Summer mercato 2009

Originally Posted by Dutchie-Milan

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Inter just have agreed a fee with Real over Sneijder for just 15 million,****!

Now they have that creative force in midfield and oh boy what a force it is,they are now OFFICIALLY a complete team,they dont lack anything no more(according to their standards),15 million!!!!We could have snapped him up,really pissed.

Not so fast my friend! From the Yahoo live transfer ticker:

Wesley Sneijder is not sure whether he wants to play for Inter. His agent Soren Lerby has told calciomercatonews.com: "I have spoken with Wesley, but at the moment he is indecisive - he doesn't know what he wants yet. He will think about it now and he will decide whether to move to Inter."

Originally Posted by ACMILAN1983

I say sell Kaladze to Fio for pretty much any price. 4m is the figure being mentioned, but with all due respect to him I'd be happy with less if it means he's off the books.

We may get De Silvestri then (not really top level), which would add surplus to requirements in FB positions, but some better quality is needed.

I would try to include Manuel Pasqual in the Kaladze deal.

Pasqual is a little improvement over Jankulovski defensively and he's surely worse in attack. If De Silvestri doesn't come, or some miracle happens, like Oddo rediscover his Lazio form before he joined us , we should reconsider Abate.

I dont think Pasqual would be an improvement on Jankulovski, De Silvestri has potential though

Originally Posted by Codino

I know he still hasn't proved himself for more than half a season, but I guess if he is still rated highly by milan and juventus, he wouldn't be a bad option. even if it's a bit expensive.
Also, training side by side with zambrotta everyday wouldn't be too shabby either

I've always thought De Silvestri has a lot of potential, so getting him would be fairly pleasing for the long run.

Originally Posted by Hasan Rossonero

I would try to include Manuel Pasqual in the Kaladze deal.

Probably easier to get Vargas than Pasqual.

Vargas played (and scored) tuesday in champs league so would be cup tied

Originally Posted by ACMILAN1983

I say sell Kaladze to Fio for pretty much any price. 4m is the figure being mentioned, but with all due respect to him I'd be happy with less if it means he's off the books.

LOL, Galliani really did succeed.....now, we forgot about building a new team and are balancing the books too

Originally Posted by GeoTav

And ?

Don't missunderstand me, I wanted him to come when I saw the news, but when the teeth problems appeared (for real or not, we don't know), I didn't complain like many did here.

Yes he did shut down CR7 last year for his third and fourth games in CL, but didn't Oddo also shut down CR7 when we won against Manchester in 2007 ?!

So before being totally disapointed by this player (and happy that he didn't come to Milan) or the contrary, I'll wait for 5-6 months. But so far, after 3 games with Lyon, for me, he didn't show anything special (against the Anderlecht team from yesterday that wasn't able to do more than 2 passes in a row for any reason, even Brocchi would have looked like a WC player and Jankulovski like the best LB of all times ).

Oddo was 30ish a that time, and was playing a younger player. C Ronaldo was world player of the year that season, and he Criskho was 21. there is a huge difference. Now what does everyone want? a LWB, we had one and let him get away

Originally Posted by Revolver

Pasqual is a little improvement over Jankulovski defensively and he's surely worse in attack. If De Silvestri doesn't come, or some miracle happens, like Oddo rediscover his Lazio form before he joined us , we should reconsider Abate.

if we dont sign a good FB this summer then i think our best option is to attempt to convert abate into a RB... it could work out very well in the long run..

Zambrotta was converted from a wide midfielder back in his early Juve days. Serginho too, and Janku. Its nothing new. Abate can work if he wants it to.

-------------------Abbiati
------------Nesta-------Thiago Silva
Abate---------------------------------Zambro
------------------Pirlo(Seedorf)
---------Gattuso(Ambro)--------Flamini(Ambro)

-----------------Ronaldinho(Seedorf)
----------Huntelaar(Borri)----Pato(Pippo)

Originally Posted by Centre

if we dont sign a good FB this summer then i think our best option is to attempt to convert abate into a RB... it could work out very well in the long run..

Most probably a new LB will come.

Milan targets were Tiago Silva who came last January, Dzecko who failed to come and instead of him we got Huntelaar and Cissoko who also failed to come, so a replacement should come in the coming days.

There aren't many world-class LB's out there though..... Cissokho seemed to be a perfect match but it didnt work out.

Maltese_Charlie, any chance you think we can sign one of the Dutch players at Real?

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

There aren't many world-class LB's out there though..... Cissokho seemed to be a perfect match but it didnt work out.

Maltese_Charlie, any chance you think we can sign one of the Dutch players at Real?

I think we could easily sign one of Real Merda's Dutch players. Only problem is for that to happen we would have to spend money. We showed that players still want to sign for milan Cissokho , Fabiano , Dzeko , Hernanes all would of signed if they could of. I just think that MGT will not spend any more money after the 6.5 million that they have spent. Books are balanced there must be more money left surely.

I'm certain that we'll be buying a full back. The noise regarding Oddo leaving is increasing, and now Kaladze seems to be out the door as well. A full back (left or right) is almost certain to come. The question is who. I'm hoping it's someone that none of us thought of, something out of the blue like Cissokho and Onyewu.

Also, don't be surprised if Milan splash 10+ on a player. The cash is there. They were just waiting for the prices to come down.

Originally Posted by brk

Zambrotta was converted from a wide midfielder back in his early Juve days. Serginho too, and Janku. Its nothing new. Abate can work if he wants it to.

-------------------Abbiati
------------Nesta-------Thiago Silva
Abate---------------------------------Zambro
------------------Pirlo(Seedorf)
---------Gattuso(Ambro)--------Flamini(Ambro)

-----------------Ronaldinho(Seedorf)
----------Huntelaar(Borri)----Pato(Pippo)

Yes, this is our reality, and we're not weak at all. Though Ambro never plays on the right side, so you should put Flamini in that bracket. Also, Seedorf can play on any of the three midfield spot and if Abate is a side-back (and unfortunately I don't see him in any other position), then Jankulovski is another option on the left of the midfield. We should be real and say we have a lot of options there, as long as any of Gattuso, Flamini or Ambro is in the team. Really a handful of choices. Here are some of them:

Gattuso - Pirlo - Flamini;

Seedorf - Pirlo - Ambrosini;

Flamini - Seedorf - Jankulovski;

Gattuso - Ambrosini - Seedorf;

The only drawbacks are that Gattuso can play only on the right (and in center, but I personally can't see him there), Janku only on the left, and Ambro don't play on the right.

I think it's crucial that we find a replacement for Ronaldinho, cause we need Seedorf in the middle.