Summer Mercato 2011

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Don't forget that tomorrow is April 1st and is therefore April Fool's Day. So if there's a rumour like "Milan to buy Ganso, Neymar, Aguero and Messi for £5 million" don't believe it!

Already fell for goal.com's goal line technology report, much to the amusement of my colleagues

If I am Galli and Berlu, I would spend 40Mil on Sandro(8M), Jucelei(10M) and Hernanes(20M) on all three of them instead of 40M on Ganso and then the problems with midfield will be solve for the next 8 years. With those three, there is no need to renew Pirlo, MVB, Slowdorf and can let go of Flamini and Cassano.
Have Ambro and Gattuso off the bench with Merkel. Let Strausser goes on loan.
Boateng can slot in the midfield trio and let Hernanes play as the ATM with Ibra and Pato up front. Robinho, Urby and Pippo off the bench.

Personally, I really don't know whats wrong with Pirlo, he is only 31 but is playing like 34 and moving like someone who is 50. People often criticize Dinho for his work rate off the pitch, but what about Pirlo? To me, I really think he is riding on his talents instead of working to improve his fitness.

I don't think Pirlo's athleticism has changed much, although he's running a little slower than he was before (he was always slow). The problem we've had is in the past Rino was always physically capable of running enough to cover his position and Pirlo, which added balance to our team. With Rino's physical decline, Pirlo has become more and more vulnerable to opponents beating him. Allegri had the right idea to adjust the system to avoid the risk of playing Pirlo in a vulnerable role, and the results were brilliant, but we only saw it for a game or two as he got injured against Roma.