According to Gazzetta world we are close to an agreement with Arbeloa pending approval from our Chinese buyers
http://www.gazzettaworld.com/news/transfer...adrid-defender/

This story has been repeated and repeated a lot. Arbeloa seems to have been offered to Milan and we are considering it but not too seriously I think.

Of course his agent will propose him to us. After all we've become the garbage bin of Europe.

What's going on with the Chinese takeover? Wasn't it finalized? Why do we have to drag things so long? Look at Inter, they closed it in a matter of days.

This says the Arbeola move was blocked by Gancikoff, too old and would be hard to get rid of him if he does not work out. If this is true, I am starting to like the new management, plus it is an indication that Galliani may be on his way out (also good).

As for the takeover, it keeps getting delayed (which means this market window is shot). OTOH, if Gancikoff is really making decisions it would seem it is progressing.

This post has been edited by Forza Milan!: Jul 27 2016, 06:37 PM

Inter? Really. Look at them. No real activity, shady takeover, a messy squad and a coach under big question marks.

We're in a bad situation, but I trust Berlusconi in the way that he found the right owner for Milan and that he'll ensure a more prosperous future with big investments. If another summer is what it takes, I'm in. Inter is really a bad example.

I agree, Inter seems like a mess right now. And as much as I may be unhappy about our current situation and blame Berlu for much of what's going on, I believe he honestly cares about the team and (to a large extent) is trying to do what's right for Milan. Also, I am ready to take one more season of disappointments if I can see a path that takes us back to success. (And, right now, I see no better path.)

We won the first match of the International Champions Cup beating Bayern Munich . We looked pretty good for a team that's just started preparations a couple of weeks ago.

The midfield again looks suspect. Niang looking good though.

Postponed for another 2 weeks. All due to Chinese bureaucracy due to the deal being so big, also due to the terms of the deal having changed from 80% to a 100% immediately.

So atm everything is at a complete stand still.

Galliani has his hands completely tied, and I think he's been muzzled as well by both Fininvest and the Chinese. We haven't heard a peep out of him since Montella's press conference. This is usually his preening season so I'm assuming that he's being kept on a very tight leash atm

Also, a lot of reports saying that there has been a power struggle between him and Gancikoff.

I personally don't think he'll last past December.

Also read that Gancikoff won't be the new CEO but the COO. So Hopefully a proper CEO will be appointed and a proper Director of Sport will also be brought in once this thing is finalised


What's new? Haven't seen it, it was at 3 in the morning here. but Bayern were playing their B team mixed in with the C team as well. I wouldn't read too much into friendlies. Unless we change up at least 2 players from that midfield and bring in a proper CB to partner Romagnoli this will be another season down the drain

A couple of updates:

@TheMilanBible BREAKING: Agreement reached between #Milan and Bordeaux for #Menez. Expected to take his medical on Monday. [Sky]

@TheMilanBible #Menez is expected to join Bordeaux on a free transfer and is ready to sign a 3-year contract. [@fantagazzetta]

@TheMilanBible Milan could close the deal for Zaza soon, with an important meeting scheduled for next week. [TMW]

I honestly do not understand the logic behind this Menez thing. So we're desperate to bring in cash from transfers but we give Menez away for free?? Honestly, it's just dumbfounding how this club is being run. You wouldn't hear something like this anywhere else. We could have easily asked for 5 - 6m for him and at least gotten something out of it. Same thing with how we're trying to get rid of Lopez. Who imo is still worth money as he's a good keeper. all we care about is getting them off the wage bill. Just terrible business once again.

And no comment on the Zaza thing. It's the Matri story all over again

I watched the game against Bayern last night. The team looked quite solid I don't really read into friendlies too much but I would say we looked more organized and the type of game we played was different than what it has been.

Suso looked a bit out of his depth, but the system suits Niang and the type of player he is. I think Montella is the best tactical coach we have had in the past few years, and I think his system will have us playing better but we obviously need an injection of quality to compete in Serie A. I really thought this would be the summer where we clean house and have an injection of cash but it seems like this window will also be sacrificed.

I have read some rumors about Napoli are looking at Bacca as a replacement for Higuain. I would do a deal for money and Jorghino or Gabbiadini, I think either one of those guys would be able to slot in and provide a slight upgrade at the respective positions. Our midfield definitely needs an upgrade, and we could also use another cb to pair with Romagnoli. Should have made a deal for Benatia when we had a chance, but that is the type of deal you have an easier time making when you are playing in the cl.

With Menez, I believe salary may be the reason behind the move (we need to reduce our overall salary bill, so this helps even if it is a free transfer). As for Zaza, I have to hope that sanity will prevail (and I am encouraged by the fact that Galliani will not be able to make this decision w/o approvals).

I think Zaza is much better then Matri tbh and also, how can this be the Matri story again when he'll be probably loaned out to us first?

Just keep it calm. Menez was/is a finished player, we did right so to offload him. I think that collecting money from rejects leads us nowhere, no matter how much broke we are. From what I can see it's either:

A) we get sold to a good investor who gives us substancial funds
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) Berlusconi pulls the plug if he finds out the investors are gonna do a "Inter/Tohir" story to us - and if this happens, I honestly don't care any more about who we sell and who we bring. It's gonna be old Matri out new Matri in. Sadly, this day you have to have much money to find the right players, a good scouting network and a little bit of luck.

When your transfer budget is ~ €0 than I think it's important to get decent deals out of the players we have.

Other clubs sell their players. We first give them high wages and then they don't want to leave or the clubs who want to buy them can't match what they're currently earning with us so the players would rather stay and earn the cash. So we end up trying to compensate for that by giving them up for nothing

As for Zaza, it's just rumours in terms of the condition of the deal. And honestly, I don't understand why we're even looking at any striker to begin with.

I think your scrutiny won't work here. If you have a budget of 0 you get 0. It rarely happens differently.

Dude, they just got acquired. You can't expect sh*t to turn into gold and roses overnight. Give it time.

And shady takeover? How so? I don't know who bought them cos I don't follow the news closely anymore, but at least they got it done quickly instead of prolonging things to no end.

If there is a club who's a real mess right now, that's us, not Inter.