With all the attacking players we've been linked with, he now looks most likely to join. Which is a very good thing! I'm just hopefull we do what we can to sign him, and don't just give up at the first sign of difficulty.

Same here.

Born in 89 you don't have many world's top youngsters:

-Alex Pato from Brazil
-Gio dos Santos, from Barcelona
-Carlos Vela (Arsenal) from Mexico too
-Adu from the USA, maybe?

But again, Pato isn't even in Europe and already known as the hottest prospect in South America at his age. OK, he beat Pelé's record scoring a goal in a FIFA competition at the age of 17... but still.

I really hope he signs, altough we're facing Chelsea, Inter and R.Madrid competition.

Me too,...

But, we don`t need a player born in 89, speaking in general.

I`d be happy with a 27 or 29 year old one,..

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Roberto Mancini about Pato and Milan-market, yesterday:

"We were the first club to be interested, two years ago when nobody knew him. But it's very difficult to get him now but I believe he and his family would find everything fine in here. For Pato, Inter would be the ideal club.
I do not know if in the end he will go to Milan but I believe that they'll do something in this market. A big-name is what I expect."

http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/index.php?a...n=read&id=67535

Okay.. let's assume we do sign Pato.  We still need a 4th striker for the first half of the year.. any ideas?

Inter appeal to Pato

Inter boss Roberto Mancini wants to win everything this season and believes Alexandre Pato is the man who can help them get there.

“This squad is certainly stronger than last year. We have come off an extraordinary campaign and begin with the same objectives – Scudetto and Champions League,” said the Coach.

Many believe it will be tougher this year without the Calciopoli penalties holding some clubs back and of course the return of Juventus.

“We have already won the Serie A title and hope to do so again this year, but not because Juventus are back in the fray. It would be important to repeat ourselves, there is no other reason.”

Inter’s transfer activity is not yet complete and Mancini sent out an open invitation to Brazilian Under-20 sensation Pato – also in negotiations with Milan and Chelsea.

“I don’t know much about the talks with Milan, but we have been tracking Pato for two years. He was very young the first time we saw him and not many people knew him. He’s a smart boy and knows leaving home could cause problems.

“We will see what he decides, but he is aware that at Inter he could find a family-oriented environment where he could become a real star.”

The Nerazzurri’s other major target is Cristian Chivu, although today President Massimo Moratti announced they were pulling out of the race for the Roma defender.

“Chivu is a player we tracked and wanted. The negotiations were a little tricky, we’ll see how they end up,” explained Mancini.

“I understand that at a certain stage the President got tired of it, but this doesn’t change the fact Chivu is an excellent player.”

Roma accused Inter of unfair tactics in trying to tempt Chivu away with a £3.7m per season contract, but the tactician denies anything untoward.

“I did not call Chivu personally, I only rang Pavel Nedved. That’s the truth!” he smiled at this revelation about the Juventus midfielder.

“I called him because we were teammates for three years at Lazio and are friends. Perhaps a few people forgot that. I called to get information on a Czech player, Radoslav Kovac, that we were interested in. I also asked if the rumours were true that he was thinking of retiring. That’s all we discussed.”

The phone call prompted front page headlines claiming that Inter had asked Nedved to come to San Siro if he failed to agree new contract terms with Juventus.

This obviously increased the already existing tension between the two clubs in the wake of Calciopoli.

“There will certainly be rivalry on the field and that will be cranked up in the days before our games. I don’t think it was normal, what happened a year ago. Now we’re all back to square one and must have the same sporting rivalry we always did between two big clubs.”

but it's a matter of signing that certain player at last.

I hope we will have the last laugh at Inter by signing Pato, Eto'o/R10 and even Chivu!!