[Danny]

Been quoted almost a billion Euros by Silvio. Clearly we're interested in selling now, albeit he can't afford the full price so wants shares.

[X-Offender]

€900 million is an insane price tag. How about €600 million, dear ol' Silvio?

[Danny]

€900 million is an insane price tag. How about €600 million, dear ol' Silvio?

Milan, despite our precious current mess, is still a gigantic brand, and we're definitely worth that kind of money commercially. But it's not our 'football' value in terms of how good we are right now, and your 600 is probably fair in that context.

[han2503]

Milan, despite our precious current mess, is still a gigantic brand, and we're definitely worth that kind of money commercially. But it's not our 'football' value in terms of how good we are right now, and your 600 is probably fair in that context.

It's still a huge brand, but atm we're just not up there, sure we have cleared most of our debts. But for a club that isn't going to be making CL football next year and isn't there this year it won't be easy to sell for our true worth, which according to Forbes is around the sum Silvio wants

At least we're still able to attract big sponsorship deals

[Danny]

It's still a huge brand, but atm we're just not up there, sure we have cleared most of our debts. But for a club that isn't going to be making CL football next year

You had us down for top 3. You told me we'd be top 3 while I said 5 was my optimistic target.

and isn't there this year it won't be easy to sell for our true worth, which according to Forbes is around the sum Silvio wants

Indeed, lack of CL is a problem for us these days, but as I reason in the next paragraph, it's not the only source of income. Or even our biggest. We'd get about £30M for winning the CL (not happening any time soon), but 'only' about £15M for group stage then last 16, while this deal nets us a guaranteed £20M a year.

At least we're still able to attract big sponsorship deals

Like I said before, Emirates, being a massive company based in the Middle East, is a no-brainer for them to sponsor us - Milan are gigantic in many nations in Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philipines, Thailand) and Middle East (majority of all Muslim football fans are Milan and we're huge especially in India).

We wouldn't get a deal like this from a Russian oil company or a Walmart, but from a company who will use our name to exploit custom in the region we're most fertile in. Makes perfect sense for both sides. Quite a lot of big airlines out there, Qatar, Etihad etc.

[han2503]

You had us down for top 3. You told me we'd be top 3 while I said 5 was my optimistic target.



Indeed, lack of CL is a problem for us these days, but as I reason in the next paragraph, it's not the only source of income. Or even our biggest. We'd get about £30M for winning the CL (not happening any time soon), but 'only' about £15M for group stage then last 16, while this deal nets us a guaranteed £20M a year.



Like I said before, Emirates, being a massive company based in the Middle East, is a no-brainer for them to sponsor us - Milan are gigantic in many nations in Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philipines, Thailand) and Middle East (majority of all Muslim football fans are Milan and we're huge especially in India).

We wouldn't get a deal like this from a Russian oil company or a Walmart, but from a company who will use our name to exploit custom in the region we're most fertile in. Makes perfect sense for both sides. Quite a lot of big airlines out there, Qatar, Etihad etc.

At this point I can't see us actually getting back into contention. Unless I see some improvement I'm not hopeful of any European football. I still stand by my point, that this Serie A is so terrible, with so many inconsistent teams, that anyone has a very realistic shot at making 3rd. Fact is Napoli are bad, and Inter are even worse than us

But at this point, I don't see anything encouraging in our performances. Maybe we can still make it, but I'm not as optimistic as I was before seeing us deteriorating more and more each week