Winter Mercato

Nice Zlat.
I love it when i hear what i want to hear

But i'm still not sure Buffon wont replace Casillas in Real. Bloody Capello is capable of keeping Casillas and getting Buffon. Poor Casillas may find himself on the bench

Never underestimate Capello. I never liked him. After leaving Juve i dislike him even more. He's crazy and he's stubborn but he's a genious. I respect him for that.
He always seems to get in some fight with some of the best or most respected team members just so he'll show who's the boss around. He'll have no problem doing something like that with Casillas, fan favourite or not.

If he dislikes someone ( Del Piero, Savicevic, Beckham, Ronaldo, Totti etc) then noone, not even clubs president can change anything. If he likes someone in his team, then the president gets him that player.
He took the risk this year by selling Ronaldo and keeping Beckham on the bench, and watch him now - he's close to winning La Liga without the 2 greatest stars Real had at the beggining of the season.
This crazy Capello is born winner and he has some crazy charisma that works with the presidents.
If he wants Buffon then be sure he'll get him eventually.
Lets hope he dislikes Buffon

it's true, I am not saying that a move like that is completely impossible ... I think it is highly unlikely, though, for 3 main reasons:

1) Capello's future at real is anything but sure ... and given how troubled his stay has been, Real Mmanagement would hardly start getting rid of players, especially someone like Cassilas, following the whim of a coach who may very well not be even there several months later ...

2) Cassilas isn't just any player at Real, he is a very capable and young GK, who has Real M blood in his veins ... hardly the player to trade away for an almost 30 yo foreigner who may not even adjust to the Real M atmosphere (hint: Cannavaro, etc, etc )

3) I don't think Buffo will jump at the chance to work with capello, not with their history of not talking to one another, being frustrated by Capello's tactics and methods and all that ... I personally think he would prefer to stay at Juve than work with Capello at Real.

These are circumstances that are peculiar to this case and I am not sure we could draw any parallels with past situations.

Either way, I don't see this one coming thru as I am not sure it would make much sense for either side invloved.

This is my opinions:

Capello doesn't succeed this year though he has all the players he wanted. So I don't think he can have buffon + ibra this time <60M + Casillas for 2 player? That would be as crazy as 70M for Ronaldinho>

Shevchenko's case: We have known Abra so well. Micah Richards for more than 20M if I'm not wrong <but ManC didn't sell him, big suprise to me>, Essien for 24M... If ManU buy shevchenko for 30M, it will be big suprise, but with Abra, nothing special. In fact Abra have offered a 50M in the previous summer.

And I don't agree about Casillas. I know that Raul is untouchable. But Casillas is also untouchable. Raul is from Atletico, but Casillas has joined Real at 8 years old. And his contribution for the team is very big. Younger + nearly as good as Buffon, even if he is not untouchable, it wouldn't be a smart deal <just like Eto'o for Shevchenko>.

If someone had asked me if I had wanted Ronaldinho but Kaka had to go last summer or even 2 years ago, as a Milan fan, I wouldn't have agreed.

Tony knows we are right, Sleep, he just doesn't wanna see Buffy in a Milan shirt and tries to come up with a more "bearable" alternative, should he leave Juve

Tuncay

Tuncay is off contrat this summer. Why not go after him??
He´s better than many strikers we have talking in this topic

Originally Posted by kumm

Tuncay

Tuncay is off contrat this summer. Why not go after him??
He´s better than many strikers we have talking in this topic

actually, there have been some persistent rumours that he is on Milan's watch list ... and being a free agent is a indeed a plus in this race.

Tony likes Tuncay
He's a risk since he'll be comming to Milan ( potential Eur. champions) directly from average league but i have a feeling he can make it.
Great in front of the goal and very solid as a winger !

Originally Posted by BMWTaylor

Well, maybe Galliani ought to quit bringing it up to the press over and over and over again, and the timing couldn't be any more piss-poor than a week before the final. This can't be splashed all over the media and then include that Milan doesn't want to get Dida all hot and bothered, because last time I checked, Dida doesn't live under a rock.

Galliani is such an unprofessional ass at times, it's not even funny. "No comment" is obviously not in his vocabulary.

As Warro said, chances are far more likely the press asked Galliani about this than Galliani bringing it up.

Dida is probably well aware that this could be his last season, and in reality I wouldn't be shocked if he already had the thought of leaving when signing his contract recently.

