There are reports Thiago Silva is in Paris to complete his PSG transfer and the Milan man assures “money is not an issue for me.”

The Brazilian defender had been told only last week that he was “not for sale,” but today Rossoneri Vice-President Adriano Galliani was spotted in Paris.

“It is not final. I am here just to talk,” said Galliani before a meeting with PSG director general Leonardo.

There are now reports that Thiago Silva has been seen in Paris too, as France Football claims he is in a hotel near the Champs-Elysees with his representatives.

The deal would be worth €42m plus another €5m in bonuses, added to a contract worth €12m per season.

“I don’t think about money, as that is not an issue for me,” Thiago Silva told magazine Chi.

“My strength is my family and above all God. I am a devoted Christian and also have a tattoo on my arm confirming I am a son of the Lord.

“In our Brazilian team we have in my view one of the top three strikers in the world, Alexandre Pato. I only hope he rediscovers his fitness.

“I send a sincere wish of good luck to the Italy side and my part-Italian, part-Brazilian, part-crazy friend Antonino Cassaninho. He’s a phenomenon.”

Cassano spoke in a Press conference today at Euro 2012 and said it would be “a crime” for Milan to sell Thiago Silva.

You're happy now, R7, aren't you? you think your dream of seeing Silva leave is fulfilled, right?

Well, here's the thing: Silva is not going anywhere. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devil.gif)

Silva is not going anywhere. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devil.gif)

You still going on with that?

IMO no amount of money is going to be able repair the hole he will leave. I like the idea of signing Dede, I watched a few youtube videos and he looks very good but unfortunately he won't have the blessing of having Nesta tutor him for 2 or 3 years.

On 12 June 2012 it was reported that the vice-president of Milan Adriano Galliani was attending a meeting with Paris Saint-Germain F.C. sporting director Leonardo Araújo but it was latter that day when A.C. Milan President Silvio Berlusconi announced that Thiago Silva (footballer) will be joining PSG in a €48 million + €5 million bonus transfer. Making this fee the highest amount , a team had ever paid for a defender.

True, yet how can Milan afford to pay him 12MM annually, and on top of that, how can Milan refuse such an offer?

I remember Shevchenko's moved caused a lot of raised eyebrows. I'm sure Shevchenko would have stayed had Milan matched Chelsea's offer. We simply couldn't, same was the case for Kaka. Heck even Pirlo, we couldn't match the tenor of the contract. It's the policy of the club I guess.

Or I'll try to play this senario; the whole Silva-to-PSG ordeal, it might be an attempt by Galliani to persuade other bidders at a price of 50MM or above. Maybe Barcelona? Or ... Juventus? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/innocent.gif)

Bottoms-up, I truly believe no player should be worth such an amount. Van Basten, the best striker in all of the universe at the time, and one stupid tackle, and his value as a player was reduced to zilch. Now Silva comes along at 10MM only two years ago, and now is being asked for at 50MM? Seriously, he is two years away from 30, we'd be lucky if valued at 20MM by that time. And yet that reported 12MM salary is convincing enough, we can't pay that kind of money. And I'm sure Thiago Silva is the one to agree or decline PSG's offer.


Source: wiki

Party time for the boys, all Montolivio, Aquilani and Muntari esque players welcome to Milan (IMG:style_emoticons/default/96.gif)

This is almost done and the main reason behind it is wages.


Ibra earns 9m a year. The second highest is T. Silva who earns 4.5m.

This scenario just isn't right. You can't have a player of Silva's quality earning half the wage of someone with equal or some would say lesser quality.



---


50m for the transfer is good for us in the sense that we'll be able to pay off the majority of our debt with that.

Its a shame that he'll be gone but under berlu at this moment we have no other choice. Either we keep what we got and continue down the same road and pile up debt and get hit much harder later on; or take a gamble and re structure our team on a more realistic financial approach and endure long term.


---


Other transfers I see happening:

Ibra will most likely be sold as his wage hinders us far too much.

Cassano/Pato/Robinho one of the following could potentially be also sold.

Do you really think we've reached that state?No,I doubt it.Just,the thiago silva offer is too good to be refused...well in galliani's perspective.I think what you're saying is a massive overeaction.No we are not going to sell all of our players to reduce way...I predict things will stay the same.