[Tennie]

(from his tribute page on acmilan.com)
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Marco Van Basten, born in 1964, was probably one of the strongest and most complete strikers in the history of football. The Dutchman could run 100 meters in less than 11 seconds, could dribble, run, had technique, was acrobatic and precise and had a great vision of the game. In his repertory of goals there were any number of solutions and his class was cristallized when he 'danced' with the ball like a ballerina (which is how he got his nickname, 'the Swan of Utrecht'). At Milan from 87/88, he won the first scudetto of the Berlusconi era. In Sacchi's Milan he became an unstoppable force. Playing 147 games in Serie A (90 goals) and 54 games in Cups (34 goals). He won 4 scudetti, 3 Champions Cups (CL) and 2 Intercontinental Cups. In testimony of his power, he also won the Pallon d'Or three times. Because of trouble with his ankle, after three operations Marco Van Basten retired from football in 1995.

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MVB deserves a thread too!

[Danny]

Apparently we offered him for Vialli in '88. Direct swap with Juve.

[X-Offender]

Apparently we offered him for Vialli in '88. Direct swap with Juve.

What do you mean?

[Danny]

What do you mean?

Breaking story within the past couple of hours. We offered him to Juve for Vialli in '88 - straight swap.

EDIT: Had no idea how to reword it to expand further so basically repeated myself (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

This post has been edited by Danny: Oct 31 2014, 03:18 PM

[X-Offender]

Breaking story within the past couple of hours. We offered him to Juve for Vialli in '88 - straight swap.

EDIT: Had no idea how to reword it to expand further so basically repeated myself (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

But why? We had just signed him, and he was one of the world's finest at that point. Very weird.

[Danny]

But why? We had just signed him, and he was one of the world's finest at that point. Very weird.

Beats me too, but that's the story.