Giandomenico Mesto

Reggina midfielder Giandomenico Mesto is set to join AC Milan.

An agreement is understood to have been struck between the two clubs, with Mesto joining Milan for a £2.2 million fee.

"The dream of every player is to play for AC Milan," said Mesto yesterday.

Reggina president Lillo Foti played down the reports yesterday, joking that Juventus could be upset if the deal had indeed been struck.

"If I say that Milan have been promised Mesto, then I think I will have upset my friend Luciano Moggi at Juve," he said.

from tribalfootball.com

anyone who got any info on this guy???

saw this article in goal.com...i guess it has some truth in it......he would be welcomed next year

I prefer a bit more proven players.
Otherwise we end up with Commandinis again.

i saw the game againts Reginna and Mesto was fantastic.
we heard about this transfer at this summer but i was realy in big doubt about this guys abiltiys' after the match with milan i can say that he is so skillfull and solid defender and i realy hope he will join us this summer.
he looks like a great alternative for cafu and realy hope he will be rossonero in the next summer.

Originally Posted by Bayman

I prefer a bit more proven players.
Otherwise we end up with Commandinis again.

funny.....we call for players like tevez and others who have not been broven in competition outside of their homeland, but when there is a youngster from here we get scared.....stick to one point of view ....

this man has played for the under 21 and the ulympic teams...winning gold and bronze respectfully......so ho can he cano claim him unknown or "the next commmandini" and not say the same about the Tevez who besides playing in his homeland has also just played in the under 21 and the copa ???

1. it is not official, so hold your horses
2. At that price, Milan can afford for him to fail. Can't be compared to Tevez or even Comandini (who much more was expected of)

Originally Posted by triniman

we call for players like tevez and others who have not been broven in competition outside of their homeland

u forgot the coppa america where they got the silver and the olympic gold, which is better than what mesto has, i think thats proven enough, but i agree i think mesto for 2.2M would be a good buy, i hope it goes thru.

I agree with Bayman here. I can mention a couple of names in our worst years in the 90s when we bought a couple of young Italians that ended up not playing and then being shipped away. we had 5 games of serie A this far, to imagine someone have impressed Galliani enough to make a transfer sounds fishy IMO.

Tevez is as proven as they get and is not the typical Argentinian striker.

Originally Posted by triniman

funny.....we call for players like tevez and others who have not been broven in competition outside of their homeland, but when there is a youngster from here we get scared.....stick to one point of view ....

this man has played for the under 21 and the ulympic teams...winning gold and bronze respectfully......so ho can he cano claim him unknown or "the next commmandini" and not say the same about the Tevez who besides playing in his homeland has also just played in the under 21 and the copa ???

Tevez toyed with Italian defenders and midfielder at Olympics.
We no longer live in the early 2000's with ridiculously overpriced players. We can (and should) again go only for world class players (top 5 in EVERY respective position) like in the early 90's.
Maybe Mesto is a good backup or maybe he'll turn into a world class player like Zambrotta, but it is too early to say.

Mesto is definitely a player to watch, i confirm he's great abilities and he's one of the pillars of U21. The price is low for a very promising midfielder, and i remember Zambrotta at his age, and he wasn't proven as well.
We must consider we have an already composed midfielder so we cannot bring to Milanello world class players. Who 's going to stay out? Pirlo, Gattuso, Seedorf or Kakà?

Plus, Mesto is a winger, and we don't have a player with his characteristics, so we can add more pace on the right wing, when we can't rely on Cafu's runs.Imagine to play with Stam back..the work he can make on the right flank is not even comparable to Cafu's, so we need a pure winger on the right side.

I wouldn't go with a superstar for the reasons mentioned above, so a classy young player i what we need.

Originally Posted by Bayman

Tevez toyed with Italian defenders and midfielder at Olympics.
We no longer live in the early 2000's with ridiculously overpriced players. We can (and should) again go only for world class players (top 5 in EVERY respective position) like in the early 90's.
Maybe Mesto is a good backup or maybe he'll turn into a world class player like Zambrotta, but it is too early to say.

mate, of course we remember the story of Comandini, Dalla Bona, De Ascentis, Saudati and etc.
Their story tells us we should not judge players by their age or reputation, instead we should consider their class and PEFFORMANCES.



BUT
Bayman have u watched Reggina game yourself? Yes Tevez toyed U21 defenders with ease, but last game Mesto just toyed MALDINI and KALADZE several times...bare in mind that besides making good runs from behind, he also managed to guard their right defence well and had a very good overlapping into the centre defence to take the ball from Pippo...


Mesto indeed isn't a new name, he's been performing well throughout last year which earned him a starting place ahead of the former starter Zaccardo in U21. The reason is simple. Zaccardo is solid, but mesto is both solid and also good in wing attack.


Of course I am not saying he's Zambrotta. He may well be another Zenoni. I just want to say b4 u see a guy playing, don't prematurely argue that young italians must be comandini. More disguesting is that u compare mesto with tevez, while tevez is not a RB at all and shouldn't be even mentioned...

Why not mentioning your favourite Baraja too?

IMO, Mesto would do a better job than Simic at RB(BTW simic isn't a RB at all...), providing his attacking style suit our special 442 formation perfectly, which require full backs to attack and cross.



2.2 euros is not that 'big' gamble right? Did we spend any money in the last 2 years BTW?

Originally Posted by Jonathan Chan

BUT
Bayman have u watched Reggina game yourself? Yes Tevez toyed U21 defenders with ease, but last game Mesto just toyed MALDINI and KALADZE several times...bare in mind that besides making good runs from behind, he also managed to guard their right defence well and had a very good overlapping into the centre defence to take the ball from Pippo...

