Summer Mercato 2011
http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/201...s-interest

This is what you get when you are pulling excuses out of your a**.
No ho visto Superman volare, ma ho visto Super Pippo segnare. I supereroi esistono davvero.
Cassano changed with Boriello is a step back. Boriello is an average striker, not more. IF we sell Cassano, we should at least get what Cassano can offer, not lower than that. For a backup for striker (Ibra, Pato and InzaghI) we have youngster. We don't need to have 4 strikers (if Robinho is counted as forward).

If we sell one of Cassano, Robinho and Ibrahimovic, we should get a better finisher. A game changer, either he is a striker, forward or attacking midfielder/winger who can play upfront.

About Mexes, even we are paid to get him, giving him 4.5 mil euros is a mistake IMO. He is not a star. 4.5 mil euros means 9 mil euros per year. We have only certain players earn so much money, players who have proven their class not only in Serie A especially in Champions League. Giving 4.5 mil euros for Mexes' caliber could rise unhappiness among other players who think that they are better or can offer more than Mexes. This 4.5 mil euros means that we set our wages structure just like before (even worse than before). The difference is that for the last years we gave 4-5 mil euros for champion, for a real star! 4.5 mil euros for bench player is just so much. I do hope Milan won't do such mistake.
"When Costacurta and Maldini won they didn't celebrate much. They were thinking about winning the next game" - Alessandro Nesta
(05-04-2011, 03:38 PM)Kastriot Wrote: http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/201...s-interest

This is what you get when you are pulling excuses out of your a**.

"It must be a joke. They previously wanted Cissokho and they could not do it. They got that story about his teeth as an excuse, when in fact Cissokho has better teeth than me. That is ridiculous."

OK but at some point Pinto Da Costa has to realize that Milan were not actually trying to sign him.

Anyway, i can't say i really like our approach so far concerning Ganso and the Porto players. Reminds me a bit of what Madrid were doing to Sir Alex for Cristiano and what the Barcelona players are saying about their pal Cesc and Wenger grows more white hair faster.
All the pythian talk by Fester, no matter how high i rate him as a guy who can run a team, sometimes tires the people.
I don't get excited that Ganso is good friends with Robinho actually.
What's all that Twitter flirting of footballers.
Sounds like a kindergarten.
There is a difference between a good negotiator and someone who tricks you. I think for the most part Galliani and Milan in general have managed to maintain good relations with other teams. It is important to do that but not THAT important.
Twitter is a good way for pro athletes to get better sponsor deals. Let's say u have like 10mil people following you, thats a great fact for the agent to increase the deal from 15mil to 25 mil.
Marko Marin is nothing special...He will never be a world class player... He wont add anything to us...
(05-04-2011, 03:38 PM)Kastriot Wrote: http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/201...s-interest

This is what you get when you are pulling excuses out of your a**.
Good...

I´m all against Hulk purchase. I hope we don´t go this way...

P.S. Falcao too!!!
(05-04-2011, 05:02 PM)abbeyleemania Wrote: Marko Marin is nothing special...He will never be a world class player... He wont add anything to us...
Couldn´t agree more...
Erik Lamela

Recent game:


And incase you don't want to watch all of it, he earned the PK for the win. This is the run:


I'd recommend the full video though. Despite how impressive his earning of PK was he could have had many assists if there finishing was better.

His left is world class. He reminds me of a left footed pastore or even Rivaldo. More so than Ganso. Ganso's posture and technqiue reminds me of Rivaldo but he lack's that explosive burst. Lamela has that. Because he is left footed he is of course compared to Messi and Riquelme. To be honest, actually a lot of his movement is Messi or Alexis Sanchez esque, but he's 186cm,

Anyway for what it's worth he's been playing LAM in a 3-4-2-1 most of this term. Last term he played a little LM in a 4-4-2 or CAM in a 4-3-1-2 at times. He turned 19 last month.

This is more the type of player we need upfront-

Our future attack (3-4 years) could look like
----------Pato------
--Robinho--Lamela
MErkel--DM---Boateng
Defense

Not to get ahead of ourselves, but he's a special talent and worth it
(05-04-2011, 09:26 AM)Gabriel426 Wrote: Problem is that I don't a reliable scorer would cost less than 40mil these days.


