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Toni: I signed for Milan
Friday 4 January, 2008

Azzurri striking star Luca Toni has revealed that he put pen to paper with Milan last summer before joining Bayern Munich.

The towering 31-year-old left Fiorentina for the Bundesliga for around £7m, but he had been contacted by a number of Serie A clubs during his time in Tuscany.

While interest from Inter and Juventus never developed into concrete offers, it now seems that Toni had practically signed for the world champions.

“Everyone knows that I nearly joined Inter two years ago and that Juventus were interested in signing me,” the ex-Brescia man told Il Giornale.

“However, with Milan it went a lot further – I had already signed a contract. I could also have been a Roma player as they nearly signed me when I was playing for Cisco Roma.”

Toni has impressed in the Bundesliga, despite Bayern’s recent woes, but he is still following Serie A with interest.

“Inter are the strongest side and they have a bit more than Roma and Milan,” he stated.

“The Nerazzurri are certainly a better side than the Rossoneri and it isn’t just the derby that shows us that.”

The Modena native’s thoughts then turned to Euro 2008 and Italy’s Group of death with France, Holland and Romania.

“I’m raring to go, but we can feel the responsibility on our shoulders,” he explained.

“It’s not a Group of iron as much as a Group of steel and we can get through. The important thing is to get to the game against France with qualification already assured.”

Toni concluded by giving the peninsula’s giants his tip for the winter transfer window.

“Sign Diego from Werder Bremen,” he commanded. “He is a very, very good player and one of the few fantasistas still around who can decide a game.”


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Why not Silvio?? (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

[han2503]

a new low ?! r u claiming that i have gone to a low ?

In your criticism of Gila yes. Not you as a person don't get me wrong.

But you have to admit, that you will find new ways of criticiseing Gila no matter what, even if he isn't playing, next thing you know you'll be criticising the way he sits down on the subs bench and because he does it so badly that is why the team are losing (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

And I seriously can't understand how you could stay behind and support a player like Dida and not Gila.

But to compare Pippo and Ronaldo is also wrong. Pippo is fit and Ronaldo has a recurring problem that makes him out for months.

Pippo has also been injured this season not as consistantly but he has. And with his it's always a scare that he will get injured seriously and will be out for most of the season.

Milan, as it seems has a policy that is different to the Juve policy. We keep our players even after they are past or behind their best cause we have a unique team and cohesion. Everything you said about Pippo could also go on Maldini, or Cafu, or,...they all could have retired on star highs. But, if Pippo says I'll stay for one more, I won't be against it. I'll respect his decision, cause for all that he has done for us in the past, he deserved that respect and such a solution.

And I respect that policy, but I'm an avid believer that a great player should retire on a high, a player like Cafu should have retired 2 seasons ago, and Paolo will retire this season because he himself knows that he can;t keep it up any more and let's face it, this season he hasn't been playing well. Last season he was still doing well but this season is pushing it to it's limits.

It's simple:

1) I don't wan't certain players to retire, I just want new players join (as soon as possible)
2) I stay behind every Milan player from the starting 11, even behind Dida cause I respect them all. But that does not mean that I'm not critical when needed

1. But if certain players don't retire then no new players will join in, because thats Gallaini's policy. That's why people want certain players to retire, I for one love Sergio and Pippo and let's not even get started on Paolo. But the reason I want them to retire is because I know that if they do stay on then no new players will be brought in, at least not quality ones

2. So do I (except for Dida, who just did one too many goofs for me to actually still have it in me to keep supporting him when I know that having him in between the sticks is causing harm to the club)

[Rossoneri7]

In your criticism of Gila yes. Not you as a person don't get me wrong.

But you have to admit, that you will find new ways of criticiseing Gila no matter what, even if he isn't playing, next thing you know you'll be criticising the way he sits down on the subs bench and because he does it so badly that is why the team are losing  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

And I seriously can't understand how you could stay behind and support a player like Dida and not Gila.

Well, might I remind u that last season 'we' had an agreement that I could bash Gilardino as much as I want had he not turned out to be the player u preach he will become ?! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)


Dida ?? Dida is much more effective to the team than Gilardino. Whether he is having a bad patch now is something else, but he is world class undoubtedly ... Therefor there is a reason I defend him ahead of Gila, for starters he won us so much (as the saying goes; a Gkeeper is half of the team (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) )

[Fillipo Simone]

Well, might I remind u that last season 'we' had an agreement that I could bash Gilardino as much as I want had he not turned out to be the player u preach he will become ?! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
Dida ?? Dida is much more effective to the team than Gilardino. Whether he is having a bad patch now is something else, but he is world class undoubtedly ... Therefor there is a reason I defend him ahead of Gila, for starters he won us so much (as the saying goes; a Gkeeper is half of the team (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) )

Dida was world class, and occasionally can repeat some of that...
Gila never was world class and that's it.

BUT

Dida's past.
Gila still can reach a world class level (hard, but still,..)