Milan Squad 2006\07

gallas is stronger and better player than oddo, moer versatile. has speed,grit and some pure power. He would be ideal. we'll see ....

i want both gallas and oddo... but i would rather have gallas much more than oddo because gallas is a rare asset in football these day, if we dont get oddo we can look for revelliere or daniel alves for example, gallas has no one similar to him in terms of versatality!

Milan seek Michel Salgado
Sunday 30 April, 2006
Milan’s search for a right-back could take them to knock on Real Madrid’s door for Michel Salgado.

The Rossoneri have made no secret of the fact their transfer policy this summer will be focused on reinforcing the defence.

Marcos Cafu has signed on for another season, but his injury worries and advanced age are causing concerns, while Jaap Stam has already signed for Ajax.

The prime target is Lazio’s Italian international Massimo Oddo, with their bid for Chelsea star William Gallas reportedly dropped in favour of Juventus this week.

But Spanish newspaper ‘Marca’ today suggests that Milan are making a firm bid for Real Madrid veteran Michel Salgado.

The Merengues hero would bring international experience, but turning 31 in October, he wouldn’t particularly reduce the average age of the Rossoneri back line.

Salgado has been at the Bernabeu since 1999 following spells at Celta Vigo and Salamanca.






CLASSIC!!!

I'm not even gonna react to the Salgado rumours, he's a f###ing ****** full stop

I dream of;

INS---------OUTS
Oddo
Buffon------Dida
Amelia------Abbiati
Chivu-------Kala
Barzagli-----Simic
Sneijder----Jankulovski
Simplicio----Vogel
Diarra-------Ambro
Fiore--------Rui
Corradi------Amoroso

Dreamteam (Favalli and Coppola are reported to be already signed);
--------------Sheva----Pippo-----------------
-------------(Corradi)---(Gila)----------------
---------------------------------------------
--------------------Kaka---------------------
-------------------(Fiore)---------------------
----Seedorf---------------------Diarra--------
---(Sneijder)-------------------(Gattuso)------
----------------------------------------------
--------------------Pirlo----------------------
------------------(Simplicio)------------------
----------------------------------------------
Serginho------Chivu--------Nesta--------Oddo
(Favalli)-----(Maldini)-----(Barzagli)------(Cafu)
-----------------(Costacurta)-----------------
----------------------------------------------
-------------------Buffon---------------------
------------------(Amelia)--------------------
------------------(Coppola)-------------------

Reality check;
Oddo-------Check; use money from Simic
Amelia------Check; use some useless loan players (like Brocchi)
Buffon------Check; use Abbiati+money to trade
Chivu-------Check; use Janku+money to trade
Barzagli----Check; use money from Kala
Sneijder----Check; use discount from Stam
Simplicio----Check; use money from Vogel
Fiore-------Check; cheap
Corradi-----Check; cheap
Diarra------Doh; dream, but is it when we can sell Ambro and Dida?

Probably happening;
Oddo

Hello everybody! This is my first post. Latest news are that ruud will come and that gatusso will go to manutd

fifamaster u really simplified everything pretty well but then diarra will always be so damn expensive! good job

I do not expect a lot of dream signs, like Chelsea used to do a couple of seasons ago, but two or three very expensive signings.
The team I'd like to see next season - and some of them (Perea, Gallas) are heading to wear our jersey according to reliable sources (Cadena Ser, L'Equipe):
--------------Sheva----Tevez-----------------
----------(SuperPippo)---(Gila)----------------
---------------------------------------------
--------------------Kaká---------------------
------------(Diego - Porto/Portugal)-----------
----Seedorf---------------------Sneijder------
---(Foggia-Ascoli)--------------(Gattuso)-----
----------------------------------------------
--------------------Pirlo----------------------
------------------(Simplício)------------------
----------------------------------------------
Serginho------Kaladze-----Nesta--------Perea
(Favalli)-----(Maldini)-----(Gallas)------(Oddo)
-----------------(Costacurta)-----------------
----------------------------------------------
-------------------Buffon---------------------
------------------(Amelia)--------------------

Buffon, who is linked with former Milan legend Lorenzo Buffon, is a player I really want to see in the squad next seasson. Tevez is simply the better player outside Europe nowadays. A phenomenon.
Sneijder is a versatile player for the midfield and Diego is someone I really believe that will be an outstanding player someday.
Really do not know what is wrong with him in Portugal, but he'll leave FC Porto this summer.

Originally Posted by milanistacroato

Hello everybody! This is my first post. Latest news are that ruud will come and that gatusso will go to manutd

i would prefer Corradi, Iaquinta and Lucarelli over Ruud any day....

Originally Posted by milanistacroato

Hello everybody! This is my first post. Latest news are that ruud will come and that gatusso will go to manutd

HI!

Where did you hear that news? Ruud for Gattuso? interesting concept. They don't need another striker, I think anyways.

Originally Posted by milanistacroato

Hello everybody! This is my first post. Latest news are that ruud will come and that gatusso will go to manutd

hi and welcome to MM

Do you have a source for that rumour?

No Joe Cole from Chelski please.

