Liverpool have offered €22 million for Balotelli, but not payable directly. First they want him on loan. Mediaset also suggests that we may agree to their demands, and with Balo gone we'll sign Cerci.

What about the striker position? Are we gonna play with frigging Pazzini? Sounds unlikable to me.

Wise move from Liverpool. Why pay a fortune for a player who is a total risk. He'll have to earn the permanent move.

But...reluctantly, I have to admit his loss will weaken us. We didn't snatch any of the strikers we were linked with and now it looks quite feasible Pazzo will be our main striker.

If that doesn't sum up our dire situation, nothing will.

If we take their meagre offer it will undo any good work we've done in the market. If right now some are expecting an 8th place finish we'd be bottom half material without Balo

I'm hearing it is a 17.5M up front offer. Not a loan.

It's still meagre for the quality Balo brings, yes he's a petulant idiot, so is Suarez, who's also a health hazard. 17.5m for Balo when they just got a cash injection of 80m would be an insult and an even more clear indication that Galliani has completely lost his marbles. It would be just as bad as the Thiago and Ibra deal and how he got ripped off on that one as well.

Anyways, Milan channel denying there was any offer. I think Balo is practically gone. We're now basically bottom half of the table material now. And Cerci is supposed to be his replacement? Talk about huge gaps in quality! Plus the fac t that our only striker will be a Pazzini who is still completely out of form from his knee surgery and doesn't look like he could be recovering it any time soon

If Milan Channel is denying there was any offer, then why is Balo practically gone? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

I agree in these days of revolting fees sub-20M is not impressive, but problem is Balo doesn't seem to make a difference. He has quality, at times, but he doesn't have a sole percent of the impact Suarez did for Liverpool & Uruguay. He was the difference in these teams. Whether he's mentally unstable is not the point, the guy is an absolutely sensational footballer. He is the world's best player IMO. Balo isn't the best striker in Serie A nor is he even the best player at Milan. It's not a comparison which stacks up for me.

Because you know how these things go

Remember the 99.99% Silva is staying, or the Grazzie Presidente ceremony they did on Milan channel

If Galliani says Balo's staying, it's Galliani speak for 'he's gone and I even packed his suitcases for him'.

Let's be patient and wait. Don't turn this into the "Summer complaining 2014" thread.

You do know there's like 11 days left of the window?

So what?

So there's no time to replace Balo with someone half decent. We've wasted 3 months trying to sign an average Serie A player that any other team would have signed in a day or 2 max if they were actually serious about him.

We still have not addressed our biggest issue and we're about to create an even bigger one in attack. There's a lot of good reason to complain right now

I'm just saying: let's wait and see what happens. Then we can cry all day and night.

I'm sure we'll all be doing just that.

To sell Balo for that amount when they spent a total of something like 100m this summer on pretty average players would be utter stupidity

To the EPL followers, how much did Liverpool spend to buy Andy f@cking Carroll? Their answer should tell you enough of what state we're in if Galliani does go through with this sale