I would be ok with SES leaving on a loan, but selling him, not at all. Ok Cerci is good, but not that good as you making him. But if he's already ours, I would like Milan to go after a striker and to get rid of Pazzini. But since that not impossible, since Milan wont be able to buy a striker that we need, I'd rather see SES - Menez - Cerci. I'm sure SES will be back strong after the break.

Big Cerci fan. One of the better players in Serie A over the last few years. Thanks it the Christmas present Milan! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

It turns out that Milan will continue to pay Torres' salary while he's at Atlético Madrid. The Spanish club will keep paying Cerci.

Torres will return to Milan if Atlético Madrid decide to sell Cerci to another club next summer.

Milan Channel has also confirmed that the negotiations for the Cerci-Torres loan swap deal are at an advanced stage.

The last few details regarding the Cerci-Torres loan swap deal will be sorted out after Christmas.

source: milanello/twitter

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Yes?

Is the Cerci -> Torres thing official?

Not yet.

Lots of rumours going about re: Cerci deal.

Torres to Atletico is done but apparently WE will be paying the wages?!

Cerci hold up is due to him apparently not being overly enthusiastic about joining Milan - his preference is reportedly Inter, God knows why.

It may go through still but we may end up with a player who doesn't fully want to be here. But supposedly he was told Milan or stay at Atleti.

PS: reports are, on top of the fact he's been a dud at Atleti (due to their play style), that's he's overweight and not fit.

Hope this all works out, he comes here, isn't unfit, is raring to go, and the stuff about him wanting Inter is either untrue or no longer matters.

That's too much hope in one sentence, bud. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif) Even for me!

Well maybe not - word is the deal is stalling over wages and conditions, and the Inter story is being spread by Interistas annoyed he's choosing us over them after they courted him for ages.

So, maybe ok after all.

Ha, nice to know. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy.gif) The Inter bit, I mean. The news is hot though, and several of my friends that don't follow Milan are in on it, many thought that only formalities remained. They do know Torres though, so that's probably why. But fingers crossed for a breakthrough, though, of some sorts here.

Our attack is toothless, and that's putting it mildly.


Yeah, just hope whatever happens is good for all parties involved, both clubs and both players. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Have soft feelings for all four, and truly, this is one deal that makes sense on so many levels. Could do everyone some good, and as for Torres, well, maybe he can find his drift where it all started.

Even if he doesn't, it will be a full circle for one very good player. Fingers crossed, as said.

Actually I'd argue it's one great striker away from being brilliant. Menez might be selfish at times but the guy is outrageously talented and scores goals all manner of ways. When he plays like he did V Roma & Napoli he's got every chance of getting back into the French NT. It's inconsistency & attitude that's stopped him getting to the very top of the game. Now add a borderline world class winger (let's not lie, he isn't world class, but he IS very, very good) in Cerci and it just needs that one great goalscorer - an Immobile or Destro is fine by me.



Meh, I don't share your goodwill re: Torres. I don't give a toosh what happens to him, he's the worst striker I've ever seen at Milan, including Oliveira. He's let down so many of us Rossoneri who had faith in him, and he himself classed the San Siro as his new 'hunting ground'. Hunting what? Ducks? That arrogance coupled with his failure to deliver means I truly ain't interested in what happens to him now.

PS we're also trying to sign Asier Illarramendi on loan. Not sure if that's as a replacement for De Jong or as a backup. Or as well as. Not sure why we'd start with two DMs though.

Right now, real possibility of 2015's Milan being:

------------------------Lopez

Abate----------Alex---------------Zapata/Rami------MDS

-----Montolivo------De Jong------Illa/Bona

-----Menez---------Immobile/Destro--------Cerci

I'm going to be blunt, if that came to pass it would be by a hundred miles the best Milan team we've had since Zlatan's. It would also be a top 3 side in this league. Might even be the best. And is far far more worthy of the Milan name than the shambles we've had for far too long.

Not quite as strong as the Sheva or Kaka-esque Milan of mid-noughties, but much more like what we'd expect. We're not able to sign the world's best players any more, but in the market we ARE in, the above would be absolutely marvellous.

Immobile or Destro for me are both players we should stay away from, especially Destro.

As for Cerci, I'm more than willing to give him a chance, see how he does with us, but I don't understand how the logistics of such a deal could ever work out since some people are forgetting the small detail that we do not OWN Torres, he's with us on loan from Chelsea and they're still paying part of his wages. So how can we swap-loan a player that we do not own?

If Cerci came I'd love to see the formation Danny posted above but with SES as the striker.

Indeed. I'd pass Destro especially as well.

Chelsea have Costa, Drogba, and Remy. Do you really think they care about Torres, especially the way he has been playing in recent years? (My sense is they are not going to get in the way of any deal as long as it does not involve another EPL team.)

As for SES, I really, really wanted him to succeed. However, at this point I would not mind if he was to depart, as long as we get reasonable value in return.

Apparently Cerci really wants to go to Inter. Meh, what a tw@t...