Winter Mercato

Originally Posted by Gabriel489

The thing is that if he is the so call big signing promise by Galli and Berlu, then I will be upset as I am surethey had no intention of signing Baptista till he scored that goal in the CA final.

How can you be, unless you are secretly Galliani and not telling us?

It always was a slow day this summer, when was it a fast news day for Milan? If indeed Galliani ends up with 3 quality signings including an impressive Mr X, I will hand it to him as truly being the best in his job and never doubt him. He had all the time in the world this summer and enough finances to get everyone out there, but he hasnt moved at all in the past 8 weeks. He did move for Suazo and failed though. Lets wait and see what happens..

PS: i hope it is not Riquelme..he is a big-game choker, he does not have the winning mentality we need at Milan..he also can not fit into our lineup (unless we play 3 man at the back but if we didnt do that with Nesta, Stam, Maldini then we will never do it)

Riquelme has more football knowledge in the nail of his small finger than 99% of the players have in their head and legs. If he comes to Milan he'll be the most talented player in the team ( yes, i count even Ronaldo and Kaka)
But like i once already said, i think Milan is the last team on earth where he'll be a success.

He may start in the starting XI but as time will pass he'll slowly but surely find himself on the bench.
If Riquelme comes to Milan he'll give his best matches when Kaka won't play and he'll be the alpha&omega then . When both he and Kaka will play at the same time....i have no idea how will that work. Riquelme had 50% of the ball possession everywhere he played and with Pirlo and Kaka it will have to change because he won't be THE playmaker of the team, the only position that suited him, in Boca, Villareal and Argentina.

If Riquelme is only a sub to Kaka and will play only when the Brazilian won't .... then it looks perfect in theory. But i'm not sure how well Riquelme will accept this position in the team.

Riquelme´s ego wont allow him to be a bench player, and, in terms of pace, he is even slower than Clarence (if that is physically possible )...so I tend to agree with you Tony...while I admire him as one of the best players in the world on his day, he is a choker, and I doubt he will suit our style of play...plus, last but not least, he is Argentine..and we rarely buy players of that nationality....though I think we should.

I don't think Riquelme is appropriate for Milan. The time runs out and i don't know what is happening. I hope like a lot of you to make a great ending at tranfer marcet.

Post any sight of good games

Finally it's official :

Inter signed Chivu for 13m euro + co-ownership of Andreolli (valued 6m euro)

Originally Posted by GilAttack [11]

Milan: conferme su Riquelme?
27.07.2007 18.33 di Francesco Letizia articolo letto 861 volte
Arrivano indirette conferme dell'ipotesi lanciata quest'oggi dalla trasmissione SILive24 di SportItalia che Juan Roman Riquelme sia il "Mister X" rossonero: la notizia è stata rilanciata in ambienti spagnoli, da cui giungono ancora in queste ore l'eco delle parole dei dirigenti del Villareal che hanno già definito senza mezzi termini "Romy" come inutile al loro progetto. L'assordante silenzio di JR e del suo procuratore Juan Marcos Franchi fa pensare che qualcosa stia bollendo in pentola: l'operazione sarebbe economicamente vantaggiosa per i rossoneri, che con meno di 10 milioni di euro garantirebbero il grande colpo sognato ai tifosi e il tassello di classe e qualità promesso ad Ancelotti.

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Milan and Real line up there final bids for Pato. Milan hope to unveil him between august 10-15. we have sent Leonardo out to wrap it up, he is to you Ronaldo and Kaka as lures as well as the family atmosphere.

13 million euros? I find that an incredibly cheap deal

OFERTA DEL MILÁN DE 17 MILLONES POR BAPTISTA

http://www.as.com/articulo/futbol/Of...sdaiftb_23/Tes/

El Milán quiere fichar a Julio Baptista. La entidad rossonera ha realizado una oferta de 17 millones de euros al Real Madrid para hacerse con los servicios del brasileño. Ancelotti ha pedido a Berlusconi un jugador polivalente que pueda actuar tanto en la delantera como en el centro del campo y se ha fijado en el madridista. Pero por ahora tendrán que pagar mucho más para conseguir el traspaso de La Bestia, ya que el club blanco considera insuficiente la proposición. Mijatovic ha tasado a Baptista en 20 millones de euros y no dejará irse al brasileño por menos de esa cantidad.

El Madrid se frotó las manos al ver las buenas actuaciones que cuajó Baptista en la Copa América (marcó un gol antológico a Argentina en la mismísima final) por la revalorización que suponía después de cuajar una campaña discreta en el Arsenal. Además, la directiva blanca cuenta con otro factor para insistir en reclamar 20 millones por el futbolista: Baptista obtendrá el pasaporte comunitario antes de que comience la temporada.

Ya se sabe quién es "Míster X". Así ha nombrado la prensa italiana al fichaje secreto que tiene pensado hacer el Milán. Adriano Galliani, vicepresidente rossonero, dio la pista hace una semana: "No es italiano y es extracomunitario, pero es posible que pase a ser comunitario antes de que acabe agosto". En el Bernabéu saben del elevado interés milanista por Baptista y jugarán con ello para tratar de convencer al Milán de que acceda a desprenderse de Kaká.

