Official : Milan Sign Favalli ..

It's on the official site..

A.C.MILAN COMUNICATO UFFICIALE
17/05/2006
MILANO - L'A.C.Milan comunica ufficialmente di aver sottoscritto un contratto con il calciatore Giuseppe Favalli fino al 30 giugno 2008.

Well.... Another old one .....

well we do need some experience on the LB since there are only: Kaladze,Serginho,MAldini,Jankulovski.....

Interesting. From now on Kaladze is definetely a central defender. He convinced the club, Carlo, Tassoti etc. - and me! - that he is the right guy for this role. It'll represent a surprise if he returns to his old position.

I think there wasn`t need to buy favali! he is an old player who I can bet won`t play in Milan`s starting 11!

Quite frankly I don't know why we signed the guy given that his role is strictly limited to playing left back (I think I've seen him play as RB for Lazio byt only im emergencies). As mrki pointed out - not sure if he was sarcastic or what - but we have like a whole bunch of players who could play LB - Maldini, Kaladze, Sergio, janku, and as things see to be going - Gallas too. It's beyond me why we would fill in one team spot, and add to our sallary burden by getting a 34 yo player, who would hardly ever make it into the first team unless 3-4 other people (Maldini, Sergio, Kakha, Gallas) are unable to play.
The only reasonable explanation IMO is that we got him just until we make sure that we capture Gallas and after that we would offload Favali back to Lazio as part of a deal for Oddo ... the same could happen with other teams, not just Lazio.

WELCOME GIUSEPPE
17/05/2006 12:54
Giuseppe Favalli has joined Milan




Go Away!

zlatanov, I was extremly sarcastic. This transfer only makes sence if we will trade him for someone.

Wutz so wrong with Favalli? He played in Lazio for all his life and when we are short of defenders we go and sign a Lazio defender and that solves our problems. (Maybe Nestas influence has somewhat grown in Milanello).

Just to remind you peoples that if (when) Gallas commes we will be pushing alot down the left flank in defence and probably moove Serginho to the midfield and Janku to the defence so it doesnt hurt to have him, remember that Pancaro was a similar player and did reasonably well for us.

I am somewhat concirned that we do have a lot of player covering the left flank while we are really thin on the right, both in def and in the MF.

I didn't mention Maldini in this post.

He kinda looks physical:
http://www.interfc.it/Favalli.asp

we cannot find a better sub than him! we wud like to have YOUNGER ones but will they sit on the bench the way he gonna be made to? although 2 years seam quite far away but I trust carlo and our transfer guru He won't be made to play for longer times, just as a sub or during injuries. Don't worry we will sign good ones too, for the time being, we have gallas!

Originally Posted by rahul.acm

we cannot find a better sub for him! we wud like to have YOUNGER ones but will they sit on the bench the way he gonna be made to? although 2 years seam quite far away but I trust carlo and our transfer guru He won't be made to play for longer times, just as a sub or during injuries. Don't worry we will sign good ones too, for the time being, we have gallas!

that's the point mrki and I tried to make - we have too many players, and if Gallas does come even more, that can take that role of LB. 4-5 players are more than enough for starters and subs even. Favalli would be like a sub for the sub ... it makes little sense unless the plan is to just get favalli for free and after that use him as a make-weight in another deal.

i hope its the truth zalatanov.we'll see.

Zlatanov: Favalli would be like a sub for the sub ... it makes little sense unless the plan is to just get favalli for free and after that use him as a make-weight in another deal.

What weight??? 1.99 euros?

Galliani is really starting to take the p!ss. Hes turning this Milan squad into bargain basement side that wont even be capable of winning the Uefa Cup if he carries on. Right now we have one defender and thats Nesta.

People can talk all they want about how Kaladze has improved this season, but never the less hes still injury prone and makes alot of mistakes. Stam is going, Billy is too old, Maldini cant be depended on to return, Serghinio has had a phenominal season, but he was always inconsistent in previous seasons and we would be fools to believe he will definately carry on as he did this season. Simic is plain ordinary. I forgot what Cafu looks like, Jankulovski hailed as Milans new best left back in Seria A isnt even considered as a defender and none of us even know what he looks like never mind forgeting his face. Now we have Favalli for god's sake. Our defence is a total shambles. No wonder Sheva wants to leave and go to chelsea.They have seven defenders in the starting 11 not including the goalie.

We need a clear out of unfortunately Billy, Cafu, Stam (Gone), Simic, jankulovski, Ambrosini and Favalli.

We need Gallas, a right back like Alves or Raviellere, and probably even a leftback for the future of our defence like Abidal.

Selling Janku and Ambro would atleast help to fund the signing 0f either Diarra, De Rossi and Mancini.

If Sheva goes then thats a whole different conversation, but our midfield needs rejuvinating and our defence needs to be turned into a defence again. Gallianis signings of Cafu, Stam, Pancaro, Simic, Laursen may have been succesful for the short term future, but that has now expired and all these players are combining to the ruin of our defence.

Our board must be kidding, that's not possible... when we desperately need to rejuvenate the squad they are signing another old timer?!?!?!? Come on, where's our ambition to mount a newer and better squad for the future?!? We will be eternally confined to these short-term and mediocre solutions?!? K77SH C was brilliant in his last remark: we're turning into a "bargain basement side that wont even be capable of winning the Uefa Cup" if that accquiring policy doesn't change!

Favalli for christ sake