Summer mercato 2012

[ACMILAN1983]

As the Kaka rumors gain traction, my view remains the same...but maybe Galliani wants to buy him, then do a swap with Santos for Ganso?

Actually, the agent who represents Kaka, Gaetano Paolillo, also represents Ganso.

I can't say I'm happy with many rumours today, with the exception of Mbiwa who looks to be priced at 8m, which means the current difference is likely to be resolved.

However, I've already said why I don't want Kaka, and even if we were to get him for free on a 4m per year salary I'd have major doubts about wanting him. If we get Kaka, then we need to sell both Cassano and Robinho imo and replace them with an out and out forward, as to me Kaka would play as second forward in Milan, with El Shaarawy as his sub/alternative.

Then there's Diarra, a player who I don't really want because I don't see him being someone we need as much as we should look for creative alternatives for deep midfield.

Tevez again is a player who to me seems to me that goes against our supposed project. He's an expensive target, only likely to remain at the top for a few years, has a big salary to cover and has disciplinary concerns. He's a great talent, but he's not someone I see in line with what we're apparently trying to achieve.

Carvalho again causes us the same problem. Older player whose salary probably isn't cheap and while a class act, someone who isn't in line with the project.

And then finally there's Robben. Again, he's not of the right age bracket, he's expensive, he commands a high salary, he's not a team player, he has attitude problems and his form is doubtful right now.

Quite frankly, we've done enough damage this summer with the sale of Thiago Silva. The only upside of that transfer was we got a lot of money that could potentially be reinvested areas of our club which would help development of long term projects. Instead, I keep seeing names thrown about of players who have little to no future and are only likely to act as short term solutions that will only throw us back into financial problems again within a couple of years, of which there's already a risk of happening even without these guys because it's what we did when getting guys like Zlatan and Robinho.