Season 2004/2005 (transfers/rumours/news)

I checked the official Roma site and it says Ferrari has played a total of 20 games in all competitions so far this season. How up to date that is, i'm not sure. So i was wrong by a few games.

I think that Jankulovski will start as left-back and Kaladze will be sub, although it could be the other way around to start off with, to give Marek time to get settled in. I just hope we get him, would look kind of silly if we missed out on him now

Milan A:
-----Gila - Sheva
--------Kaka
--Seedorf-Pirlo-Gattuso
Janky-Maldini-Nesta-Cafu
----------Dida

Milan B
----------Pippo-Crespo
---------------Rui
--Sergihno-Ambrosini-D'horasso
Kaladze-Costacurta-Stam-Pancaro
-----------Cudicini?

Looks pretty strong, but I doubt that we will get both Gila and keep Crespo

PS. Who is that in you avatar Jim?

Originally Posted by Henrik

When Kaladze was injured I thought Jankulowski was going to replace him as LB. Now I have a feeling that Jankulowski will play a sub role both as LB and as midfielder on the left (a la Serginho). What Serginho will do (now that his contract has been extended) I don't know.

Ferrari has played 25-30 games? Interesting...

PS. I got this sudden urge to merge the Beckham, Essien etc rumor threads into this one, but resisted the temptation.

actually i think after his heroics this season it would be really stupid to let go fo serginho despite the fact that we 99% got jankulovski or janky in ur case

and about ur lineup henrik, i dont think stam will be 2nd choice, hes getting back to form and i think hell play more than u seem to make it look i think well have the same backline as the general idea but jankulovski will feature alotttt because u dont always have our big 3 defenders and seedorf always fit at the same time.

Originally Posted by Henrik

Milan A:
-----Gila - Sheva
--------Kaka
--Seedorf-Pirlo-Gattuso
Janky-Maldini-Nesta-Cafu
----------Dida

Milan B
----------Pippo-Crespo
---------------Rui
--Sergihno-Ambrosini-D'horasso
Kaladze-Costacurta-Stam-Pancaro
-----------Cudicini?

Looks pretty strong, but I doubt that we will get both Gila and keep Crespo

PS. Who is that in you avatar Jim?

Stam in 2nd squad???? Do you crazy Henrik! He is one of the best Defenders in the world and you put him Milan B!

Originally Posted by Dave

Stam in 2nd squad???? Do you crazy Henrik! He is one of the best Defenders in the world and you put him Milan B!

I guess that proves how strong our defence really is...
who would you put in our 'B team'? nesta or maldini...
coz stam isn't a winger, and isn't that offensive as cafu andjankulovski are

Originally Posted by Dave

Stam in 2nd squad???? Do you crazy Henrik! He is one of the best Defenders in the world and you put him Milan B!

Yup, I am one crazy SOB, CRAZEEEEE

Seriously though, either you have to 1) bench Nesta or Maldini or 2) move Maldini to play LB. As 1) is out of the question 2) would mean that we would have 4 LB back-ups (Kaladze, Jankulowski, Serginho, Pancaro)

Maldini doesn't particularely want to play LB and Cafu is too good to be benched on the right (plus Stam doesn't want to be RB). This leaves Stam on the bench. I just couldn't find anyway around it with our formation. Sorry to upset you Dave

i think what ur lineup shows is the general idea of our team for next year, but i think the starting lineup will be the same is the current one only gila in place of crespo

It's a stand-up comedian called Peter Kay Henrik. He's one of my favourites. Recently there was a charity night called Comic Relief, anyway, Peter Kay did a comedy pop video to an old country+western song and the public liked it so much that it got released and within the week it was at number 1 in the charts. All proceeds going to charity of course

Originally Posted by Henrik

Yup, I am one crazy SOB, CRAZEEEEE

Seriously though, either you have to 1) bench Nesta or Maldini or 2) move Maldini to play LB. As 1) is out of the question 2) would mean that we would have 4 LB back-ups (Kaladze, Jankulowski, Serginho, Pancaro)

Maldini doesn't particularely want to play LB and Cafu is too good to be benched on the right (plus Stam doesn't want to be RB). This leaves Stam on the bench. I just couldn't find anyway around it with our formation. Sorry to upset you Dave

Everything is OK I`m not upset! it`s pretty that Stam wil be sub!!!

