Summer Mercato 2011

[Jay Crisp]

Very quiet fir almost 2 weeks on the Milan front.
I hope this is a good thing.

[LebRN]

Very quiet fir almost 2 weeks on the Milan front.
I hope this is a good thing.

i'm hoping it has nothing to do with this...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424...lenews_wsj

this could seriously screw everything

[Jay Crisp]

Well that will seriously hamper our spending..but if he can pay over 500 million what's another 50 or 60..seriously though that's cause for concern right there.
He was never going to spend 100 million but with that amount to pay out , that's very bad news I think.
Hopefully it's not something that has to be paid out in full..HOPEFULLY.

[Beppe]

Roma signs Erik Lamela for 12m! Great to see such talented players go to Serie A.

[WCmilan]

http://www.milannews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=56504

galliani sais its up to berlusconi now if hes still willing to spend after what happened with finivest.. these are terrible signs.. I have to say as rich as berlu is i feel bad for him its been one thing after another

[Arildonardo]

Catania's Matias Silvestre to be co-owned by Genoa and Milan? Playing for Genoa next season and then joining Milan when Nesta retires?

http://www.football-italia.net/jul9t.html

[Snapster]

http://www.milannews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=56504

galliani sais its up to berlusconi now if hes still willing to spend after what happened with finivest.. these are terrible signs.. I have to say as rich as berlu is i feel bad for him its been one thing after another

That's awful news

[ZvonimirBoban]

Roma signs Erik Lamela for 12m! Great to see such talented players go to Serie A.

Congrats to Roma! He will make Serie A much much more exciting.

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But what is over price? With the money in football at the top end it is difficult to say what is and what isn't. If Milan buy Neymar would people be complaining? Barca won't be paying 50 mil for Bale. The reason they won't pay a too much for Cesc is they had him as a youngeter so politically it would be dangerous to pay a huge amount for him.

I will if we spend crazy 60M for him and that makes us cannot buy another player in position we need the most. Of course I don't say I will not supporting him; I am a Milan fan and will relentlessly support every single man that wears our shirt. I will be hoping for him to score 40-50 goals per season and get Golden Ball... but when we cannot win something because we don't buy world class midfielder, I will be among the first to say, this is because we overpaid Neymar and ran out of money to sign player we need the most. That's hypothetically what I will do. Same as if we sign Ganso for 50M. I will say, if we could buy Ganso for 25M and spend 25M to get natural successor to Abbiati, Nesta/Yepes, and a good cover for both flanks in fullback.... why should we spend them all for Ganso?

Man, lots of people dying because they don't have money to buy food and you're paying for one man, money that can be used to feed a whole nation in one day?

[Beppe]

Anyone watching Copa America?
Ganso is playing, its clear that he is not on top form but you can clearly see he is a VERY smart player, he speeds up play so well and with little tricks he dribbles his man very easely, his play looks so easy. He's really the one we need! I like him more than neymar, who seems to always want to do the most difficult thing.

[ACMILAN1983]

I'm also watching the Brazil match. Ganso's playing much better this game than the last, but still far from his best. I feel Dani Alves and Jadson (despite his goal) are terrible, and severely hurting the Brazilian game overall. Also the midfield seems to be lacking presence as they push forward but leave gaps behind. It'll be interesting to watch the second half though as the goal clearly settled the nerves in the Brazil side.