Sheva leaving Milan: destination Chelsea

I agree. As much cash as possible + Gallas. Nothing more nothing less. But Essien, maybe?

i am happy that sheva is gone, he played without dedication for so many games, we need some fresh air, rui,stam are gone, who is next? ambrosini? gattuso? sheva's replacement? tevez or... pozzi! i hope galliani can get a good deal from sheva's sale at least 35m BP+1 player that abramovitch owns, i hope he is tevez.

Originally Posted by rahul.acm

Hasn't the daredevil attitude of Man U won them the most difficult treble (1999) in football history. It's time that even we get that attitude in our system. If we get the right attitude, then nothing can stop us from winning the treble next year. If we do win it then this $heva thing would be nothing. Forza Milan

That's the spirit, Rahul, the daredevil that jumps on the adversarie's throat!

Just like all of you, i have been turning on the TV as immediately as I wake up, waiting for this official piece of news for the past two painful days. It's officially over now. I wish andriy and family good luck.

I understand how many (indeed most of us) here feel about this saga. I am too very much saddened by this. But football is just a business, Andriy was brought here to do a job and he has done his job here (and boys !! how well he's done it). Now when he leaves, he will bring us loads of money even with some fresh reinforcements who we crave for. All in all, It has been good business with sheva.

Although I must admit his family + English language reasons sound a little lame, IMHO, we should not speculate too much. The media has done a pretty good job over it. And We the FANS will never know the truth. For all I know, Andriy is a professional footballer. He has done his job for us as professionally as he probably could. I respect and love him for that. It's time for him and us to move on.

Some of us here call Sheva a liar and direct threats & obscenities towards him. I dont agree with all those. Dont you realize how much you love and worship him ? Love just hurts sometimes. IMO, we should just treat him with whatever love and respect left in our hearts for him, giving him a farewell he deserves and making him regret leaving Milan.

Some of you here suggest sheva should have let the club know earlier that he is leaving. So when, would you kindly suggest, would have it been the right time? Do you think it would have done us good knowing that he intended to leave while we were chasing Juve by three points to the wire? I think not.

Now, since it's all clear that Sheva is leaving, the most important thing for us to do now is to get as much money as we could off Mr. Rich-Russian's pocket. Buy a proper replacement and reinforce the squad with that money.

So Sheva, Farewell and thanks for all the things you have done for us !!! Good luck to you and your family. I hope your son learns English well !!!

And yeah....'It's been emotional'

Its sad that Sheva is leaving...Milan is not gonna be same for me anymore...Abramovic pressed Sheva and Milan really hard, he wanted Sheva desperately and he got what he wanted as usual. That is a little bit unfair, but we cannot do anything about it..can we?! So we need to see what will happen now. Basically its gonna be a brand new AC Milan from new season, and it can be success or falure. This we ll find out later, now we only can wait and look what will happen next. Whoever we buy instead of Sheva must be f**king good, otherwise i ll kick Galliani's ass, that is for sure. So lets cross our thingers and hope for the best. We need to be strong because we are MILAN SUPPORTERS!!!

I was pretty depressed reading his announcement, but I was prepared for it.

Here's what I have to say to him...

To Sheva,

Thank you for 7 (ironically the same as your shirt number) great years. With you, we have succeeded in pretty much every tournament and you will always be remembered at Milan for your contribution.

However, you won't be anything more, as you decided to leave us, breaking millions of hearts worldwide. You are no longer a Milan player, and therefore no longer a hero here, but instead, an opponent. You could have been a legend in Milan (to some degree, I guess you are already), as you would have almost certainly reached the top goalscorer had you stayed 5 more years.

To sum it up, don't expect the support of Milan fans anymore, the club is more important than you. I wish you luck in the future, but bear in mind that if you come to Milan, don't expect much more than a warm welcome in honour of your services here, after which, we will support Milan, not you.

Originally Posted by ukrainian_CA

"Do Pobachennya!" would be the right language, though what you tried in Russian Sheva understands very well too.

Thank your Ukrainian_CA; Sheva had to have a reason to leave. The English Language was the scapegoat.

Guys and gals History tends to repeat itself. Remember in the mid nineties; 94,95,96,97,98; Milan had all the money and we bought all the best talent in the world at the expense of a balanced more gelled team. After we lost to Ajax in 95, I know most of you remember the wilderness Milan endured in the following years.

Then came the Zidane and Pavon policy of Madrid and look how that turned out.

And to complete the trifecta, Chelsea have become the buyers like Milan and Madrid of yesteryear. While Mourinho may look more astute, Chelsea's policy of buying, buying will hit a major hurdle. So while Sheva may see Chelsea as the team du jour right now; they are not really that much better than the elite teams in the Premiership. And definetely not better than Milan.

