He used to be spoken of very highly. But very very injury prone. When we already have Mati Fernandez, why him? I would have liked Ganso, but I guess Gago comes with experience playing in Europe.

Rumours of the summer mercato - including Bernardeschi and/or Berardi. Two names I like. Still don't see that mid-fielder name being pulled though. Or the centre back. Is Paletta really that good? I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try.

Looks like it's going to be a very lean month coming our way

We're going in with ridiculous loan + option to buy for players... Our management thinks that everyone is as gullible as us and would be willing to get rid of players for nothing just as long as they offload his wages

We're giving Luiz Adriano away for nothing, but we're happy because we don't have to pay the ridiculous wage packet he was given by Galliani to begin with

We're simply unable to sell any of our players for actual money, even while the club is going through a good period performance wise

This winter mercato could have been a great opportunity for us to cement that CL spot had we made the right moves. I know Badelj doesn't excite anyone but trying to get him on a short contract would have been ideal for us. He'd be the guy to shore up our midfield until we cross the finish line this season. Don't get me wrong, I think Locatelli has a bright future, but the kid is clearly not a regista and that's what we need, not to mention that Kucka tends to have one good game and four terrible ones.

Also, we're going to have problems with the attack if we don't try to bring anyone in for that left side. Bona has been doing very well there but I think he was even better in the midfield 3, and we've missed him in that position in the last few games. Bertolacci I think can be someone we can look to, his performances have been pretty solid for someone returning from such a long term injury, definitely better than anything I saw from him last season so he at least gives me some hope.

I just don't think that what we have is enough to get us into the CL, we're been over-performing massively since the start of the season, to expect it to continue is completely naiive.

Reality is nothing much will happen in this transfer market. As I understand it, Galliani is bickering with the Chinese leadership, and he seems unlikely to raise any money by selling players.

There appears to be a 30M offer for Bacca coming from China, and there are rumors of a possible DS for Zaza exchange with Juve, which would give us a replacement for Bacca (I hope this does not happen).

Also, talk continues on Deulofeu, but I don't see what we can offer to Everton. Also, we are talking winger / forward, not sure this is what we really need right now.

This post has been edited by Forza Milan!: Jan 5 2017, 08:43 PM

Zaza is sh*t.

Indeed. As a reminder, see.

Failed at West Ham. Failed at the Euros. Ideal Milan panic buy.

Ideal Galliani panic buy.

Apparently Niang to Arsenal remains surprisingly on.

Would be great. Niang is mentally not in it any more. Even at his best his effort and usefulness are questionable.

I don't get why we don't do any transfer efforts. Adriano, Niang and a few other could at least be trimmed off and we could try and get one or two decent players instead. I'm not saying we're gonna sign Ronaldo, but...?

Selling is (much) harder than buying, especially if you want to get some cash out of the deal.

^^ Yup exactly. Clubs know we're selling because he's bad. At this moment in time we wouldn't get a jot above 12 million for him. Dead loss, while his performance in the first half of the season would have warranted at least 18.

Sell for 12 I say. At this rate, we'll get even less in the summer.

The quoted sum is 20M. Arsene apparently 'really wants' him.

I read today that we have sent an offer for Deulofeu for 500K for the loan with an option to buy at 18 Million. I have only seen the guy play a few times, but anyone young and promising is a good player to have come off the bench. Plus 18M isn't much in today's market. He would bring another option on the wing which is necessary at this point. It seems that we won't be doing any real business this window (admittedly no team has done much business), so this is better than nothing as far as I'm concerned.

What do you guys think?

I think it's a good buy. I think we're really thin on the wings. Delofeu if I'm not wrong, comes from the Barca school, so in a lot of ways, he's almost exactly similar to Suso. We're too dependent on Jack and Suso at the moment on the wings, thanks to Niang's wretched form and desperately need cover there.

My worry is that he comes from a different league, so I'm concerned about his ability to adjust quickly.