Winter Mercato

Originally Posted by MedellínBandit®

What country does Diarra play for?

Mali .

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

This'll be his make or break season.

I thought last season was his make or break season!

I've always supported him, but he really needs to get his ass in gear and start producing. A team can't afford to carry players.

Thanks Tony

I must say im one of the few Milan fans who is happy that we never sold RO, I feel he came to us too early after the injury suffered and this year was pretty emotional for him, when on form I think he can be deadly - lets just wait.

last season was his make or break season for us engineers
This year its for everyone, if he doesnt produce i see him in juve next year, saying how cool it is to be with the old lady... :S

Friend of mine, a real Real fan said they bought diego milito. Cant find confirmation online, but it just might be true. They get raped by sevilla and the buy new, 7th, striker? Classy Real

Emerson to milan - one more option for carlo, no options for gameplay. Just another breaker in midfield. If pirlo gets injured milan is screwed all the way withouth new signings...

[quote=zlatanov]hey, if we sepak of first choices, I'd take Mascherano over Emerson any day ... the first one who sees the Argentinian available and has figured out who his rights belong to, will get a prize from me

i wonder if milan thinks that a couple argentines would disrupt the locker room..ie tevez & mascherano?

though i do think its cool to have someone nicknamed "the puma" on our team. i know i will only refer to him as the puma for hence forth, and depending upon the situation i might even add sound effects...

thats if we sign him of course.

If Wenger was to leave next season im more than sure alot of players would leave and I can see Cesc as the perfect long term replacement for Pirlo.

Originally Posted by peters

Emerson to milan - one more option for carlo, no options for gameplay. Just another breaker in midfield. If pirlo gets injured milan is screwed all the way withouth new signings...

True that there is no real replacement for Pirlo but Carlo can always change tactics and you're certainly not screwed if you lose Pirlo for a month or so.

Inter last year and Juve two seasons ago were playing without a Pirlo like creative midfielder and they still did very good.
Juve had 2 wingers and Emo+Vieira in midfield. It worked just fine. If you miss Pirlo you can use the same tactics. Put Oddo and Seedorf on the flanks and use two destroyers in the midfield (Gattuso+Emerson).
Emerson had the distribution role in Juventus and it wasn't as bad as someone could think. In 2005/06 it even worked perfectly. But you do need wingers for this.

Originally Posted by Tony29.

True that there is no real replacement for Pirlo but Carlo can always change tactics and you're certainly not screwed if you lose Pirlo for a month or so.

Inter last year and Juve two seasons ago were playing without a Pirlo like creative midfielder and they still did very good.
Juve had 2 wingers and Emo+Vieira in midfield. It worked just fine. If you miss Pirlo you can use the same tactics. Put Oddo and Seedorf on the flanks and use two destroyers in the midfield (Gattuso+Emerson).
Emerson had the distribution role in Juventus and it wasn't as bad as someone could think. In 2005/06 it even worked perfectly. But you do need wingers for this.

we have Kaka (who can Nedved's role in Juve's formation) and players like Janku, Sergio and Cafu.
I think, however that Emerson could take Pirlo's role and we could have a more creative player in LM (Ambro's) like Sergio, Seedorf, Gorky as Emerson and Gattuso would give more than enough solidity to the central midfield.

Originally Posted by MedellínBandit®

Thanks Tony

I must say im one of the few Milan fans who is happy that we never sold RO, I feel he came to us too early after the injury suffered and this year was pretty emotional for him, when on form I think he can be deadly - lets just wait.

we didnt have the time to wait though, this is the thing. Players are payed to perform, they need to earn there playing time and cannot be carried by the team. Italy is the best and hardest league and not all players can make it there. I had doubts about Oliviera before he came to Milan, and i stick by that. He wasnt at the level before he came to Milan (regular brazilian striker that has played alot of internationals, or big scorer in champ league) which would suggest he would settle right in to Italian football. We were desperate and it was a big risk us signing him.

Lets see how he does in spain, even if he does do well worst thing we could do is sell him for a good price to another spanish club...

Im not really surprised Ronaldo is out injured, i saw this happening months ago! But we should try and sign Di Natale at least...?