Baptista ve con buenos ojos la posibilidad de jugar en San Siro. El Milán le ofrece la posibilidad de jugar la Champions y, además, no tendría problemas de aclimatación ya que jugaría al lado de muchos compatriotas: Kaká, Ronaldo, Serginho y Cafú. La posibilidad de jugar al más alto nivel europeo es la que ha llevado al brasileño ha desestimar la oferta que el Villarreal le ha puesto encima de la mesa, ya que económicamente era satisfactoria.

Translation

Milan wants to file to Julio Baptist. The rossonera organization has made a supply of 17 million euros to Real Madrid to take control of the services of the Brazilian. Ancelotti has asked Berlusconi a multipurpose player who can act as much in the advantage as in the center of the field and has paid attention to the madridista. But so far they will have to pay much more to obtain the crossing of the Beast, since the white club considers the proposal insufficient. Mijatovic has appraised to Baptist in 20 million euros and it will not let go away to the Brazilian by less of that amount. Madrid rubbed the hands when seeing the good performances that Baptist in the America Glass materialized (she marked an anthological goal Argentina in the very same end) by the revaluation that supposed after materializing a discreet campaign in the Arsenal. In addition, the white director account with another factor to insist on demanding 20 million by the soccer player: Baptist will obtain the communitarian passport before the season begins. He already knows himself who is "Míster X". Thus he has named the Italian press to the secret draftee whom he has thought to make Milan. Adriano Galliani, rossonero vice-president, gave the track one week ago: "he is not Italian and he is extracommunitarian, but it is possible that it happens to be communitarian before finishes August". In the Bernabéu they know of the high milanista interest by Baptist and will play with it to try to convince to Milan that it accedes to come off itself Kaká. Baptist sees with good eyes the possibility of playing in San Siro. Milan offers the possibility to him of playing the Champions and, in addition, it would not have acclimatization problems since it would play next to many compatriots: Kaká, Ronaldo, Serginho and Cafú. The possibility of playing the highest European level is the one that has taken to the Brazilian has to misestimate the supply that the Villarreal has put to him upon the table, since economically she was satisfactory.

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

13 million euros? I find that an incredibly cheap deal

Officially it is 16m euro because half of Marco Andreolli is 3m euro and if you add the 13m you get 16m euro.

Compared to the transfers Real, Barcelona and the English giants make, i agree it looks cheap, but in Italy, Chivu's transfer fee (16m euro) is the highest so far this summer an Italian team payed for a player. Like we concluded with Hasan few pages back.... things are not the same in Italy any more and teams rarely pay +15m euro for a player.

Real offered 18m euro and Roma would have gladly sold him there or in Barcelona, but Chivu himself didn't even want to think about any other team but Inter.
What's with the footballers these days


Edit : All the sites reported it's 13m+ co-ownership of Andreolli but on Roma's official site it was reported 16m+half of Andreolli. We'll have to wait and see what's the official number. If it's 16m + half of the most talented young Italian defender (as our Interisti friends want to call Andreolli) then it's not a bad deal after all !

This is where Chivu's succesful career ends.
Terry staying at Chelsea for sure.
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=365182

Damnit, Milan sits on the transfermoney like a chicken on her eggs, and when we decide to spend some we spend it on a player like Baptista.
Merde.
But at least we'll have signed someone.


One positive issue I found in the news today,Kaladze and Simic seem very optimistic about next season, good for the competition in the defence.


Oh, and didn't Berlu promise a young defender?
Any news on that?

Originally Posted by ThrusT

Damnit, Milan sits on the transfermoney like a chicken on her eggs, and when we decide to spend some we spend it on a player like Baptista.

So, Braida, or Galliani, or Berlu have called you to tell you that we are definitively buying Baptista? Or are you starting to believe what you read in the media?



Its silly season bro...believe nothing, (or everything..thats ur choice) that you see and hear....because I chose to believe nothing, I can go to bed at night without wondering how we will squeeze Baptista into a Milan shirt.

Originally Posted by Tony29.

Officially it is 16m euro because half of Marco Andreolli is 3m euro and if you add the 13m you get 16m euro.

Compared to the transfers Real, Barcelona and the English giants make, i agree it looks cheap, but in Italy, Chivu's transfer fee (16m euro) is the highest so far this summer an Italian team payed for a player. Like we concluded with Hasan few pages back.... things are not the same in Italy any more and teams rarely pay +15m euro for a player.

Real offered 18m euro and Roma would have gladly sold him there or in Barcelona, but Chivu himself didn't even want to think about any other team but Inter.
What's with the footballers these days


Edit : All the sites reported it's 13m+ co-ownership of Andreolli but on Roma's official site it was reported 16m+half of Andreolli. We'll have to wait and see what's the official number. If it's 16m + half of the most talented young Italian defender (as our Interisti friends want to call Andreolli) then it's not a bad deal after all !

So you reckon if Milan tried to sign Mancini we'd get an equally cheap deal? I think not

Warro, if we got Ronaldo into a shirt, we can get anyone into a shirt. Shame we can't sign Baptista for a more reasonable 13 million euros.

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

So, Braida, or Galliani, or Berlu have called you to tell you that we are definitively buying Baptista? Or are you starting to believe what you read in the media?



Its silly season bro...believe nothing, (or everything..thats ur choice) that you see and hear....because I chose to believe nothing, I can go to bed at night without wondering how we will squeeze Baptista into a Milan shirt.

Well no I don't believe what the media says but he seems to be our most likely option, which I find very disappointing.But there ain't much you can do about that huh?



I guess Galliani has fetish for Brazilians with overweight in a Milan shirt.