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There will be a lot of club competing for his signature. GKs like him come once in a decade and no one would want to miss out on an opportunity like that. Even Arsenal will give us strong competition for his signature. So, I guess at the end the winning bid will be some where between 30 - 35 mn BP.

Originally Posted by rahul.acm

There will be a lot of club competing for his signature. GKs like him come once in a decade and no one would want to miss out on an opportunity like that. Even Arsenal will give us strong competition for his signature. So, I guess at the end the winning bid will be some where between 30 - 35 mn BP.

That's it Rahul.
I never said he won't leave Juve, cause there are big chances he will.
All my points were about him not joining Milan or Inter.
And if he does joins Milan or Inter, he'll do that only for some huge money offer.
That's why, in my previous post about Buffon, i said if Milan offers 35 M Pounds he'll certanly join them.
But i don't see your team making such unbelievable offer ( Juve bought him for 40 M Euro, which is around 26.5 M Pounds ) and i don't think Milan will make much bigger offer than some non-Italian teams.
That's why i don't see him in Milan ! ( even if he begs Juve to sell him to Milan, Juve won't do that if Milan's offer isn't much bigger than some potential offer from Barcelona...)

Originally Posted by Xudong

Juventus just had their first ever loss in Serie B today, and buffon was injured.

You forgot to add it was Mantova who has beaten Juve.
Mantova !!!!!
Although, i expected this suprise when i saw the team. Midfield consisted of Zalayeta ( ????? ) , Paro, Marchisio ( who the hell ?????) and Piccolo ( first time i heard about him... and his original position is defender ).

On top of it Buffon got an injury and he joined the 3 guys injured on Milan-Juve match ( Chiellini, Boumsong and Palladino) , Zanetti who got injured few days ago, and the other 5 injured players we have. Nedved is suspended and he was also out, while Camoranesi just recovered from an injury and played in last 20 minutes only.

I don't know why do Juve players get injured so easily. Maybe they aren't well prepared physically, maybe they are getting beaten like hell, or maybe and probably both.
But it's a shame to see stars like Del Piero,Trezeguet, Buffon or Nedved not being protected by the refs. All of them missed many matches due injuries, and the guys who injured them didn't get even a yellow card.

You'll laugh at this, but i think serie B is a much tougher league than serie A !

Originally Posted by Tony29.

You'll laugh at this, but i think serie B is a much tougher league than serie A !

I think it is true. More dirty faults and when there is less technique, like in serie B in comparison to serie A, the teams count more on power and physique, which makes the serie B tougher.

Bit of topic:

Barcelona just got trashed by Espanoll 3:1...if barca has a unsuccessful season someone is going to be held responsible, take a guess, who????

If barca continues like this Berlusconi might just have his wish fulfilled for his next birthday...

Originally Posted by kastriot

Bit of topic:

Barcelona just got trashed by Espanoll 3:1...if barca has a unsuccessful season someone is going to be held responsible, take a guess, who????

If barca continues like this Berlusconi might just have his wish fulfilled for his next birthday...

The thing is: people hnere have been whining about Milan not scoring, not playing well etc ... hey I watched Barcelona's match and if you talk about being bad: Barcelona gave up defense when they were 2-1 down; COMPLETE give up; when you talk about attack, they have NO IDEA how to attack.... not so different from the Milan earlier this season is there?

And yet people complaina bout Galliani, about Gila, about Oli, ... no one seems to complain about Ronaldinho? What has he done in this game? Hit the post once.

Originally Posted by Jeff

And yet people complaina bout Galliani, about Gila, about Oli, ... no one seems to complain about Ronaldinho? What has he done in this game? Hit the post once.

Because this is a AC Milan Forum and not Barcelona Forum. Who cares about Ronaldinho not scoring.

Originally Posted by Tony29.

You'll laugh at this, but i think serie B is a much tougher league than serie A !

I wouldn't say it is tougher, but it is more physical. Teams that have been in A too long are not used to B, but Juventus will be fine. They are too strong for the other teams. Things happen, but Juventus is fine.

