Winter Mercato 2011

Uh oh... Milannews and other websites say that Milan-Genoa have an agreement to send Strasser on loan to Genoa on January 15th, and Toni's agent is waiting for Galliani to return from Brazil to discuss terms.

Ronaldinho wants only Gremio and no other, so this will make it harder for Galliani to negotiate an advantageous deal.

and Kaka, yes your French is correct, that source says Milan are interested in both players but will see if they are available in the summer, not in the winter.

Rumor said that we will play Thiago Silva as midfielder against Al-Ahly.

I am really waiting for seeing him play as midfielder!

Shame if Strasser goes as he shown more composure vs Bologna than Gattuso in any match all season and would be an option for 2nd half of season. Big no for Toni as I can't see him putting the necessary pressure to force our play and has been useless since 2006.

Don't see any mention of Strasser deal on Milannews which I hope doesn't go through. We always find it hard to get/take youngsters back esp the good ones.

Originally Posted by Tony75

Shame if Strasser goes as he shown more composure vs Bologna than Gattuso in any match all season and would be an option for 2nd half of season..

you must be joking! have you really seen Gattuso this season? he is very solid, and from what i saw in 30mins of Strasser, he is just an average player, at least at the moment. Gattuso is miles ahead of that guy, even Gattuso is 10 years older.

while i love to see young player breaks into the first team, Strasser is far from convinced to me. no idea why you praise him for his mediocre performance ....

I disagree with both of you ^^:

I disagree with Tony when he says Strasser shows more composure than Gattuso all season...because Gattuso has been incredibly good this season, maybe not every game but the most of it.

Disagree with nhoxanh when you say Strasser shows nothing to show he is more than average. He shows that he already is ready to play in most the games he gets chances in, he doesn't mess up under pressure and is always solid. He's a defensive midfielder so if he doesn't dribble past 2 or 3 players and score does not mean he is not a good player.

just finished watching the game vs al ahli we won 2-1, ibra played amazing, oduamadi played OUTSTANDING the kid has a great potential, finally got to see montelongo play i have to say i dont no y we dont start him in some games hes actually a good player.. beretta played ok imo nice goal.. the rest of the team was pretty solid and there player named hasan scored a very nice goal near the close of the match.. oduamadi probly star player of this game..

how was montelongo in the game vs aly-ahil

Originally Posted by gregorio
It looks like our team will be the following next year:

Strikers: Ibrahimovic, Balotelli, Inzaghi, Pato, Robinho, Cassano
ACM: Lamela, Constant, Boateng
Midfielders: Lazzari, Gattuso, Pirlo, Ambrosini, Flamini, Strasser, Merkel
Defenders: Nesta, Thiago Silva, Mexes, Bonera, Zambrotta, Antonini, Abate, Criscito, Montelongo
Goalkeepers: Abbiati, Amelia

27 players (15 Italian)

Average age: 27,63

No mexes please,David ruiz is a must purchase for next summer. constant has got potential to be a solid left full back just like abate,same pace ,more skill,but questionable tempo controll capability.anyway,I don't think he can replace seedorf if he plays AM.

If cassano proves to be a success,and with lamela in squad next summer.selling pato might be an option. 60 million means we can go for david ruiz, ganso and balotelli at the same time,that's a backbone structure for next 10 years.

Happy New Year fellow Milanisti!

Haven't posted for a while, but I have been reading some threads.

I'm quite pleased w/ the Cassano purchase, and hope Robinho's injury isn't serious, as it wouldn't be pretty adding him to an ever growing injury list.

At the moment, we seem to be on the verge of a real injury crisis.

I like Constant, and hope we do indeed move for him, his workrate alone for me would be welcome. Any developments w/ regards to his aquisition?

Originally Posted by payne

how was montelongo in the game vs aly-ahil

You can read some opinions about him in Caliagri's & Al-Ahly's thread.

Tim Vickery has a new write up on Ganso
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvicker..._his_mark.html

Originally Posted by Reza

Tim Vickery has a new write up on Ganso
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvicker..._his_mark.html

Yes it's important to understand that not every star youngster will turn out to be a Great Player who will succeed at a big club such as Milan, Juve, Chelsea, Man U, Madrid, and Barca.

However, this is also an interesting time where there are not an overwhelming amount of #10's available, or up and coming. Interesting to see how it plays out, and also what direction Milan will go in ..in terms of their ACM position.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...acheda?cc=5901

Official: Sampdoria sign Federico Macheda on a 6 month-Loan from Manchester United.

He will get a lot of playing time, and it'll be nice to get to watch him.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/trans...ilan-playmaker

All the interested Brazilian clubs expect Dinho to be released for free so if this report is true this could be the best possible way for us to gain some money.