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well i just read on goal.com about us and david villa...and david villa is one the best "killer" striker in the world i know its a long shot but hey imo so is eto'o and i would prefer david villa any day over eto'o but if we can get either one it would be a very good buy for us

Originally Posted by Tony29.

Trezeguet won't go to Milan

Seriously..... Pippo, Ronaldo, Gilardino stay and Oli will be sacrificed.
If Inzaghi and Gila stay then a Suazo-Sheva-Eto'o type of striker will be signed.
This excludes Klaas Jan Huntelaar, i guess and since the striker will come from abroad we can exclude Quagliarella and the likes who play in Italy.

Eto'o is at the top of Milan's wish list. I don't want to jinx anything for you, but lets say you won't be able to get him. With Henry and Suazo gone, who does it leave ?

Shevchenko.... who else ??

they are aiming at Dinho, Etoo, Drogba, Sheva, Villa ... that's why I think the management has said that the striker will come from abroad.
these however are dif transfers and it could well end up with Milan not getting anyone if those players are deemed untransferable or their clubs start asking for ridiculous amounts (Sheva, Villa).

So, Pato for now is an option, for now being the keyword there, but I would guess that Milan would loan him out at least for an year even if we get him (or leave him at Internacional) as he's too young and doesn't have an EU passport ... so I really don't see Milan aiming at him as the star striker they are looking for for this coming season.

If none of the above transfers take place, I guess we could look back at Italy ... and that means Quagliarella and yes, Trezi will be getting a bullseye on their chest

I personally wouldn't mind at all keeping our current strikers and getting Quagliarella (can play both as an attacking mid and striker) for something like 10-12 mil+Boriello - I do expect RO to show a lot more than he did last season and without any enormous egos up front we'll have a hardworking group of players, wo Carlo won't be afraid to bench if necessary without causing a turmoil in the dressing room.
with some finishing touches in defense and midfield, we could be done without making headlines next year that Milan has equalled Inter's negative balance of 180 mil euros for this past year

Originally Posted by zlatanov

they are aiming at Dinho, Etoo, Drogba, Sheva, Villa ... that's why I think the management has said that the striker will come from abroad.
these however are dif transfers and it could well end up with Milan not getting anyone if those players are deemed untransferable or their clubs start asking for ridiculous amounts (Sheva, Villa).

So, Pato for now is an option, for now being the keyword there, but I would guess that Milan would loan him out at least for an year even if we get him (or leave him at Internacional) as he's too young and doesn't have an EU passport ... so I really don't see Milan aiming at him as the star striker they are looking for for this coming season.

If none of the above transfers take place, I guess we could look back at Italy ... and that means Quagliarella and yes, Trezi will be getting a bullseye on their chest

I personally wouldn't mind at all keeping our current strikers and getting Quagliarella (can play both as an attacking mid and striker) for something like 10-12 mil+Boriello - I do expect RO to show a lot more than he did last season and without any enormous egos up front we'll have a hardworking group of players, wo Carlo won't be afraid to bench if necessary without causing a turmoil in the dressing room.
with some finishing touches in defense and midfield, we could be done without making headlines next year that Milan has equalled Inter's negative balance of 180 mil euros for this past year

Agree with zlat on all his points....don`t forget we do have an reinforcement in the team already...Ronaldo plus all our strikers underperformed last year,so I`m expecting better performances from Gila and OLI(especially him...he can do better for sure),So its not the end of the world.if we dont sign new striker...but we need a Midfielder and Defender and maybe a flank player!!

Quagliarella,Abidal/heinze/alves,emerson/makalele/edmilson/camo,alex is Really great transfer market.....if we add a star than even better but like this looks really good(always consider that our striker can`t play worse than last season )IMO

I expect more from GORKY, Bonera, Oddo,Ambro,Kaladze all of them played good but not all season thats why we suffered in the league!!! We had a lot of injuries...once the team was all fit we played really good... and we did what we did!!!

Ricardo Oliveira wants out, Id take a bag of balls for him.

wat abt knoute.......can we make a traget as well...i know he doesnt want to move from sevilla ..but than again we r europeon champions who wudnt wanna come...is he good enough for milan? i think he is and really had proven himself in spain and helped sevilla win in europe and coppa del ray..

Fabio Capello has suggested it will be impossible for Real Madrid to tempt Milan into selling Kaka.

Real president Ramon Calderon has reiterated his dream to bring the Brazilian playmaker to the Bernabeu over the summer.

Milan are refusing to entertain offers for Kaka and are determined to resist the Spanish champions' close-season overtures.

Capello, whose future as Real coach is due to be decided in the coming days, feels Kaka represents the image of the current Milan side.

And the Italian does not expect Rossoneri president Silvio Berlusconi to cave in to Real's desire to bring Kaka to the Spanish capital.

"It is an unrealisable dream, knowing Silvio Berlusconi," Capello told Sky Italia.

"He wants Milan to be the best team in the world and he counts on Kaka to achieve that.

"Before, the image of Milan was the one with Maldini, the beautiful face.

"Now that function belongs to the Brazilian."

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From skysports.com

I posted this on another forum (my view on TV revenue sharing):



Let's not forget that Galliani made tons of noise about the financial woes of Serie A in 2002, and Milan bought Nesta, Rivaldo etc.

This is political posturing. Who owns a big chunk of the TV market in Italy? Well, don't you think his right hand man will make the right noises.