Yksel Osmanovski also toyed with us on several occasions... he is now back in the Swedish league.

Why not mentioning your favourite Baraja too?


I haven't seen much of Mesto and he might really play great, but so did Donati at Atalanta, if you know what I mean.

And I don't talk about Baraja because this thread is not about midfield.
And yes I think Baraja and Mascherano would each walk directly into our starting lineup (considering only one of both joins Milan).

Originally Posted by Bayman

Why not mentioning your favourite Baraja too?


I haven't seen much of Mesto and he might really play great, but so did Donati at Atalanta, if you know what I mean.

And I don't talk about Baraja because this thread is not about midfield.
And yes I think Baraja and Mascherano would each walk directly into our starting lineup (considering only one of both joins Milan).

bayman you confess that you haven't seen much of mesto but you comment on him so negatively???


about 'walking into our team',
Baraja maybe(but he'll hv to rotate LB with Seedorf ,NOT the DM spot!!!!!we need a playmaker in DM not a hardworker there...)

Mascherano NO
(or i should say he has no chance at this moment).


i know bayman u are calling for a 'Veiria' for ages, but come on mate, our midfield plays differently from the traditionally ideal one.

We used to think if a midfield contain
1.a Ball winner in centre(e.g. Vieria)
2.a playmaker up front (e.g. Zidane)
3.two hard working wingers(e.g. lungberg, vicente)

then everything would be okay.

But there is no fixed rule in football that determine a winning formation or foumula

Milan play a special and SUCCESSFUL 442 here(1 scudetto 1 CL), with no wings in midfield but in defence. No attacking playmaker but a defensive playmaker(kaka is an attacking MIDFIELDER rather than an attacking playmaker if you understand what i am saying).

if u tell me we can win so much with these STRANGE formations 2 years ago, i'll laugh at you, but we all know now football is about movement and coordination, not simply formation. Pirlo as DM and Seedorf as left mid. is out of everone's imagination right? we achieved so much more with this formation than the old days where 'Albertini-Ambro' started in the central midfield.


our DM isn't a ball winner, however it doesn't mean that we need a baraja or Alberda there...instead our pitbull is on the right side of midfield, namely Gattuso.


That explains why Ambro can't find his place at all, he;s no playmaker nor he's a right-sided player...he suits Bayman's midfield, not Milan's.



And please don;t claim that our midfield is poor, just remind you last year's games against Roma(twice), 1st round of CL against Depor, the two games with Juve etc. All these games we simply OUTCLASSED them in midfield. Notwithstanding we almost always dominate midfield against smaller teams.


IMO Our midfield's problem now is that

1.
players like Pirlo and Gattuso are not at their top form.

2.
Our players tend to be too STATIC on the field. It's all about determination and fitness, we tend to run a lot and play fiercely towards big teams in big matches...but they just walk on the field when playing Reginna/Brugges...



Once our midifielders regain their top form and fitness level like that of mid 03-04 season, midfield will once again be our strongest link, providing the players start MOVING with and without ball. Just look at Arsenal and Valencia's midfields, it;s not Vieria or Baraja that made them great, it's the continual movements of their midfielders over the pitch and made their midfield great



My only concerns though:

1. no cover for seedorf(3 seasons right? still no answer...)
2. no cover for Cafu(we can forget Simic, and Stam...can we expect him to attack like cafu?)
3. carlo's reluctance to rotate midfield's choices(no chance for Dhorasso Ambro Serginho) means that the form of Pirlo-Seedorf-Gattuso would fluctuate much, providing that 3 of them all have international commitments.
their tiredness and lack of grit would be lethal...



now back to topic

kris, you are again qouting such extreme cases. yes one good game means nth, but it's wise to try out young talents at RB when Cafu's still at his prime, rather than finding a replacement in the market when Cafu's off...once the replacement sux then we are screwed...

we depend so much on the crosses from the right flank... bring in Mesto/Aimo Diana next Jan and test him out, even if they fail unfortunately, we can still call on Cafu. In contrast, if we ship in a 10M signing next summer but he fails, then we would be in big trouble as Cafu'll be 35 next year.


Unlike Comandini who never played series A b4 joining us , Mesto has been decent for 1 and half year in series A.


BTW Donati is still a good player, but as i said b4, he's just too lazy...he rarely tackles or run at opponents during matches...as I watched him few times last year he still got the vision and some playmaking skills, but lack the commitment...that is, IMO, the main stumping stock which prevents him developing from 'Atlanta's rising star' into a true star.


In contrast, Dalla Bona, Pablo Farcia and De Ascentis simply has no skills at all , a complete failure of our scouts. Donati and Mesto got the skills, but yet this doesn't guarantee stardom. BTW how many U21/U17 stars became the big deal?



To become a good footballer, there are much more requirements other than talent, including mentality, attitude and starting chances they got after being labeled as 'talented'.

i think u guys are trying to find urselves problems in the squad just that u would like to see some new faces here, u all know that we have the ebst set of players and only time will tell when theylle play that sexy football like last season, theres absolutly no need for baraja or mascherano or whoever, were walking on think ice, one bad signing can make us go downhill, signing baraja doesnt guarentee better football... but mesto is a player that we can really make good use of, plus he can be the only right winger on the team, and he is very rotational, and after what i saw from him he lokos determined and not lazy like 'donati'. he would be a good signing, and if we should go for some1 other than him it should be gilardino.