Summer mercato 2009

Originally posted by acmilan1983

I can understand if you're not convinced Rossi and Rosina can become world class, but to say Baggio in his prime looks pale in comparison to today's world class attacking midfielders is ridiculous. Baggio in his prime was one of the greatest players in history, and had pretty much everything in his game. He was probably better than today's best.

I admire baggio as a person;his super skill,game reading,court demeanor.....he's got all the software needed in football.but he is so limited physically.maybe Del piero is stronger and faster than him.Look at ZZ,kaka,cr7,messi.they all elite level atheletes first.

I still don't know what the Cissokho fuss is all about. Medical reveals player to have above-average risk for physical problems, hence our valuation changes and we ask for a reduction in price. Makes complete sense.

Secondly, the loan move does solve problems because if he meets expectations, ie fits in to the team, plays well, then we might be willing to take the additional risk of physical problems and sign him on a permanent basis. We should be looking after our best interests, and that's exactly what Galliani and co are doing.

Originally Posted by will4li

I admire baggio as a person;his super skill,game reading,court demeanor.....he's got all the software needed in football.but he is so limited physically.maybe Del piero is stronger and faster than him.Look at ZZ,kaka,cr7,messi.they all elite level atheletes first.

Thats just show how great Baggio was. Don't think for one second that Desailly, Frank R, Albertini, Blanco, Dunga, Sammer, Mattiaus and others are push over. In fact they were all as strong if not stronger than players like Vidic, Rio, Nesta, Canna, Gattuso, Roy Keane.....and yet, Baggio outplayed them almost all the time. I mentioned in my other posts that, Series A at that time is byfar the best league in the world, heck it was probably even better than CL now, with at least 7-8 teams that can challenge the titles while the other lesser teams actually play the game instead of camping out their own half against tougher teams.
Maybe today, physical attributes are important, but without does not really makes that players suck. Look at Pippo, this man scored the most goals in Europe and yet, he is never the fastest runner, or the strongest, can't reall dribble and does not have a powerful shot. And he scored the most goals in Europe. You mentioned ZZ and he ain't the fastest player on the pitch.

I am not going to deny that the game was much different back then but to think that there were no physical players back then is wrong. Baggio did great against big and strong opponents and if he is playing today at his prime, I see that he will still have his success and maybe even more.

In the end, it's your opinion. I too think that Baggio was a great player, but I won't put him in a different league to ZZ, Kaka, Ronaldinho, Messi.

ZZ is not the fastest,but he weighs every centimeter as a 1.85cm footballer with decent speed,nobody can push him around when he possess the ball.

ronaldo makes his teammates and teammates makes pippo,that's the difference physical attributes make.If given equal quality of players and choose a AM to build a team around,I would choose kaka over baggio.

Baggio is so advanced in terms of combination of skill,game composure,tactical awareness..;,he achieved impossible with so limited physicality.I respect him a great deal.If kaka developed his software part,he will be a milestone charactor in football history.

Why are you guys discussing this in the transfer threat, how about you make a thread called old players be new players or something like that.

Oh and though I am not a big fan of galliani I knownhe has something up his sleeve. And to howevevsaid ajwijder couldn't play in serie a, u must be on heroine, sneijder and robbend are both world class wingers and would do well no matter where they plaY, and i would love if we could get any of them.

Rossi is a great player and I like seing him play, but I don't see Milan buying him this season. I tgijkbue will remain at villarealnfor one more year.

As for sissokho, idk how I feel on his issue, I never heard about him b4 so I'm not sure how to feel, and if his transfer doesn't go through, there are many more leftbacks we can go after two of my favourites being chivu and maxwell (such a shame they both play for that @&:$/$ -/@& side inter) but hey we got pirlo from inter.

Originally Posted by Rick

..............I actually wouldn't mind having both him [Sneijder] and Van der Vaart (and VdV's wife, too, of course ).

