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With all the mess going on with Chivu's transfer, I think Milan should hi-jack him from under Inter's nose. He would be a perfect addition to our squad.

Originally Posted by Nordahl

BTW: what's the problem in signing one or two big stars? Why not someone like Gaucho cannot play along Kaká?

availability

Originally Posted by zlatanov

availability

Good point!

I am watching Brazil-Argentina 1-0 25' from 5' Zulio Baptista, Baptista is a player that i like very much from the time being in Sevilla but i don't understand why he can't play well in big clubs. Otherwise he would be a very good back up for Pirlo. Today he controls the whole midfield of Brazil.

Originally Posted by zlatanov

availability

many of the players that changed clubs so far this summer were obviously avaliable...

Originally Posted by Stitch

many of the players that changed clubs so far this summer were obviously avaliable...

Almost everyone is available at "the right price"... Have there been any major really surprising moves until now this summer? If you ask me the big players that have changed clubs this summer was nothing else than expected.

Originally Posted by Nordahl

No one here is saying that kind of thing, that's not the point... nevertheless, do you really wanna see the guy joining Inter, and not us? Why Milan cannot sign a VERY promissing young footballer?

Obviously if given the chance, Id rather see him joining us. But its not like Im going to bash Milan's management if he joins Inter.

Regarding my previous point of us depending on Kaka's game, I think the only viable solution is upgrading Seedorf's position. But if you take Barcelona, Puyol goes down and they have Thurram and Milito. Eto'o goes down, they have Henry. Messi and Ronaldinho can rotate or replace each other.
I would like to have some more depth at Milan, I think we have been very lucky so far with injuries and getting the most from our starting eleven.

Originally Posted by Stitch

many of the players that changed clubs so far this summer were obviously avaliable...

With the risk of being called the "evil jelaous Juventino" i'll say again how i think that Milan trio (Berlu-Carlo-Galliani) don't know what they want or better...they know what they want but all of them want different players and it looks to me that if Carlo+Galliani want a certain player but Berlu doesn't then Milan won't buy.
As much as it's a good thing all of them to give permission for a player to be bought, the veto Berlu can give is hurting more than it's helping. Carlo Ancelotti is a smart man with huge experience in football. If he wants someone and if that player is available for a reasonable price then Berlu mustn't interfere.

If i'm not wrong you "lost" Luca Toni because of Berlu. If the reports about a done deal with Toni are true, then obviously Carlo gave the green light for him.
Similar things happened with Ribery, i think

As for the others, Milan didn't really know if the want them or don't want them. They did make offers for Abidal and Tiago (i think there was another player, i don't remember who) but these players rejected Milan. It's really hard to reject Milan so i can only asume that Milan's offer wasn't serious enough and Milan didn't really, i mean really, 100%, want these players.

And eventhough we can't trust every report, they give a picture that Milan doesn't really know who do they want....We'll go for Eto'o or Dinho. If we can't get them we'll go for Sheva and if not we'll go for Cassano.
Or we want Emerson, but we don't want him because we'd like to give more chances to Gourcuff, but still we want Emerson. It's always good to have plan B and C but apart from Dinho i don't have a feeling that Milan is strongly after player X and they'll do everything to get player X.

Originally Posted by Giorgos

I am watching Brazil-Argentina 1-0 25' from 5' Zulio Baptista, Baptista is a player that i like very much from the time being in Sevilla but i don't understand why he can't play well in big clubs. Otherwise he would be a very good back up for Pirlo. Today he controls the whole midfield of Brazil.

He is the worst Brazillion I have ever seen when it comes to football.

Im not expecting much from this transfer market - I would be more happy if Kaka stayed with us and we didnt bring in another player rather than to loose Kaka because as Zlat explained Kaka is irreplaceable.

Tony, with the risk of being called the "evil whiner rossonero" I'll agree with most of your points.

Many of fellows MM members say that Bayern payed too much for Ribery, or Liverpool for Torres, or Madrid for Pepe, or ManU for Nani & Anderson blah blah blah...

Well, if everyone is overpaying, then we'll at some point have to do the same, since obviously there's no other way to bring a good player to Milan. Yes, we are the european champions, but it doesn't mean that players will play for free.

Our management is way too cautious. At some point, bringing proven but old 30+ veterans will obiti o glavu (help, I can't say that in english ). They'll have to start taking some risks. Somehow I think it won't be this summer.

and WOW Alves is good...

Originally Posted by Stitch

will obiti o glavu (help, I can't say that in english ).

Loooooool....my brain stopped working and i also don't know how to translate this expression in English.....something like "it will return to us to hunt us" or " return as a boomerang"

Literally it means " it will brake in our heads"

Originally Posted by Stitch

Tony, with the risk of being called the "evil whiner rossonero" I'll agree with most of your points.

Many of fellows MM members say that Bayern payed too much for Ribery, or Liverpool for Torres, or Madrid for Pepe, or ManU for Nani & Anderson blah blah blah...

Well, if everyone is overpaying, then we'll at some point have to do the same, since obviously there's no other way to bring a good player to Milan. Yes, we are the european champions, but it doesn't mean that players will play for free.

Our management is way too cautious. At some point, bringing proven but old 30+ veterans will obiti o glavu (help, I can't say that in english ). They'll have to start taking some risks. Somehow I think it won't be this summer.

You can reduce your post to one word: market

Originally Posted by Nordahl

Why not someone like Gaucho cannot play along Kaká?

Because only one ball's used in a match.

Sooner or later someone will start griping about not getting it enough.

Originally Posted by GilAttack [11]

You can reduce your post to one word: market

nice suggestion but I think I have a better one - "milking"