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Dudu is the latest player to be linked with us. An alleged link albeit.

I don't know a thing about him, though i remember someone saying he played well against Arsenal at the Emirate stadium a few weeks back. Might have been Kash, or Stezza ... someone did, i know that much

Is this Dudu Cearense you are referring to?

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

Dudu is the latest player to be linked with us. An alleged link albeit.

I don't know a thing about him, though i remember someone saying he played well against Arsenal at the Emirate stadium a few weeks back. Might have been Kash, or Stezza ... someone did, i know that much

Jim, IMO Dudu isn´t Milan material...and right now I give you 2 players(brazilians) in Dudu positions tha are at least 2 times better:
Renato: is tearing up in Spanish league playing for sevilla.
And another pearl of fluminense: Arouca(20yo) DM. If this guy wasn´t injured for the most of the year, his name will be in all rumours. As I said of Marcelo in the begining of the year here, whatch out for this guy.

I don't know Zlat, it's Dudu from CSKA Moscow. That's all i know.

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

I don't know Zlat, it's Dudu from CSKA Moscow. That's all i know.

yeah, that's him - Dudu Cearense. I think he's a good player but unless he grows a lot, and I mean a lot, from now on, I don't seem him as a player who would make a dif in Milan.
There certainly are many other better options out there.

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

The Corriere dello sport is saying we are looking to spend 150 million (£110 million) in January!

Ronaldino, Ronaldo, Alexis and Canini are the players apparently.

It mentions something about Abidal, Barzagli and Amelia also.


Gazzetta says that Van Basten, Spalletti and Lippi are the names to take over Ancelotti's job.

in the summer not january and it say lippi will be the new manager if we don't win anything this season and lippi wants
cassano,zambrotta,bagzagli,xavi,barone, buffon or amelia

and David Trezeguet

Stories in Spain on Friday are suggesting that boss Frank Rijkaard could leave Barcelona for Milan in June.

The AS newspaper suggests that the Blaugrana Coach is ready to quit the Nou Camp given his strained relationship with sporting director Txiki Beguiristain and the constant presence of Johan Cruyff.

The sports daily goes on to suggest that Rijkaard, who played alongside current boss Carlo Ancelotti during their Milan days, may also bring Ronaldinho with him to the San Siro.

However, Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani last night insisted that Ancelotti would remain and virtually ruled out signing the Brazilian.

Meanwhile, CSKA Moscow midfielder Dudu is allegedly interested in a move to Milan and hopes to complete his dream switch next summer.

The 23-year-old could be an interesting addition to the squad, although it seems likely that CSKA will ask for a significant amount of money before selling.

Originally Posted by acgaetano

in the summer not january and it say lippi will be the new manager if we don't win anything this season and lippi wants
cassano,zambrotta,bagzagli,xavi,barone, buffon or amelia

The headline was about us spending £110 million in January, not the summer. That was a headline a few days ago before todays headlines of what Lippi allegedly wants. Two different stories.

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

The headline was about us spending £110 million in January, not the summer. That was a headline a few days ago before todays headlines of what Lippi allegedly wants. Two different stories.

Jim are you refering to the headlines of "La gazzetta dello sport"?

If yes, you are not exactly right or the tranlation was not complete.

According the headline of La Gazzetta, Ronaldinho estimated 90 million euros in summer and the other players estimated 60 million euros in January. A total of 150 million euros investment.

But don't take these stories to serious.

There are many papers covering football in Italy, and to fill in all those pages everyday is not an easy job, so fantasy plays it part.

Today la gazzetta is saying that Milan are after Oddo and Iaquinta in the January market.

yeah gazzetta said something like "Milan calling SOS and are after Oddo and Iaquinta"

I went off of the main headlines on 3 sites, Channel 4, Calciomercato and Gazzetta (or maybe it was Corriere, not sure, but it was the official site). All of them said the investment was 150 million euros which equals £110 million for January.

I only reported what i read and i never said i took it seriously.

If Oddo comes then it will close the doors to the arrival of Lippi and vice versa because of conflict of interest. It prohibits that a trainer can have in the roster a player 'assistito' from a relative. And Oddo's is Davide Lippi.

i dont understand that arcy, Cesare maldini fielded Paulo Maldini when he was coach here, lippi has already played Oddo in the world cup.. so i duno how it works out

Sports.it

Milan, Oddo e Iaquinta per gennaio

Il piano rinforzi del Milan prevede due fasi; la prima a gennaio, con Oddo e Iaquinta come obiettivi, la seconda la prossima estate, quando tornerà utile il lavoro che Braida sta svolgendo in Sudamerica.

Il dg rossonero stasera seguirà ancora il River Plate per Gonzalo Higuain, domani sarà alla "Bombonera" per il regista del Boca Fernando Gago, e intanto studia le numerose relazioni dei tanti osservatori della rete milanista dislocati in Sudamerica. La missione di Braida serve per definire gli obiettivi del prossimo mercato estivo, al di là della fattibilità dell'operazione Ronaldinho.

Intanto però è necessario lavorare sul breve termine per assicurare ad Ancelotti un paio di rinforzi per raddrizzare una stagione iniziata malissimo, e i nomi caldi sono sempre quelli di Massimo Oddo e Vincenzo Iaquinta.

Il primo era già stato vicinissimo al Milan lo scorso giugno, ma non se ne fece nulla per la rigidità di Lotito, che non era disposto a scendere sotto i 7 milioni. Ora però il discorso potrebbe riaprirsi, perchè il Milan ha più che mai necessità di un terzino in gradi di spingere, e la Lazio ha tutto l'interesse ad ammorbidire la propia posizione visto che Oddo ha il contratto in scadenza nel 2008 e Lotito va incontro al rischiuo di perderlo senza monetizzare alcunchè.

Fra l'altro in estate, nonostante fosse saltata la trattativa per Oddo, Galliani aveva comunque mandato Foggia in prestito ai biancocelesti (come da richiesta di Delio Rossi e Lotito), circostanza che consente a via Turati di vantare una sorta di credito nei confronti della Lazio. La sensazione è che questa volta l'accordo possa essere trovato, e che Oddo a gennaio possa sbarcare - o meglio, tornare, visto il passato nelle giovanili rossonere - a Milanello.

Più complicato arrivare a Vincenzo Iaquinta, che sia Ancelotti che la dirigenza considerano l'uomo giusto per variare gli schemi in attacco con un elemento che assicuri comunque peso. Il giocatore ha un patto con Pozzo per cui verrebbe lasciato libero di partire in caso di offerta da una grande, ma il club friulano preferirebbe venderlo in estate a bocce ferme piuttosto che a gennaio in piena bagarre, e i Pozzo difficilmente si accontenterebbero di cifre inferiori ai 12 milioni. La trattativa verrrà comunque intavolata, al Milan sperano che inserendo Borriello il prezzo possa scendere.