So guys and gals let Sheva learn his consonants and vocalbulary in peace.

Do Pobachennya, Sheva.

Originally Posted by ACMILAN1983

I was pretty depressed reading his announcement, but I was prepared for it.

Here's what I have to say to him...

To Sheva,

Thank you for 7 (ironically the same as your shirt number) great years. With you, we have succeeded in pretty much every tournament and you will always be remembered at Milan for your contribution.

However, you won't be anything more, as you decided to leave us, breaking millions of hearts worldwide. You are no longer a Milan player, and therefore no longer a hero here, but instead, an opponent. You could have been a legend in Milan (to some degree, I guess you are already), as you would have almost certainly reached the top goalscorer had you stayed 5 more years.

To sum it up, don't expect the support of Milan fans anymore, the club is more important than you. I wish you luck in the future, but bear in mind that if you come to Milan, don't expect much more than a warm welcome in honour of your services here, after which, we will support Milan, not you.

Sounds right I guess...and sad...

Originally Posted by mrki

we shjould ask for 60 mil and Gallas.

Isn't Sheva's old club Dynamo Kyiv entitled to a % of the transfer fee?

Originally Posted by virca

Isn't Sheva's old club Dynamo Kyiv entitled to a % of the transfer fee?

good point!! I am not sure mate. Anyone knows anything about this? When it comes down to money, we 'd better be clear..

Let's squeezed every penny we can get from Chelsea. Nothing less than 50 million will be good. It would be even better deal if we can confirm the arrival of gallas in Milano.
Milan will not go down easily......just because the lost of one player doesn't mean the whole team of Milan will crack. A good performance of Gila in the world cup will ease my heart a little bit where he will fill the hole left by sheva. I for sure will monitor the performance of Gila in the world cup.
The lost of sheva is a dissapointment but let's turn to a new page.

Originally Posted by ACMILAN1983

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Thank you for 7 (ironically the same as your shirt number) great years. .

And ironically, his nickname , Sheva, means "seven" in Hebrew. You can confirm with "The-Fan", he is Sash from Israel.

Like most of you here, I too am very saddened by Sheva's premature departure. Although my brain has been telling me that this was inevitable since Sheva announced his intentions last week, my heart still held out hope til the very last minute. To be honest, I must admit that my reaction is more along the line of Franco, devoted dm, and warro. To me, Sheva has betrayed Milan---no matter what the reason, well, I'll take that back---this whole english-learning thing is the most lame excuse I've ever heard from a millionaire superstar footballer who can afford to charter a private jet to London everyday or even open up a private english school for his son in italy, and for that matter, even afford the best english tutor money can buy to teach him english in milan. The only reason I would have accepted was if Abramovich put a gun on his head and demanded he move. I know it sounds irrational, but the love we have for football IS irrational. The bond between the team and its fans has to be stronger than the desire to learn a foreign language. I've suspected all along that the real reason was probably life-style related---his wife probably prefers the fast, glamour life on London over Italy.

But whatever it is, this is a new experience for Milan fans. I've been following the team since the late 80s and cannot recall any incident when we had to sell one of our own, one of our legends. The only players we sold were those that didnt make an impact, those demanding more playing time, those who didnt get along with management, but NEVER those who were revered as Milan legends. If we as fans feel hurt and disappointed about this, then it's more than justified.

So my message to Sheva is this. You have showed us your true colors. You have showed us that you are NOT worthy of being considered a Milan legend. You will be just one of the many players that come and go. Your place in our history was virtually assured, but you turned it down, for a reason that I will never be able to comprehend. So good. Good for you and good for us. Good that the true colors have come out. So, goodbye and good luck. One day you will regret leaving us, because I can tell you that no other team in the world will be able to give you as much love as Milan did---from the top, down--from Berlusconi to the average fan. Goodbye, enjoy the artificial, materialistic, arrogant support of the chelsea fans, learn english, and watch in awe as Milan grow even stronger. We don't want a player who doesn't want us. Good riddance and good bye.

I know many of you might disagree with this (especially our ukrainian friends ), but it is my honest opinion. I know it's irrational, but for me, football can never be completely rational, with the amount that we invest in it (emotionally that is).

Agree with "Lord Tawreser", as much cash as possible plus Gallas

Hey guys im new to this forum but ive been reading it for a while to get the updates on the Mighty Milan.. as soon as i heard about sheva leaving i was so shocked yet p.o... but to our advantage at least hes leaving 2 chealsea, a club who are dumb enough to give us twice as much as wat sheva is worth.. altough hes irriplaceable at this point in time, chelsea are dumb and with the money hopefully Milan can come up with sum1 good enough 2 replace him... hopefully dat is