The thing with Balo is, his prize is dropping. But yes, it would be utterly stupid to sell him for that kind of money.

His price right now is probably at it's lowest because of the abysmal world cup Italy had, which was not his fault and he was one of the few who actually did something noteworthy

I'm confident that if he has a good upcoming season that his value would skyrocket.

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This is different. They're saying there's no offer. What good would it do them to lie? Most Milan fans don't want Balotelli anyway.

I don't think that's the case, I think most Milan fans hate his attitude, but they can acknowledge that's he currently our best player by a good margin and without him we're a terribly mediocre side

Not what >75% of what I read on Facebook tells me.

He made a decent Liverpool title contenders, and a rank Uruguay borderline world class.

He makes the difference for whatever team he's in - neither Ronaldo or Messi could make their national teams any better than they actually were.

Just think he's a force of nature. Mahhhhhhhhhh opinion 'naw that!

Milan channel saying we're negotiating with Liverpool to sell Balo. All big Italian outlets saying that the deal could be closed today for 22m f@cking Euros!! To the same team that broke the bank for Carroll and Downing! They spent more than that to sign Lallana FFS!!

What the hell are we doing exactly. We're in desperate need of money so we're about to sell our biggest draw on the cheap?? Just unfathomable!

How much do you think is Balo worth? We signed him for about €20 million plus bonuses.

tbh I'm with you both.

Balo has been a disappointment at every club he's been at, and recouping what we spent isn't the worst business. He's not a 20th of the player Liverpool lost. tbh Balo, the odd moment aside, has been a bit of a failure for us overall.

BUT going by today's insane fees like Carroll for £30M or Luiz for £50M you'd think we could get more.

More than that, the prices that Liverpool have paid this summer for average players like Lovren for example, which is more than what we're going to be getting for Balo.

Going by those prices, I would say at least hold out for 30m, Liverpool are desperate for a striker, Galliani just does not know what negotiating means. Either he tries to low ball too much when trying to purchase, or overpays horribly, and when it comes to selling our players he's even worse, the 2 for 1 deal on Ibra and Thiago, now this


That's my main point, I understand why people won't be crying over losing Balo, although he's easily the biggest difference maker in our squad and we're just plain old mediocre without him, but to sell him on the cheap (which is what 22m is in this market) is just pushing it.

Galliani is just a cancer to this team, he's ruined it completely, the fact that everyone knows we're p!ss poor and are desperate for any money because of how he goes about trying to make deals is enough to show any club out there that they should go in with a small bid for our players because it's more than likely that Galliani will automatically accept anything over 10m

It wasn't two for one on Ibra/Silva, it was £40M for Silva and £20M for Ibra. PS we PAID that amount for Ibra. And we paid 10M for Silva.

That sale profited us by £30M+.

It's a 2 for 1 sale because the 60m we got was absolutely ridiculous as Silva was easily worth that amount on his own, forget that Zlatan was/probably still is the best CF in circulation atm

Let's move on with the discussion. Say we sell Balo and buy Rabiot, Douglas Costa and Dzemaili/Pandev. What do you guys think, would that be satisfying?

Not in the slightest

We're not getting Douglas Costa as he's worth more than what we're going to apparently be getting for Balo, so that's completely out of the question, Cerci is the more likely mediocre outcome if Cairo lowers his overestimated valuation that is.

Rabiot didn't even impress me on youtube, I doubt he's all that good tbh, plus the situation with PSG is very complicated as he doesn't want to renew while they're threatening him with a year in the stands before letting him go on the cheap (key word there when it involves our management)

As for Dzemail, I'd take him but it would just be another body in a sea of average players that won't really make much difference in terms of how we'll perform.

Pandev is one huge NO! Can't think of a more mediocre and unfit player that we could saddle ourselves with atm

Farewell Balo, you will (not) be missed.

Now, where does this leave us in terms of forwards? El Shaarawy, Menez, Pazzini, Niang for three positions. Obviously we need a CF given Pazzini's mediocrity, as well as a right winger.

Mediaset suggests that we're interested in Negredo (loan, but he's out injured till November), Jackson Martinez (again, loan), Carlos Bacca (Sevilla), Wilfried Bony (Swansea) and Doumbia (CSKA). The money from Balo should also allow us to sign Cerci, but keep an eye out on Lavezzi.

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Martinez would be my choice given Negredo's injury.

This post has been edited by X-Offender: Aug 21 2014, 12:56 PM