Best way to create interest in the player is by saying he's not going anywhere. There is interest, we know there is, his agent knows there is, but by denying it it only adds to speculation.

After all, it would be a slightly poor comment for an agent to say 'we've had offers' because Milan will not look kindly on that.

Play it kosher with the club and wait for a concrete offer or two to come in, then go public (well, Milan will, not the agent) and create a bidding war.

No point going public now.

Like it happened with Kaka, Sheva, or pretty much every one that was decent and left

Inzaghi said today that El Shaarawy will never leave Milan as long as he's in charge of the team. Let's see how true that turns out to be.

I personally can't see him leaving atm. He's obviously in a slump and that effects his price, at this point we'd lose money off of what we initially paid for him. So personally I don't think Galliani wants to sell him right now, maybe if his form picks up again and he starts scoring, that's when he'll jump on any decent offers that come our way

London Evening Standard.

He might be good enough for QPR and... yeah, that's about it.

To give him his dues he WAS good here, just lacked team play. I said at the time he has the tools to be world class, and I stand by that, but his attitude could be his undoing as it has been Balo's.

Taarabt is a hot head in the same mold as Balo. I don't want him back.

No, Balo thinks football is all about him and puts in effort on the pitch when he can be bothered, and when he can be bothered plays reasonably well but not any better than most other decent strikers.

Taarabt, on the other hand, seems to lack off-field professionalism and an attitude of certain things being beneath him, but on the pitch he never gives less than a 100% even if his lack of willingness to use vision at times is poor. Needs to pass more.

He's a better raw talent than Menez, as he's younger and has more potential, and his skill on the ball is absolutely fantastic, but he doesn't have the same level of end-product as Menez, which is something age and maturity has given the latter, even if his lack of an X button is a problem of selfishness.

When Taarabt was at Milan we saw zero sign of any disharmony from him nor any issues, so even if he has had hot-head association in his career, we saw none of it when he was here. Whereas Balo did it constantly.

Who are you talking about? SES or Taraabt? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

Well, to be completely fair to him, he always behaved in the months he was with us

Taarabt...

Well he never really displayed any of that behaviour here and I was sort of impressed by his displays.

Although the fact that he was trying to score a permanent deal is probably a major factor as to why he managed to keep himself in check. If we sign him permanently we could start seeing the less appealing side of Taarabt pretty fast

A genuine concern, and one I share, but if he's willing to take a big wage cut it may be a gamble worth taking.

I am happy to hear that we are hanging on to SES. Despite his lack of form in the recent months, he is still only 22 and has the potential to be a great player. I think between Inzaghi and Conte with the national team, they will be able to find a position where he can excel. I believe that Balo's arrival here stunted SES. He took the reigns of the team at a time when we had just lost Ibra, and then we brought Balo who filled the same Ibra mold.

I wouldn't mind Taarabt, but not for more than 5m and ideally on a loan + option. If he doesn't play well we are stuck with another dud we won't be able to get rid of.