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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]

han u surprise me !! It was last season ... We agreed till the winter break of last season then I could go up to the San Siro and smack him with my slippers (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

But i never really went all out and I have Capin Jack at my side too u know how he hates Gila (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

On the Dida talk .. Well, at the end of it he remains to be our number 1. And for our sake (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) I hope he keeps at his world class ability and helps us go to Moscow


btw .. Kaka' ws instrumental for us, yes !! I am not saying no. But it isn't a one man show. I mean, where did Maldini go ? And Ambrosini ? And Pirlo ? and Gattuso  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)   ? and Nesta ?

Even Dida, I mean if he hadn't stopped that Gerard drive, we wouldn't be celebrating an Athena triumph

I'm pretty sure it was for the end of this one. I'll go back in the archives and check (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

(IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) The Cap'n loves Gila and you know it (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

And that's what scares me, that he will be our number one next season. And for the record, Dida used to be world class, as in, past tense, he's not anymore.

Of course the others were instrumental but sometimes you've got to admit that it was a 1 man show in Certain games, where if he didn't produce his moments of brilliance we wouldn't have gone through. And again the team had to wprk twice as hard on more then one occasion to recoup from a Dida howler. Games angainst Bayern and Man U flash into my mind when I mention this

It wasn't that good of a shot, but still would have kissed Dida's feet for saving it at that particular moment. But again, going back on past events to justify and mistakes that he makes in the now is not right. Fact is that moments like that rarely come from him anymore when it used to be what was expected of him in every game. Now I just pray that he doesn't flap or make a huge howler that will cost us a game (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)