07-10-2012, 01:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-10-2012, 01:38 PM by Hasan Rossonero.)
Papers are rife with speculation that Ibra and T. Silva (both or one of them) could be sold.
The former will be hard to sell because there are no concrete buyers IMO, especially considering his age and salary. The latter just had a touch-up on his contract, and with Berlusconi's intervention earlier this summer, it would be difficult to see him leave.
What I think Galliani is doing is preparing fans for the worst so the not-so-worst feels like a boon. I think we will sign one more player before the market is done. If it means we have to sell first, then I hope we consider selling Robinho.
Ibra will stay with us, and so will T. Silva (until 2013). We will probably see how Acerbi does this year, and if he does very well, then we may seriously consider selling T. Silva next summer. Ibra is a bit more difficult.
While Galliani said many negative things yesterday, notice that Italian football as a whole is not doing too badly. Roma have had a 20 million euros increase in revenue despite no CL and Juve have their own stadium and are pretty active in the market. Napoli too will probably eclipse Valencia in terms of revenue this year (they were pretty close without CL too).
Finally, Galliani said that Ibra would be impossible to acquire in 2012 based on his salary. I find this a bit laughable. Galliani was pretty much bleating about salaries since 2008, and yet we offered Ibra a colossal contract just two years ago. Sure, FFP will be in full swing now, but Milan's situation is not that dire.
ANd finally finally
...Galliani was asked today about Thiago and Ibra..and he said "The fans are quiet..." I don't know what that means...like they aren't up in arms because they know it's not true, or that they aren't coming out to support Milan (2000 showed up yesterday at training, which is less than previous years) so this is punishment? I don't know..perhaps someone else can shed some light...
The former will be hard to sell because there are no concrete buyers IMO, especially considering his age and salary. The latter just had a touch-up on his contract, and with Berlusconi's intervention earlier this summer, it would be difficult to see him leave.
What I think Galliani is doing is preparing fans for the worst so the not-so-worst feels like a boon. I think we will sign one more player before the market is done. If it means we have to sell first, then I hope we consider selling Robinho.
Ibra will stay with us, and so will T. Silva (until 2013). We will probably see how Acerbi does this year, and if he does very well, then we may seriously consider selling T. Silva next summer. Ibra is a bit more difficult.
While Galliani said many negative things yesterday, notice that Italian football as a whole is not doing too badly. Roma have had a 20 million euros increase in revenue despite no CL and Juve have their own stadium and are pretty active in the market. Napoli too will probably eclipse Valencia in terms of revenue this year (they were pretty close without CL too).
Finally, Galliani said that Ibra would be impossible to acquire in 2012 based on his salary. I find this a bit laughable. Galliani was pretty much bleating about salaries since 2008, and yet we offered Ibra a colossal contract just two years ago. Sure, FFP will be in full swing now, but Milan's situation is not that dire.
ANd finally finally
...Galliani was asked today about Thiago and Ibra..and he said "The fans are quiet..." I don't know what that means...like they aren't up in arms because they know it's not true, or that they aren't coming out to support Milan (2000 showed up yesterday at training, which is less than previous years) so this is punishment? I don't know..perhaps someone else can shed some light...