Whoever MF coming into our squad I prefer to change our midfield arrangement from diamond shope to standard levelling. The problem with our mid now is each player is given a specific (too specific) job:
* Pirlo: collecting the ball and distribution
* Seedorf: ball possession
* Gastuso: stopping opponent midfielders
* Kaka: assisting 2 strikers

This systems depends too much on a player which may have a bad day in a while or too easy for opponent teams to destroy our play if they can hold Kaka or Pirlo at bay.

Also with this formation 3 of them do not have height for aerial combat so attacker like Kaka, Sheva have to drop too much in defending situation yet still leaves us shaky in dead balls.

As for outgoing players I prefer to sell Berlusconi so that X-tree can be used from time to time.

Graeme C: i would prefer Corradi, Iaquinta and Lucarelli over Ruud any day....

Then sorry, but u don't know what u are talking about. RvN-Sheva will be leathel, the best partnership in europe.... what the hell are u talking about??

minhduc: Whoever MF coming into our squad I prefer to change our midfield arrangement from diamond shope to standard levelling. The problem with our mid now is each player is given a specific (too specific) job:
* Pirlo: collecting the ball and distribution
* Seedorf: ball possession
* Gastuso: stopping opponent midfielders
* Kaka: assisting 2 strikers

Yes minhduc??? I see u have all well placed, theoreticly at least... but tell me, when we played PSV, Lyon and Barca, somehow I didn't see much of Pirlo's collection and distribution, Seedorf's possession, Gattuso's stopping opponent midfielders and Kaka's assisting...

seems like eto'o wants to join us. why?
- he is stressed with racism - source
- doesn't want to share the lime light with henry once he joins barca
- doen't like henry - source
- rijkaard stops him from retaliating against racists and just play his game, which eto'o doesn't like.

he contacted milan abt a possible transfer source

i know most of the sorces are from tribalfootball but even they have some spanish sources for these reports which appear to be reliable. shoot your thoughts on it

how wud he fit into our squad. i know its stupid considering we already have 4 strikers but instead of amoroso he can come in. abt our finishing, its not that great too so he will definitely score those close goals we always miss!

Originally Posted by The-Fan

Then sorry, but u don't know what u are talking about. RvN-Sheva will be leathel, the best partnership in europe.... what the hell are u talking about?? .

Che? i live in England, i kno what im talking about. RvN is a extremely overated player, Inzaghi and Gilardino are alot better than him..... Plus he is on the wrong side of 30 and spends more time injured than playing.... whereas Lucarelli is younger...

These are my infos from Italian market experts who talk on italian football show and often reliable in the past, such as Laudisa from Gazzetta, and Cattani from TeleLombardia, the most promising young market expert who analises every player contractual situation ..

Gallas is between Juve and Milan, but given the good references Desailly his former french teammate did, he knows that Milan is better for a player. He said in october: "I think after 5 years i may go. A friend told me the absolute best for a football player is Milan AC ". Gallas costs 20 millions, but a clause in his contract may set him as free agent. It depends on his contractual situation, but i think he is likely to come.

Buffon: the problem is that Juve is a society quoted on the financial market, and owned by shareholders. If they sell a player like Buffon, paid 50 millions 5 years ago, to balance the previous investiment, according to company law and financial market rules, they should set a price of 30-35 millions and maybe Abbiati as makeweight.
If you wonder why the price is lower, consider that 5 years have passed after the investiment and these things go like these (can't tell you in english and it's quite a complex subject)

Midfield: the priority above any other ivestiment is a major signing in midfield. Diarra is the n1 target. The board is very determined to sign him, even because he can play in every role of the mid, in Seedorf's place, in Gttuso's and Pirlo's ones.
The starting price made by Lyon (a wealthy club who doesn't need to sell their best players-->higher price) is 35 millions, but our board will find an agreement around 20 Mill. In some ways, Milan has been informed that Lyon is available for a deal, and everyone has seen we need a major investiment in mid, so the price won't be a problem...if you don't win, you don't gain moneys..

It is said Snejder may come, as part of the deal with Stam going to Ajax for sure. Gourkouff , a french mid, as been stopped and in the next weeks we'll know more about this scenario.

Oddo is likely to come, regardless of the fact we'll sign Gallas who can play in many roles of the defence and will surely replace Stam, while Oddo will replace Simic.
Why Oddo? Other that technical reasons, there's one reason more: Oddo igrew up as a player in Milan's youngsters team, and from the next year we need a quota of players grown up in our youth team. Plus, he's a quality player, one of the best Lazio players this season.

De Rossi- He's the alternative to Diarra. He could be signed for cash of maybe with cash + Jankulvoski, who is a favourite of Spalletti, former coach at Udinese. Many would like to keep Jankulovski next year and i think this is very likely to happen. The guy was unlucky and just now he's showing his real worth. Be sure: the next season Jankulovski will be one of our best players.

Eto'o-the point is: is Henry is likely to be signed by Barca, he may go. I mean, Ronaldinho, Messi, Henry and Eto'o?? He would have just one choice , other than the merchants of Chelsea. But this would mean more bench for Gila. This is not unreal, though, although very difficult.


These are the scenarios of the players we are interested in.

Gallas: 60%
Diarra:60%
De Rossi:20%
Buffon:25%
Eto'o: 30%
Oddo: 80%

I think we'll sign Oddo, Gallas, Diarra and a few minor players to complete the team. If a big name will come he will be among these ones: Buffon and Eto'o.

We'll sign a left flanker, probably, as well.