Emerson IS a good replacement for Pirlo. He hasnt gotthe passing game like Pirlo, but how does?? Vieira -NO. Makelele - no. Essien - no. MAscherano, Alonso, Carrick, Hargreeves, Toure and so on... - no. Pirlo is a unique DM and he cant be subed by a same player. Emerson is here to do something else...

Milan has its starting 11 for big matches: dida-oddo-nesta-maldini-marek-pirlo-ambro-gattuso-seedorf-kaka'-inzaghi.

We have few class players that can help out: Kaladze, Emerson, Ronaldo, Gila.
Players like: Cafu, Serginho, Gourcuff, Brocchi, Bonera... Will be used in serie a minor matches during the rotation period.

Galliani only wanted players that can play imediately in starting 11: Eto'o, Henry, Ronaldinho, Abidal... we couldnt sign them so we relied on young hope Pato and Emerson. Just fine.

Besides the team that won CL last year we will have Ronaldo, emerson and Pato in this years CL. That is not a small thing. Welcome Puma and I hope you'll all see how good this man is when he is fit.

Also, its important, CARLo wanted Emerson, and its about time he gets someone he really wants.

"Emerson è del Milan"

http://www.sportal.it/sportal/immagi...ews131443.html[i]

Emerson è un giocatore del Milan. A comunicarlo è Ernesto Bronzetti, mediatore per i rossoneri nella trattativa con il Real Madrid.

"Il Milan ha comprato Emerson a titolo definitivo dal Real - spiega Bronzetti-. Prima c'era un obbligo di riscatto, invece alla fine si è concluso tutto con una cifra intorno ai 5 milioni e basta".

L'amministratore delegato dei rossoneri, Adriano Galliani, era volato nel pomeriggio di martedì a Madrid per chiudere la trattativa, che solo poche ore prima sembrava essersi definitivamente arenata.

Emerson is a player of the Milan. To communicate it it is Ernesto Bronzetti, mediator for the rossoneri in the negotiation with the Real Madrid. "the Milan has bought definitive Emerson a.tito it from the Real - Bronzetti explains -. Before was a obligation of redeems, instead to the end it has been concluded all with a figure around to 5 million and enough". The general executive manager of the rossoneri, Adrian Galliani, was flown in the afternoon of tuesday to Madrid in order to close the negotiation, than only little hours before he seemed definitively it run aground.

Not saying emerson is bad. Heck, not saying ambro, gattuso, seedorf and brocchi are bad. But i just dont wanna see them play together. And with pirlo injured, what are the chances i will enjoy it? They may do very good but they will probably play dirty, like juve and inter did withouth a creative midfielder.

Does any one know what actually is going on with Ronaldo? He played that game vs Lecco, scored a nice goal but then disappeared. How serious is his injury, and is recovery going according to plan (ie. he should be ready for Genoa).

peters, yeah u r damn right when you say his last season was his make or break for us engineers. But now that he is not our main striker anymore, maybe some of the pressure will be off his shoulders. People will now look to Ronaldo, Pippo, Kaka, Seedorf and Pirlo to win the games before Gila so that may help him if his problem is indeed a psychological one. For some reason though, I am not totally ruling him out for this season and think he might just do something, but I hope we dont depend on him because that is how we will get disappointed.

He needs to work in patience and not say things like "I expected to start the Athens game and im disappointed I didnt", or letting his agent say "Milan management do not have faith in my client". For someone who performs so bad after all that faith, he really should have never said something like that, but nevertheless Milan keep the faith in him.

Does anyone here think we in for a surprise signing? I mean, for a team that needs a striker, transfer news have been too quiet in the striker department for a few days now, is that normal? I think we might have a little chance of signing someone, but I will wait to read what the management have to say after the negotiations for Emerson are over.

BTW: Ancelotti's favourite tactic next year:

----------------- DIDA -------------------

ODDO ---- NESTA ----- KALADZE -- JANKU

BROCCHI - GATTUSO - EMERSON - AMBROSINI

-------- PIRLO ----------- SEEDORF ------

Bronzetti speaking in the Italian TV said (according to the Greek media): " A final agreement for the transfer of Emerson, not for the loan of player has taken place. There was an initial disagreement about the money that Real Madrid but finally we agreed to a payment of 5 m euro.[i][u]