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With the current strikers we have, i can't see Adriano working well as partnership with any of them. Adriano = X

Same goes for Emerson. Why spend money on Emerson when we can get Ze Roberto for free and he's a better player. The success has gone to their heads, they've all gone mad!

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

With the current strikers we have, i can't see Adriano working well as partnership with any of them. Adriano = X

Same goes for Emerson. Why spend money on Emerson when we can get Ze Roberto for free and he's a better player. The success has gone to their heads, they've all gone mad!

They are totally different types of player. To be honest I don't mind having both and selling Serginho who is past it and Brocchi who doesn't have the calibre to play for Milan. I think Ancelotti can transform Ze Roberto to play anywhere on the left, and could be a good cover for Seedorf or Janku. As for Emerson, he is definitely better than Brocchi, again, I see no problem having both to give cover and backup to our midfield. I am still hoping for Zambrotta, a great CB, and a worldclass striker.

I think some of us are too harsh on Brocchi. Yes, he had an awful run to end the season, but I remember a lot of us praising him at the beginning of the year. A few bad games can happen to anyone, I still don't think we should just dump him.

Dump him! he is coppa italia calibre that is it! we need to win the scudetto not just qualify for 2009 champions league , its about time we restore pride to our italian credentials! i love the champions league but the serie A is just as important!

emerson for brocchi is good as long as he doesnt start! lets get a young cb and cover for kaka and a striker i say

p.s only good thing about brocchi is he is a charm we usually win something when he sits on the bench

Originally Posted by Stitch

I think some of us are too harsh on Brocchi. Yes, he had an awful run to end the season, but I remember a lot of us praising him at the beginning of the year. A few bad games can happen to anyone, I still don't think we should just dump him.

Emerson is a puss-all the garbage about the deal with him and Capello to not play him at home when things were crap. I don't like his attitude for that and i hope his stripes are never red/black!
Also, someone mentioned Heinze...what happened to that guy? He was out of control when he first went to ManU, really blazing it up. I guess after he got hurt he started to look weak. But he's a rampager, and I think surrounded by our defense he could be a good cheap buy and with Billy, Nesta and the like around him, surely he can learn a thing or two?

Originally Posted by Cane1972

Why not get Shev back for a discount price compared to what we sold him for. Get Emerson and Eto. Then offer Juve Ghili for Buffon with some money added in. Then try to get Zambrotta by using Dida as part of our offer.

I would love for us to get a young defender to have one year with Maldini on the field to help mold him.

Good thinking........only if it was that easy.

By the way Juve need defenders and a CM more then they need a striker at the moment. So if you want to get Buffon then you are better off including Kaladze in the deal. Of course we can always throw in Abbiati in there to reduce the price to 1 million + Kaladze + Abbiati.

As for the Ambrosini type of midfielder, I say pay whatever we have to for De Rossi. Judging from the words of Spaletti and De Rossi himself they are not excluding anything if the negotiations are right. De Rossi is one of the best CM's in the world right now and he is the future of Italy. He will be a star in the national team for years to come.

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

Same goes for Emerson. Why spend money on Emerson when we can get Ze Roberto for free and he's a better player. The success has gone to their heads, they've all gone mad!

i think you can't compare ze roberto to emerson. he is an offensive left midfielder (like serginho for example) who can also play in the centre but is by no means a ambrosini/emerson type of player.

Get them ALL ! Emerson, Ze Roberto( free), Tuncay(free)! Then we have midfield that can fight for scudetto and CL !

Then ,after we have secured our midfield, we go foe Eto'o or Sheva and Zambrotta... then in the end we sign some solid CD and we can call Platini to send CL 2007-2008trophy to Milanello!

