Primavera players, as none have been brought up with any real intentions...

Time to buy a forward, Matri, Floccari, G. Rossi...

Robinho doesn't seen to GEL with Ibrahimovic. Ibra seems to want to be the SS..and he wants an Adriano/Dzeko/Drogba type player with him, NOT a Robinho.

Ronaldinho is as good as GONE....he hasn't played recently, he's finished. Time to buy an ACM, and forward, along with a LEFT back..and we're good for now....

If we buy for Ingzahi's sub, IMO we must buy a CF and Rossi is not a striker.

Can anyone describe the abilities of Matri and Bianchi? I mean what they are strong and weak at? Which one is more suitable for Milan? Sorry if only name two strikers, I do know nothing about these two players except Bianchi who was praised when he was playing for Atalanta.

Affelay is an ATTK Mid or winger and not a LB.

As for getting players when they are injured, well thats risky, since you are getting damage goods and that player might never play a game for Milan but cost 15mil. You see, if lets say Santos is selling Ganso at 15mil now(him being injured) and Galli somehow got the price to 7mil or so. Would you risk getting him knowing that if healthy he should worth 20mil but now Santos is selling him for 7mil? That might be something wrong with him due to the injury. And medical check is worthless, since that player is injured.

Originally Posted by Siregar

About Ganso, I hope Galliani has learned from his mistake. He said that the best time to buy Bale is when he was injured. Same case with Ganso, Galliani! Don't forget to mention Jucilei as second choice so that Berlusconi will also buy Jucilei directly after we sign Ganso, just like Ibra with Robinho!

It is time here to dream.



If we buy for Ingzahi's sub, IMO we must buy a CF and Rossi is not a striker.

Can anyone describe the abilities of Matri and Bianchi? I mean what they are strong and weak at? Which one is more suitable for Milan? Sorry if only name two strikers, I do know nothing about these two players except Bianchi who was praised when he was playing for Atalanta.

Personally, I won't have either in Milan even as a striker coming off the bench.

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

Rumor has it Braida is in Brazil to talk to Santos about Ganso for 18mil euro.


I'm not too optimistic about Braida, I think he gets too much credit for my liking. He's gone to Brazil like 6 times in recent years and most times come back with nothing - and out of the little times he's come back with something it was: Kaka and Pato (credit goes to Leo more than Braida I think), Mattioni, Grimi and I believe Viudez and Cardacio were picks of Braida along with our Uruguayan scouts. Braida also picked players like Huntelaar, Oliveira and now has a hard on for Funes Mori.

My opinion is, get Braida back to Milan asap and send in Galliani to buy Neymar & Ganso for a total of 5m euro . Probably with 10m more he can buy the entire Brasiliero .


Alot of people saying Robinho isn't gelling with the team.... Personally (and I've seen other reports on other sites agree with me) think that Robinho played his best game in a Milan shirt in the derby and he has been running like crazy, playing the ball to the right places, isn't taking too long on the ball, has been intelligent tactically, has worked his ass off, is adding alot of speed to our attack...and hasn't even played more than 1 full game in a Milan shirt yet and hasn't complained yet....... I don't get why people say Robinho was simply "not bad" against Inter? He was excellent!!

First, Great comment about sending Galliani to Brazil to buy Neymar/Ganso for 5m.. HYSTERICAL!!!!!!

As for Robinho, he's certainly NOT bad, he's very good. I like him a lot. I like him more in this setup:

--------Pato-------
R80-----------R70

Brazilian flare at its best. However, R80 is FINITO, and Ibra is clearly who we want to build our future around. I like Robinho A LOT and respect and appreciate his running, his movement off the ball, and his dribbling. However, he is not the IDEAL setup with Ibrahimovic. Ibra has already come out and said he'd rather play with Inzaghi.

I too was duped into thinking that Ibrahimovic is a Penalty Box (V Nistelrooy/Inzaghi) type of striker because of his height and the fact he often may play on the shoulder of the last defender. However, he much prefers to be the Second Striker (SS) and have freedom. He likes a big Penalty box striker to play off of. Then, trequartista who runs a lot (Vdv, Honda, Ganso, kaka) is the ideal player to play behind the 2 forwards.

That's the ideal setup for Milan in the future. I'm not complaining about Robinho, just the perfectionist in me is thinking that Ibra is better with a guy that has Huntelaar traits as opposed to Robinho traits ...that's all

Originally Posted by Siregar

About Ganso, I hope Galliani has learned from his mistake. He said that the best time to buy Bale is when he was injured. Same case with Ganso, Galliani! Don't forget to mention Jucilei as second choice so that Berlusconi will also buy Jucilei directly after we sign Ganso, just like Ibra with Robinho!

It is time here to dream.



If we buy for Ingzahi's sub, IMO we must buy a CF and Rossi is not a striker.

Can anyone describe the abilities of Matri and Bianchi? I mean what they are strong and weak at? Which one is more suitable for Milan? Sorry if only name two strikers, I do know nothing about these two players except Bianchi who was praised when he was playing for Atalanta.

I agree.. I wouldnt have either of these guys in Milan as they're both not the player even Borriello is. Matri better than Bianchi. Rolando Bianchi was good a few years ago for Reggina I believe, and then went to England where he did absolutely nothing, and has done nothing since.

I mentioned G. Rossi but I agree he also is not what we need. I'm not even sure what we need after the loss of Inzaghi, it is hard to say.

Since I'm crazy I'd say I want:
Ibra, Dzeko, Pato, Robinho as my 4 strikers in 2011-2012.

Originally Posted by Elmago99

I've seen Affelay as a forward for Holland.. so how can you compare him to Coentrao, who would be a Left Back for us..?

We will need another forward...Inzaghi won't be back, may as well buy in January. Obviously we don't trust our young Primavera players, as none have been brought up with any real intentions...

Time to buy a forward, Matri, Floccari, G. Rossi...

Robinho doesn't seen to GEL with Ibrahimovic. Ibra seems to want to be the SS..and he wants an Adriano/Dzeko/Drogba type player with him, NOT a Robinho.

Ronaldinho is as good as GONE....he hasn't played recently, he's finished. Time to buy an ACM, and forward, along with a LEFT back..and we're good for now....

what i meant about affeley is we need a wc class player on the wings, affeley has the potential.. i didnt mean to play him as left back by no means.. but if we dont buy a fullback he would be a great alternative as far as crossing/speed technicality etc.. basically like a fallback since our fullbacks arent worldclass at all. if only we had zambro back in the day ^^

after the loss off inzaghi id love to see cavani wat we need now is somewhat of a prolific goal scorer.. like a milito type player u no what i mean? i have to players on the top of my head - llorente and nilmar

righgt now would be a good time to have kept huntelaar - robinho and ibra behind him creating and him being so prolific in the box it would be good.

Matri plays just the same style of borrielo; can do a little bit of everthing, not a great scorer but quite decent,strong enough to hold the ball and create for others,even attack from wings when necessary. don't know about Bianchi.

If we have the budget for Dzeko,I'd rather go for Bale as our left winger since we already have ibra.With bale in the lineup, we even don't need r80 and bale can play left fullback in some matches.