Alberto Gilardino to Milan??

Today it's the day (hopefully) but I don't know at what time of the day the reunion will be take part.

Let's wait and I hope Gilardino will be us!

Good Morning! Why is everyone only now being "hopeful"??? I thought the lot of you people said he was ours and not to worry??? What??? Worried now??? Like I said a bunch of you, I will hold you to your words and judge heavily upon it by how you react if we do or do not sign him. It is not a question of optimism or pessimism. It is a question of people's behavior here in this thread, which IMO people have acted too hastily and thus in an immature way.

Throw yourselves a bone by at least giving some credible clue... such as a Press Conference and at what time??? If you cant even do that, then the lot of you should not even say as for a fact that he is even going to sign for us.... as a fact.

This frickin thread really had me disappointed in a whole lot of you people. Some might think that if Gila does sign for us that will give you all vindication. That is not the point. The point is that you folks have spoken way before the fact as if you had the gift of prophecy. Many have told others to not believe in certain sources as unreliable only to use the very same source when it supported and suited your ideas on this transfer. Others have said to trust only this or that source only to find out that those very same sources are as crap as sany other tabloid sources.

I really hated to do this, but this has been bugging me this thread. It reminds me too much of other wishful thinking. You know...... like when we are leading 3-0 halftime against Liverpool only to see it crumble and the worse part of it was the reaction of Milan fans here asking for players and managers heads. This is the same kind of prophecizing that is going to cause a firestorm here if we do not sign Gila even though all guesses say that he will sign.

All I'm trying to say is that there needs to be level headedness in these tense hours and whatever the conclusion of this deal, lets be mature and reasonable people.

Originally Posted by Kui

Good Morning! Why is everyone only now being "hopeful"??? I thought the lot of you people said he was ours and not to worry??? What??? Worried now??? Like I said a bunch of you, I will hold you to your words and judge heavily upon it by how you react if we do or do not sign him. It is not a question of optimism or pessimism. It is a question of people's behavior here in this thread, which IMO people have acted too hastily and thus in an immature way.

Throw yourselves a bone by at least giving some credible clue... such as a Press Conference and at what time??? If you cant even do that, then the lot of you should not even say as for a fact that he is even going to sign for us.... as a fact.

This frickin thread really had me disappointed in a whole lot of you people. Some might think that if Gila does sign for us that will give you all vindication. That is not the point. The point is that you folks have spoken way before the fact as if you had the gift of prophecy. Many have told others to not believe in certain sources as unreliable only to use the very same source when it supported and suited your ideas on this transfer. Others have said to trust only this or that source only to find out that those very same sources are as crap as sany other tabloid sources.

I really hated to do this, but this has been bugging me this thread. It reminds me too much of other wishful thinking. You know...... like when we are leading 3-0 halftime against Liverpool only to see it crumble and the worse part of it was the reaction of Milan fans here asking for players and managers heads. This is the same kind of prophecizing that is going to cause a firestorm here if we do not sign Gila even though all guesses say that he will sign.

All I'm trying to say is that there needs to be level headedness in these tense hours and whatever the conclusion of this deal, lets be mature and reasonable people.

fair comment...but when certain publications -- la gazzetta, news programs, etc. -- say that gila has agreed blah blah one cannot help but feel optmistic.

The truth is the variables in this transfer seemed to be more favourable for us...I thought signing Janklulovski would be harder given the publicized competition for his signature.

I don't think anyone on this thread has done anything wrong. Everyone dreams of transfers in the summer, it is part of being a football fan. And while optimism of the sort found on this thread can be bad, the negativity is just as egregious.

When we were leading Liverpool 3-0 in Istanbul, all my buddies were calling me to offer their congrats. I said to them that the game has another half and frankly we should be vigilant.

This is a little different than the Liverpool game. This is a negotiation and the variables in it are overwhlemingly in our favour. But anything can happen and if Gila does not sign it will be terrible, but life goes on.

I agree with you though...there have been too many false alarms in this deal. It has left me a mess

For me it is a question of being optmistic or pessimistic. For example, a statement like "Gila will not sign for us. He will go to Juve. We are losing him" is just as misleading as "Gila is ours...it is a matter of hours." BUt at least the latter has had some news story behind it, the former just lacks evidence and is the product of dark and morbid negativity.

The former might come true but if people choose to jump around for the 'imminent' signing there is nothing wrong with that.

Well, as one who demanded the head of Ancelotti and several players after the disappointment in Istanbul (though I have a much more relaxed view of what happened now), I won't get angry at all if we don't sign Gila. Disappointed, yes, but not angry. Milan have done everything they can to sign him, the player wants to join us, but it's all up to Parma.
I think that the price we are paying for him is ridiculously high, and I completely understand that Milan is reluctant to splash out any more. In the long run, I think that we are being extremely clever by signing a lot of players for free, as that is a good way to run the business. Thus we don't have the financial difficulties that so many other clubs are experiencing, and we don't have to worry about having to sell our other stars (like Parma have to, for instance).

