Winter Mercato

Originally Posted by Hasan Rossonero

In the interview that I have placed above, Berlu also said they would go for a young defender.

Yeah, I think the Cassano thing will go through because we can give Oli in exchange. Real want to get rid of Cassano, and we want to get rid of Oli.

Hasan could you relay what Silvio said about Milan going after a young defender 'cause I couldn't find anything on that in his interview on calciomercato.it (fuller version than what's on channel 4) or sky.it too?



As for Cassano, I think the ides is to get Cassano AND the touted super-striker ... Cassano is seen more as an experiment and I doubt Milan would bet everything on him right now and desert their pursuit of the world-class striker Galliani and Silvio have been talking about left and right.

It also seems that Real won't ask for a transfer fee for him and would be glad to get rid of him just to save on his salary (around 4-4.5 mil/season), so I guess it could well be possible to have both Cassano and Emerson in exchange for RO, if Real still want him and Milan is still after Emerson.
There were some rumours that Real M were willing to let Emerson go for free but I think that was a misinterpretation of the situation after they, reportedly, let Emerson's agent know that Emerson is free to look for another club ... that doesn't necessarily mean that they won't be searching for a transfer fee.

I think RO for Cassano & Emerson would be fine rather than just getting Cassano in return as we paid a bit of money for RO.

To me there just aren't enough strikers on the market to go for, Tevez looks likely to move to a EPL club, Torres looks most certain for Liverpool, Chelsea wont let Sheva leave, Eto & R10 look like they want to remain in Barca. However on another note we made an offer for Motta.

http://goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=340337

I have mixed emotions about this.

One more thing I want to ask people who know more about me than Italian rules, why is it that Italian teams dont do what EPL clubs do? What im talking about is basically robbing the young players from the Barca set up, paying a few hundred thousand pounds and nurturing them? Is there some kind of law which doesnt let Italians side make full use of this? Look at players like Cesc Fabregas, Merida, Pique and Liverpool have just got a very skilled player called Pacheco. This would be ideal for Milan, to take a few players and give them time to develop.

if cassano wants to join the great team of Milan, he better get his act together, otherwise we simply dont need the spoiled boy from Bari.

I'm very sad that we are loosing Torres. Milan is interested for him since he was 17,
we were always interested for him, and also Atletico haven't paid us 15M euros from last transfers.
Liverpool is very close to sign him, and we are not connected with noone big striker! (Ronaldinho,Eto,Suazo,Torres,Trezeguet,Sheva,Klose, will not join us)
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Now i think the big available strikers are these: Tevez,Pato,Huntelaar,Villa,Drogba

Originally Posted by sveto

if cassano wants to join the great team of Milan, he better get his act together, otherwise we simply dont need the spoiled boy from Bari.

I'm pretty sure that he will mature with the guidance of our great legends such as Maldini and Billy.
It seems the board and the players are going to vote whether or not Cassano is welcome, which is a good thing.
Seems Berlu would really like Adriano, this would be terrific !


'Bout Motta, let's just say this player doens't light my fire.
Barca should keep their crap players and they ought to sell us Zambrotta.

im not convinced with adriano either.. if hes not good enough for Inter he shouldnt come here... its just more Brazilian hype.


do you think the defender belusconi is talking about is canini?

Originally Posted by Graeme C

im not convinced with adriano either.. if hes not good enough for Inter he shouldnt come here... its just more Brazilian hype.


do you think the defender belusconi is talking about is canini?

guys could you post a link to that ... I am asking cause I am yet to find anything about a defender in Silvio's interview on calciomercato.it or sky.it ... today there is a strike for journalists in Italy and many of the other sites are not updating there stories/news.

Are you sure Ronaldhinio does not want to come to Milan?? I read on goal.com that he may come. I think Berlu is trying to create a Brazilian type team. If he gets Adriano, Ronaldhinio and possibly Pato, combined with Cafu, Ronaldo, Dida and Kaka, we would have great chemistry, especially among the Brazillians.

Originally Posted by Milanfan_101

Are you sure Ronaldhinio does not want to come to Milan?? I read on goal.com that he may come. I think Berlu is trying to create a Brazilian type team. If he gets Adriano, Ronaldhinio and possibly Pato, combined with Cafu, Ronaldo, Dida and Kaka, we would have great chemistry, especially among the Brazillians.

it wouldnt.. if you renember it was Italy that won the world cup not Brazil.. you would end like real with alot of names who cant play together.

Regarding Cassano, I am up for getting him if we can. I was also for getting him last summer but we decided on Oliveira the killer!

Cassano is a player that, purely tecnicaly speaking, has it all. He is a perfect 2nd striker. He is 25 years old and Italian. He has a lot of serie a experience also. When he was in form he did wonders combining with Totti, and I think he can do the same with Kaka'. Milanello can help him become the player he once was, and his class isnt questionable at all. All he needs is a month or so on good training regime and a little bit of patience. He is not the star he used to be and beybe he learned his lession by sitting out the season in Madrid. If we were ready to pay 17 mil for Oliveira, why not getting Petar Pan this summer? If someone 3 years ago told you that Milan will have a chance to play Gilardino-Cassano-Inzaghi-Ronaldo upfront, I doubt we would hesitate a second... Go get Cassano.

