Winter Mercato

Sorry Zlat, there's nothing you can say that makes Maldini a good choice for left-back this season. I agree 100% with Tony.

really doubt that

Originally Posted by Sweendogs

really doubt that

Why's that?

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

Why's that?

why not? why should he agree with you?



he wasn't saying that to you Jim, but was referring to a post before yours - another thread about this Canna to Milan rumour was started and I merged it with this one, so the order of the posts was a little mixed up

Zlat...do you think a surprise transfer is in the cards?

Originally Posted by Hasan Rossonero

Zlat...do you think a surprise transfer is in the cards?

with all the "Our mercato is not just closed but super-closed" talk, I have no choice, Hasan, but be absolutely sure that someone will be jumping out of our cake by the night of 31st.

Three days to go so here are todays news, Ladies, Gentlemen, Zlat and Jim :

1. Benfica offers 12m euro to Real for the attacker Soldado

2. Riquelme won't go to Boca. According to some spanish newspaper with unfamiliar name to me, the deal with Atletico Madrid is done. Villareal and Atletico made the deal when Forlan went to Madrid but they still needed Riquelme to agree to this transfer. Now finally it looks like he accepted the offer and he'll join Atletico.

3. Aston Villa have bought Fulham's defender Zat Knight for 5.25m euro

4. West Ham offered 7m euro for Readings Nicky Shorey.

5. Lyon's GD, Bernard Lacombe has said that Mancini (Roma) is happy to join Lyon. Roma are the ones who don't want to let Mancini go.
In the meantime, Mancini's agent, Gilmar Veloz (is this guy the agent of every second football player?) is in Rome negotiating contract extension with Roma

6. West Ham offered 22m euro for Adriano, according to l'Independent. West Ham officials at the moment are in Milano, negotiating the deal.
ManCity, who were also interested in Adriano, have turned their interest to Nicolas Anelka

7. Marcelo, Real Madrid's LB will most probably be loaned to Fluminese in Brazil

8. John Terry is calling Ronaldinho to join him in Chelsea. But Barcelona don't even think about letting Dinho go.

9. It's expected that Thiago Motta will become Inter's player tonight. Inter plays vs Barcelona in trofeo Gamper and the final negotiations have already started. Atletico Madrid and Roma are Inter's greatest rivals for the signature of the Brazilian.
Still, the best financial offers for Motta came from England (Everton, Aston Villa, Tottenham e Manchester City) but Motta refused to play in EPL and it's only La Liga or Serie A for him

10. Lille or Liverpool - that's the unknown question for Julio Baptista after Milan said No to Real

11. According to English Tabloid "The Sun", Shevchenko will be loaned. They say Milan and Dynamo K. are after him, but they forgot Sheva is a non-EU and he can't join Milan.

12. After Juve kept Chiellini and decided not to buy Portuguese young LB Antunes, it is reported that now Roma are after Antunes.
Again Roma..... one Brazilian midfielder, Richarlyson, who was accused that he is gay, today said that he got an offer to join Roma but he rejected the offer.

13. According to Corriere , Boumsong rejected to go to Benfica (lol, he doesn't want to leave Juve) and now it's harder for Juve to get Luizao from Benfica. Corriere journalists think that Juve is still after a CD and they'll make the final sprint to secure one of Luizao or Meira.

Originally Posted by zlatanov

but be absolutely sure that someone will be jumping out of our cake by the night of 31st.

Yeah, most likely Galliani shouting 'Fooled you all!'

Originally Posted by zlatanov

with all the "Our mercato is not just closed but super-closed" talk, I have no choice, Hasan, but be absolutely sure that someone will be jumping out of our cake by the night of 31st.

Maybe its r10 , with all this talk about chelsea getting him that would be a perfect suprise, and why so suddenly, is chelsea apparently ahead of us for ronaldinho? Okay money, but we could equal up to that 150 or w.e million, and if it's a matter of where dinho wants to be, its with us.

can a player transfer to a team, then transfer to another in the space of a week?

Originally Posted by Graeme C

can a player transfer to a team, then transfer to another in the space of a week?

yes, actually Roberto Ayala did just that this summer - he left Valencia and signed with Villarreal but without playing one single game with them, Real Zaragoza paid his buy-out clause from his contract with Villarreal set at 6 mil euros, I think, and he is now a Real Zaragoza player

Milan were after Baptista for a while and have sent a few offers in for him, but now that Real have offered (reportedly a free loan), Milan have rejected. What has changed since then for us not to need a player in the same position? I say it was a smokescreen all along and we may be in for a BOOM . Rumours say Sheva and Adriano both are on the verge of exits. Boy how I wish we can get Sheva back.

Originally Posted by Tony29.

Three days to go so here are todays news, Ladies, Gentlemen, Zlat and Jim :



11. According to English Tabloid "The Sun", Shevchenko will be loaned. They say Milan and Dynamo K. are after him, but they forgot Sheva is a non-EU and he can't join Milan.

Is this true also for a loan deal?

i just wonder if we could do it with sheva, transfer him to another seria A side, then back to us again. 2 days is cutting it a bit fine, but maybe for jan deadline. loan him to empoli or livorno now and get him back in jan and able to play in the Champ league!!

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

Milan were after Baptista for a while and have sent a few offers in for him, but now that Real have offered (reportedly a free loan), Milan have rejected. What has changed since then for us not to need a player in the same position? I say it was a smokescreen all along and we may be in for a BOOM . Rumours say Sheva and Adriano both are on the verge of exits. Boy how I wish we can get Sheva back.

good point and another reason why I think it won't be Galliani jumping out of the cake

On Baptista, I think the reason for Milan not accepting this reportedly free loan might be in the player's refusal to come to Milan several weeks back during the Moscow tournament.

Back then Bronzetti, who had gone to Moscow to reportedly close the deal for Baptista, said something that made me think that Baptista or his agent had behaved in a way that pissed off Galliani for some reason and now AG doesn't want Baptista as he doesn't see in him a player, who is determined to come to Milan no matter what.