Winter Mercato

It seems now that Milan has accepted to give Oliveira to Real - not sure if the sale would be final or if it's just a queston of loaning him for the rest of this season - and Braida has returned to Milan to find a substitute eligible to play in CL, the names of Bonazzolli (Samp), Bojinov (Fiorentina/Juve) and Caracciolo (Palermo) have been mentioned ... although I hope we go for Di Natale (Udinese).

this is on Gazzetta and calciomercato.com

But whats with Cassano ?
P.S:i dont like this...

Cassano is cup-tied, with Oliveira gone we'd need a striker who can play in CL, so that eliminates Cassano as an option ... plus, Milan don't seem to be particularly keen on getting the troublemaker anyway.

wait, what do we get for oli?? nothing? is it a straight swap for ronaldo? i thought we would buy ronnie & swap oli for assano.

i thought we would buy ronnie & swap oli for assano.

so did I .

Well i hope we get Bojinov.

Originally Posted by Stitch

wait, what do we get for oli?? nothing? is it a straight swap for ronaldo? i thought we would buy ronnie & swap oli for assano.

the details aren't known yet, maybe it's just loaning RO for the rest of the season, as it was suggested a day or two ago ... the thing is that a loan swap Cassano-RO doesn't work for us, so instead of getting cassano on loan in return of RO, we seem to be going for a player that we can actually use in CL.

There is also the chance that Milan has decided to sell RO to Real, although I doubt it, but we'll have to wait and see what the details are.

thanks zlat.

i don't know how old you are, but watching your avatar i always think of you as the father figure of this forum

From Channel 4:

Palermo confirm Cavani capture Tuesday 30 January, 2007

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Palermo chief Maurizio Zamparini has confirmed the imminent arrival of Uruguayan striker Edison Cavani.

The highly rated 19-year-old of Danubio Montevideo has impressed in the U-20 South American Championship in Paraguay and was also a reported target for Juventus and Milan.

“Yes, Cavani is ours,” said Zamparini. “Palermo were the only club to make a firm offer for the youngster.”

The forward, who had stated recently that he would be happy to move to Italy, is valued at £3.5m and should sign a contract with Palermo on Tuesday.

“No other club made a concrete bid for Cavani, Palermo were the only ones to send a written proposal to Danubio. We will sign on Tuesday,” added agent Pierpaolo Triulzi.

Reports had suggested that Palermo might share the ownership of the player with Juventus, but that option has yet to be confirmed.

Cavani could replace David Di Michele at the club after he missed Monday’s training session and was spotted at the Quark Hotel in Milan, where the winter transfer market is housed.

Rumours suggest that Di Michele has been offered to Milan in a possible swap deal with Ricardo Oliveira.

“Anything is possible, but it doesn’t only depend on me,” said Di Michele. “In any case, if I am here it means there are some problems with Palermo…”

Any news about the negotiations ?

Originally Posted by Stitch

thanks zlat.

i don't know how old you are, but watching your avatar i always think of you as the father figure of this forum

that's why I chose it - I like being called "daddy"
btw, I am 25

Originally Posted by Egoistka

First Nesta, now Oddo...Lazio grows good players and cant keep them. It is very bad for them actually.

Milan "grew" Oddo.

Also talks about Di Michele is strange, because he is also cup-tied... I rate him though.

Nooooooooo, even i don't want you to get Di Michele
He knows how to play football but he's ruining Palermo at the moment. He's selfish, arogant, always fighting with other players and refs. Simplicio-Corini-Bresciano..they all work hard to create something, they give this guy the ball, and then he's trying to do everything by himself. He's like Ibrahimovic from last year just that he's not even close to Ibra's quality.

Bojinov, like i said some time ago, the problem is he's not Fiorentina's only. Juve has him under contract until June with an option to buy him then.
So, you'll have to negotiate with both Juve and Fiorentina.
But if it seemed unlikely 45 days ago, now maybe there's a chance for you to get him. Deschamps doesn't likes him, he's not playing him and now he's 5th choice striker in Juve. Even Zalayeta gets playing time but Boji is playing 5 minutes on 3 matches mostly.

Originally Posted by kris

Also talks about Di Michele is strange, because he is also cup-tied... I rate him though.

di michele is not cup-tied. UEFA regulations allow a team in the CL to register 1 player who has played in UEFA Cup for another team ... only 1 though.

I like Di Michele too but as Tony said he is a bit selfish - gets the ball, burries his head down and forgets that meanng of the word "teamwork". Plus he is 31 already, I think.
My personal favourite would be Di Natale - class player who can both create and score, can play as second forward and even attacking mifielder, 28-29 yo, eligible for CL. Only problem would be availability but if Udinese can get Di Michele or someone else, things could become easier.

ooorrr......PATO Young, not selfish, can play in CL

Originally Posted by mrki

ooorrr......PATO Young, not selfish, can play in CL

buuuuuuuut ... without an EU passport