Winter Mercato

Barca lost last year too, with Ronaldinho. I didn't watch that match but I think it's not too much to worry about.

Originally Posted by Russo-Neri

Obviously we played a skeleton crew on attack with no Pippo, Gila or R99, so you can't assume it will be bad all season. I'm with you though that we do need to sign a striker of some sort. Maybe not a 1st teamer but someone that can be a solid backup. And we definitely need a world class LB - biggest need on the starting XI no doubt.

Yeah I know, if we get an LB I'd be fine with any striker.. Baptista and Zambrotta

Lol, good milan fan i am^^ but the only game so far I've watched is that of Betis, in previous games do yall now if kaka played well? Just wondering,wouldn't want him to go downhill if its possible :P

Originally Posted by Giorgos

The question is which team you will support, because i have said that if in the past PAOK will face Milan i will be fanatically with PAOK .

there's no question wich team i will suport , i am rosso-nero 4 life and no steaua fan, i only want them in same group to see our boys live in my town , maybe a foto too ( dreams ).
In other order, it's not unusual a team hwo plays well in friendlye games acts bad in the start of season and viceversa.
l.e.: if dinamo bucharest beats lazio and qualify for the group stages(not very likely though) , i will have double chanses for milan in Bhucarest( and again : no dinamo bucharest fan).

EMERSON IS COMING!!!! VERY SOON!

Studio Sport, a TV program on Italia uno said that Milan had reached an agreement with the player. 3.5 million per year till 2010.
now they have to reach an agreement with Real.

Originally Posted by Maltese Charlie

EMERSON IS COMING!!!! VERY SOON!

Studio Sport, a TV program on Italia uno said that Milan had reached an agreement with the player. 3.5 million per year till 2010.
now they have to reach an agreement with Real.

The problem with Real will be the same as with Baptista.
Milan wants Emerson on loan. They are offering 2m euro for 1 year loan with an option to buy him for 6m euro after the loan deal is over. But again Real wants to sell him directly. ( i don't know how reliable this info is though. It's from Spanish newspaper "Sport")

Edit : And according to the same newspaper, Inter are ready to buy him now from Real but Emerson has chosen Milan and that's what's complicating everything.

Originally Posted by Tony29.

The problem with Real will be the same as with Baptista.
Milan wants Emerson on loan. They are offering 2m euro for 1 year loan with an option to buy him for 6m euro after the loan deal is over. But again Real wants to sell him directly. ( i don't know how reliable this info is though. It's from Spanish newspaper "Sport")

Edit : And according to the same newspaper, Inter are ready to buy him now from Real but Emerson has chosen Milan and that's what's complicating everything.

I think it's reliable because it is on tgcom as well.

the scenario above is only one of many thrown around by the press ... lately, they have been suggesting that Milan is taking their time so that Real M buys some players, fill up their squad and find themselves forced to release players.
As that happens, the price of unwanted players like Emerson drops down and, as it has been mentioned, he could become available for 3-4 mil or even rescind his contract with Real, although I doubt the last one.

Similarly with baptista - Milan is again bying time and if Real manage to get Van Der Vaart, now that Robben is virtually theirs, Real would be more flexible in the negotiations as Baptista would become an unnecessary "weight".

- Galliani non dorme
Eurosport - ven, 10 ago 11:20:00 2007
Milan ancora in cerca di un centrocampista, Inter decisa a sfoltire la rosa. Le ultime del calciomercato
Inter a caccia
Così non va
Sonnecchia ma non dorme. Galliani, che a parole ha già concluso il proprio lavoro sul mercato milanista, sta in realtà cercando il centrocampista indispensabili a dar fiato a Pirlo, Ambrosini e Gattuso. Il nome più gettonato è quello di Emerson, dotato di tecnica e di corsa di esperienza internazionale e con una grande voglia di rivalsa. Il profilo perfetto per la ciliegina sulla torta di Ancelotti. Nei molti forum sparsi per la rete i tifosi juventini si sono scatenati contro la dirigenza, rea di non voler riportare il Puma in bianconero.