Originally Posted by MiamiMilanista

For sure, VdV's wife.

Originally Posted by Rossoneri Fuego

oh man sylvie van der vart? yeah shes a super bomb?

Just in case any one wonders why, visit:
http://images.google.com/images?sour...Van+der+Vaart+

Sylvie Van der Vaart may not be in the same class as the girlfriend of Marco Borriello, Belen Rodriguez or girlfriend of (English striker) Marcus Bent, Gemma Atkinson, but still she is more than good enough reason for Van der Vaart to coem to AC Milan.

Belen Rodriguez:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...mages&aq=f&oq=

Gemma Atkinson:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...mages&aq=o&oq=

The best thing about Sylvie Van der Vaart is that she is 5 years older than Rafael Van der Vaart and I thing it pretty cool

Welcome to ACM

Here's a novel concept: How about staying on topic instead of posting nonsense like the above in the transfer thread?

Ok there is a new article on goal about us being interested in riise, I hope it isn't true as I am not a fan of him, nor even while he was at liverpool, at the end it does mention also maxwell, whom I wouldn't mind acquiring as I stated before.

I would have post the link but I am on my iPod and idont know how to copy and paste.

Couldn't be happier at the choice of players Milan are currently chasing. Very sensible and objective, and lets be serious, we are looking for young and cheaper stars rather than established and over-priced players.

Hoping that Galliani doesn't demand too much for Cissoko despite the confusing situation, or we might lose him forever.

Also pleased that he has stated that a younger looking side will be Milan next season, and that we will acquire a full back for next season after the capture of a foward.

Wouldn't mind adding a bit more depth as well, either by acquirng other players, or promoting youth academy players. We didn't exactly cope well this Serie A season injury wise, and with the CL on our timetable next season, the situation could be worse if we don't reinforce numericaly and quality wise.

I wouldn´t go for VdV or/and Sneijder, they both have attitudes,- something Milan can´t use at the moment.
Looking for a duo, I would prefer Dzeko and his "partner" Grafite....
and they are much cheaper too.

Originally Posted by lanuora

I wouldn´t go for VdV or/and Sneijder, they both have attitudes,- something Milan can´t use at the moment.
Looking for a duo, I would prefer Dzeko and his "partner" Grafite....
and they are much cheaper too.

Yes, we certainly need a quality winger according to Leo's plans for next season. Abate cannot handle on his own, and Sneijder is better than another serious option, Van Der Vart.
If we put down a serious amount of money for the player, we should have little problem acquiring him, After all, Madrid owe us a favour ot two, as we accepted their bid instead of another's.

I'm not that up to date with quality left-backs, so maybe there are plenty out there i just don't know about but i'm struggling to come up with any decent alternatives to Cissokho. Clichy comes to mind, Zhirkov & Pranjic too but we won't sign either of the last two for various reasons (too expensive and an on/off again deal with bayern). Maxwell or Sirl i'm not so sure about ... and that's all i have. Like i say, there must be more i'm forgetting/unaware of but i'm stumped!

I wonder what the realistic chances of getting Sneijder & Robben on loan are??? If Madrid really do owe us a favour then that seems to me to be the most obvious solution for us. Getting 2 great players for (hopefully) very little, both of which could go straight into our first team. It's surely an option at least and should let us use what money we do have for other more important targets.

I know it won't happen, but i would try a deal for Santacroce by offering money & Kaladze (or selling Kaladze to generate another £8 million or so use on the Neopolitan defender).

Originally Posted by Samaldinho

Has anyone seen Andrea Russotto? I honestly think he would be worth a loan or co-ownership at least. The games that Dinho doesn't play, Russotto would be a great sub and he just turned 21 a month ago.

I have watched him for the U21 team..They say he's the closest thing to baggio..He's a very good player but has been having problems with chossing the right clubs..He's a victim of moggi's agency..I think napoli own him..I dont know if they will let him go anywhere..