He is by far our best option of Wing backs we've been linked with in the summer. Hes a lot better than faubert/De S/oddo.

He is also better than anything we've got.

So we are approaching the end of the month and all rumors of us getting a fullback is still up in the air. Whatever happened to Hernanes? Are we still going for him?

Doesn't look like it...

I think at the end of the day we'll end up without signing anyone else aside from Huntelaar and Onyewu (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

This is the season were we sold Kaka and Paolo retired...

I just hope we don't get another Oliveira-type panic buy.

One other thing about Rafinha -- he was one of the guys that the CAS said clubs could withhold from participation in the Olympics last summer (remember, because it wasn't on the Fifa calendar, there was a big hooha about clubs releasing players). But Rafinha went anyway, if memory serves, and there was a good deal of tension at Schalke when he returned because of it.

Can i take a moment to reflect how ridiculous the Cissoko ordeal was.

Rejecting a player because of his teeth? Why then did Ronaldinho make it? we cant all have beautiful pearly white teeth like Maldini and Beckham

The more likely reason we rejected him is because we are a cheap skate club who refuse to play more than £0 for a player, or maybe we are completely broke and are unable to pay more than £0 for a player

Teeth, really?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

We all know that the teeth excuse was a way to either force Porto into lowering their price or get out of the deal all together.

I suspect that Galliani went ahead and bought him thinking he had the money to spend after selling Kaka and then was showered in ice once Silvio yanked his leash back and told him there wasn't any money to spend.

http://transfermarketweb.com/?action=read&idsel=42481


you know, sometimes I think that some of us, in this forum, have a better eye for talent than the hierarchy of our club. Or at least the way they operate leads me to believe that. Shortly after our preseason Eusabio Cup loss to Benfica, I remember definitely discussing with several board members the quality of Benfica's left back David Luiz, a 22 year old LB with WC quality on the cusp of a bigger (than Benfica) team. He owned Zambro that ENTIRE game. Now Carletto has his eyes on him, and thanks to his new management, he may actually get some of the players he's interested in..

if chelsea gets this guy for less than 10 mil, i say we're officially retarded.

DP

This post has been edited by vnata001: Aug 26 2009, 01:49 AM

il Milan ha rispolverato un super Nesta, un delizioso Ronaldinho e un fantastico Pato, quel Pato che qualcuno aveva osato mettere in discussione dopo qualche svirgolata durante il pre-campionato. Pato è un fenomeno vero, un predestinato, uno dei primi tre al mondo nello spazio di dieci mesi, da Pallone d'Oro entro il 2011. Domanda: ma il Milan non era allo sbando? Una partita non fa primavera, ma se tengono tutte le suddette componenti (aggiungendo l'eccellente Thiago Silva, grande acquisto) le sorprese possono essere dietro l'angolo. A me non è piaciuta la scarsa trasparenza in certe situazioni di mercato, ma non mi sono mai sognato (contrariamente ad altri opinionisti che rispetto, il pronostico è libero) di escludere il Milan dalle prime tre. Mi sembra importante una cosa, che poi è una priorità: l'esterno di fascia. Rafinha sarebbe il massimo, molto più di Faubert o Zaccardo (con tutto il rispetto). Con un esterno fresco e di gamba il Milan tamponerebbe più di qualcosa, confidando nella tenuta di Dinho e nel fantastico Nesta di questo periodo. Immaginate la scena, non da fantacalcio: il Milan batte l'Inter e va a "più cinque" sugli odiati cugini. Dovremmo scrivere diecimila righe al giorno: i mal di testa di Moratti, le acrobazie verbali di Mourinho, la soddisfazione di Leonardo. Il calcio è questo: non ci sono cliché e pronostici a tavolino che tengano.

anyone care to translate please i found this on TMW it looked like its important

Just to make the teeth issue perfectly clear (not that I agree with it).
For what I once read - there was a wisdom tooth problem.
Not just as some reports supposedly reported a half way story making it sound like we have a problem with 'just teeth'. Not because they were bucked or discoloured or what ever as the media made the situation out to be even 'more' ridiculous than it already (presumably) was.

milannello (if thats how you spell it) is very high-teck when beckham was going through his medical they noticed that he had a back problem by just looking at his teeth and they told him to fix his teeth and there will no longer be any problems and it was true
i doubt that there was something going on between B&G

yeah when he went back, shalke were pissed and fined him a whopping 700k.

Looks like it's part of an editorial, nuh, or an opinion piece. I haven't checked tuttomercatoweb in the last few hours.

[Milan has rediscovered a super Nesta, a delicioius Ronaldinho an da fantastic Pato, the Pato that some dared put in discussion after some missteps during the preseason. Pato is a real phenomenon, predestined, on eof the top three in the world in the space of 10 months, capable of the Golden Ball by 2011. A question: wasn't Milan a mess? One game doesn't make it springtime, but putting together all the components (including the excellent Thiago Silva, a great buy) the surprises could be around the corner. I didn't like the lack of transparency in certain market situations, but I never dreamed (as opposed to other commentators who are welcome to their own opinions) of excluding Milan from the top three. To me, one thing is important as a priority: a wingback. Rafinha woudl be the best, much more so than Faubert or Zaccardo (with all due respect). With a wingback with fresh legs, Milan would have something extra, on top of Dinho and the fantastic Nesta. Imagine the scene, not just fantasy football: Milan beats Inter and goes +5 over the hated cugini. We'd be writing about it for days: Moratti's headaches, Mourinho's verbal acrobatics, Leonardo's satisfaction. This is football: there aren't cliches and predictions on the table that hold.]

thank you