Sembra nel frattempo rientrata la magagna Del Piero. Il capitano infatti firmerà il prolungamento del contratto fino al 2010. Decisivo nella trattativa il parere di Ranieri, che considera il capitano il giocatore cardine intorno al quale costruire una compagine vincente. Madrid centro del mercato internazionale. Dopo aver ufficializzato Drenthe, i blancos sono vicini a concludere con Robben e stanno seriamente pensando di confermare Batista, soprattutto dopo il no ricevuto da Ballack.

Ore decisive per Cassano, che ha nuovamente rifiutato l'Inghilterra. Il talento di Bari Vecchia vuole la Samp, Marotta è d'accordo nel portarlo a Marassi, da limare la distanza tra domanda e offerta sull"ingaggio del talentuoso attaccante. L'Inter deve sfoltire la rosa, operazione indispensabile sia per rimpinguare le casse che per mantenere un clima di serenità all"interno dello spogliatoio. Cesar e Recoba sono molto vicini al passaggio al Napoli.

De Laurentis durante il trofeo Moretti ha promesso tre colpi, due dei quali sarebbero i sudamericani dell'Inter. Il primo per garantire spinta sulla fascia, il secondo per ravvivare un attacco troppo macchinoso. La Fiorentina continua a lavorare in silenzio, a caccia del giocatore in grado di completare una rosa già altamente competitiva. Nelle ultime ore Corvino ha riavviato la trattativa col Porto per Ricardo Quaresma, laterale di talento, giovane ma in grado di aumentare il tasso tecnico del centrocampo viola.

Tacchinardi vicino a chiudere col Brescia, mancano solo i dettagli dell"operazione, Muzzi lascia il Torino e si trasferisce in serie C con la maglia del Padova. Il Siena vicino a chiudere con Corradi, Alvarez, laterale, nell'ultima stagione impegnato con la maglia del Messina, è a un passo dal Catania

Tony, you are the master of MM for such news, so I let the translation for you.

Zlatanov, this article says that Real most probaly will confirm Baptista.

Originally Posted by zlatanov

the scenario above is only one of many thrown around by the press ... lately, they have been suggesting that Milan is taking their time so that Real M buys some players, fill up their squad and find themselves forced to release players.
As that happens, the price of unwanted players like Emerson drops down and, as it has been mentioned, he could become available for 3-4 mil or even rescind his contract with Real, although I doubt the last one.

Similarly with baptista - Milan is again bying time and if Real manage to get Van Der Vaart, now that Robben is virtually theirs, Real would be more flexible in the negotiations as Baptista would become an unnecessary "weight".

IMO it`s a very smart move by Milan! It`s a good strategy to buy a player who can perform better In Milan with cheeper price!
I hope we`ll sign Emmerson, as for Baptista, I don`t now, I don`t like him that much!

Tony , please translate Charlie`s

Originally Posted by Maltese Charlie

- Galliani non dorme
Eurosport - ven, 10 ago 11:20:00 2007
Milan ancora in cerca di un centrocampista, Inter decisa a sfoltire la rosa. Le ultime del calciomercato
Inter a caccia
Così non va
Sonnecchia ma non dorme. Galliani, che a parole ha già concluso il proprio lavoro sul mercato milanista, sta in realtà cercando il centrocampista indispensabili a dar fiato a Pirlo, Ambrosini e Gattuso. Il nome più gettonato è quello di Emerson, dotato di tecnica e di corsa di esperienza internazionale e con una grande voglia di rivalsa. Il profilo perfetto per la ciliegina sulla torta di Ancelotti. Nei molti forum sparsi per la rete i tifosi juventini si sono scatenati contro la dirigenza, rea di non voler riportare il Puma in bianconero.

Sembra nel frattempo rientrata la magagna Del Piero. Il capitano infatti firmerà il prolungamento del contratto fino al 2010. Decisivo nella trattativa il parere di Ranieri, che considera il capitano il giocatore cardine intorno al quale costruire una compagine vincente. Madrid centro del mercato internazionale. Dopo aver ufficializzato Drenthe, i blancos sono vicini a concludere con Robben e stanno seriamente pensando di confermare Batista, soprattutto dopo il no ricevuto da Ballack.

