We really are shedding all the dross. And I suspect the Paletta thing might be related to our latest interest in Badelj.

Has anyone read the rumors about Cristiano Ronaldo? How ridiculous would that be. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Not holding my breath, though.

Too bad we added one with Borini (IMG:style_emoticons/default/puke.gif)

Badelj would come for a minimal fee of around 7m from what I'm reading and he mostly depends on if we can get rid of one of Monto or Sosa.

Both will be hard to get rid of as neither want to leave, have high wages and very few teams will be interested.

Having Badelj being Biglia's sub would be perfect for us and would be a huge upgrade over what we had last season

Locatelli is what worries me, it's obvious he's not going to get a look in next season. We should really look at teams we could loan him and Cutrone to


F & M apparently had the balls to enquire about him while they were meeting Mendes last week. Even if we somehow have the financial clout to pull something like that off, I can't see Ronaldo accepting a move where he doesn't have CL football. It would totally throw him off the Ballon d'Or race which is something he values a lot

Don't know if it's been mentioned already, but apparently we've offered Bayern 10M for Sanches' loan + 35-40M for the right to buy. Whereas Bayern value him at around 55-60M and have declined our offer.

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If a Porto fan is warning us off this one, I'd take that advice.

It's a no from me.

A Porto fan is biased towards Benfica players in the first place, yes?

Most likely

If this deal is with an option to buy it's a no brainer for me. We don't really stand to lose anything.

If it's an obligation to buy we should definitely pass and look at other players with different profiles who would be more useful for us. For that kind of money we could try to go for Cesc or Kovacic

I believe he has the talent to make it, but we already have Kessie, so you have to weigh all the pros and cons here. An option to buy gives us the chance to get one of the most highly rated young players with little very little downside for us . But with an obligation to buy, I'd rather see us invest in someone who will be an instant upgrade like the 2 aforementioned players rather than someone who might become top class

Had it in my head he was a Porto player!

Still a no from me.

There were rumblings over the weekend that Fassone and Mirabelli were up to...something. Nobody's quite sure what, however.

This morning's press (mostly gazzetta) reports that Kalinic's agent is in Milano and that deal may go forward. There are also more Zlatan rumors. Milan's first bid for Renato Sanches was turned down. Tuttosport says we're looking at Aderlecht midfielder Leander Dendoncker as an alternative to Sanches. And also one piece from Marca stating that Diego Costa is tired of waiting for Atletico and may be evaluating other offers.

so basically press knows nothing and they are moving in same circles for striker

Nobody knows anything at this point. They just write for the sake of it.

Nah, not true - these sites live on advertising revenue. No content no revenue. So they make stories. It's not for sh*ts and giggles, it's to get hits and raise the rev up.

Yeah, that's what I was trying to say.

The world is one big ad now.