Winter Mercato 2011

Originally Posted by Siregar

Nice to read your information Nando about Torres, Constant, Poli and Ziegler. Waiting forward for next news especially we are now close to winter transfer window.

Any news about David Luiz? And about EU-spot, who filled the spot for this year? As far as I know players we brought this year have EU pass from Robinho, Ibra, Montelengo (spell?) and Boateng.

Nice to see somebody appreciates... As far as David Luiz goes, Braida has been sent to scout him a couple of times, there have been contacts, but nothing too important. What I know for certain is that for the January transfer window a center back is not a priority, since we have Nesta, Silva (who will be ready for the January 6th match vs Cagliari after the operation) Yepes, Bonera and Papa at that position (Onyewu I won't even consider mentioning). Luiz is a possibility in June-August as well as Sahko from PSG as possible replacements/substitutes for the aging Sandro Nesta.

As far as the EU spot I believe it was Yepes, but I would have to check on that.

PS= The arrival of Torres is linked with the Dinho departure. If Dinho goes Torres will be a very concrete possibility, given that Inzaghi is out and Pato has too many probs mentally and phisically. If Dinho stays then Torres will not come. In any case, Galliani is working on it. If he goes to Liverpool before the end of the transfer market consider it a done deal, since Galliani only moves from Milan to close a deal (look at past instances for Ibra, Dinho, etc...).

If by any chance the Torres deal should fall through, we would either try to find a decent player on loan until the end of the season or stay as we are.

And at the end of the season, there is a 40% chance that Balotelli will come and wear the red and black. This may seem as utopia, but look closer: Balo is a Milan fan, he has already said that he would like to play with Ibra and his agent is Mino Raiola, the same agent Ibra has and that has a very good relationship with our club. There is in fact a clause in Balotelli's contract that says that if Mancini should be terminated by City, the club would be obliged to let Raiola and Balo negotiate with other clubs if they so desire without interference.

As far as the Cassano deal goes, the terms of the contract have not been fully disclosed, however my source tells me that it will be a 1 year deal (actually 6 months) with an option for a second and a third, depending on performance and character. That way, should Cassano display behavioral issues, Milan could release him at the end of this season (basically an insurance policy). The player will be paid 1,5 mln a year and Sampdoria, Milan and Cassano himself would divide the 5 millions owed to Real (in case of transfer away from Sampdoria) in 3 equal parts. With Pato probably leaving at the end of the season and Pippo that could call it quits at the end of the season (given the serious injury), you see why Milan are pursuing strikers so aggresively.