Ore decisive per Cassano, che ha nuovamente rifiutato l'Inghilterra. Il talento di Bari Vecchia vuole la Samp, Marotta è d'accordo nel portarlo a Marassi, da limare la distanza tra domanda e offerta sull"ingaggio del talentuoso attaccante. L'Inter deve sfoltire la rosa, operazione indispensabile sia per rimpinguare le casse che per mantenere un clima di serenità all"interno dello spogliatoio. Cesar e Recoba sono molto vicini al passaggio al Napoli.

De Laurentis durante il trofeo Moretti ha promesso tre colpi, due dei quali sarebbero i sudamericani dell'Inter. Il primo per garantire spinta sulla fascia, il secondo per ravvivare un attacco troppo macchinoso. La Fiorentina continua a lavorare in silenzio, a caccia del giocatore in grado di completare una rosa già altamente competitiva. Nelle ultime ore Corvino ha riavviato la trattativa col Porto per Ricardo Quaresma, laterale di talento, giovane ma in grado di aumentare il tasso tecnico del centrocampo viola.

Tacchinardi vicino a chiudere col Brescia, mancano solo i dettagli dell"operazione, Muzzi lascia il Torino e si trasferisce in serie C con la maglia del Padova. Il Siena vicino a chiudere con Corradi, Alvarez, laterale, nell'ultima stagione impegnato con la maglia del Messina, è a un passo dal Catania

Tony, you are the master of MM for such news, so I let the translation for you.

Zlatanov, this article says that Real most probaly will confirm Baptista.

I'll kill you for this Charlie

I won't translate it word by word, just in short :

1. Even though Galliani "closed" this summer mercato, in reality they are still looking for a midfielder to give a rest to Pirlo, Gattuso and Ambrosini. The most mentioned name is that of Emerson who is exactly what Ancelotti wants.
Juventini are angry at their board for not wanting to bring back Puma to Juventus ( why did the writer mention this ? )

2. Del Piero renewed his contract with Juve

3. After confirming Drenthe and being close to Robben, Real would like to keep Baptista especially after Ballack rejected to join them.

4. Decisive hours for Cassano who again rejected to play in England. Samprdoria wants him but there is still a difference between the asking and offered price.

5. Cesar and Recoba are very close to a transfer from Inter to Napoli. De Laurentis promised 3 new players, 2 of them being south americans from Inter

6. Fiorentina is still working in silence. They are in negotiations with Porto for Ricardo Quaresma

7. Tacchinardi is close to Brescia, Muzzi left Torino and went to a serie C club, Siena is close to signing Corradi while Messina's Alvarez is close to Catania.

I hope the Emerson deal fails big time. Don't want him in Milan.

Originally Posted by Maltese Charlie

Tony, you are the master of MM for such news, so I let the translation for you.

Thanks, Charlie

Zlatanov, this article says that Real most probaly will confirm Baptista.

I guess that's a whole lot of nothing for nothing - I think this was menioned as an option when the arrival of Robben was still unsure.

IMO the only reason why Baptista is still not off-loaded is that Real are waiting to see how the mercato goes and if they get the players they are after - Robben and Drenthe are already theirs - Baptista is history.

Robben is already theirs, in attacking mid/attack apart from Robben they have Robinho, Guti, Raul, Saviola, RVN, Higuain, and Soldado ... that's like 7-8 players for 4 starting spots ... and getting robben for 35 mil would mean Schuster would have to start his team list with him.

in midfield, along with guti, it seems they would be relying on Diarra, Gago and De La Red (that's not counting 2-3 fill up midfielrs from Real's system, I think like Balboa, Gonazalez etc) .... not to forget Drenthe too, who can play LB but also LM (like Seedorf in Milan's formation) and even left winger/attacking mid like Robben.

And, from the looks of it, Schuster is asking for more reinforcements (clear indication that Baptista is not in his plans IMO) - like van Der Vaart or Sneijder, for instance - which would mean even less space for someone like Baptista.

The way I see it, if Real don't get Van Der Vaart/Sneijder there is a remote chance that they might be forced to "like" Baptista at least until January, otherwise, the guy is a passenger already.

btw, looks like Real know how to be convincing - an offer of 24 mil for Sneijder:
http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/index...=read&id=71059

Yes, I agree with your post, but for a moment I thought that Schuster changed his mind. Don't forget that Baptista was the best player in yesterday's Real friendly match.
The B team played much better than the A team.