Alberto Gilardino to Milan??

I doubt Gila will go to Chelsea..he wants a WC place badly, and so will stay in Italy to ensure he gets a place...now I do hope Crespo goes back to Stamford Bridge...as this should make Chelsea relax in the transfer market, and stop trying to land our Italian wonderboy...

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

I doubt Gila will go to Chelsea..he wants a WC place badly, and so will stay in Italy to ensure he gets a place...now I do hope Crespo goes back to Stamford Bridge...as this should make Chelsea relax in the transfer market, and stop trying to land our Italian wonderboy...

screw that lets be greedy and take both of them, and let Inter keep worrying if they are gonna try and plunk more money and more down to get Adriano (which is unlikely also).

Forza Milan

Originally Posted by K77SH C

From Galliani's comments two things stand out. He wants to spend big, that could just mean bidding high for Gilardino or another big signing?? The other thing is that Berlusconi is open to Carlo changing the backline to a 3 amn defence if circumstances are right.

One question, what makes everyone so sure that Gilardino will be a great signing. I dont mean the fact that hes scored consistantly becasue our other strikers also did. What I mean is any top striker we sign should strike up a good partnership with Sheva. To me Gilardino seems the same mould of player as all of our other strikers who have been unable to combine with Sheva the way we expect.

Gila does have a more complete game than both Pippo and Crespo. Granted he's not exactly dropping deep all the time and supporting the side, like Henry for example, but does hold the ball up superbly and does try to play off the team. Another interesting feature is where he's coming from. Parma cannot and do not give him the support he craves, which means he must a little something extra in his game if he scores week in, week out.

Tomasson is the only forward we have to compliment Sheva atm rather than just play next to him, but Gila should be able to provide more support to Sheva than him as he has more quality. Also, like Crespo and Pippo have done in the past, he may be able to make space for Sheva in his movement, which is even greater than both Pippo and Crespo as he doesn't play off the backline alone, but actually moves deeper too.

I'm not trying to say that he will be a great partner for Sheva, as there is always the risk of having new signings, but I can see him fitting well.

As for the deal, I do see us buying him now after Galliani's "tripping" comment, which to me translates as "Gila is ours Chelsea, so stay away!"

http://skysports.planetfootball.com/...=Football_Home
He will be a Milan player

I still don't believe Gilardino is the "big" signing we will make. Meteoric as his rise has been, he's not a star name just yet. If we do miss out on him, i hope we get someone of equal stature instead ... after being so close to him and then missing out, we would need someone as good to strengthen our spirits !

Let us hope Gilardino sees sense and does what's best for him ... i.e. staying in Italy and joining us

Good post ACMILAN1983, Not seen much of him so i was hoping some one who has would post something like that. your point about him having to do extra to get the goals reminds me of Sheva. When Milan were in the dark ages a few years ago he learnt how to make chances him self and really became a great striker through it. I also like that you say he is good a holding the ball up too because I honestly believe I could hold the ball up better than Crespo and Pippo. about the making space for Sheca bit, il believe it when I see it

to be honest I have not seen Gilardino much what I have seen briefly is that he does command attention up front, he can finish, and he looks to be a bit stronger on the ball then Crespo and Pippo. Those skills would compliment Sheva greatly as it would allow him to finish more often something I saw this years Milan side lacked was the ability to let Sheva finish. That being said both Pippo and Crespo are very valuable to this team both have speed, Pippo can just wreek havoc for a sloppy defense as he will be all over them like a maniac, and Crespo's ability to head the ball and score back breaking goals is invaulable . . . I wonder what they will do to utilize the talents of these wonderful forwards? That would be quite the quartet if they do land Gila.

http://www.channel4.com/sport/footba...lia/jun4d.html

he wants to milan ...

Thanks K77

Gila looks to be Milan bound for sure, though I'm not at all surprised.

Jim, I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't our "big" signing, but then again I wouldn't be surprised if he is. I'm hoping that we can get a player for Seedorf's role still.

Originally Posted by albertini_forever

http://www.channel4.com/sport/footba...lia/jun4d.html

he wants to milan ...

Good news indeed

Yesterday I lost my hope to sign him after Galliani's report but today I regained it

Originally Posted by rae

Yesterday I lost my hope to sign him after Galliani's report but today I regained it

That's silly season for you

to clarify things for all.. no one has officially announced that we will be planning a 'big' buy.. it was a rumour that milan were planning to get one, just like rumours of that we already signed a deal with gilardino..

i wasnt very hopeful of gilardino coming, but after his agents comments today, i am more hopeful..

unfortunately, our transfer campaign again isnt a big one.. in each of the last 2 years, we only signed 3 players.. we already have two.. Galliani said our campaign is almost over, with just a little changes, and in my opinion, he means one more change.. which could be Gilardino..but i dont think anyone will consider buying Gilardino as a little change.. i think Gilardino/Oddo both have an equal chance of coming, but what about us getting another keeper instead of Abbiati?

Last year we have signed Stam, Dhorasso and Esajas, this - Vogel and Jankulovski. I guess that it is not too much. I want Gila

Milan Ahead Of Chelsea For Gilardino
6/4/2005 12:21:00 PM
The agent of Parma striker Alberto Gilardino has insisted that his client would rather join Milan than Chelsea.
This development comes as the Blues were linked with a mega-money move for the Italian international, after discovering that Inter star Adriano has no interest in moving to Stamford Bridge.

"Chelsea have not lodged any official bid for Gilardino," said the agent "In fact, we don’t even know of any negotiations. What I can say is that the player would prefer a move to Milan.

"Gilardino would like to stay in Italy and his first choice is Milan, but we shouldn’t rule Chelsea out entirely. I would consider Real Madrid an unlikely solution, though. We hope everything can be sorted out as soon as possible without waiting until the end of August."