I really, really hope that Gila joins us. If not, I am not sure how we will fare next season. Juve have really strengthened their team, and so have Inter (with Samuel and Figo joining them soon). We need a player like Gila if we want to win anything next season, not just because he is a great player, but also because it would boost the moral of the rest of the squad (like it did when we signed Nesta and Rivaldo three years ago).

i agree with what kui said.. and to what devoted_dm said, no milan didnt try its best, as we could have increased our bid $2m more and we could have gotten him ages ago.. but i think what we are doing is right.. 24m is way too high.. there´s rumuours saying that Ballack will be joining Inter.. I will be so disappointed if that is true, we shouldnt let him go.. He will be an excellent addition to our squad, he will be able to play in the Seedorf/Kaka/Gattuso and even Pirlo role, he would fit perfectly into our tactical system.. Maybe Ballack would be more useful to us than Gila? Ballack is certainly more consistent than Seedorf as everyone would agree, and he certainly can score goals and can pass the ball and has excellent vision, unlike our warrior Gattuso..and he certainly is faster than Pirlo, and has better free-kicks (we havent had a good free taker for a looooong time now).. we would regret not making a move on him... but if he goes to inter, i will really have a laugh, as the idiots will add ANOTHER midfielder! Solari, Figo, Pizarro and Ballack ahahahaha these guys never learn...

usually, there is a press conference takes place at 12:00, and I think another at 3:00 (Milan time).. Right now its almost 2. Damn im nervous.

This actually looks really good, it will be an auction on gila's contract and looks like only milan will made a bid, so we can pay even less money. I'm waiting....

14:00 PM and Galliani don't receive a call from Parma, and Galliani says "Today or nothing"

Tomorrow Milan can find another striker, so let's thing that Gilardino don't come.

A lot of hours passed every day and the solution is not clearly, I'm losing patience with that.

Cassano will be the solution??

Originally Posted by Smoje

14:00 PM and Galliani don't receive a call from Parma, and Galliani says "Today or nothing"

Tomorrow Milan can find another striker, so let's thing that Gilardino don't come.

A lot of hours passed every day and the solution is not clearly, I'm losing patience with that.

Cassano will be the solution??

Galliani has said that if he does not receive a call from Parma today, he will not call them.

He added: "I repeat, today or nothing."

GALLIANI: 'No news about Gilardino'
7/18/2005
MILAN - 'I've not heard anyone from Parma and we will not call anyone. We are waiting.' This is what Adriano Galliani had to say about Alberto Gilardino's negotiation. The Milan vice president left the club headquarters at about 1pm CET to reach the Lega Calcio where a Serie A extraordinary meeting is scheduled. He added: ’If they call us, it is good. Otherwise we will focus on an alternative from tomorrow. I repeat: either today or nothing.'

Cinquini just said that Gilardino is having the medical visit at Parma.He added that there is nothing new, however, Parma will wait till the afternoon. Cinquini said that he talked to Gilardino and that intelligent persons always find new solutions.

I am getting less and less positive as the day goes by. Iaquinta, Di vaio, Corradi! I mean wtf!!! no one is in Gila's class...I would only consider Cassano as a somehow valid alternative! Come on Gallianiiii!

Roy where did you read this?

www.tuttomercatoweb.com
Its in Italian..I can translate if you want

Milan, altro nome per l'attacco: Iaquinta
18.07.2005 14.48 di Francesco Graffagnini
Dopo i nomi di Corradi e Di Vaio come alternativa a Gilardino, ne spunta un altro, quello di Vincenzo Iaquinta (nella foto).
Indiscrezioni che giungono dal Friuli, parlano di un’opzione strappata dal Milan ai Pozzo per l’ariete bianconero.
Se non arrivasse l’attaccante parmense infatti la dirigenza rossonera si accaparrerà le prestazioni di Iaquinta versando alle casse dell’Udinese, 15 mln di euro.
Articolo letto 87 volt


This is what your site says.. It also says that Van der Meyde and Dabo are going to Bolton, and that Milito is joining Inter, and that Figo is going to Liverpool..

I think this site is an Italian tribalfootball.com

Le risposte da Parma al caso Gilardino
18.07.2005 14.46 di Emanuele Rigano
"E' inutile che mi facciate delle domande, e' inutile dire ancora parole a vuoto. Oggi il giorno decisivo? Questa domanda proprio non me la dovete fare" è questa la risposta di Beppe Bonetto alle dichiarazioni di Galliani. Il ds Oreste Cinquini, invece ha rivelato: "Gilardino sta facendo le visite mediche a Parma. Novita? Assolutamente no, vediamo questo pomeriggio. Ho parlato con il giocatore, le persone intelligenti trovano sempre nuove soluzioni"
http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/index...=read&id=11512

Nothing to do with the Gilardino saga, but it has been reported that a 25 mins animated discussion took place between Ancelotti and Shevchenko. It was face to face, and it ended with a handshake..
I dont want to think abt it, because I already am in a negative mood today..