Milan after Tevez

A blind hog will root up an ear of corn every once in awhile, so I wouldn't put too much stock into World Soccer Daily being the first on Sheva (especially after it was leaked by Berlusconi that he was probably leaving).

Manchester United does not have our funds after spending 10 million pounds more on Carrick than they received for van Nistelrooy and they're more in the market for a tough tackling midfielder right now. They already have Rooney to play the second striker, so Tevez would be a luxury for them rather than a necessity. Plus Roman Abramovich has close ties to the group that funds Corinthians and it's likely he would do whatever he needed to do to keep Carlitos away from his closest rival. He would be much more likely to stay out of the way of Milan.

Rick, you have to consider the loss of van Nistelrooy's 20-odd goals from last season. Who will pick up the slack? Rossi? Talented but inexperienced. Saha? Solid but injury-prone. The Norwegian guy whose name escapes me right now? Serviceable but perhaps well beyond his sell-by date. And of course Alan Smith has a long term injury. Who else, I hope I'm not missing anyone.

Surely Rooney can't do all by himself, so indeed Utd are in the market for a proven striker. The reports of the them lining up a bid for Adriano proves this. And looking at their current crop, Tevez is definitely a necessity, not a luxury. He's pretty good as both an out-and-out finisher and provider and he'll come at a cheaper price than Adriano.

I don't disagree with your other points with Abramobitch and they all make sense, but isnt England Tevez's preferred destination? I think I heard that somewhere but I may be imagining things. Someone set me straight.

oh boy I hope we get Carlito, he has been my first choice as well ever since Sheva left.. but what worries me is that he is being linked to milan alot, and that is worrying because milan is kind of looking for a surprise transfer..they linked themselves to ibra, crespo on purpose just as a smokescreen for their actual target.. im also guessing ronaldo is a smokescreen..

Sobis is not a smokescreen though, because I remember we were serious about him since April..I also believe we'll get him either way if we get in CL or not.. Braida did say they will surprise the fans as they usually do.. who do u guys think it might be? what were the surprises they did before?

I remember Nesta, Bonera, Vogel, and Dhorasoo were the most recent surprises.. We were absolutely not linked to any of them before actually signing them.. so a surprise in their terms is really a surprise, not someone that we thought we might get (eg. Tevez, Buffon, Diarra)..so i think the surprise can be... ADRIANO or if Berlusconi is too generous, MESSI. Now MESSI would be a nice surprise that would please some of you, right?

Nah, I think Messi sucks. No way in this blue-green Earth would he ever help us. No way we should even consider that guy. He blows herds of chipmunk. What nonsense has gotten into your head hitmannq8? There are much, much better options out there like Ronaldo and Alan Smith. I would give the world plus 2 cents to see those guys wearing our shirt.

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

oh boy I hope we get Carlito, he has been my first choice as well ever since Sheva left.. but what worries me is that he is being linked to milan alot, and that is worrying because milan is kind of looking for a surprise transfer..they linked themselves to ibra, crespo on purpose just as a smokescreen for their actual target.. im also guessing ronaldo is a smokescreen..

Sobis is not a smokescreen though, because I remember we were serious about him since April..I also believe we'll get him either way if we get in CL or not.. Braida did say they will surprise the fans as they usually do.. who do u guys think it might be? what were the surprises they did before?

I remember Nesta, Bonera, Vogel, and Dhorasoo were the most recent surprises.. We were absolutely not linked to any of them before actually signing them.. so a surprise in their terms is really a surprise, not someone that we thought we might get (eg. Tevez, Buffon, Diarra)..so i think the surprise can be... ADRIANO or if Berlusconi is too generous, MESSI. Now MESSI would be a nice surprise that would please some of you, right?

MESSI!!!
Yes!!! and then the story would be Ronaldinho was the smokescreen
I have no idea

Tevez linked to Milan a lot? Hmm...from what I can see is, that said "formal link" we're mentioning is from that one Brazilian newspaper being cited & repeated across Italy sites. And as we all know, Galliani was in Brazil for Sobis (for another player too? - don't know). I haven't found one coming from Italy itself. A bogus one (or not?) I found was a few days ago, Ancelotti said that Tevez was similar to Kaka & Gourcuff...so yeah...moving on... But then again, I don't know anything about football.

Well, for big signings, rumors are rumors, heavily linked or not! We were linked with Ibra & every site was clamoring for it. In the end, it was Inter finally.

Wednesday could be a wonderful day to wake up to. If not a surprise, then something to satisfy restless minds!

I think Messi is really good in that age. And he is quite cheap I think, so if we have him, I will be very happy <maybe happier than Torres>. Ronaldo and Alan Smith can't match Messi. They don't have effect. Ronaldo just runs, when he meet a defender, he starts performing, then, he passes to his behind teamate, and wastes a counter attack. Besides, his shoting and passing skill is really bad. Alan Smith, I can't see anything of him.

What makes you think Messi will come cheap? Further, what makes you think Barca will sell him?

Il corriere dello sport of today is reporting that Berlusconi blocked everything about Sobis transfer.

And La Gazzetta dello sport is saying that Galliani phoned Ronaldo, and he is Milan's main target if Milan will be in CL.

Sorry about that Sleep, I was joking on that last post.

Maltese Charlie, please...please for the love of all that's holy in this life, please tell us you are joking too.

Because if you aren't, that's the last time I will ever post a joke on the board. It acutally may become the truth.

Originally Posted by goose

Because if you aren't, that's the last time I will ever post a joke on the board. It acutally may become the truth.

Yeah, if Ronaldo arrives, it's your fault, goose!

I read that Milan's interest in Tevez has cooled, while ManU and Bayern Munich are favorites to land him.

Originally Posted by GilAttack [11]

I read that Milan's interest in Tevez has cooled, while ManU and Bayern Munich are favorites to land him.

That is the end of it then, I wanted this player to come more than anyone else, we'll end up with Fat Ronnie because Berlusconi wants him it seems, he even blocked Sobis I understand. Useless.

Originally Posted by GilAttack [11]

I read that Milan's interest in Tevez has cooled, while ManU and Bayern Munich are favorites to land him.

Seems like we're not an attractive club as Manchester United and Bayern Munich anymore... Or that we're not willing to spend any money?

Well, the management have promised surprise signings, so anything can still happen.

Where did you read that our interest in Tevez has cooled and now Man Utd & Bayern are favourites to land him GilAttack ?? The last i read was that all 3 are associated with him and the player's agent knows this but NO offers have been submitted.

I think we're jumping the gun a little and now all of a sudden we have members who think we're 'not an attractive club' anymore. The slightest sign and everyone goes all gloomy and depressed, give me a break !

The one thing that does concern me is the 'Berlusconi blocks everything' headlines, this has been brewing for a few days now in the Italian papers. I'm hoping this just means that he's waiting until after the CL game before going ahead with further purchases.