Alberto Gilardino to Milan??

According to football italian on CH4 its done and dusted, Gilla has already agreed to sign for milan this summer!!!!

two great deals to start next season

Im undecided about Gilardino, I like the fact that he scored a hell of a lot of goals for italy under 21s and Parma. I just think that maybe Milan should buy the next big thing as a striker. If anyone call tell me that he will be the perfect partner to Sheva then

It is suuuuuuuuper! It`s very very gooood!

gilardino currently has 13 goals, 1 less than sheva.. hes amazing

Considering everyone, well parma fans anyway, were worried about goals after Mutu left and Adriano went back to Inter last season he stepped up to the plate and did the business. Everyone was asking well can he do it again? Answer is hell yeah!

Great deal. What a way to start the new campaign, Gilla and Jank...

hum maybe im still dreaming of Adriano and Sheva. Gilardino looks good though, we will hav to wait and see just how good

99-00 Piacenza 3 Goals, 17 Games (-)
00-01(sep)Piacenza (-)
00-01 Hellas Verona 3 Goals, 22 Games (-)
01-02 Hellas Verona 2 Goals, 17 Games (-)
02-03 Parme AC 4 Goals, 24 Games 1 Games (UEFA Cup)
03-04 Parme AC 23 Goals, 34 Games 3 Goals, 4 Games (UEFA Cup) 04-05 Parme AC 13 Goals, 25 Games 1 Goals, 5 Games (UEFA Cup) 1 Goals, 4 Games

not bad

not bad at all

The question remains . . . does this mean that Crespo will be returned to Chelsea, or will Milan still work on buying his rights? Could buying Gilardino (besides his talent) also be used as a ploy to get Chelsea to lower their demands in buying Crespo?

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Philly it kind of does mean that Milan are in the driving seat when it comes to Crespo. Chelsea are trying to hold Milan to ransom but if Milan sign Gilla we can turn around and say hey we dont need him so we will only give you 6million!!!

Best case scenario Chelsea realise the situation and lower the price and Milan get Crespo at a knock down bargain a week after signing Gillardinho. JDT does go and ends up back at Newcastle as is being rumoured, so we then have a strike force of Sheva, Gilla, Crespo and Pipo... not bad in anyones books!!!

Originally Posted by iregk

Philly it kind of does mean that Milan are in the driving seat when it comes to Crespo. Chelsea are trying to hold Milan to ransom but if Milan sign Gilla we can turn around and say hey we dont need him so we will only give you 6million!!!

Best case scenario Chelsea realise the situation and lower the price and Milan get Crespo at a knock down bargain a week after signing Gillardinho. JDT does go and ends up back at Newcastle as is being rumoured, so we then have a strike force of Sheva, Gilla, Crespo and Pipo... not bad in anyones books!!!

They dont need the money, so they can say "10M, take it or leave it". They are the ones (Chelsea) on the driver's seat when it comes to Crespo. And with Hernan performing at a very high level, there will be tons of offers and suitors for him.
And for Crespo, it would be actually a good move to get out of Milan if it means playing 90 minutes every sunday. With Gilardino on board, he knows that he isnt the first or second option any longer.
IMO, if Milan brings Gilardino, they will let Crespo go unless Chelsea accepts their proposal, with a huge discount.

Originally Posted by mk18

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I think we will both agree that I improved upon your avatar!

Originally Posted by Maradona (10)

They dont need the money, so they can say "10M, take it or leave it". They are the ones (Chelsea) on the driver's seat when it comes to Crespo. And with Hernan performing at a very high level, there will be tons of offers and suitors for him.
And for Crespo, it would be actually a good move to get out of Milan if it means playing 90 minutes every sunday. With Gilardino on board, he knows that he isnt the first or second option any longer.
IMO, if Milan brings Gilardino, they will let Crespo go unless Chelsea accepts their proposal, with a huge discount.

Actually Milan are in the better position in the transfer negotiations of Crespo. Crespo is one of the highest paid Chelsea players. When Abram first bought the club they had to offer really high salaries to attract players as it was not such a big club. The newer players like Drogba and Robben have much lower salaries.

So if Chelsea take Crespo back not only would they have to pay him over E4 mil to sit on the bench, but will also have other players like Drogba and Robben demanding an equal salary to Cresspo (It makes sense for starting players to be paid at least as much as a bench player). Basically having Crespo, totally screws over Chelsea. And it doesn't matter if there are loads of offers for Crespo as they can't sell him to a team that he doesn't want to go to. Galliani knows this, being the shrewd wheeler dealer he is, and will definitely take Crespo for a minimal fee. And Crespo will take a salary cut to sign a contract with Milan as he is happy here and Ancelotti is his favourite coach since they were together in Parma.