03-13-2012, 03:36 PM
(03-13-2012, 12:35 PM)k7r Wrote: Marcel Schmelzer for LB ! Or else, we will have to go for Christian Maldini....!!! He will be 18 next year I suppose...?
Managed to put together a list of left backs........
Patrice Evra
Ashley Cole
Eric Abidal
Marcelo
Phillip Lahm
Aleksander Kolarov
Leighton Baines
Christian Chivu
Fabio Coentrao
Gael Clichy
John Arne Riise
Jose Enrique
Aly Cissokho
Luis Felipe
Marcel Schmelzer
Michal Kadlec
Alvaro Pereira
Emilio Izaguirre
Benoit Tremoulinas
Yuto Nagatomo
Holger Badstuber
Frederico Balzaretti
Davide Santon
Domenico Criscito
Paolo De Ceglie
Emilio Insua
Wayne Bridge
Maxwell
Adraino
Fabio Grosso
Amongst this list of 30 players, chances of Milan even going for a bid are ------Chivu, Santon, Criscito, Maxwell.....
How about the prospect of Paolo De Ceglie playing at Juventus? Heard he had recently fallen out with Conte.......from the little i have seen this boys good defensively...otherwise Santon/Crisctio should be an upgrade to Antonini/Mesbah....Ur thoughts please...
Christian Maldini will be 16 in June I think, so still too young to be expected to play for the senior side. Does anyone know if he or Daniel are any good?
As for the list, I think it shows the sad state of affairs in finding quality fullbacks in the modern game. Because there's so much emphasis played on a fullbacks ability to push up and attack, it's hard to find one that's defensively sound (not even good, but just capable).
(03-13-2012, 11:08 AM)Jay Crisp Wrote: It's a pain that a guy who costs 15 million is linked to Milan , and all we can do is think who we can offer to bring the price down.If we don't have 15 million to buy a player , why do we even bother talking about ...Mascherano , M'Vila , Hamsik , Tevez , Hernanes there really is no point is there.
I think it's something to do with how we value players nowerdays. We had no qualms with spending more than 15m for Ibra and Robinho just a year ago and Pato before them, and tbh I wouldn't be surprised if we were prepared to spend a substantial amount (not ridiculous amounts ala Real, Barca, Man City or Chelsea) to bring in high quality players who will be star players.
(03-13-2012, 02:28 PM)Mystik Wrote: I'm really confused about Santacroce now. From what I saw with Napoli some seasons ago, the guy had all the tools to be a great defender. I remember he completely locked Ronaldinho down till I think he got sent off..or subbed..can't remember exactly what happened. Yet, he just couldn't find space in the Napoli backline for the last few seasons and they had to ship him off to Parma on loan. Does he even play at Parma?
Santacroce's situation is both sad and bizarre. The guy has marked out a fair number of top talents in matches, including Ronaldino, Cassano and Pato. I think when he started suffering injuries his career died pretty much soon after, as he lost his place in Napoli and even in Parma now, he's still not playing.
It's a sad story for a guy who appeared to have all the tools to become a really great defender and seemed destined for carrying on the line of great Italian defenders.
Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing us really go after Ogbonna of Torino given Nesta's not got long left now. This is another guy who has huge prospects and is already getting himself noticed in the Italy set up. With Torino owning him, there's not much competition from Juve in getting him and he really looks like he could be the real deal. Oh, and if nothing else, he did a competent job for Italy when experimented at LB (not something I want to see though, as he's a CB through and through).