Summer mercato 2012

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Roma sign Destro for 15M total (11M this year 4M next year)

I read that they've given 11.5m plus 4.5m next year, with two youth players as co-ownership as part of the deal, each rated at 1.5m, meaning the deal is worth 19m in total.

http://www.football-italia.net/21719/rom...estro-deal

That quite frankly is insane for a player that only has one good (not even great) season at the top level and is still unproven. He's worth about half of that.

milannews is the new goal.com

Mesbah and cash for Hernanes http://www.milannews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=87022

Viste le oggettive difficoltà per arrivare a Federico Balzaretti, la Lazio avrebbe individuato un altro terzino sinistro: Djamel Mesbah, difensore del Milan. L’algerino piace moltissimo al nuovo allenatore dei laziali, Petkovic, che avendolo potuto osservare da vicino nel campionato svizzero l’ha richiesto espressamente al presidente Lotito. Il Milan potrebbe cogliere al balzo l’occasione e ritornare in pressing su Hernanes, regista della squadra romana molto considerato dalle parti di via Turati. Il profeta piaceva al Milan fin dai tempi in cui giocava al San Paolo, ma allora la cifra per portarlo a Milano era fuori portata (circa 25 milioni di euro). Adesso, complici anche le cessioni di Ibrahimovic e Thiago Silva, il Milan potrebbe presentare un’offerta di 18 milioni più il cartellino di Mesbah.

Well, getting rid of Mesbah's a massive bonus, even if he's free in the deal. Hernanes is welcomed, as he's a quality player who would dictate play in midfield, as well as being robust.

It would be interesting to see how the team lineup if we were to get Hernanes. Would he play on the Right, left or even in front of the defence?

What I do think is if we get Hernanes at that price, then I simply don't see Kaka returning.

yeah sorry I've heard of that guy but I don't know much about him. Dortmund right now is a gold mine for young talents.

BTW, seems like we've signed the captain of the under 15 argentina squad feulissier, midfielder apparently very talented boy. It seems like we have serious plans for the next decade I'm liking it. I'm just concerned about us investing in player for now, for our current team. Signing youth and giving our current youths a bigger chance is great but I think at minimum it should be neccesary we sign a defender a top class striker and possibly a creative midfielder to complete our team.

Great news that andy carrol has been loaned to west ham, now we don't have to WORRY about him being our ibra replacement anymore

Do you have a source please? Can't find anything about this anywhere.

I dont get why would Mourinho want Modric over Khedira.

But I dont really care, if that means we could get our hands on German. While not WC, he is certainly better than Traore, Muntari or Constant.

There could be multiple reasons. As Beppe previously mentioned, the two players have different characteristics and therefore Mourinho might be looking to get Modric who is a more technical player to develop play and dominate possession better. Modric can also play in any role in midfield, meaning he's versatility is a strength to Mourinho (Khedira generally doesn't start high up the pitch). Finally, there's also doubts as to where else Mourinho would play a 45m player. Xabi Alonso is seen as vital to the side and dictating their game, Ozil is untouchable, as is Ronaldo and Di Maria doesn't really play in the same position.

There is one thing above all as to why Real might release Khedira, and that is there are rumours that he and Mourinho don't get on.

Rumor about Khedira is close to a joke IMO. How come Madrid will let go the German best player in Euro 2012? Khedira showed great improvement in Euro 2012 compared to World Cup 2010 and was the best player for die Nationalmannschaft in the tournament. I think, he has turned to a modern midfielder, who can attack and defense in similar quality.

IMO Khedira will boost Milan play if he comes but I do doubt he comes since we already have too many defensive midfielders and what wee need now is a regista or a creative midfielder if Monto plays as the anchor.

Please look at the reasons above as to why Real might want to release Khedira for Modric.

I agree with you that Khedira's one of the most improved German players in recent years (Ozil is another, as Mourinho has done great work with them). If he comes, it's similar to Hernanes, in that he can play pretty much in any role in midfield (obviously offering different qualities to the Brazilian), but we'd need to work on finding the best dynamic between him and the other midfielders.

What I will say is imo he's different to our current midfielders, as only Ambro, Montolivo and maybe Muntari can play centrally. The others are generally shuttlers, which Khedira can do well, but he's also an option in front of defence, meaning in our squad he'd add a dynamic that's kind of missing.