Winter Mercato

Originally Posted by _MaJi_tz

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

goal.com also provide this info

Milan went after Beckham before he signed with LA Galaxy? No wonder we are such a weak side these days.....

http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=209961

Milan Ready $15 Million Bid For Duck?

Porto Alegre’s latest sensation, Internacional striker Alexandre Pato, appears to be in the crosshairs of Italian giants AC Milan.


According to information published in both Brazil and Italy the Rossoneri could be willing to invest $15 million in the youngster.


A Milan spotter covering the current South American Under-20 tournament in Paraguay has wired home highly favourable reports on the 17 year-old Brazilian.

Pato (‘Duck’ due to his home town of Pato Branco; ‘White Duck’) came to prominence just before the recent FIFA CWC win.

The Colorado club are looking at Dagoberto (Atlético-PR) or ex-local lad Nilmar, currently in a legal wrangle with Corinthians, to fill any resulting gap if the Brazilians respond favourably to an offer. AC Milan have confirmed that they are interested in the player, but…

"We are following him with interest, after the final with Barcelona we will decide about moving for him”, commented Umberto Gandini, the Rossoneri sporting director in Japan before Xmas.

The same source repeated the budding interest recently but added a caveat that “the only problem is that the boy does not have a European passport." Is it worth making space at Milan for a Duck?

i think he would be well worth the money!

Today i heard in a brazilian radio station that Milan offered 2.5 euros for the Palmeiras Goalkeeper, Diego Cavalieri.

Spinelli slams Amelia! Monday 15 January, 2007
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Livorno President Aldo Spinelli has hit out at Marco Amelia after his comments following the dismissal of Coach Daniele Arrigoni. “I want to sell him,” he stated.

The outspoken chief sacked the tactician after the 5-1 hammering against Atalanta on Sunday, causing the entire team’s furious reaction.

Captain Cristiano Lucarelli stated that he supported the ex-Cagliari boss and goalkeeper Amelia confirmed that his teammates wanted Arrigoni to stay.

“Amelia has a sharp tongue, like all Romans,” said Spinelli in an interview to GR Parlamento. “I hope I will be able to sell him in January, otherwise he will sit on the bench.

“I tried to teach him good manners, but he ended on the bench in every club he played for. I hope he immediately finds a new outfit.”

Spinelli, whose side is only four points shy of the Champions League spots, also replied to Lucarelli, who hinted that he might take drastic measures if the situation does not improve.

“He is the captain, but if the team wanted to save Arrigoni they should have all played better – words mean nothing now. In any case, Lucarelli is contracted for another five years.”

The President will meet with the board of directors on Monday, but is set to confirm his decision.

“I do not believe I will change my mind, we earned three points in eight matches with a 26-man squad. We have no excuses for yesterday, we either failed the preparation or the formation.”

Bortolo Mutti and Serse Cosmi are both being paired with the Tuscan minnows, although it seems that the latter’s financial requests might be considered excessive by the outfit.

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If they want to sell, we should try and buy! Athough Belusconi loves Buffon, we will not win a bidding war against Inter....

Amelia is overrated imo, he got 5 goals inside against Atalanta, something neither Buffon or Dida would do, even with the defense of Rushden & Diamonds playing in front of them.

Well..Dida let in four against Depor with our world class defense in front of him. Let in three against Liverpool in less than 10 minutes. So unless you actually see the goals you can't always blame the keeper. Of course this is just an example as Deportivo and Liverpool are definitely classes above Atalanta.

Originally Posted by Mystik

Well..Dida let in four against Depor with our world class defense in front of him. Let in three against Liverpool in less than 10 minutes. So unless you actually see the goals you can't always blame the keeper.

Dude the defense in the games you`ve mentioned was far from world class,dida was`n brilliant either.

Pls If you ever doubted of DIda`s abilities,go and watch the games against INTER in CL quarter finals... two years ago

Basically, every keeper has their off days, or weeks, but the better ones are far more consistent (for the better).

Originally Posted by NAMMY

Basically, every keeper has their off days, or weeks, but the better ones are far more consistent (for the better).

It's very much about defense, also.

So much praised Buffon, who's really the best one out there, owes big part of his success to the defenders in front of him.

He had Cannavaro and Thuram in Parma. He had the same duo together with Zambrotta in Juve, and he has Cannavaro-Nesta in the National Team.
But when he had old Ferrara and Montero, mistake prone Legrotiagllie and in bad form Iuliano, he conceded more than 60 goals in total in season 2003/04, which is 20-25 goals more than he was conceding every other season before and after.

Originally Posted by kastriot

Dude the defense in the games you`ve mentioned was far from world class,dida was`n brilliant either.

Pls If you ever doubted of DIda`s abilities,go and watch the games against INTER in CL quarter finals... two years ago

I'm not doubting Dida's ability...how did you come to that conclusion ? I'm just saying that the number of goals conceded never gives a clear picture of a goalkeepers ability.

Originally Posted by Marino

Today i heard in a brazilian radio station that Milan offered 2.5 euros for the Palmeiras Goalkeeper, Diego Cavalieri.

Don't put too much into it. They were saying months ago that Dida had resigned with Milan.

I was just wondering: last summer we had to wait until we knew we were qualified for CL to make important transfers. This year we are going for 4th place. So, we will have to qualify again. Will we have to wait again until we know we are qualified for CL this summer for making important transfers?

I read today at http://www.corrieredellosport.it/sportnetwork/

That Calac is injured and we are after Amelia.
Ii it true that Calac is injured?????

Originally Posted by Mystik

I'm not doubting Dida's ability...how did you come to that conclusion ? I'm just saying that the number of goals conceded never gives a clear picture of a goalkeepers ability.

No man you got m wrong, the first part of my post was dedicatet to you,the other part concerning DIDA was for the guys who dont belive in him.