Winter Mercato

Originally Posted by zlatanov

I think the guy is just keeping his options open should Milan and Real fail to reach a deal.
My guess is Schuster is still in the dark as far as his team goes - who will stay, who will go and most importantly, who will arrive - and that's the only reason he hasn't punched JP's one-way ticket out of Madrid.

I personally wouldn't mind JP at Milan, actually, I would like to have him here especially on a loan deal.
Think he can be a very useful signing for us with the right mix of experience and versatility.

who the hell is JP


great news, wellcome pato!

The Kaka in the bus thing is apparently true. It's on AS. No real details about the 10 minute talk etc. But it's there.

Medellin, don't let it get to you. This is what tabloids live for. Of course, we could have done without it, but such is life. Tomorrow the headlines will read "Kaka, did he pick the right bus?" on AS... even if it didn't happen, AS would have made up a story of a meeting, just in a hotel room or something.

ALEXANDRE PATO TO MILAN!
8/2/2007

MILANO - The great talent Alexandre Pato will train with Milan and will be able to play the friendly matches starting from the 3rd of September 2007. From teh 3rd of January 2008 onwards he will also be able to play in the official games.

acmilan.com

Kaka getting on the wrong bus is certainly not good news, for anyone...we will be plagued tomorrow with a host of Kaka to Madrid stories tomorrow, some making the conclusion that Pato is his replacement!

Remember, u heard it here first!!

Going to be a long day for us tomorrow, especially those of us with friends/coworkers etc that are Madrid fans...

Man thats bull****, its impossible to go on the worng bus. RM bus is probably white and Milans bus is probably red and black. So imposibble he didnt do it on purpose if he did it at all.

Indeed, I find it hard to believe Kaka got on the wrong bus just like that.
Is he not using his eyes and being guided by a dog or something?
I mean, you follow your teammates to the bus right?You don't wander off towards another bus.

Great news we've been able to seal the Pato deal.
Now a defender and mid and we'll be fine.

Chill Bosniaco...all the buses more than likely looked the same, I think they would all be identical, with just a small sign on the front indicating which team was to travel on which bus.

The Russian team hosting the tournament, more than likely, just hired some buses from a tour company, and Kaka simply went on the wrong bus...this is my understanding/belief, having seen how tour-bus companies operate...recall that this tournament is in Russia..where would they find a red and black bus for Milan, and why would they go to that expense to move players and officials from the airport to their hotels?

Naah seems to me to be an honest mistake by Kaka, but one that is sure going to cause a meida frenzy in the morning...but I did warn u all this was likely to happen.

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

Milanistas all around are very excited with this signing, I think it is because of the lack of movement in the market

That's not the point, Hit, at last to me. I'm very glad because I guess we made a great movement in the right direction, signing a very young starlet that can turn into a monster player soon.

Im glad about movement in the right direction too. But...

...we still need backups that can play now. Pato is promising, but so far - just that. He is very young, he was very expensive (20 mil for 17yo that barely knows where europe is. How much was kaka?), he is some sort of a gamble. And a gamble we'll need to wait for until january, when the damage in serieA can already be done.

BUT(2) its at least something! Thank god!

Agree with you, Peters. I hope we'll sign now someone like Cassano, and a new right-back wouldn't hurt too.

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

Kaka getting on the wrong bus is certainly not good news, for anyone .....

I wouldn't bet on this

Btw, congrats for signing Pato. It's never easy to beat Real Madrid in a mercato fight so i hope you'll take it easier on uncle Fester, at least in the next 2 or 3 days
We can't say if it was a great deal or a failure because he's way too young. Since so many top clubs were after him than no doubts he is expected to become huge name in football and only something unexpected can stop him from becoming a household name.

Originally Posted by Tony29.

I wouldn't bet on this

Btw, congrats for signing Pato. It's never easy to beat Real Madrid in a mercato fight so i hope you'll take it easier on uncle Fester, at least in the next 2 or 3 days
We can't say if it was a great deal or a failure because he's way too young. Since so many top clubs were after him than no doubts he is expected to become huge name in football and only something unexpected can stop him from becoming a household name.

Thanks Tony29 . I agree, that's really a tough mission for Braida (and Leonardo). I wonder how much Milan must pay for the club, player and especially for Pato's agent. I just cant accept that the buy-out clause is around 9,5 mil pounds and more than half of that goes to agent(s) (and Pato, I've read).

Anyway, I need to read the more accurate confirmation in our lovely website. I still remember Suazo's case even this is much different.

I just found it by coincidence in the german version of goal.com. There is a youtube that goal.com provides which shows news in Peru, I think. I dont understand the language in that youtube, so maybe anyone can confirm what that news in youtube tells about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ8vUEROQW8

The story in that goal.com is about how Bayern want to test a 13-year old boy for 1 year. But Bayern Manager, Uli Hoeneß said that the transfer is not yet completed.

That's nothing. Today ManUtd signed (SIGNED !!!!! ) a 9 years old who is already known as "The next Wayne Rooney"

Originally Posted by Tony29.

It's never easy to beat Real Madrid in a mercato fight so i hope you'll take it easier on uncle Fester, at least in the next 2 or 3 days

This current Real Madrid seem as incompetent as they can get. they talk talk and talk and all the players they say the WILL BUY goes somewhere else or don't move at all. so far though they managed to get another support striker, they now have Robinho, Higuain, Raul, Cassano, Baptista and Saviola for the support striker role.