If he stays, then he'll continue in an environment he's comfortable in with plenty of cash and if he leaves, well it benefits the club now with money (who I guess he has a pretty good relationship with) and it let's him move on like he would have done if he let his contract run out.

As for La Liga,i dont want both of barcelona and real to win it,i just want Sevilla,firstly,Barcelona needs a cris since they have a great team which could be a problem for us in the coming years,a cris would calm them down,then they could think about selling eto'o or ronaldinho,which would be very positive for us.

Then,Real Madrid,i dont like them,by the way,i remind you that kaka was one of capello's targets,biggest man for them,but they cant manage to sign him,i doubt moratti would sell ibra to them.its very unlikely.


i have some concers regarding Tuncay Sanli,as you know turkish players,they are mentally weak,homesick e.t.c.

i said that his agent said that Milan,Oliympiakos and manchester city have asked for his player and however he is very close to playing in italia,his agent made this declarations 2 days ago and now it seems(according to media,spanish)barcelona,real madrid and Lyon entered the race for him.this all just media reports.

Regarding Tuncay,he is the one who can add pace to our attack,good tecnique,good dribbling skills,versatile,in my opinion i would rather to have tuncay sanli more than carlos tevez(who is very expensive as well)also considering tevez is 6 months out of form,6 months in form.

tuncay sanli would be nice as 3th choice or 4th choice,after that we would spend the money to strentgh the other part of the team such signing zambrotta and ribery.i say sign tuncay sanli if we dont manage to sign eto'o and however considering there wont be great names on the market on striker depart.

i would be very happy with a summer mercato like this

-Marzoratti
-Zambrotta
-Tuncay Sanli
-Ribery
-Pozzi
-Barusso
-Abbiati return

oki tuncay is not bad but one name we must remeber rossi from parma(man utd)..
He is 1987 born great huge talent great in italy. And I remeber in one interw he said that he is big fan of ac milan.
I think that tevez would be very good for seria a maybe better than huntelar and torres(my big wish to see torres in milan)

i agree , rossi would be a great buy ... but i cant see man u parting with him for any thing but a large sum of money. IMO huntelaar, cassano/robinho, mexes lucho, montolivo. 5 players , and mayb buffon if berlu can give us a gift.

Originally Posted by zlatanov

it's true, I am not saying that a move like that is completely impossible ... I think it is highly unlikely, though, for 3 main reasons:

1) Capello's future at real is anything but sure ...

2) Cassilas isn't just any player at Real,

3) I don't think Buffo will jump at the chance to work with capello,

These are circumstances that are peculiar to this case and I am not sure we could draw any parallels with past situations.

Either way, I don't see this one coming thru as I am not sure it would make much sense for either side invloved.

Hey Tony I don't think Zlat understands Capello .....the dark side of the force is veeeeeeeeeeeery strong with him....

Us Milan fans on goal.com used to call him Darth Vader.........

Ramon Calderon ( to Capello): Lord Vader your defense is ready
(enter Buffon, Mexes and Barzagli in storm trooper outfits)

If Zambrotta comes to Milan, I would play him left back instead of Janku. Janku can be his sub. Oddo and Zambro would play on the flanks. Wicked Italian defense.

Zambro ---- Maldini ------- Nesta ----- Oddo

Originally Posted by Leo

If Zambrotta comes to Milan, I would play him left back instead of Janku. Janku can be his sub. Oddo and Zambro would play on the flanks. Wicked Italian defense.

Zambro ---- Maldini ------- Nesta ----- Oddo

Or you could play

Janku---Maldini---Nesta---Zambrotta

Chelsea to sign PSV's Alex for 50p
tribalfooball.com - May 17, 2007

Chelsea are close to sealing a deal for PSV Eindhoven defender Alex for just 50p!

The Daily Mail says Chelsea close to tying up the deal with Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven, who confirmed Alex has been in London for talks.

Alex was bought by Chelsea from Santos for £5million in 2004, but they were forced to "park" him at PSV after he failed to meet work-permit criteria.

Although Chelsea maintain they do not own the defender, who was named on Thursday night in the Brazil squad to play England at Wembley on June 1, the FA Cup Finalists have an agreement to re-sign him at any stage for $1 (50p).

PSV spokesman Pedro Salazar-Hewitt revealed on Thursday night: "Alex has been in London for talks with Chelsea.

"They held a series of meetings at the end of last month and it was done with the full co-operation of PSV. It is no problem."
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We lost him!