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He is quite good, but I dont see us droping or selling De Sciglio right now. We also have Antonelli in that position. If we sell him, maybe we could invest, but RB position is more urgent to invest in, IMO.

Maybe not this winter but I think we should go for Belotti in the summer. Cash in Bacca.

Götze? I think he would cost us much while too many if's would be involved.

Haha. #DreamModeOn

But it's not a very Italian team at all.

Tbh, I won't touch that backline unless we land Musacchio. Though another option I've been pondering is that of Ivanovic. He's an old head, worked with a lot of tactical coaches and has great experience. Might be the Alpha that Romagnoli needs.

Otherwise I think the current lineup is fine. I want Gomez to play and get better. Benching him and effectively making him third choice makes it a futile investment.

Tbh, the only person I'd want for mid-field is Naby Keita of RB Leipzig. He's physical but has excellent dribbling and passing abilities. As for the forward line, I think mainly thanks to Bonventura who's in my opinion the most critical piece in our attack, we're fine as we are.

I'd sell Bacca only in the summer. If we truly are going by current performances, we should aim hard to hit the CL places and now is the moment, with Juve missing Bonucci for two months and Alves for three.


--Abate---Paletta---Romagnoli---Antonelli---
------------------Locatelli----------------------
---Kucka/Keita-----------------Jack/Berto----
Suso------------Lapagol/Bacca-----Niang/Jack



I'd probably only get focus on getting rid of extra squad players- Adriano,Ely, Vangioni,Honda,

I think we can expect a round figure of 20 million from these sales. Plop another 15 million and you've got the kind of money to make a splash on Keita. 35 million would be great, since Leipzig bought him for 11. Plus, he's only 21.

Not seen it in this thread but Bacca now training back at Sevilla.

You do realize that with the Chinese money we should aim at the scudetto and advance as far as possible in the CL. With the team we currently have we're nowhere near good enough.



Not training with them, just visited them at their training grounds.

But do we get Chinese money? The takeover is being pushed again. And one last extension is all Silvio is willing to give? Post that he pockets the 100 million and we are back to the good old days. :/

We'll see, I don't think it's as cut and dry as that. I'm sure no one wants to lose a 100m, so the consortium guys will make sure that things get done

That and they already have guys like Fassone and Mirabelli on the payroll, it wouldn't make sense to have them going around Europe watching games and scouting players if the deal was on the brink of collapsing

Berlusconi: 'Milan has been sold'

Milan President Silvio Berlusconi said the club “is already sold and those who don’t want me or Riccardo Montolivo will be happy.”

The patron said this weekend that he could postpone the closing by six to eight weeks if Chinese investors needed more time to provide financial guarantees.

“"Milan are already sold",” Berlusconi told Carta Bianca on Rai 3 today.

"“There are difficulties for the buyers, who occupy a position of notable value within the Chinese economy, in getting the authorisation needed to export capital from China."

"“The closing is still set for December 13 and, if the authorisation does not come, or we don’t have the certainty if the capital being deposited by them to international banks, we’ll have nothing against postponing the closing by a month or a month and a half.”"

What does Berlusconi think about the fans who say Milan do well when Berlusconi is absent from San Siro and so is captain Montolivo?

"“Well they’'ll be happy soon: after December 13 I will be in the past, that is a fact, and Montolivo will be out for a few more months, so according to them Milan will win everything.”"

CorSera: December 2 will be an important date to understand what will happen with the closing. If the Chinese will not get the permission from the government, they will ask for a postponement. Berlusconi will ask from Sino Europe to pay €50-100m as a guarantee. The list of investors should be revealed on December 2. The January transfer market could be shared between the parties.

Even if the closing gets delayed, the Chinese will likely be financing the January transfer window. [Corriere Della Sera]

Pretty sure the reports were that he was training with them 'with permission from Milan'.

This says the new owners will not finance any transfers if the closing slips. Would need to be financed by Berlu (which is not likely to happen) or through the sale of other players (like Bacca).

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Yeah it makes sense. Too many people confusing the 100 MM payout as for Milan's transfer chest. It isn't. It's the advance payment on the actual purchase.

An interesting read on Milan's tactics this season (you know how anal I'am about tactics). I don't agree with this reading entirely but some parts of it are true.

A tactical look at Montella's Milan

I especially like this extract



The bolded part rings true. Yet it doesn't concern me. It's how some of the best teams around are being built without huge cash reserves. Take the example of Atletico Madrid,Liverpool, Leipzig and the club that started it all - Dortmund.

The concept of a team whose entire drive is derived from the manager, yet have no outstanding players/champions of their own. Being greater than the sum of its parts.