Summer mercato 2012

[ElMago99]

Zlatan 9m
Robinho 4m
Pato 4m
Cassano 3.5m
Maxi 1.5m
Pippo 0.8m
El Shaarawy 0.5m

I'll say what I basically said at the beginning of the Tevez Rumors. I would like to evaluate the situation in June. However, knowing what we know now, I would sell Pato, & Release Inzaghi + Maxi Lopez. I think 4 Strikers is good enough, and we could always use a Primavera Striker for Coppa Italia.

That would leave us Ibra, Robinho, El Shaaraway & Cassano. If Cassano cannot recover, I'd like to get Tevez.

Now, let's say hypothetically we release:
Flamini, Ambrosini, Zambrotta, Van Bommel, Seedorf, Zambrotta, Taiwo, Yepes, & Pato (If we sell him).
Everyone that wants these guys gone doesn't realize we need to replace all of them. If we replace them with solid/good players they will be expensive. Also, we will need to BUY these players. There are only a few players that are Free (Montolivo, Bosingwa, etc). Not even Keita is Free.

This will be very expensive and that's why I wouldn't count on us releasing as many players as you think. I could see even Seedorf being renewed. If Van Bommel decides to leave, we can't lose 2 anchors, so if he goes, Ambrosini must get re-signed. It's more complicated than we think.

If we sign Tevez for Pato, Tevez will want at minimum 6M Euros. Montolivo will want 4M+, and as I said lowering this wage bill will be more difficult than one may think.