I think we could come out as winners in this Balo deal. We sold him for 20 million last year and now we are getting him back for nothing. I don't think Miha will put up with his attitude, and I think Balo has to understand that this is surely his last chance. If he doesn't step it up here, no team will take a chance on him. I also believe that he will be able to fit in well with the team we have built.

As I said:

#SKY: Milan understood that Ibrahimovic move was almost impossible, and therefore turned to Balotelli. #acmilan

Galliani simply has no plan or vision.

If Ibra was impossible this window then there is nothing he can do. Would you rather have Balo for free or no one? I think he can be useful if he pulls his head out of his ***. Its a fairly low risk move if it's a free loan. If he acts up we can send him to practice with the primavera. If he regains form he could make a big impact.

Um, I don't know, how about look for another alternative instead of going back to a poisoned well like Mario??

It's not rocket science, it's what any other club does aside from Milan

Ibra was a solution because he's not just a striker, but a creative force as well as a leader that drives the team. Balo is a striker, who has some creative skills but really, he's too lazy to really be of any use as a creator.

If Ibra was a no go and they knew this for a while they should have been looking for a proper AM as they should have done all summer and should have been a first priority. But no. They "dream" of Ibra, waste an entire summer on that "dream" and when that fails we turn to someone like Balo because he's cheap and easy.

How many times have we repeated this same cycle?

I think it's pretty clear that the team isn't as worried about the lack of a pure #10 as you are. Balo is being brought in as a 3rd striker. I'd argue that he is probably the most skilled player we could get for that role at little to no cost.

This post has been edited by milanbuf88: Aug 23 2015, 06:28 PM

Carlo Laudisa, mercato expert from GdS says that Balo doesnt negate Ibra.

BUY ALL THE STRIKEERZZ

Seriously, though, I agree with Han. Galliani has simply no vision at all. I don't even think a striker is necessary, no idea why we're getting one at the moment. We have Bacca, Adriano, Menez, Niang. They're more than enough for two spots IMO.

I only felt okay about getting Ibra because well he is Ibra. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Though, we did rebuild our defense and made it a lot better this season. I'd argue on paper that it is one of the best defense in Serie A. Our midfield is much better too, it could click too.

The thing with Balo. He was great for us IMO. He was absolutely vital when he came in January of IDK which year. XD

At this point, I don't think we can't change who he IS. He didn't do anything at Liverpool that is wrong per say. Did he get enough starts? Was he just bad? Anyway, I'm not so excited about this move, but you guys are a bit overreacting with the "disgusting" and "he's a poison" comments.


This post has been edited by William405: Aug 23 2015, 07:03 PM

I think that if we get Ibra, he will play behind Bacca and Adriano. And Niang is injured. Menez could easily leave if we get a good offer for him, knowing that we have 3 players able to play behind 2 strikers.

Niang and Menez are both injured right now. No word on when Menez will be back as far as I know.

So..if they're injured..we have to buy someone else??? Niang won't stay out long. Menez should be back in a month.

We still have Matri, we need to offload him before we sign other strikers. Cerci is considered a striker too.

This post has been edited by William405: Aug 23 2015, 07:24 PM

Ah, no words needed here...just a Picard facepalm.

Sure, this club (Galliani + Silvio) are always more pre-occupied with getting strikers rather than looking at the team, seeing what is needed and catering to that.

Ibra would have been a great addition because he's a creator as much as he's a striker. He'd have been that link between the midfield and Bacca. Now it looks like we'll once again go into a season with glaring holes in the team. We once again failed to addrees the creativity issue which has plagued us since Pirlo and then Seedorf left.

Now we're bringing in Balo needlessly to sit on the bench and be the third choice when we already have Matri, Niang, Cerci and Menez.


I don't think it's possible at this point, especially with the amount of players we have in attack

Niang isn't going anywhere, we can't get rid of Cerci, Menez looks to be staying, especially with his back problems, Matri is the only one looking likely to leave and even that's not set in stone. I can't see us getting another striker now. Especially when we're also going to add Soriano in midfield to continue to increase the squad size with average players


He did have issues at Liverpool, not huge ones like fighting with his coach, but there were issues, and there is a reason why Liverpool are so desperate to get him out of their team that they are not only willing to loan him to us without any obligations but are also willing to pay half his wages.

Balo is simply going down the Cassano road. He's poison for his teams because he brings a bad vibe. I'm not saying he's not a good guy, I think he is, he's misguided and stupid though and I can't see any coach being able to get him on the right path. Joining a smaller club where he could be top dog would be better for him

Yep, same old same old. How many times has Galliani made a panic buy because someone gets injured and we end up getting stuck with that panic buy until his loooong contract runs out?

This is a free loan with an option to buy. Totally different situation.

Problem is that Balo comes with a lot of baggage, in this case money has nothing to do with it