So it seems this is going to be that long-awaited summer in terms of saying goodbye to the old guard. Now the hope is that they are correctly replaced (when needed).
As was mentioned several times already, not everybody needs to be replaced because most were simply not playing anyway and the squad is too big and needs to be downsized.
A lot of you already voted in the polls & i am sure that there still are a few who haven't, but it seems that the trend was set already. So to recap the poll's results, the players we want out are:
Roma, Yepes, Zambrotta, Gattuso, Ambrosini, Seedorf, Van Bommel, Flamini, Inzaghi, Aquilani, Maxi, Bonera, Taiwo, Mesbah, & Robinho.
1 player is still in the running to be either in or out which is Urby (but will give him the benefit of the doubt & will keep unless the polls change)
1 player who we wanted to stay but has already announced he is leaving is king Nesta
So given the above, our squad based on milan.com less the above will be:
GK: Abbiati - Amelia
Def: Thiago - Mexes - Abate - Antonini - De Sciglio
Midfielders: Boateng - Merkel - Nocerino - Muntari - Strasser - Valoti - Urby
Forwards: Cassano - SES - Ibra - Pato
This means we are left with 18 players & we need:
Gk (1), LB (1), CB (3), Mid (3), Forwards (2) = 10 players
Ideally we should end up with somewhere between 25-27, so i considered 3 more midfielder and not 2 because Valoti makes up the numbers but never really was part of the team (he was used as a sub 2-3 times?)
I know there is a big chance we end up resigning Yepes, Ambro, Gattuso, Flamini, but we are selecting the team we want and the above 4 we voted off already...
So the next polls is for us to decide who we want to fill each position(s):
GK:
http://milanmania.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=277
LB:
http://milanmania.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=278
CB:
http://milanmania.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=280
Midfielders:
http://milanmania.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=281
Forwards:
http://milanmania.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=282
As was mentioned several times already, not everybody needs to be replaced because most were simply not playing anyway and the squad is too big and needs to be downsized.
A lot of you already voted in the polls & i am sure that there still are a few who haven't, but it seems that the trend was set already. So to recap the poll's results, the players we want out are:
Roma, Yepes, Zambrotta, Gattuso, Ambrosini, Seedorf, Van Bommel, Flamini, Inzaghi, Aquilani, Maxi, Bonera, Taiwo, Mesbah, & Robinho.
1 player is still in the running to be either in or out which is Urby (but will give him the benefit of the doubt & will keep unless the polls change)
1 player who we wanted to stay but has already announced he is leaving is king Nesta
So given the above, our squad based on milan.com less the above will be:
GK: Abbiati - Amelia
Def: Thiago - Mexes - Abate - Antonini - De Sciglio
Midfielders: Boateng - Merkel - Nocerino - Muntari - Strasser - Valoti - Urby
Forwards: Cassano - SES - Ibra - Pato
This means we are left with 18 players & we need:
Gk (1), LB (1), CB (3), Mid (3), Forwards (2) = 10 players
Ideally we should end up with somewhere between 25-27, so i considered 3 more midfielder and not 2 because Valoti makes up the numbers but never really was part of the team (he was used as a sub 2-3 times?)
I know there is a big chance we end up resigning Yepes, Ambro, Gattuso, Flamini, but we are selecting the team we want and the above 4 we voted off already...
So the next polls is for us to decide who we want to fill each position(s):
GK:
http://milanmania.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=277
LB:
http://milanmania.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=278
CB:
http://milanmania.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=280
Midfielders:
http://milanmania.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=281
Forwards:
http://milanmania.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=282