[bigmacmtl]

Livorno president Aldo Spinelli has admitted he will allow star striker Cristiano Lucarelli to leave the club.

However, any interested parties will have to meet Lucarelli's release clause - which stands at €9million (£6.4million).

Lucarelli has clashed with Spinelli over the sacking of coach Daniele Arrigoni and he has stated that he wants to leave.

"My history with Livorno is over. It is clear that Spinelli is trying to force me out of the club, I do not want there to be any doubts," explained Lucarelli.

"The president told me that with my behaviour I am influencing the atmosphere and the team.

"I thought I could only influence the club with my goals, having scored 85 times in this shirt. I wanted to stay here for life, evidently I was wrong,"

Spinelli had reacted by stating the 31-year-old can leave.

"I cannot block him and if he wants to leave this club then he can go," said Spinelli.

"He has a clause and if there is a club willing to pay that price then I will honour our deal and let him leave.

"In January Palermo were interested in Lucarelli, but they didn't want to pay enough. Obviously I would be sorry to see him go as I would like him to stay until 2010.

"I don't know if Cristiano really wants to leave Livorno, even if I understand that at the age of 31 he could have the wish to try a big move."

-Skysports

[bigmacmtl]

I think we should sell pippo and lucarelli could be his replacement. obviously the two dont have the exact same style but for 9 million we can afford it. Considering pippos age i think it's time to go and many other vets will probably leave + if we end up getting another forward this i hope his young, so the arrival of lucarelli would add some experience in the attack. funny how no one has really mentionned him as a possible transfer target. thing is i've herd of juve going after him before so i wont be surprised if they end up getting him. but hey! for once i'd like to see us beat sumone to a tranfser, lately we seem to only get the scraps...

This post has been edited by bigmacmtl: Mar 24 2007, 02:37 AM

[bigmacmtl]

oops i should have put this in transfers. maybe one of the moderators caan move this topic?
thank you!

[Portman]

Typical Fester move. Yeah... maybe Inzaghi will be out by the end of the season (34 yo). And Lucarelli could be a good replacement.

We'll see.

[HasanHasanly]

I dont understand why we should "sell" pippo. He is old and he himself will retire, give him a chance to end his career in Milan!

[Bluesummers]

Lucarelli would be a very good striker if we were to take this offer, but i doubt it. He is one of my favorite italian strikers, its a shame he isn't used much in the international level. The diver takes his place, which imo isn't right.

[misha]

He's 31 and isn't worth the effort IMO

[Bluesummers]

He's 31 and isn't worth the effort IMO

For inzaghi he is the perfect replacement. His shot and positioning are absolutely perfect. I adore lucarelli and i think he is better than inzaghi(only this season). But right now there are no young strikers in the market who will move so its better to settle for leftovers than nothing at all. With the diver, oli, ronaldo we dont have that much force in the attack. inzaghi looks like he is done, and boreillo should not be mentioned.

[misha]

For inzaghi he is the perfect replacement.  His shot and positioning are absolutely perfect.  I adore lucarelli and i think he is better than inzaghi(only this season).  But right now there are no young strikers in the market who will move so its better to settle for leftovers than nothing at all.  With the diver, oli, ronaldo we dont have that much force in the attack.  inzaghi looks like he is done, and boreillo should not be mentioned.

That's why we need world class forward for next season (R10, Eto'o...) I don't think that Lucarelli will agree to be 3/4 striker after being symbol and idol of Livorno (also politically) .

[bigmacmtl]

That's why we need world class forward for next season (R10, Eto'o...) I don't think that Lucarelli will agree to be 3/4 striker after being symbol and idol of Livorno (also politically) .

well if he's a true competitor he'll make the jump, i mean only he has control over how well he does. if he plays well enough he could be a starter. besides where else will he go? to giuve where he'll be in the same position?

[misha]

well if he's a true competitor he'll make the jump, i mean only he has control over how well he does. if he plays well enough he could be a starter. besides where else will he go? to giuve where he'll be in the same position?

He will be 32 next month and never played in the big team before. It's very hard to make adjustments at that age and I don't think Milan is the club for these experiments

[bigmacmtl]

He will be 32 next month and never played in the big team before. It's very hard to make adjustments at that age and I don't think Milan is the club for these experiments

we'll we seem to like to do it with with unprooven brazilians for nearly 15 million... (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) . lucarelli is a prooven goalscorer in serie a. i dont see him playing lots of CL with us, but he would be a great sub , and start serie a matches right before CL games.

This post has been edited by bigmacmtl: Mar 24 2007, 06:47 PM

[misha]

we'll we seem to like to do it with with unprooven brazilians for nearly 15 million... (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) . lucarelli is a prooven goalscorer in serie a. i dont see him playing lots of CL with us, but he would be a great sub , and start serie a matches right before CL games.

He was top scorer in Spain and 26 years old (not 32) and the time was running out for obvious reasons.

There is a difference scoring for Livorno and scoring for Milan (see Gila who was a prooven goalscorer for Parma too)

[han2503]

He was top scorer in Spain and 26 years old (not 32) and the time was running out for obvious reasons.

There is a difference scoring for Livorno and scoring for Milan (see Gila who was a prooven goalscorer for Parma too)

Exactly

Lucarelli is a good striker, definately better then Pippo, in the technical aspect but spending 8 million on a 31 year old when we need to rejuvinate our squad and spend some serious money on other areas is not a good idea.

We need someone young for the attack like Pato who will be eased into the squad gradually. R9 will be back to 100% next season, Oli and Gila also will hopefully get their act together so it would be realhard for someone like Lucarelli to break into the team, where as if we get someone like Pato we could ease him in slowly without and pressure to deliver immediately because he has experianced players around him.

Lucarelli is not the answer for us.

[Bluesummers]

Right now we have:

Diver age 24
Olive age 26
Borriello age 24
inzaghi age 33
ronaldo age 30


Inzaghi and boriello are going to be out next season so that leaves us with:

oliv
diver
ronaldo
Lucarelli (if we sign him)

Now think about it like this. Lucarelli doesn't need to play CL for us, but he sure can help assist us in serie A. Ronaldo can't start every game, and the diver and oliv can't score every game too. Luca, can score against chievo and all the smaller teams, which is good because i think we as fans deserve a scudetto soon. Unless we sign toni, i dont see pato making the difference in games. Look at gourcuff, he barely gets playing time. What makes you think that pato will be any different. Milan is not a club who raises youngsters like arsenal, we repair careers, and take them from there prime and retire them.


Furthermore, instead of wasting money, we can sign R10 and sign luca for cheap and we will be garunteed goals. I would rather not waste our money on huntelaar and see to it that he turns out like gilardino. Lucarelli wont stay for long aswell, so we can use his skillz temporarily till some strikers worthy of sheva/ronaldos shoes comes along so we can fill them.

This post has been edited by Bluesummers: Mar 24 2007, 08:11 PM