[Fishdoll]

Every day, Milannews publishes a 'letter to the editor' from a fan. Usually they're all but impossible to read and not really particularly interesting.

Today's is an exception and so I'm going to do my best to translate it here.

link to original. (X-Off, please feel free to correct the translation)

The End of Milan.

Dear rossoneri friends. Today was a very black day for those who hold to these colors. Before the press conference I was motivated, now I couldn't feel any worse. Not that it wasn't predictable. But today's press conference confirms the end of hope for millions of fans of seeing THEIR Milan competitive, as should be one of the oldest and winningest clubs in Italy (even before the Berlusconi era).

Everyone enjoys creating false expectations over the summer, including the dailies that otherwise couldn't make sales, but from today Milan even abandons them.

It's the end of an era, Berlusconi reached some eyars ago the objective of popularity that AC Milan could've given him, now it's useless to create illusions. The only hope is that in the future, someone will come forward to buy Milan. Stop, there are no other possibilities.

Today we saw the latest episode, with doormat journalists as non-paying spectators, with the usual 'We're good as we are', false information both from a sporting point of view (for example, comments about Leonardo, Abbiati, or Thiago Silva) and from an economic-financial point of view (Anyone wiht a minimum of experience with the budgets of athletic teams knows that what Berlusconi said today was for the most part lies).

The market coups are Ronaldinho and Thiago Silva (supposing that this interest of Real for Thiago wasn't invented by management just in time for the resumption of training, given the historical frienship between the Real and Milan management).

Personally, I'll remain a milanista anyway, I'll live on memories in expectation of better times. Clearly I won't spend another euro for the stadium or for pay-tv.

[Jack Sparrow]

No. You cancel a contract by paying them the remainder of the wages. You can rescind also, if both parties reach an agreement and you pay them a little bit of the total owed wage and you agree to go seperate ways. For this:

1. The club and the player need to be on good terms.
2. The player needs to be confident he will get a playing contract elsewhere soon.
3. The club needs to be willing to forego the chance to earn any transfer fee by making him a free agent.

It's difficult for all three to come together. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

As for the letter, bah! It's nothing new. It's the same as everything else. Every fan on one hand wants us to be financially responsible, but wants big superstars at the same time. The trouble is superstars in each person's mind differs. Some want Messi, others want Essien it doesn't matter.

People talk of Dzeko and every player. The thing is what if the superstars flop??? Chelsea bought Sheva and he flopped. But they were Chelsea and could survive. Same with Barca and Chryginisky. If Diego and Amauri don't come good soon, Juve might be in a soup too.

Milan cannot survive something like that.

I don't see Roma pushing like they did last season. That was them getting a second wind. Soon the new-coach magic will wear out..and they'll be in trouble again without finances.

Inter? I'm confident in Benitez. They'll fook up again! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)