Summer Mercato 2011

[theaxeofpain]

All teams aiming to win the CL have to spend ... But not necessarely crazy amounts of money, these teams need to spend smartly, wisely ...

About Antonini, I'd keep him, not as our starter for next season, but as the LB sub. We need a new player there, someone better, but if we sell Antonini, that will leave us with the one-year-later-than-currently Zambrotta who seems to become injury prone.

Too risky ...

IMO, to fix our FB situation, we need to keep Abate as our starter, Antonini as a sub, and Zambrotta as third choice for the RB or LB (as he can play in both positions). That means we need a new LB for the first XI and a RB for the bench ...

About Papa, I actually don't care if we keep him or sell him, as he hasn't played a lot, I will have faith in the choice of Allegri and Galliani regarding the player. About Bonera, I think everybody will agree that it has to be his last season in Milan.

Depending on the performances of Yepes when he will be called during this end of season (like tomorrow), he should be awarded a new one year contract ...

Actually, we're in a weird situation because the choices our management will make in the next few weeks will have big consequences for the next year/years ...

That's what I meant. Wise spending is always better than heavy spending. The same way Galliani spent in the past 2 transfer windows. The only "star" player we need is Ganso, a position in which we are desperate and a class player is needed.

If we sell Antonini, that would leave us with Zambrotta, Didac and the new LB (providing that Galliani will buy one). Zambrotta can play on both sides, and we have Oddo, who has another year on his contract. I don't think we'll buy another RB.

About Papa, there were a few offers in January, from Espanol and Napoli IIRC, which were rejected. That leaves me thinking that the staff have faith in him.

Yepes has another year on his contract, so he'll also be a Milan player the next season.

The current young players we have will certainly improve a lot the next few years. We have some great old players, like Pirlo, Seedorf, Gattuso, Van Bommel, Nesta, Inzaghi, Zambrotta, Ambrosini etc, from which the young prospects can learn A LOT about technical and mental aspect of the game, and also a top class coaching staff. Just remember Abate, and you'll see what I mean. That's why I think Allegri, Galliani and co should have faith in them.