Winter Mercato

I think Milan won't sign any big name this summer and Pato becomes transfer of the year. We will buy some young talented or sub, but not a big name. We already have 4 striker, it's enough (3 of them are famous striker, 1 is the hottest youngster). In the midfield, I think everyone here likes Gourcuff, right? If a big name (Vaart), or a quite big name come (Sneijder), Gourcuff will defintely on the bench or even out of the bench, apart from he shines as Kaka in 2004. I agree with Galliani about Gourcuff. And about the defender, if it's just for a year, we are fine. Nesta and Kaladze are no doubt 2 of the best defenders. Oddo is not too old as a defender, I believe Bonera has quality. And we have many other old defenders too. So I think this year we can be fine, but next year will be a crazily buying transfer. Maybe Galliani wants to save money (from years before) for a big summer to cheer us up

*low voice*: in fact I will be more than happy if we have Vaart or Sneijder, or both

Today's Gazzetta:

Galliani has declared in an interview to the paper that Pato is the Mr. X, and we have retired from negotiations with Real for Baptista.

Kaka's contract renewal is near, says Galliani, and he adds that he would never sell him, even if someone cut off his arm.

And, of course, that our market is closed.

This is how Gazzetta thinks we may line up next year:

----- Dida ------

----Oddo----Nesta----Kaladze----Janku-----

---- Gattuso----Pirlo----Seedorf------

---- Kaka ----- Pato------

------- Ronaldo -------

(4-3-2-1)

If we're going to play with one striker, then we don't really need another one. I still think we may need a little more Italian flavour to our team. How I would love for Zambrotta to take over Janku's spot.

WHAT??? WE BOUGHT A PLAYER UNDER 30 no UNDER 25 HOLY SH@! UNDER 20! wow!!

thankgod milan making some sense, lets get a younger defender now!

Then buy a big signing next yr when the market is more favourable!

forza milan!

If we leave our summer mercato without a big signing will blow bigtime imo, I love pato, he's amazing, he's without doubt going to be a really really great forward, but
I still want a big signing, we should quickly get Quaresma or something. And Zambrotta, and a goalkeeper

And our market can't be closed, Galliani better be doing this for affect after we sign r10 and zamb

Talking about risk, you know Pato was diagnosed bone cancer after a fraction at young age, Messi had hormone deficiency and almost grown into a dwarf, while Robinho had suffered malnutrition, and that why he's the faggot?

Originally Posted by Tony29.

I don't know how realistic your wishes, as well as the wishes of most of the members in Juventuz.com, are to see Cannavaro in Milan/Juve next year.

One thing is that Schuster already said who are the players he's not counting on and Cannavaro isn't among them. I believe Schuster even said he counts on Canna to lead the defense and Canna himself said he's not coming back to Italy this year.
Real does have too many defenders but Schuster already said he won't count on Salgado and Helguera ( Helguera already left for Valencia, btw).
If Schuster doesn't want Salgado it means only that he already has 2 RB's . One of them is Cicinho and the other one is the one who'll actually play RB for most of the season - Sergio Ramos. This also means that we can't count Ramos as one of the CD's who'll fight for one of two places in center defense.
This way only 3 players are left in CD : Cannavaro, Pepe and Metzelder
Calderon moaned so much about Capello wanting defenders and he said he won't bring anymore defenders.
If they sell Canna they'll be left with Pepe (who's a sure starter) and Metzelder who is injury prone.

I really see no space for selling Cannavaro especially after Calderon said no more defenders will be bought !


Another thing, considering Milan, is that they'll find it even harder to take away from Real a player that is needed.
Milan says NO all the time for Kaka, Milan have beaten Real in the fight for Pato, Milan is rejecting to buy Baptista and want him only on loan. They've given you Ronaldo for almost no money etc etc etc
Maybe they are stupid but they must have some pride left. I don't think Calderon and Mijatovic will like to be the fools and losers again and give you Cannavaro. With Ronaldo it was different and it may be with Cassano , because Real doesn't actually need them.
But with Cannavaro it is another story.

Imo, Canna is staying in Real and all Milan and Juve fans can do this year is dream about signing him.

Tony, agree with you as long as Calderon will not sign any defenders.
However, I do believe that Real will sign Alves at the end of the August, just a gut feelings as Alves is probably the only one that Real want and can get and will make a noise. Thats just my opinion

La gazzetta dello Sport of today, reported yesterday's Ancellotti press conference, and one of the questions was like this:

Yes, we heard many names such as Ronaldinho, Eto, Drogba, Shevchenko, who might sign for Milan. And now we are commenting about the arrival of Pato. Isn't it enough to make Milan better?

(Ancelloti's reply)
I am satisfied. Don't forget that Eto'o, Ronaldinho, Shevchenko and Drogba, for various reasons are not for sale. Pato is a future investment.
He is not a bet and not even a risk: the talent is there, it depends on us to maximise it and he has to be ready for work and sacrifice.

(cough Zlat cough)

Originally Posted by Trequartista

WHAT??? WE BOUGHT A PLAYER UNDER 30 no UNDER 25 HOLY SH@! UNDER 20! wow!!

thankgod milan making some sense, lets get a younger defender now!

Then buy a big signing next yr when the market is more favourable!

forza milan!

Thank god someone is talking sense I like your last statement. The market is not favourable for us to make a big splash...we tried...we tried really really hard....it didn't work out. So what? Let's move on with the squad we have and a few adjustments. We can make a big signing next summer.

I actually think we don't need any defenders. I am a big Cannavaro fan, but come on guys...we have Nesta-Maldini and I don't think we want to have Paolo playing at left back at the age of 38 in his last season. We have Jankulovski in that position. Canna is not going to accept bench time and he doesn't have more than 2-3 yrs left at the top level (already 33).

I think we need one more midfielder given that Max and Serginho are both injury prone. And the answer is a player already on our wish list - Thiago Motta. The guy is for sale for cheap, is a great player, is pretty young and will accept bench time if need be. Now THAT is being practical

Originally Posted by Hasan Rossonero

This is how Gazzetta thinks we may line up next year:

----- Dida ------

----Oddo----Nesta----Kaladze----Janku-----

---- Gattuso----Pirlo----Seedorf------

---- Kaka ----- Pato------

------- Ronaldo -------

(4-3-2-1)

If we're going to play with one striker, then we don't really need another one. I still think we may need a little more Italian flavour to our team. How I would love for Zambrotta to take over Janku's spot.

That makes the two of us chief....but it's not going to happen Zambrotta is one of my favourite players...I was bitterly disappointed when we missed out on him last year. You're right though...how sweet would a Oddo-Nesta-Maldini-Zambrotta defence look

If i remember it right Berlu was often furious after we played with single striker previous years? No goals, boring matches... ring a bell to anyone? We can ofcourse win easily 5-0 with this lineup, but we can do it more times with 2 in front.

Originally Posted by Hasan Rossonero

Kaka's contract renewal is near, says Galliani, and he adds that he would never sell him, even if someone cut off his arm.

The best part - but is that before or after we bury him?

I would be very disappointed if we only buy Pato this summer, I feel all teams should take the opportunity to get at least some reinforcement. Unfortunately Milan isn't full of spritely, young supermen who can play all the time to their best ability, so we need good quality cover in all areas. It's letting the fans down to be almost arrogant regarding transfers. Man Utd (if its a fair comparison) have restrengthened, as it was clear they needed replacements for Scholes and Giggs.

Here is the interview with Galliani that I posted about:

http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA...galliani.shtml

If any of you have trouble understanding feel free to ask.

how can pato play alongside Kaka? i thought we have gotta wait till jan?