Summer mercato 2012

[Rossoneri 44]

To be honest Milan need to make quite a few changes if they want to have a chance of being competitive in the UCL and Seria (Juve will only improve and Inter, Napoli and Roma will get stronger)

GK- Abbiati, Amelia, Roma

Abbiati is a decent keeper, but not world class or UCL material by any chance. Neuer, Casillas, Valdes are much better. Milan, given their limited budget need to save money in this department. I would have signed Weisse, but from what I see he is gone now. Look how good Van der sar was for Man UTD.
Adler,
CB- Silva, Nesta, Mexes, Bonera, Yepes

Silva is the main anchor and should be the captain of Milan next season. He is our best player. Nesta too should stay- yes he is old and worn out but his experience can help us a lot. Mexes too should stay- he has had a few bad performances but he is experienced and can play in less competitive games against lower ranked teams. Bonera has played much better this season, he is cheap salary wise and should be used as a back up CB/RB.
However, Milan will need to sign Astori or Acerbi to form a new CB partnership with Silva. This is very imp.

RB- Abate is fine but needs to work on his crosses and fitness. We cant have him injured as frequently as this season.

LB- Perriera from Porto/ Criscito / Armero. I dont think Milan can afford Perriera or Criscito but a portion of out transfer budget for summer 2012 should address this problem.

LM- Montolivo is a safe bet, considering he is free but he must be moulded and converted into the deep lying playmaking class that Pirlo got us.

CDM- Diarra/Keita Keita would be free and reliable given his experience in UCL. Diarra too would be very good but expensive. Traore can be a great backup.
Unfortunately, I hear that Ambro and Rino, both will stay- which means that we will have 4 CDMs- SUCKS

RM- Nocerino is doing a great job. The advantage of having him is that he is scoring goals- 10 this season, and that his stamina also allows him to cover the defense and run around.

CAM- This is tricky. Considering that a true CAM like Eriksen, Hernanes, etc will cost us a lot, and that Berlu will continue to be stingy and spend most of his cash on starlets, I feel that it is difficult to acquire world class talent.
Yes Boateng is great but he is not a true trequarista. Boateng just cannot give those through balls, do 1-2s etc which Kaka or Rui costa could.
In this aspect, I think it will be very interesting to use SES as a CAM. Yes he is young, but having seen him in games, I feel that he is fast, has great vision, movement and a keen eye for goal. Reminds me a bit of rui costa.

ATTACK- Ibra is great as it is. Yes he gets lazy and loses his mind sometimes, but that is how he is and he cannot be changed. The best quality about Ibra which people forget is his assists. He scores but he assists and creates goals for others- Nocerino, Boateng, Robinho,etc. much more than other forwards such as Van Persie, Higuain, etc.

Hence in this respect To partner, Ibra it is very important to have a striker who is fast and clinical infront of goal. Robinho has speed but is garbage infront of goal. players like Nilmar, Tevez, def fit the bill.

Line up- Formation-

Adler/ Weisse

Abate Astori/Acerbi Silva Perriera/Criscito


Keita/Diarra Montolivo
Nocerino

SES


Ibra
Tevez/Nilmar

Subs-

Abbiati
Antonini- (Can play LB and RB)
Nesta
Ambro
Aquilani
Boateng
Cassano

Sorry for the super long post.

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Apologies for the formation set up in the earlier post.

Adler/Weisse

Abate Astori/Acerbi Silva Perriera/Criscito

Noce Keita/Diarra Monto

SES

Tevez/Nilmar Ibra

We should continue with a 4-3-1-2

But should play more varied and attacking football like Ancelloti's Milan.

With this we have a lot of attacking options-

1) Crosses from LB and RBS- Abate and Perriera/Criscito
2) Through balls, vision, etc of Monty
3) Movement, attacking flair of SES
4) Assists of Ibra and his goals
5) Goals and brilliance of a player like Nilmar/Tevez