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Milan are seeking Söder
Friday 10 October, 2008

Milan are being linked with Swedish young gun Robin Söder, who played for IFK Goteborg against Atalanta last night.

The Rossoneri are looking to find a new generation of stars to join the likes of Alexandre Pato and Alberto Paloschi in building a bright future for the club.

And one name that is reportedly on the radar is that of 17-year-old Swede Söder, who is already in his nation's Under-21 squad.

Söder played for IFK Goteborg against Atalanta last night and Milan scouts were in attendance.

“I know that the Rossoneri are amongst the clubs interested in him,” ex-Atalanta striker Glenn Stromberg revealed.

“They have been watching him for ages and I know they had someone at the stadium just to watch him.”

Söder has scored five goals in 10 games for Goteborg this season as well as finding the net against Basel in a Champions League preliminary clash.

::channel4::

"For ages"? Who is this kid?

[han2503]

Yes Borriello had the talent, he showed it once or twice when he was given a chance the season before he was shipped out. The reason he was brought back is that he showed his worth and thus he came back.

Yes but if Carlo is as you say so good at noticing the talent in players then why didn't he play him before he was shipped out for a co-ownership deal and we had to cough up 10mil to get him back?

Clearly they didn't even expect him to do anything worthwhile at Genoa, otherwise they would have loaned him instead of selling half of his contract.

You even saw the talent, so why couldn't Carlo see it and give him more time? Rather then playing Pippo or Gila who both were firing blanks all season long during the season before he was shipped out

Milan didn't loose Gourcuff, Milan loaned him out to get a chance at first team football. For all we know, he could be a first team starter next season (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

BordoueX have an option to buy, thus this gives them first dibs on the player. Why in their right minds would they let him head back to Milan for free when the could keep him for another season or 2 to continue upping his price tag then sell him for a much larger sum?

And Pato ... Dunga benched him, Carlo benched him ... Does that me they want to kill his motivation ?! I mean, both Dunga and Carlo pointed out that the kid lacks something and in that aspect we know very little about, as THEY are the experts while all we see is 30 or 90 mins of the kid per week.

Dunga wuld prefer playing a lazy @ss Adriano or the worthless Jo ahead of Pato. While Dunga's problem with Pato was that he wasn't aware of the offside line as he'd like him to be. I don't beleive for a second his reasonings and even if Pato is missing that something he sure as hell has a lot more to offer then those two combined no matter what is said about him.

Let's just say that a Pato with a low morale will surely put him back when it comes to performances, therefore Carlo can bench him.

Don't go overboard han, if you feel that you want to stick with your assumptions that Galliani is stingy and Carlo is out to get rid of every youth player there is in his team then I'm not stopping you, just telling you as a friend that there might be something that we all are missing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

There might be something we are missing but there is also a chance that I myself and several others on here are right and we'll see some things change for the positive once Carlo's stint as Milan's coach is over. Mainly youth finally being given a decent chance to break through

[Rossoneri7]

Yes but if Carlo is as you say so good at noticing the talent in players then why didn't he play him before he was shipped out for a co-ownership deal and we had to cough up 10mil to get him back?

Clearly they didn't even expect him to do anything worthwhile at Genoa, otherwise they would have loaned him instead of selling half of his contract.

You even saw the talent, so why couldn't Carlo see it and give him more time? Rather then playing Pippo or Gila who both were firing blanks all season long during the season before he was shipped out

Well, at the time Milan had Ronaldo, Pato (who played in Jan), Gilardino, Inzaghi and Paloschi.

And just like Gourcuff is getting a chance to express himself at another team, Borriello took his chance and earned a call back to San Siro.

Carlo chose to send him out for reasons we don't really know. Hence, i would rather not 'assume' anything, considering Carlo has him playing as a starter in almost every game he is available for.

BordoueX have an option to buy, thus this gives them first dibs on the player. Why in their right minds would they let him head back to Milan for free when the could keep him for another season or 2 to continue upping his price tag then sell him for a much larger sum?

I dont know if they can buy him, but even so ... Whats the problem ? If Gourcuff proves to the Milan technical staff that he is worthy, then he will remain in Milan.

Keep in mind han, this is not football manager (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Dunga wuld prefer playing a lazy @ss Adriano or the worthless Jo ahead of Pato. While Dunga's problem with Pato was that he wasn't aware of the offside line as he'd like him to be. I don't beleive for a second his reasonings and even if Pato is missing that something he sure as hell has a lot more to offer then those two combined no matter what is said about him.

Let's just say that a Pato with a low morale will surely put him back when it comes to performances, therefore Carlo can bench him.

Pato is great. But you just need to draw a line between what you 'assume' and what 'might' be the case. And when i say what might be the case, i am giving Dunga the benefit of the doubt.

Pato is 18 (or 19) years old, he plays for the number 1 team in the world and is selected to represent the number 1 national team in the world. His morale is higher than that of every player his age around the world !!

He has his whole career to showcase his talent, but at the moment, he needs to listen to his trainers cause they know exactly what he is missing.

There might be something we are missing but there is also a chance that I myself and several others on here are right and we'll see some things change for the positive once Carlo's stint as Milan's coach is over. Mainly youth finally being given a decent chance to break through

So you are convinced Carlo is a youth-killer (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Ah well, dont hold your breath buddy, Milan wont have an average age of 25 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

[han2503]

I'm not going to reply to your entire post because if I do the cycle will never end. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) So let's agree to deisagree on the subject.

So you are convinced Carlo is a youth-killer (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Ah well, dont hold your breath buddy, Milan wont have an average age of 25 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

I'm not saying he's a youth killer, but rather that he believes that a club as big as Milan does not have any time to invest in these players.

I don't even want an everage age that low, I don't want us to be Arsenal. But to see players like Emerson or Favalli who can barely jog 2 meters without nearly falling, over talented kids such as Albertazzi/Darmian/Cardacio, really p!sses me off. And I'm not even saying I want them to play in a CL semi. But to give these kids chances in games such as these early UEFA Cup ties, which let's face it, we're walking through with our second string teams and in the Coppa games.

As for the Football Manager comment, Yoann's value has already gone up twice if not 3 times to what it was when he was loaned out. If Bordeoux make the loan deal permanent with him, and he keeps playing the way he is for them, you can rest assured that he will be sold for a large sum

This post has been edited by han2503: Nov 6 2008, 06:47 PM