[misha]

According to reports in Italy, Milan are absolutely desperate to sell Nelson Dida, but are finding it an impossible task due to the goalkeeper’s astronomical wages.

Dida’s 2007/08 season with the Rossoneri was nothing short of disastrous, and there have been constant reports in the press that he will be sold this summer.

The first half of the Brazilian’s campaign was ridden with errors, including a costly one in the Milan derby before Christmas. The 34-year-old eventually lost his place to Zeljko Kalac in January, and did not feature again for the remainder of the campaign.

This coming campaign, Dida looks likely to be third choice goalkeeper behind Kalac and the returning Christian Abbiati.

With this in mind, it is being reported in Italy that Milan have no space for the 34-year-old and are absolutely desperate to offload him from their wage bill.

Unfortunately, the club are finding it impossible to find a buyer because Dida currently earns an astronomical €4.5m a season, with his contract at San Siro running until 2010.

If the Rossoneri were to release Dida on a free transfer it could cost them a small fortune in compensation. Thus Milan find themselves in a sticky situation over what exactly to do with the former Cruzeiro man.

Roberto Rossi

[han2503]

I don't know about you han .. But being a Milanfan I noticed the trophies that Milan hauled in and though they are not much for the three years, but in my book the CL, SC, and CWC have blustered the already budging trophy room. And considering the team Milan has right now, I'd say there is no real crisis. On the contrary, not considering last season was a failure (which ended with two internationally recognized trophies), Milan have done well in recent years without looking too much into detail.

Taking a shot at Galliani and calling him cheap has been rerun a lot here, but the fact remains that Italy is in a very bad financial situation (of which you have a clear idea on), and no Italian club has really splashed cash on a player, on the contrary they were all conservative in their spendings.

Maybe, you are right han ... Maybe Galliani just was too cheap and kept Dida .. Or maybe, for reasons we are unaware of, he might have renewed it to boost the player's motivation going into the CL semi final.

And about the current keeper situation, it is no secret by now that Ancelotti wants a NEW #1. The Celtic Gkeeper, Boruc, was the one who Milan showed a public interest in. And considering Dida's age, this might be his last season at Milan.

But I doubt any of what I am talking about is really a problem here ... It's just that nothing is good enough for the fans anymore. I mean, Ronaldinho being bought at a laughable price, something which Barca doesn't want to disclose .. yet there still remains room for ppl to point fingers at Galliani and co.

Sigh .. Please, don't even bother, because unless we got Buffon as our first team Gkeeper, it wont be perfect.

Just comes to show you how life is, doesn't it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Imo Boruc would have been more then a great addition and everyone would feel this way considering our other options are nothing more then average. The CL we won not because the management made smart decisions in the market if so we wouldn't have been so terrible in the league. The CL we won because of players performing out of their skin and Kaka constantly dragging the team on. It wasn't because Milan had a squad that was equiped enough for it. It's because our best players who were mediocre that season wanted it enough to take the team to the final and nothing more.

And other Italian teams not spending a lot of money? Inter were willing to break the bank for a player like Lampard the only reason that money wasn't spent was because he didn't want to go there, and they spent something like £14m for Muntari and also another big sum for Mancini. And I'm not even talking about just Inter, Fiorentina had a great mercato and spent already close to €35m.

It's not that fans can't be pleased, in fact most fans would be happy with just a quality signing where it is needed, no one is even expecting world class, our standards have been lowered these past few years compared to what was usually always expected from Milan fans.

I won't argue that 4 mil is a fairly astronomical amount, but at the same time, don't give him all the financial stick especially when the likes of Digao, Ba, Emerson and Fiori were paid for pretty much doing nothing last season, in addition to Kaka's multiple contract extensions.

He'll only play the upcoming friendly v. Man City, which puts him at a disadvantage in this battle for the top spot, since the zebra will be the starter in the Railways tournament. He won't even take part at all.

This week has been one lengthy Tilt-a-Whirl ride. I could just about use a 24-hour nap. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

All of those players are mistakes and are being kept for no reason at all, Digao we all know why he is a Milan player so there is no use in talking about it.

Brocci, Favalli and to an extent Emerson are the typical stapel of the Milan of today. Quick fixes that are ment to clog a hole that was once so small that no one minded the likes of Pancaro being brought in for cover, but these days that tiny hole has become this big thing that threatens to sink the ship if nothing is done about it.

And having a player like Kaka requires for the management to keep extending his contract that's how all the big clubs handle their star players

This post has been edited by han2503: Aug 1 2008, 12:23 PM