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Cristante pens new Milan deal

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We wanted transparency. We are getting more and more transparency.

When I meant transparency, I actually meant Transparency International®. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

Eh?

Ah, I actually meant that as financial transparency. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Transparency International, as you may well know, is an organization that monitors and publicizes corporate and political corruption. A fair few of our problems stem from the very top (Berlusconi and Galliani) and the deals they make with other clubs and sponsors.

While this new direction is well and good, they are still doing things the Italian family business way.

Berlusconi is heavily linked with the Camorra. I have never expected financial transparency from him and never will. Politically he borderlines evil. But when it comes to AC Milan, he did many many things right. Don't forget a human being like Maldini came into the world football and thrived in this system, becoming a symbol for Milan and an idol for many kids around the globe. Most Milan players were always men first then players. You could see it was not by accident, this trend. The issue is complex. But what I want to see more and more of is a Milan with a strong project. Berlusconi's political misadventures are something he will have to answer for one day and I'll try and keep separate from Milan as a sporting club as much as possible. Not to ignore, but to honor the values AC Milan has brought forth and continues to do. Just watching the kids in these videos and the staff working with them, it is apparent something good is being done there everyday. And the sheer professionalism. It's not every club that can do this.

Could you elaborate more? What this is based on?

Based on, my friend, on the general vibes one gets coming out of the management. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif) It is improving, with the focus on youngsters, the salary cap and more. But there have been a host of decisions, questionable signings, waste of cash, even our farm club Genoa gets back to us when they can, it's a club eat club would out there. Like real life.

But as KillerMax said, it's downright futile to expect financial transparency out of Berlusconi. I am sure you, as do all others here, know it. It's a good feeling when we as a club attain something, but so much goes on behind the scenes. And not just here, other big clubs too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mellow.gif) That's the state of the modern world.

I think it's impossible to expect transparency out of what is essentially a private company. It's best to think of the club like a product. If you don't like what they're selling buy something else.

True, true. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/goodheart.gif) And that is why I don't expect much, even if at times the sheer stupidity of it all hurts. When we snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, when we are an inch away from the right track, and worse when we are made a joke of in the media because of a brain dead public comment. But that's just how things are.

Oh the youth team infrastructure has been improving circa 2009, a long-term plan since then. Not something that came about last summer. If you recall the CL loss to Arsenal during 2008, when Berlusconi came out and stated that the future of football is based around the Arsenal model and that he admires that of them ... That is when the plan began. A plan to be self-sustainable.

I believe a lot of garbage has been said of Silvio, obviously his personal life (preferences) play a big role when we blowup an image of Berlusconi in our heads. But truth be told, if you take hold of our Audited financial statements, you will see that all your favorite players all from Shevchenko, Kaka, Pirlo, Nesta, Ronaldinho, Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva, all of them were bankrolled by Berlusconi to play for Milan. Milan on itself could not afford such quality.

I believe there is a lot of transparency in Milan's financial statements, if one reads that is - Case in point, I predicted we could not afford all those superstar players over four years ago, on this very forum. However, expecting Galliani or Berlusconi to go to the media and make public all their intentions .. You'd be better off not holding your breath, because shrewd business men do not tell you their intentions or their next plan.

Behind the scenes many things happen, but I doubt Berlusconi wants to bring Milan to its knees. If you look at the trend, from his acquisition to-date and be unbiased. You would clearly tell that the man loves this club!

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Don't know if it was posted, but in good news for la Nazionale and Ac Milan, Hachim Mastour has chosen to represent Italy in the U-15s.

I know it's meaningless in regards to senior teams, but if he plays with Italy and develops with a generation of italian players and who knows, maybe befriends some of them, his allegiance to the Azzurri (and us) could be solidified...Also, he scored in his italian debut...