[Danny]

What a Confederations Cup Luis Fabiano had. Top scorer and looked a world beater. Been prominent for the national team since Dunga's reign, with a quite frightening scoring rate. Didn't have maybe quite as brilliant a season for Sevilla last year, despite them finishing a sturdy 3rd, but no one would doubt his quality.

In today's silly market of Kaka going for 56M, C Ron costing 80M and Alonso 30 not to mention Santa Cruz for 18M, prices are insane, and a striker of Fabiano's quality would be worth 20-30M easily.

Yet Sevilla only wanted about 15-18M tops? And Milan refused to go higher than about 8M?

The Fabiano case is a curious one - a world class striker who's played at the highest levels and done well in them, including a fantastic Confeds Cup, yet Milan, a team not completely poor if not quite Man City refuse to pay what he's worth?

Refuse to pay anything more than about 8M?

And then a month or so later sign KJH for about 13M?

So, we wouldn't pay that money for Fabiano, but would for KJH.

I don't quite understand that.

[mishie]

We have an agreement with wolfsburg that goes along these lines. If by the end of the group stages of the CL, Milan qualify to the round of 16 and wolfsburg do not, then we can sign Dzeko for a fee of 20 million in January. That is his release clause that he has built in his contract. If however, wolfsburg qualify or we decide to buy him next summer, that deal is still in existence.

It's common knowledge that he had that release clause put in so it won't be a exclusive thing just for us..after all 2 or 3 EPL clubs looked at him so who's to say thay won't buy him..or is this another smokescreen scenario you love so much