Summer Mercato

Im' temporary closing this thread so that this won't go out of hand. I"ll open it in 5 minutes. Meanwhile, I'm warning all of you.

If you get to an argument, go back to private message. This becomes such a pointless argument that we are all so sick of. This is Summer Mercato, not who plays at what position.

Kerlz & Giancarlo: you two have been warned yesterday; two of you together I have deleted and edited more than 6 posts yesterday. This becomes totally unacceptable from the two of you. And I'm officially warning the two of you here now: If any one of you get into a similar argument, I will bar your access to milanmania for at least 2 weeks.

YOU ARE WARNED.

Other 'by-standers' like Ghost: If you don't want to get into this mess, don't get into it. If the fire is already on, you certainly don't want to pour oil in it.

Best,
J

I'm reopening the thread now. I hope for a civil and sensible conversation.

stopped please let us enjoy disscusing for milan

changing topic....

7/20/2008 1:09 PM
Dinho Deal One Of The Most Difficult Ever - Bronzetti
Fifa agent Ernesto Bronzetti came back on the negotiations leading to Ronaldinho's transfer from Barcelona to Milan.

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Fifa agent Ernesto Bronzetti came back on the negotiations which brought Ronaldinho from Barcelona to Milan, and reveals just how close Dinho was to joining Manchester City instead of the Rossoneri.
"This was the most difficult negotiation I have ever overseen," said the transfer expert, who was present during the decisive meetings between Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani, Barcelona president Joan Laporta, and the player's agent and brother Robert De Assis.
"Barcelona had decided to sell Ronaldinho to Manchester City for 37m. euros against the 23m. offered by Milan. They wanted to sell Samuel Eto'o to the Rossoneri for that sum instead. But at the end of the day, everything turned out well."
The Brazilian ace rejected the lucrative offer from Manchester City as he strongly favored a move to the Serie A giants. In fact, he was willing to forego his cut of the transfer fee which helped Milan mount a successful 26.5m. bid.
Danilo Pochini
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eto'o for 23? HMMMM thats very interesting. I dunno how i feel in my opinion, on form ronaldinho is best player in world, so its hard to knock that signing... but 1 cant deny eto'o is a world class cf and possibl a better tactical fit. Eitherway when u consider we paid 10 mil for borriello, aka value him at 20 mil.... thats where it becomes interesting.



ps. http://www.football-lineups.com/footballer/487/
http://www.football-lineups.com/match/8570/
http://www.football-lineups.com/match/11914/

look at the lineups hes listed as center forward but lines up everywhere. you're both right.... Personally a attacker who is about to turn 30 and is avg doesnt really interest me

Thanx Jeff and everybody for trying to keep the forum fun, friendly and for on-topic discussions.
To be honest after everybody has seen Jeff's warning I will have to go through and delete more argument posts that have nothing to do with the mercato and shouldn't be on any forum anyway, we are Milan fans and can express our passion for the team but not argue and/or insult.

Originally Posted by martin

SPOT ON! Reading this would have saved many hours of frustration.

It seems like they didn't even see my post ... lol
They made me leaving the site whereas I didn't come for some days ... good performance from them !! lol

If someone is able to recapitulate mercatos from our strongest rivals (Inter, Juventus, Roma, Fiorentina, maybe Napoli and Lazio) to allow us to make a first statement about what team will be the most dangerous next year, it would be very cool ^^

I got this from channel4.com

MILAN
IN: Flamini (Arsenal), Abbiati (Atletico Madrid), Zambrotta (Barcelona), Borriello (Genoa), Storari (Cagliari), Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
OUT: Gilardino (Fiorentina), Gourcuff (Bordeaux), Cafu (Expired contract), Serginho (Expired contract), Storari (Fiorentina), Grimi (Sporting Lisbon)

NAPOLI
IN: Rinaudo (Palermo), Maggio (Sampdoria), Denis (Independiente)
OUT: Sosa (Gimnasia La Plata), Rullo (Triestina), Calaio' (Siena), Garics (Atalanta), Bucchi (Ascoli)



INTER
IN: Adriano (Sao Paulo), Recoba (Torino), Giacomelli (Foligno), Mancini (Roma), Jimenez (Ternana)
OUT: Maniche (Atletico Madrid)

