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What about Obafemi Martins isn't a good player?....

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Basically says that Barca cant afford to have Etoo and Henry on the bench...so they are going for a lower cost alternative...for Etoo?

Silly season rumbles on...

so can chelski sign Pato now? or do they also have to wait?

The rules are different for the UK, so I believe thy can sign him now...while we would have to wait until January...all we have to do though, is pay them some money so that we will have first option on him...(I think)

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

The rules are different for the UK, so I believe thy can sign him now...while we would have to wait until January...all we have to do though, is pay them some money so that we will have first option on him...(I think)

i hope we do that then i think players like him are too good to miss once in a lifetime. how much is he still valued at is it £25 million?

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

Indeed you are correct martin, but I reserve my right to consider him one of the worst forwards to ever play for Milan....and come to think of it, we havent bought a German since.....

Wonder why?

erm thats a simple answer why we have not bought a german since its cause we are usually dreadful in the market

I think the rules in UK can't help Chelsea to sign Pato this summer.
The rules in Brasil won't allow Pato to leave Brasil until he's 18

What about Obafemi Martins isn't a good player?....

his finishing is awful, but at the same time he has some excellent skills

Originally Posted by drucurl

I read somewhere that Torres does the 100m in 9.9 s Hell I'd buy him just to see him and Olivera go at it
Seriously, if it's any spaniard that is going to make it here it's Torres

If Tores does 100 m in less than 10 sec....I wonder what Eto and Martins can do...Break the world record.... I dont believe he can do that, his fast though and I personally like him,but I think his low work rate, and lack of physic make him not good candidate for Serie A. I might be wrong but What you`re saying DRU is that if some spaniard can do it in Serie A than its tores, dont think so...You definitely can keep the right to youre opinion but I dont agree with u at all..thats extreme judgment.

P.s Our management thinks as I do..otherwise Toress would have been our player by now(18 mil they owe us and good relations in btw.)
But when Galiani and company shares the same opinion with u its not smth to brag about it.

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

The rules are different for the UK, so I believe thy can sign him now...while we would have to wait until January...all we have to do though, is pay them some money so that we will have first option on him...(I think)

Actually the rules favour Italian clubs. Chelsea would have to wait till he could obtain a permit for the UK. IN these instances, English clubs are at a disadvantage.

I don't really know about this rule, but as Channel4 said, it's Brazil's rule, so I think England suffers it too.

Originally Posted by Kaka1989

i hope we do that then i think players like him are too good to miss once in a lifetime. how much is he still valued at is it £25 million?

P15M is his terminating contract fee as far as I know. So I think 15M is enough

Originally Posted by Hasan Rossonero

Actually the rules favour Italian clubs. Chelsea would have to wait till he could obtain a permit for the UK. IN these instances, English clubs are at a disadvantage.

what you say is true ... but in general. I believe that for players under the age of 21 (or 20) there is a way to make an exception for them as they are considered "young talents" and they don't need to have those 75% games for the NT as older players are required to (unless you are a Chelski player i.e. Alex).
In a similar way ManU got Anderson, although I guess obtaining the work permit even in these "exceptional" cases isn't exactly a smooth and automatic process as ManU still had to wait for a decision to be made (on a case-by-case basis, I guess).

but as mentioned in that Channel 4 article, if true, the problem of signing Pato right now isn't due to restrictions in England or Italy but Brazil ... so both CHelski and Milan or any other club for that matter would have to wait a little more.

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

Indeed you are correct martin, but I reserve my right to consider him one of the worst forwards to ever play for Milan....and come to think of it, we havent bought a German since.....

Wonder why?

haha you are absolutely right! thats why we havent bought any germans. bierhoff left such a sour taste in our mouth after winning the scudetto that we decided not to buy any more germans. or cud it be that germany has had very little youth talent, alas them not even making it out of the group stages in euro cup. if i remember correctly we were paired with mertesacker but the deal never happened. honestly, which young germans are milan caliber? i cannot think of any exept maybe lahm and shweinstiger (long name). also rivaldo and vieri were pretty crappy for us too, im genuinely surprised that milan has bought more italians and brazilians.

At this stage there is a real possibility that we still get our first two targets: Eto'o and Emerson. I believe that Eto'o really doesnt wanna leave Barca but eventually he'll be sold to us or somewhere in England. Some reports are saying that Chelsea will buy Eto'o and Milan will get Drigba,but im sure that's not true. Once we get Eto'o and Emerson our campaign will be over, maybe some defender will take Billy'y place.

God I hope we don't sign Emerson. No thanks at all. Over-rated, very average,and will add nothing to our team. Motta would be decent, not Emerson. Motta, Zambrotta, Zapata, Cignarini, Eto'o & Pato would be very good additions.