His salary cut was immense. But...if we are just gonna spend that extra cash into giving Silva a payhike, then forget about any more transfers.

Pato: "I'd like to thank the club for deciding to keep me. I want to make the fans happy, and continue with Milan until 2014. I love English football. I have friends that play at Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. My priority is to respect my contract with Milan (which ends in 2014), then, who knows what might happen...".

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Wouldn't it be ironic if we lost him for nothing after two years. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

What a curious comment. Interesting.

Pato will only get a renewal next season if he manages to stay fit. I think he wants an extension, thus the talk of other clubs. But I don't think Galliani is ready to jump at it due to all his problems

I strongly believe Milan matched PSG's offer for Silva. In all fairness, that is his market value, he was put on the market and the market offered him 7M, Milan had to match it.

I read a news-bit on this, maybe FI, about Silva's salary being bumped to 7M.

Maybe we can in fact afford that given all the salaries we've bumped off this summer, but at what expense?

I don't think we'd be able to offer a good DM a decent contract if it came down to it...

5m to 6m would have been enough for now imo

Where is Ambrosini??

Ambro can no longer be a starter for us. He's good as backup, but not as someone who can play every 3 days for us.

Bronzetti: "Lassana Diarra is a player that would be useful for Milan's case. I talked about him with Galliani and Allegri, and I can affirm that he's one of the hot names for the DM position. His contract expires in 2013, and the excellent relationships between Milan and Madrid might facilitate things. The only problem is represented by the player's wages, €4.5 million".

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We're still interested in Balzaretti, and even though Zamparini doesn't want to sell him, we're going to use the fact that his contract expires in 2013 in our advantage, Nocerino style. After the Euro's over, the player will decide about his future. Meanwhile, both Taiwo and Mesbah will probably be offloaded somewhere else, as they didn't convince Allegri. Taiwo interests to Benfica, whilst Mesbah interests to Udinese. Didac Vilà should return from his loan to Espanyol and play his chances with us.

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Thanks for the update man. ^^



Looks very solid. But that AM position. is our weakest spot. It would hurt to see us suffer creatively one more long season. I know Carletto and Allergri are different, but going from:



to:



Such a difference in that creativity department I was just talking about. And unfortunately quality too. Just one tweak and it would look so different with even Montolivo as proper back up:



One can dream! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/innocent.gif)

Although the quality has degraded in midfield this summer, I believe Milan is capable of attracting good players. It's just a matter of when their contracts expire at their respective clubs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

That change in midfield from 'champions' to '?' will be improved on, I hope no later than this summer! And yes, IMO Ganso would definitely add quality.




Not sure how that will figures out, maybe for performance related bonuses, the player earns higher maybe?

One thing is for certain, the way Galliani handled the Flamini incident, means there is no mercy from his side. Milan's future depends on him finally generating the slimmest of profits. And if we used to carry 170M in wages and salaries per annum, against losses in the range of 60M .. You do the math.

I believe a good DM would arrive, after all, Allegri's midfield was very much dependent on VB.



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Im just so excited to (hopefully) see noce play on the left all season where he is amazing as opposed to the right where his performances can dip drastically.

Some great news.

Both Balzaretti and Diarra would seriously improve the quality of this team.

I still say that we need 1 more creative CM or an AM before going into the season. Montolivo is our only creative option which is just not acceptable imo



I think that looks really good. As for creativity, Allegri's system depends on the strikers more than anything else. Cassano and Ibra are great together and don't really need someone constantly feeding them balls, while with pato it's a different story as he thrives on great service from the midfield.

I think at this point a LB and DM are what the club is really after. But as I said, Monto alone is not enough. Ganso would be a huge addition but I can't see us shelling out the money to get him at this point


I think if you consider all the contracts that ended this summer, plus Flamini's reduced wage, Galliani has probably shelved over 20m from the bill. So I do think that he has a bit more space to manouvre, however, as you pointed out, the losses that we sum up every year are astronomic, so 20m is just a small dent in the entire scheme of things. It mostly all depends on Silvio and what he's willing to contribute after covering all those losses at this point.

I'd personally be happy with a DM, Balzaretti and maybe a CM given our problems

Silva rumours still going on (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

We won't get Balzaretti. Mainly because after Euro 2012 teams with more money will likely be interested.