03-30-2011, 01:32 AM
(03-29-2011, 10:10 AM)GeoTav Wrote:(03-28-2011, 08:09 PM)abbeyleemania Wrote: Diarra- i didnt watch him since last season, so dont know how his form is at the moment and however Diarra is a true monster in midfield, a wall in midfield.
It's Alou Diarra and not Lassana Diarra who said last week that if he had to leave Bordeaux, his dream would be to join Milan ...
The problem is he signed a long contract (until 2014 I think) and is going to be 30 this year. He's a good DM, not amazing, not bad, a good squad player for a team like us, nothing more. Taking such a player would make sense to replace another squad player like Gattuso, Van Bommel or Ambrosini.
I'm surprised that nobody mentionned our Primavera players as potential Milan players next season. The best would be to include one or two young players each season. Verdi is the one I want to be promoted, and maybe Beretta (long term for him, we have better options right now). He can play in all positions of attacking midfield (CAM, RAM, LAM) and also as a second striker, he has talent, and he is the kind of player we don't have in our team (small player with good technical skills). This guy has to be promoted next season. Of course, he would be a squad player.
Actually, I'd let Strasser go, and would keep Merkel, and then add Verdi. The following season, it could be the turn of a guy like Fossati or another young player exploding. We really need to work on both the mercato AND our Primavera team if we don't want to have the same problem as we had after our winning cycle: no young player in the team, only a team with star players and a useless Primavera team with players being co-owned, sent on loan or even sold.
I agree with everything you said in previous few Posts, except for saying we don't have a small player with good technical skills. What about Robinho & Cassano? Do you not call them small, technically skilled second strikers? For that reason, Verdi won't have any place in our lineup as is...
