Summer Mercato

we NEED Aguero and Quaresma now

After waking up this morning, the first thing I read is Galliani saying "Ronaldo will be back". A tendon tear needs AT LEAST 9 months to recover which would go past Ronaldo's current contract. Please tell me that I read this wrong in the Gazzetta and they aren't thinking about renewing?!?!?! BTW, I saw Gila in the starting lineup when watching the game, but didn't see him during the whole 90 minutes, was it a misprint?? He's just plain horrible.

Our defense is just painful to watch. The Livorno goal last night was admittedly an amazing shot by Pulzetti, but it should have never happened in the first place. He was given a clear 8 or 9 meters cushion for the shot. The team is very hard to watch and the fans that I feel sorry for are the ones that bought all those season tickets. We read over and over again on the official site on how we had record season ticket purchases. Meanwhile, our management couldn't invest in a team like our competitors did... We bought Emerson and Ba for the whole season and Pato for a half. I just don't know what else to say...

Please no Ramos or Dinho,as Ramos is not a truly side back,as long as he lacks enough pace and tecnique to play at there,he cant play at Milan on side backs,Milan should look at Pasqual and Zambrotta,not it seems Zambrotta is a deal done and in addition Pasqual is a player that his contract ends in 2009,if we pay the wages that he earn a year to Fiorentina he is ours,Oddo/Zambrotta for Right side back and Pasqual and Marek for left side back would be perfect for me,Zambrotta alone is not enough to solve problems that we had on side backs considering the injuries that he had in the last 2 years.

Regarding Goucuff replacement,i think it should be Kim Kallstroem not someone like Flamini as we have too much DM in the squad.

Regarding striker,it seems Milan will sign a striker especially after Ronaldo's carrer ended at Milan,Amauri,Drogba or Benzema,we already have Paloschi and Pato and Pato is a first 11 player who plays with regularity,for one spot,we have Pippo,Gila and Paloschi,Spending over 40 m euros on Benzema would be right thing?it ends Paloschi's first 11 chances?if we sell Gila,sure Benzema is needed,Paloschi is a player who is already better player than Gilardino in my opinion,i hope CARLO continue to play him.


whoever comes,Drogba,Amauri,Benzema,Paloschi should have his chances for first 11,please no to Borriello or Pozzi.both are not Milan class,most probably Zamparini kid will ask for fortunes for Amauri as he declared he costs as much as Torres costs,40 me euros around,signing Amauri at this condition would not be crap?There is Luis Fabiano,a bierhoff typee player also a player who can accept bench role.


in the end,Lloris,Zambrotta,Ferrari,Pasqual,Kalstroem,Benzema/L.Fabiano/Drogba/Amauri for Ronnie replacement.

Ramos doesn't lack pace or technique. Considering our past transfer campaigns he won't sign anyway. Get Vargas De Silvestri & Zambro for WB. Lloris & Frey in goal. Zapata & Kompany in CD. Cignarini & a proper def mid. Another creative attacker & wide player. A WC forward, and international class forward, and either Borreillo/Pozzi.

If the likes of Cafu/Favalli, Serginho, Dida, R99, Gilardino are still at club next season we'll be fighting relegation. It's that simple.

in real's formation 4-1-2-1-2 formation,he has a player infornt of him who plays on the right wing but in Milan's 4-3-1-2 formation he will be the only player who will use the right wing,he will work like a dead man on that 90-105 metres,i wanted to say he is not someone not that calibre,is he someone who can dribble past 2-3 players and send a great cross to players in the box?and he should repeat this 3-4 times or more in a 90 minute,he might have a bit pace and tecnique,to do this work he needs more than that in my opinion.also he costs more than Daniel Alves,i would rather to have a daniel alves than 100 Ramos.

Look at the players we have on right mid. You say no to Ramos, but are happy with them?? We don't need him to dribble like mad as Oddo isn't capable of that, and Ramos is a decent dribbler. He plays with heart and no little technique. Would be immense signing IMO. Suppose we are stuck with Ferrari for defence as reported. gayliani strikes again. We are loosing our legend and replacing him with hacks, and expect success????

Hearing a lot of talk about Torres to Milan.

Won't happen, and not necessary. We need a beast of a forward, as we have perfect 2nd striker in Pato & box forwards in Paloschi/Gila, possibly Pozzi/Borreillo.

We need a forward like Toni or Drogba, one that will command respect of defenders and open space for others.

Simply we need few world class palyers like Benzema, Diego, Zabbrotta, Fery and Mexes... for example. Milan is a club that CAn afford and HAS to afford 5 class players after 2 or 3 bad mercato's. 100 mln in the summer is a sum Milan can spend, for sure! For example, those palyers I listed are possible to get, and imagine Milan does what Real or United did this summer, and with the players we have now ( Pato, Pippo, Kaka', Pirlo, Ambro, Seedorf - who would then play less minutes ut this is a time he needs to play less in order to play well, Rino, NMesta, Kaladze, Jankulovski )!!! We would be unstopabble!

If we dont do that , and nly sign lets say: Zambrotta and Drogba, that would be ok, but not good enough, we would still have a lot of problems with speed etc...

Originally Posted by jcastagn

We need a forward like Toni or Drogba, one that will command respect of defenders and open space for others.

exactly!!

and of course as I always preach....DEFENSE!! The summer should have 2 defensive signings, 1 in the midfield, 1 young keeper, and 1 bombshell in the attack. I will be disappointed if our average age for starters doesn't come down a couple years!

Saw a blurb on GolTv last nite about mateo ferrari of roma coming over. Any word of this anywhere else in mercato-land?

Originally Posted by jtelly

Saw a blurb on GolTv last nite about mateo ferrari of roma coming over. Any word of this anywhere else in mercato-land?

It's newspaper talk again. There may be some validity to it but here's how papers in Europe work. They basically do their best in putting two and two together. Team in need of defense = Milan. Defender not reaching contract agreement with current club = Ferrari. This causes the headlines of "Ferrari is en route to Milan"

Originally Posted by Ghost

Hearing a lot of talk about Torres to Milan.

Milan was offered Torres before Liverpool. The relationships between Milan and Atletico are the best possible. I've heard the last negative opinion about him came from Albertini, who played with him at Atletico a few seasons back.

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

It must be an exciting time to be a Juve supporter Tony, especially if you sign Hamsik, Aguero, Vargas & Amauri (according to the less than reliable Tuttosport)! I know it's papertalk, but i wouldn't be surprised to see you sign all 4 of them. It's sickening to see your team with so much ambition!

Jim, if you'd read a Juve forum the Juve fans are everything but excited. They are pissed off with the current board and foaming while watching Inter and Milan's new stars Pato and Balotelli, while Giovinco doesn't play on regular basis in Empoli.

This is the idea you'd get reading a Juve forum right now on such subjects.