Im also sure that we need another holding midfielder like Motta and emerson, as Brocchi, as much as our players and trainers like him, and he played few great matches this season, simply isnt the player of CL calibre. Madrid DIDNT say they'll let go emerson for free, but that he is FREE TO LEAVE. One of Motta-Emerson could help us rotate more in the middle and still use Gourcuff( after watching European U-21 I understood how good Gourcuff actually is...)

If Galliani can secure Emrson and Cassano for a low cost that would be a BRILLIANT transfer move as those players can help Milan a lot, especially in serie a. We still have one non-EU space opened and I think we'll get someone from abroad... Lets just wait as Berlusconi said.

How much do you think Milan will pay for Emerson ? Real bought him from Juve for 13m euro and so far they payed only 1/3 of the money and they still have to pay Juve ~9m euro for him.
Will they agree to sell him for less than 9m and then use these money and even add their money to pay for a player they don't have anymore ?

Originally Posted by zlatanov

Hasan could you relay what Silvio said about Milan going after a young defender 'cause I couldn't find anything on that in his interview on calciomercato.it (fuller version than what's on channel 4) or sky.it too?



As for Cassano, I think the ides is to get Cassano AND the touted super-striker ... Cassano is seen more as an experiment and I doubt Milan would bet everything on him right now and desert their pursuit of the world-class striker Galliani and Silvio have been talking about left and right.

It also seems that Real won't ask for a transfer fee for him and would be glad to get rid of him just to save on his salary (around 4-4.5 mil/season), so I guess it could well be possible to have both Cassano and Emerson in exchange for RO, if Real still want him and Milan is still after Emerson.
There were some rumours that Real M were willing to let Emerson go for free but I think that was a misinterpretation of the situation after they, reportedly, let Emerson's agent know that Emerson is free to look for another club ... that doesn't necessarily mean that they won't be searching for a transfer fee.

sure man.

acmilan.com (http://www.acmilan.com/NewsDetail.aspx?idNews=49065)

Sulla difesa: "L'erede di Maldini? Vorremmo trovare un difensore giovane, come abbiamo trovato Kakà per l'attacco. Cannavaro? Pensando agli anni di Costacurta e Maldini lui è un ragazzo, ma come dicevo puntiamo a un giovane".

On Emerson we for once are in the driving seat as Real want to sell him and we don't really need him. We should pay no more than £2 million for him and as suggested elsewhere Cassano & Emerson for Oliveira sounds perfect. For once Real will have to cut their losses and lose out on a deal.

Having said that, i don't really want either Emerson or Cassano .. or Adriano.

Chivu is available for £12 million, i'm still not totally convinced by him but we do need a good central defender. It's unlikely Roma will sell to us, i expect him to go to Madrid with Cicinho coming the other way, but you never know.

Originally Posted by Hasan Rossonero

sure man.

acmilan.com (http://www.acmilan.com/NewsDetail.aspx?idNews=49065)

Sulla difesa: "L'erede di Maldini? Vorremmo trovare un difensore giovane, come abbiamo trovato Kakà per l'attacco. Cannavaro? Pensando agli anni di Costacurta e Maldini lui è un ragazzo, ma come dicevo puntiamo a un giovane".

thanks, Hasan ...
totally forgot to look at the official site

Originally Posted by Tony29.

How much do you think Milan will pay for Emerson ? Real bought him from Juve for 13m euro and so far they payed only 1/3 of the money and they still have to pay Juve ~9m euro for him.
Will they agree to sell him for less than 9m and then use these money and even add their money to pay for a player they don't have anymore ?

I don't think Milan would give more than 5-6 mil euros for him, if we are talking about paying cash and not with a player exchange (RO).

After all, Ronaldo cost Milan 7.5 mil (8 if you count the extra 500,000 we paid them with Milan reaching CL qualification) and he was 30 yo then vs 31 for Emerson now. Plus Ronaldo was still Ronaldo - even if unwanted by the coach and club, he was still one of the biggest names around when we struck that deal and names inflate prices a lot ... Emerson on the other hand, while a famous mid, doesn't have that status of star.
And to top it all, what really drives prices down is the desire of Real M to sell or rather get rid of that player at just about any price, something that again resembles the Ronaldo case A LOT.

Those 9 mil were probably part of the budget for last year ... either way, Real M not wanting him around would hardly warrant them asking for 9 mil as not many clubs would pay such money for a 31 yo player coming off a rather average season.
Plus, the money Real M paid for Emrson was based on the evaluation of a player who had had an excellent season with Juve at the time ... now things are on the opposite end, and him being an year older, pretty much negates any past market values for that player (which btw is true for RO too)

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

On Emerson we for once are in the driving seat as Real want to sell him and we don't really need him. We should pay no more than £2 million for him and as suggested elsewhere Cassano & Emerson for Oliveira sounds perfect. For once Real will have to cut their losses and lose out on a deal.

Having said that, i don't really want either Emerson or Cassano .. or Adriano.

Chivu is available for £12 million, i'm still not totally convinced by him but we do need a good central defender. It's unlikely Roma will sell to us, i expect him to go to Madrid with Cicinho coming the other way, but you never know.

I seem to be one of the few who likes Cassano.

RO for Cassano+Emerson is a great deal.