Summer mercato 2009

Well, if Milan pay 30 mil euro for Dzeko, it is overrated IMO but if the news to be trusted, the price is (around) 18 mil euros which is similar to Boriello's one which is also not overrated IMO.

I'm interested to find out whether it's going to be Dzeko OR Adebayor. Nasri was quoted this morning saying that Adebayor was going to be a Milan player. I wonder if it has any truth to it??

Originally Posted by Siregar

Well, if Milan pay 30 mil euro for Dzeko, it is overrated IMO but if the news to be trusted, the price is (around) 18 mil euros which is similar to Boriello's one which is also not overrated IMO.

Boriello is actually good before he got injuried. Damn, will we get him back? I believe Boriello + Pato is actually a very good combination upfront for us.

Originally Posted by hwmook

Boriello is actually good before he got injuried. Damn, will we get him back? I believe Boriello + Pato is actually a very good combination upfront for us.

Yes, if he could stay fit, we can see what kind of striker Boriello is (regarding his ability) but unfortunately we could only watch him in some games. He generally did pretty well in the games but I think he still lacked of finishing ability whether from close range (with thight defence) or the further one.

Originally Posted by Hasan Rossonero

Bild says we offered 30 million euros for Dzeko.

Bild is a tabloid rag that is as knowledgeable about football as Marca.

Originally Posted by Blacktop

Bild is a tabloid rag that is as knowledgeable about football as Marca.

Hmmm...I confirmed this with some Germans, and they said that it is reliable, but they embellish their stories. They think the meeting did take place, but the numbers may be inflated.

Originally Posted by Samaldinho

I just wish Santacroce was linked to us as heavily as Dzeko. If I knew that Grosso, Santacroce, and Oddo were all going to be at Milan next season, I would feel a lot better. Plus, it is monday, and I was hoping to just get punched in the stomach with Kaka's sale or cheer for his stay, and now this is just cruel. I hate Berlu more and more.

If Grosso and Oddo were in our defensive line up next year you're looking at 5th or 6th in the league at best, that's the type of quality they have.

If Milan were after the likes of Santacroce, Criscito, Hamsik, D’Agostino, Hernanes, Santon etc, there would be more happiness as they are players with potential and might offer something.

We are Milan and should be after the best players around (certainly not getting rid of them), we are not a mid table team looking to scrape into the Europa league!

What frustrates me most is that Baldy moans about balancing the books and then he goes and gives Dida, Kaladze, Slowdorf etc all huge contracts for such little contribution where we could have invested that money in better and younger players with increasing market value. If they wanted to go down the balancing route then you sell them in a continual cycle of regeneration. However, it's obviously they lack even the foresight of investing!!

As confirmed in a published note on the website of the Brazilian federation
press conference of KAKA that was scheduled for midnight (Italian GMT), has been postponed for about two hours, therefore KAKA will speak to the media when in Italy will be about 2 am

Kaka' press conference has been postponed till 2 am (Italian time--can't remember the zone right now).

So, 8pm EST.

tgcom.it

aaa, WTF, i will must be awake whole fcking night !

Originally Posted by bLOND !-,-!

aaa, WTF, i will must be awake whole fcking night !

We still have 4 hours to sleep before wake up later.

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

No one else here still thinks this Kaka thing is a whole plan? I still think he's staying!

You know what, thank you for your optimism!

Kaka did say that he didn't want to be manipulated, that he wanted to say. Berlu seems to go back and forth between saying "the sale is going through, Ronaldinho can replace him" to "if it was up to me, I'd keep Kaka."

And listening to reports talking about delaying the announcement to June 30th, to me that speaks of desperation from reporters. They know that they are running out of deadline space, they have to make up something!

Plus, why would Madrid even want to wait? If they are going through with a medical, they should parade around this fact. But they aren't, Perez says his nervous about the transfer, doesn't sound like somebody who has the signature done and dusted, does it? Perez is someone who is short with his words and declarative. He just won an election and needs to keep those promises, otherwise, he'll be taken out by Madrid again.

And so what if Kaka signs a Real shirt? It was a fan, while he was on Brazil duty. How many fans only have one kind of shirt, or maybe they are Brazil fans, but not Milan fans, if I was Kaka, I would not care, because they are there to support countries, not clubs.

If I was a Milan player, playing for my country, and a young fan offered me to sign his Inter shirt, I would. To me, it doesn't matter what the person has, they are there to support me. What if that is the only jersey they have, and even if they were Inter fans (and I a Milan player), we are both fans of the national team, and clubs (for me) are secondary to my nation.

I'm sure Kaka has signed Barca, Madrid, Roma, Man Utd, and bunch of other jerseys in the past, doesn't mean a thing.

Anyway, it's Berlusconi who will announce if Kaka' goes or not ... so Kaka' is just going to justify his choice then.

Originally Posted by GeoTav

Anyway, it's Berlusconi who will announce if Kaka' goes or not ... so Kaka' is just going to justify his choice then.

He just won the elections,and he could be using Kaka to make his victory complete like he will stop the transfer AGAIN,and our golden boy stays with us and he is hero again,we all know how much our president loves spotlight.









PS.
maybe i am just 2 desperate.

Originally Posted by hwmook

Go back and watch Pippo goals again, he score from all kinds of situations and all angles, headers, tap in, chip over keeper, heck he even score with his butt, chest......how can he be compared to a player who only know how to score from a single place? Defenders only pay attention to famous aka star players....how famous is Dzeko whom is relatively unknown before current season?

PS, Serie A and UCL defenders are not the same standard as those german teams and he won't make it if that is his standard.

Listen, Pippo is one of my favorite players, but let's be honest, he scores from inside the box, using the offside-trap as his main weapon, unless he just poaches behind defenders' backs'.

Again, players who can score in the same way, against defenses who are familiar with him and also know what he likes to do, means that they are talented enough. Kaka does the same thing, he grabs the ball, runs forward and tries to shoot. That is the Kaka "move." Ronaldinho and Henry love cutting in from the left. Cristiano Ronaldo loves step overs that cut from the right into the center. That they can still do those tricks and moves means that they are good.

Furthermore, the German league isn't that bad, and many players who have come from Germany has done very well in Italy. Dzeko can only beat the players in front of him, and he has done that very effectively. If he played in Holland I'd understand the doubt, but I think the boy deserves a chance.

I just hope Boriello gets back to fitness, because he was awesome when he was fit for Milan. I'd rather spend money on defense, which is far more important for Milan right now than our attack.