Berlusconi has always loved the so-called surprise signings like Nesta (great buy), Rivaldo (not so great), kaka(best buy ever), etc.... I think some of the names Galliani is throwing cold water on right now, we will bid for come mid june-july when the market will be hot. It seems we also like to buy players at the last moment. I think it is an ego play so that galliani comes out in the end and thanks berlusca for the wonderful and surprise signings. Milan isn't the top club in the world by making "surprise signings". There is a plan there and there are options a, b, c, d, e, and even f. I believe it's all a media ploy and I wouldn't give up on the ronaldinho deal just yet. Let's see.
As for De Rossi, he would be ideal as someone says. He can be molded into a future milan great, is still young, and seems to be a good and serious pro. Emerson is a stop gap, no more. The team would be foolish to give him anything more than a 2 yr contract. It would be nice to get 2 defenders, 2 mid, and 1 fwd. It seems Shevchenko is the fwd we are targeting. I am neither happy nor sad. If he reclaims his old form and is accepted by the team, then it will be good, otherwise it's money wasted. Personally, I think he will be more humble and closer to the player he was in 1999 in terms of character than the one of 2006. He no longer is automatic 1st choice, and will have to fight it out for a spot. Also, Karma is a funny thing, Ancelotti has more clout than ever now and shevchenko won't get away with his moodiness. Gilardino has to show more fortitude, and can't ask to leave (reports coming out of tuttosport and gazzetta i believe). He should learn from Inzaghi as to how to behave and prepare. The more i think about it, de rossi should be our number 1 target. In an ideal world, I would also like a player like Montolivo who seems like he could be a good understudy for Pirlo. Gourcuff, if he stays, I hear Domenech has said that he has wasted a yr in milan, that he should have been playing more, should also improve. If we can count on gourcuff, de rossi and montolivo, our mid would be superb, but I don't think it will happen. We might loan out gourcuff somewhere, that's my gut feeling. In defence, I would like a younger left back option than zambrotta, since janku is 30, serginho is 35, and favalli is 35, while grimi doesn't count? Why did we buy him by the way???
I have heard malouda's name being thrown out there, i know in Lyon he plays up front in the 4-3-3 and is a winger. Milan usually frown upon pure wingers, does that mean if we get him, we would transform him serginho 2.0 hahahahah.
I am glad that this summer we are dealing from a position of strength. Last summer was the worst in my 19 years of being a milan fan.
I know As will still come out with the stupid kaka rumors but it will have to be chocolate in a store window, you can look but can't touch, hahahahaha. Forza milan

Originally Posted by ramo79

I know As will still come out with the stupid kaka rumors but it will have to be chocolate in a store window, you can look but can't touch, hahahahaha. Forza milan

great overall post. i guess you are wright about shevchenko but i still don't want him back. probably quite stubborn but that is just my opinion.

Just thought I'd like to inform everyone here on the real reason we ended up with our superstar signing of Ricardo Oliviera last year and no it wasnt that alot of players were put off coming to Italy cause of the calciopoli scandal or the fact that we might have not made it into the champions league cause of the scandal....Thats his wife in the picture and the the only plausible explanation to me as it seems Galliani was spending alot of time at home(understandbly ofcource) and just signed RO on the fact he was brazilian.....Well the bright side is even he is to "busy" at home this summer i cant think of anyone worse than RO

The best midfielder we can possibly (but realistically) sign is De Rossi.
But no way they are gonna sell him.

Emerson is a nice option, but there are concerns about his health situation.

Originally Posted by G_Gattuso

Just thought I'd like to inform everyone here on the real reason we ended up with our superstar signing of Ricardo Oliviera last year and no it wasnt that alot of players were put off coming to Italy cause of the calciopoli scandal or the fact that we might have not made it into the champions league cause of the scandal....Thats his wife in the picture and the the only plausible explanation to me as it seems Galliani was spending alot of time at home(understandbly ofcource) and just signed RO on the fact he was brazilian.....Well the bright side is even he is to "busy" at home this summer i cant think of anyone worse than RO

Then why not signing a good italian striker for 1/3 of Oliveira's price. Italian players like Di Natale or Caracciolo would have done much better and would have come anyway to Milan, regardless of what competition we were playing in. I think they would have done much better.

And i think its important that everyone here realises that if we do sign ronaldinho(which is improbable at best and damn near impossible realistically cause we not dealing with the barcelona of Nunez and that barca seem to base most of their marketing around him) its whatever we gonna pay for him plus what we paid for RO.....cause sorry to say that unless that happens....he has been of absolutely no benefit to us whatsoever.....saw a couple of people saying they should've turned up with a kit and done better....actually you should've turned up with a kit and let someone cut of 1 of your legs and you could prob still do a better job than what he's done..

so luca toni is officialy is signed with byren....can some1 else confirmif it is...then wow...that is an awsome move by byren..