JUVENTUS
IN: Mellberg (Aston Villa), Giovinco (Empoli), Marchisio (Empoli), Amauri (Palermo), Ekdal (Brommapojkarna), De Ceglie (Siena), Knezevic (Livorno), Poulsen (Sevilla)
OUT: Nocerino (Palermo), Stendardo (Lazio), Volpato (Bari), Palladino (Genoa), Cuneaz (Mantova), Essabr (Vicenza), Del Prete (Siena)

LAZIO
IN: Carrizo (River Plate), Stendardo (Juventus), Foggia (Cagliari), Zarate (Lazio), Matuzalem (Real Zaragoza)
OUT: Bianchi (Manchester City), Mudingayi (Bologna), Zauri (Fiorentina)

FIORENTINA
IN: Comotto (Torino), Jovetic (Partizan), Melo (Almeria), Gilardino (Milan), Vargas (Catania), Jefferson (Parana Clube), Storari (Milan), Zauri (Lazio)
OUT: Ujfalusi (Atletico Madrid), Liverani (Palermo), Potenza (Genoa), Cacia (Piacenza), Vieri (Expired contract), Di Carmine (Queens Park Rangers), Do Prado (Released)


ROMA
IN: Riise (Liverpool), Loria (Siena), Rosi (Chievo)
OUT: Barusso (Siena), Curci (Siena), Mancini (Inter), Giuly (PSG), Antunes (Lecce)

I was browsing the web and turned up this little tidbit from Cristian Zapata:

"I have been having meetings to try to reach an agreement," he told Radio Caracol. But for now, I am focusing on Udinese. When the championship ends, I will talk about the interest of other teams. The only thing I can say at this moment is that my departure from Udinese is 70 per cent likely. Fiorentina and Milan are very near. I like Milan more because of what the team means and what it has but, if I have the chance to play at Fiorentina, that would also be something very good for my career."

This quote apparently took place early this year. The article that has this quote is dated June 5.

http://www.arsenalinsider.co.uk/back...a-videos-here/

I doubt we'll get him this summer, and I also doubt Udinese will sell him to anyone. It's just nice to hear a quote from the player himself describing our interest in him and his preference for us.

Originally Posted by GeoTav

It seems like they didn't even see my post ... lol
They made me leaving the site whereas I didn't come for some days ... good performance from them !! lol

And you are not the only one. Some of you didn't realize how these petty arguments are driving some of the other posters away, and you think we are just 'talking'.

We are serious about that, and have been way far too lenient.

Remember that the two of you (Kerlz are Giancarlo) is warned. Anything similar happening in the future will lead to a bar.

Now back to the topic...

Guys, what's the latest news of these players, those (once) related to milan transfer or rumour?
- ochoa
- akinfeev
- mario gomez
- fred (lyon's striker)

By the way, has milan use the 1 non EU spot player? I think that R10 already has spanish passport so the spot is still available, right?. Would be great to use it in on ochoa/akinfeev.

Originally Posted by kawiki

Guys, what's the latest news of these players, those (once) related to milan transfer or rumour?
- ochoa
- akinfeev
- mario gomez
- fred (lyon's striker)

By the way, has milan use the 1 non EU spot player? I think that R10 already has spanish passport so the spot is still available, right?. Would be great to use it in on ochoa/akinfeev.

We're not really tied to anyone right now, since the acquisition of Ronaldinho.

The Serie A now allows two 2 non-EU players to be acquired per season...

on your post kawiki,
I think frey will come when fiorentina get knocked outta CL... i dont wanna wait till that, but oh well. Ochoa is interesting though..... very athletic keeper. I actually havent heard akineev's name to us but interesting......I think it'll be boruc and frey for GK eventualaly (2009)

frey... Wasn't he the merda's goalie in the 6-0 trashing?
If we should wait for a year, Lloris seems more interesting.

We're not really tied to anyone right now, since the acquisition of Ronaldinho.

The Serie A now allows two 2 non-EU players to be acquired per season...

ah I forgot about the new rule. So, basically those 2 spots are still available right?

And I know about the galliani statement about the market is closed for milan, but one can still hope...

Originally Posted by kawiki

ah I forgot about the new rule. So, basically those 2 spots are still available right?

And I know about the galliani statement about the market is closed for milan, but one can still hope...

Yes both are available. All players we got are EU status...

I'm not hopeful we will get anymore players.