The reason why we haven't made a big signing is because, well, we haven't had the need to. Since 2002, Milan has won ALOT or done really well. I mean probably more than any other team in Europe:

2003- CL, Coppa Italia, Super Cup
2004- Scudetto
2005- CL Final, Runners-up Serie A
2006- Semi-final CL
2007- CL, ??

Really, Berlu spent when he thought we needed it. Theoretically we could go foward with this squad and do well.

Another point will illustrate what the poster above is saying. Inter recently had a 70 million Euro boost (!!!!) of capital as did Juventus (I think Juve even more). He is right about the sugar daddy thing. I mean can you imagine any other club coming back from Serie B into Serie A and buying players and rolling in the cash?

Collective TV rights can only be a good thing. I like Milan, and I would love for them to strengthen, but not at the expense of little clubs. I like Italian football more.

Finally, I think if Berlu really wants a player, he will open up his wallet. He has already said Ronaldinho is "worth the economic sacrifice" (I'm not saying that means he will come).

The figures quoted are not close to the real thing. The players in Spain may pocket more, but NOT THAT MUCH more. Galliani loves playing the card of a hopeless pessimist. It's the perfect card to play really: when things turn out well, you look good.

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

I find this stat incredibly disturbing. Italian football won't last much longer if the current financial status of each of the main leagues continues as it is i.e. the Premiership & La Liga in consistent mega money deals and Serie A in deals/tax laws that restrict their marketing powers.






You could also add Alves as a possible right-back inclusion. The rest of their team will be

Deco/Iniesta --- Yaya Toure --- Xavi
---------- Ronaldinho/Messi --------
------ Henry ---------- Etoo -------

Should Etoo leave i wouldn't be surprised to see them try for Huntelaar or Torres. Should Ronaldinho leave i'm not sure they'll need to move for anyone as they have Messi, Deco and possibly promote Dos Santos to the first team. Good times to be a Barcelona fan.

Actually the taxes are very high in England as well. After a certain amount you get taxed 40%...correct me if I'm wrong??

Clubs like Chelsea are operating at a loss also. Though it hints that these clubs should really get their house in order, it isn't as bad as it sounds. Also, clubs like Man U and Arsenal don't have THAT much transfer muscle. They were taken over by Glazer, who bought the club with a massive loan. A chunk of United's income is thus spent on repaying that. And you already know about Arsenal's stadium deal...

Spain, yes, has an advantage, but only Real and Barca. The TV deals there means that Barca and Real get all the TV money. Valencia even get very little. Spain's way of doing business is NOT GOOD. Collective TV rights IS the way to go. The teams at the bottom will have more money to spend, and Serie A as a product will be more interesting.

Remember the way it works is 50% of the TV revenues is split evenly. The remaning 50% is allotted according to final position in the table. A very small percentage (1 or 2 % I think) goes to the grassroots development of the sport.

Finally, you have to remember that Juve, Milan, and Inter are owned by very rich owners (like I say above).

Originally Posted by GilAttack [11]

Ricardo Oliveira wants out, Id take a bag of balls for him.

hahahaha...bag of balls, never heard that one before...good one

Originally Posted by zeshkani

Oliveira - Casano this will be the transfer for milano

i hope casano will not com to milano because for my opinion hi is not e good player

god finnnally sumbody else sees it. i absolutely disagree with you and think that if we bring in cassano, we can only profit. i think a cassano+ emerson for oliveira would solve sooo many problems. yes cassano has an attitude but look where it got him, buried in the bench with nothing but hunger to prove himself. he messes up, its so easy to sell him to some smaller italian side cause of his potential. thats why pickin up cassano is a small risk high reward type deal. i think cassano and gila would make an awesome serie a attack.
the way i see it : ronaldo(inzaghi)--ronaldinho--kaka for cl and gila(inzaghi) --cassano--seedorf for serie a.

Huntelaar or Torres.

Originally Posted by Nordahl

Huntelaar or Torres.

I think those are the two the management want. Villa too, I think.

No Torres, please. But I must admit that this Torres-to-Milan thing is as old as Bily Costacurta.

Originally Posted by Hasan Rossonero

Actually the taxes are very high in England as well. After a certain amount you get taxed 40%...correct me if I'm wrong??

Clubs like Chelsea are operating at a loss also. Though it hints that these clubs should really get their house in order, it isn't as bad as it sounds. Also, clubs like Man U and Arsenal don't have THAT much transfer muscle. They were taken over by Glazer, who bought the club with a massive loan. A chunk of United's income is thus spent on repaying that. And you already know about Arsenal's stadium deal...

Spain, yes, has an advantage, but only Real and Barca. The TV deals there means that Barca and Real get all the TV money. Valencia even get very little. Spain's way of doing business is NOT GOOD. Collective TV rights IS the way to go. The teams at the bottom will have more money to spend, and Serie A as a product will be more interesting.

Remember the way it works is 50% of the TV revenues is split evenly. The remaning 50% is allotted according to final position in the table. A very small percentage (1 or 2 % I think) goes to the grassroots development of the sport.

Finally, you have to remember that Juve, Milan, and Inter are owned by very rich owners (like I say above).

Good one hasan. We see the same picture to this.
For me revenues to be spread evenly is the way to go so that smaller teams have a fair share of competition. What makes Milan, juve and merdas richer is that of the owner who is willing to folk out money from their own pocket.
Will that makes Italian team at the disadvantage at European level......i guess not.
But as a MIlan fans I hope that we will keep on improving with new signing although we are CL winner.
Look at barca now, they have a fearsome quartet strikeforce which their fans can boast.

Fernando Torres would be the new Josemari

Torres is the kind of player to teams who see marketing and not football, they love to spend rivers of money in that players