Originally Posted by Jeff

And yet people complaina bout Galliani, about Gila, about Oli, ... no one seems to complain about Ronaldinho? What has he done in this game? Hit the post once.

That's because he's the almighty Ronaldinho...who makes no mistakes, has magical boots and his presence alone makes his team win by default. All his faults are forgotten when he woos the crowd with a 'marvelous' backheel flick when a simple pass would have sufficed. The praise of 2 seasons ago got to his head and he's nothing like what he used to be. But that's for another thread...

Tony, I wouldnt be too unhappy with Juve's transfer policy if I were you. It is incredible how you guys managed to keep so many stars despite playing in serie b. Imagine having the best GK in the world, Nedved, Trez, Camo, Del Piero in serie b!!! I can assure you if Milan were to have gone down, we would have Kalac in goal, Billy and Paolo in defence and Boriello in attack---the rest may very well have bailed.

Secondly, Juve's transfer policy and PLAN once they return to serie a has already started. They've already picked up some promising players (all in their 20's which these days at Milan is unheard of ) and have concrete plans to reinforce the squad in the long run. You've got an excellent manager and if all goes to plan, Juve will again be a dominant force in the not too distant future.

Contrast that with our transfer policy. No long term vision, only short term solutions. No correction of current problems, only denying that they exist. Going after 30 year old players for virtually all positions---I mean if we dont get Oddo, then what, what's plan b, Cafu for another five years? At least one gets a sense as to where Juve will be in the next five years and who their main protagonists might be. But as for Milan, I dont have a clue. When Seedorf, Pirlo, Gattuso, Paolo, Janku, Pippo retire---who will take their places? We should be grooming some replacements now, rather than picking up band aids like Favalli.

Originally Posted by Jeff

The thing is: people hnere have been whining about Milan not scoring, not playing well etc ... hey I watched Barcelona's match and if you talk about being bad: Barcelona gave up defense when they were 2-1 down; COMPLETE give up; when you talk about attack, they have NO IDEA how to attack.... not so different from the Milan earlier this season is there?

And yet people complaina bout Galliani, about Gila, about Oli, ... no one seems to complain about Ronaldinho? What has he done in this game? Hit the post once.

They didn't give up in defence, they went al out attack. Suffice to say their defence even with players back was a shambles. I don't want Rijkaard. read an interview where he said he doesn't coach the players when they have the ball as they are all so good. He just does organisational work on pressure and defending. Seriously that's not good enough for Milan unless we had Ronaldinho, and a guaranteed goal machine like Eto'o.

The news concerning Tuncay is not true, he is not joining Milan this summer. And if you ask me, he should not.

AC Milan set to land Barcelona fullback Belletti
tribalfooball.com - January 14, 2007

Barcelona fullback Julio Belletti is moving to AC Milan at the end of this season.
DiarioSport says Barca have decided to hand the Brazilian a free transfer in June, when he will sign a four-year deal with Italian giants Milan.

Belletti's present Barca deal expires in June, 2008 and his Milan agreement - at £1.5 million-a-year - is double what he is earning at the Nou Camp.



Yes this is from tribal but who knows

Originally Posted by mrki

Milan going for beckham or not, it doesnt matter in the end as he is not in LA. But the fact that Carlo would play him in Milan in ridiculous by any means.

not only that is ridiculous... but to brag about how u wanted to sign him (but didnt manage, because he opted for MLS rather than Milan) in the stupidest thing i can remember. They better save the energy for the time they will need to talk.

And now belletti? Ok... he can be used at least i guess...

Agreed peters. It's become a habit of our management now to boast about players who would definitely have signed for us had they not gone elsewhere, rather than do their jobs and actually SIGN players!!

I knew Galliani would come out and say this about Beckham. Whether it is true or not, is another matter. In the end of the day, nobody cares anyways, I dont know who he's trying to impress. Remember when Figo signed for RM---he said exactly the same thing--that Figo was just about to sign for us when RM stepped in. What about Henry this past summer? As far as I am concerned his transfer to us was never even on the cards, it was Barca who were seriously after him...