In a fantasy formation Stam could be a starter:
---------------Gila-Sheva
------------------Kaka
Jankulowski/Seedorf-Pirlo-Gattuso-Cafu
----------Maldini-Nesta-Stam
------------------Dida

channel 4:

Crespo nears Milan move

Chelsea’s Hernan Crespo is a step closer to making his loan move to Milan a permanent one.

The Argentine forward has been in sparkling form recently and the champions are very keen to retain his services for next season.

"I’m very optimistic," said Crespo. "I have almost agreed terms with Milan, all that is left is to find an agreement with Chelsea over my transfer."

Crespo’s agent has been in negotiations with the Rossoneri for the past month, after the striker netted some crucial goals in both Serie A and Europe.

Reports suggest that the Italian giants have offered Crespo, who is currently on international duty, a contract until June 2008.

There could be further developments by the end of next week with a meeting scheduled between both clubs.

The two parties will use those talks in an attempt to agree a reasonable transfer fee that satisfies both Milan and Chelsea.

The Blues, whose boss Jose Mourinho would still like the player at his disposal next term, signed Crespo from Inter in 2003 for a massive £15m.

Milan could try to tempt Chelsea to sell with a cash plus player bid, which may see left-back Kakha Kaladze move to Stamford Bridge.

comic relief??? .. isnt that a show for ali G ??? ... because i downloaded his interview with beckham and posh and he asks them to bone each other and he says its for comic relief .. for charity

There's a Comic Relief every 4 or every 2 years, i'm not sure which. The Ali G thing was one of the older Comic Reliefs.


On channel4, they have an article about Esposito looking for a Roma move, i wish we would try to sign him. I think he'd be an ideal replacement for Serghino in a year or 2.

From Channel4: Anybody know more about this fella?

Milan vie for Hugo Viana
Saturday 26 March, 2005
There are strong reports that the Rossoneri will be making a firm bid for Newcastle-owned flop Hugo Viana in the summer.

Magpies chairman Freddy Shepherd travelled to Portugal this week to discuss the 22-year-old’s future, but it looks as if Sporting Lisbon – where the midfielder is currently on loan – will be unable to meet the £5m asking price to make the move permanent.

Milan are now showing a marked interest after director Ariedo Braida formed a comprehensive scouting dossier on Viana.

Porto and Benfica are also willing to keep him in Portugal, but the Serie A giants provide a very different allure.

Viana’s attacking tendencies from midfield will fit into Carlo Ancelotti’s tactics and the youngster could step in for his fellow countryman Manuel Rui Costa.

The former Under-21 international was signed by Newcastle for £8.5m in 2002, but failed to settle in to the Premiership.

Viana was in the same batch as Cristiano Ronaldo and Ricardo Queresma. All 3 were tipped to be the new golden generation for Portugal but as you can see, neither really performed up to expectations except maybe Ronaldo. Queresma didnt make the cut in Barca and is now somewhere in Turkey or France if i am not wrong. As for Viana, he wasnt shown the same amount of opportunity to play as Ronaldo had in Manchester hence we wasnt able to see much of his performances.

Ronaldo's play is fanciful, Queresma is temperamental while Viana's play is pretty subtle (from a couple of games i seen him play for Newcastle). But i cannot judge just by these couple of games hence wouldnt really say he is cut for Milan. However, if he is given a chance and perhaps under the guidance of Rui, he could prove to be a valuable asset to the AM department for Milan.