FALCAO! That's player we should take from Porto, not Hulk. He is basically Pippo inzaghi with more technique

Don't know how much you anyone here has watcheD Porto, but he's a pretador in the box. I liked him at river but I love him at Porto.

Last year (first year in europe)
UCL- 7 starts, 1 sub, 4 goals, 1 assist

This year
Europa league- 12 games, 15 goals

Two years in portugese liga-
47 starts, 2 subs- 39 goals, 3

We thought about him 3 years ago when he was at River. He wanted to come, because he knows Kaka through church apparently. The problem with Falcao, it was thought 12-15 mil could get him before he hit this form. Now I bet Porto gets 20 mil.
(05-04-2011, 05:02 PM)abbeyleemania Wrote: Marko Marin is nothing special...He will never be a world class player... He wont add anything to us...

Marin's a solid winger. But we don't really play a 4-4-2.

I suppose we could though

(05-04-2011, 04:08 PM)Siregar Wrote: Cassano changed with Boriello is a step back. Boriello is an average striker, not more. IF we sell Cassano, we should at least get what Cassano can offer, not lower than that. For a backup for striker (Ibra, Pato and InzaghI) we have youngster. We don't need to have 4 strikers (if Robinho is counted as forward).

If we sell one of Cassano, Robinho and Ibrahimovic, we should get a better finisher. A game changer, either he is a striker, forward or attacking midfielder/winger who can play upfront.

About Mexes, even we are paid to get him, giving him 4.5 mil euros is a mistake IMO. He is not a star. 4.5 mil euros means 9 mil euros per year. We have only certain players earn so much money, players who have proven their class not only in Serie A especially in Champions League. Giving 4.5 mil euros for Mexes' caliber could rise unhappiness among other players who think that they are better or can offer more than Mexes. This 4.5 mil euros means that we set our wages structure just like before (even worse than before). The difference is that for the last years we gave 4-5 mil euros for champion, for a real star! 4.5 mil euros for bench player is just so much. I do hope Milan won't do such mistake.
im with Cassano's sale only if we sign Hulk as replacement...Hulk, Robinho, ibra and Pato are more balanced...

Regarding Mexes, First off all, Mexes is not someone who can replace Nesta, Mexes is not a world class defender, he didnt convince me... Good player, one of the best alternatives who are on the market... bigger name and proven name compared to Astori...But he is not Luiz... But Mexes can solve his weakness by learning from Silva and Nesta... and he could become a world class defender... For now he is not at that calibre... 4.5 m euros for a rotation defender is way too much when best defender is earning less than him...

i remember that Nava said that Milan needs a world class defender and however Mexes is not a world class defender but he is good signing cuz he is free agent...Thats what he said about Mexes...i said that i agreed with Nava on this case before...im still agree with him...

if we cant sign Ganso, there is Lamela... so there is no need for Marin... We already have enough alternatives for attacking options...

We need world class midfielders for midfield trio...
(05-04-2011, 02:20 PM)Nalx Wrote:
(05-04-2011, 01:56 PM)Gio-mania Wrote: Now I'm hearing some interesting rumours about Ganso. That we will make Corinthians buy him for us at 30 million, since the release clause for Brazilian teams is lower, and then take him from them in 2012. This could however just be a decoy. Showing Santos that either you give him to us at a reasonable price or we will make sure you "just" get 30 million for him.

I don't think we should resort to that tactic. Although that's not illegal, it will only tarnish our reputation in Brasil. We already make one "enemy", Sao Paulo, after the peanuts comment made by Berlusconi, and that's one too many IMO.
Perfect my friend.

We have a great reputation here, and it would make a BIG damage to it. That tactic is filthy and would maculate our name not only in Brazil. Plus, Corinthians president already said they aren´t a rent club.

Lets pay the 30 to 35 millions and Santos will accept. Our forget Gano and go for a less talented player...
(05-04-2011, 01:26 PM)theaxeofpain Wrote: Just heard that we're strongly interested in Essien and that negotiations have begun. I really rate him, a good midfield destroyer with creativity.
I´m a BIG fan of Essien... BIG!!

But we better be carefull... I watch 99% Chelsea games and since he came back from an injure last season, he wasn´t the same anymore. Something is wrong with Essien... and even Chelsea fans talk about it.

Like I said, I´m a HUGE fan of Essien, but something(physical) is wrong...