Summer Mercato 2011

[Siregar]

Co-ownerships are usually done with clubs that you have good relationships with. So USUALLY (not always and not in ALL cases, but usually) there is an agreement already drawn up as to how it will all end up. Maybe not on paper, but a "gentleman's agreement".

It's evident that we have a great relationship with Genoa. So I am sure that there is some kind of agreement between the clubs. The final price is probably drawn up for next year. It may fluctuate 1/2 mil up or down, but for the most part I think most of it is already agreed upon.

I remember people were very fearful of the Boateng deal as well. People were saying that because of his good performances, Genoa was now going to ask a huge sum etc, etc. But it didn't happen, because obviously Galliani had an agreement. The same happened with Amelia (although that might have been a promise by Milan to buy him at the end of the season).

So my 2 cents would be to relax. Galliani knows what he is doing. And having said that, so does Preziosi. There might be a lot of reasons for this deal.

-We might need the cash for someone else! So we may not be ready to pay 15mil (the value of the player as said by Genoa) now, but will pay the rest next year.

-Genoa might need a player in the midfield but they might not have much cash either (or need it for someone else), so they take Merkel now.

-Etc,etc,etc........

My main point here is that, Genoa won't just raise the value of the player by 5,10 mil next year and do Milan up the butt. The two clubs have a great relationship and I'm sure a main agreement will be found right now. It'll just be carried out next year. If you remember, Preziosi a couple of weeks ago (before that big deal was concluded) said, "promises were made last summer, and i'm now just hoping that they are kept". And that's exactly what happened. We paid what they wanted (what was agreed for) for Boateng and retained Amelia. Then got some of our youngsters back. It almost seamed as if Preziosi was holding us hostage with co-owning some of our young stars, just to make sure that we kept our promise (pay the agreed price for Boateng and retainn Amelia). And as soon as that happened, we got the youngsters back.

So again, I am sure the agreement is there, and Preziosi won't just drive the price up by 10 mil next summer and then screw us over Merkel as well. It's not the way it works. Clubs have relationships between each other and most try to keep them positive. Although, I know that it's not always the case.

That's just my view on the matter. So I'm happy with this deal.

Nice post. Thanks.