Summer mercato 2012

[ZvonimirBoban]

The agent of Yarmolenko said Milan made a 20M offer to Dynamo Kiev, but their president refused it because they have no need of money ...

It's weird ...

We have no money, but we try to get a player by offering 20M, what's that ?!

My only guess is that couple of years back we have decided that we will invest in players that we can cash in later( RETURN ON INVESTMENT) . If you analyse it you will see that every penny that we have payed last 4-5 years have been in players that we were sure that we will get return on investment in the future. Other players have been already under contract or freebies.

Robinho 18 mil/ 20 mil
Ibra 24 mil/30-35 mil
Pato 20mil/35mil
Tiago 8 mil/50
Boateng 6 mil/ 20+ mil
Huntelar 12 mil/15 mil

In Football Manager (don't throw stones at me ) Yarmolenko is a good player. Have I mentioned he's top scorer of Euro 2014 in my FM?

I watched some games of Ukraine in qualifier and while many says he's a new Shevchenko, I tend to disagree; he has different styles, not really a natural goalscorer, but works hard for the team. Maybe a little bit like Borriello but much, much better.