[Danny]

MILAN ARE BACK.

We have just signed Italy's (formerly?) best team's prize defender. A man Allegri called a 'leader of the dressing room' three weeks ago.

This is a statement guys. The biggest we've made in almost a decade. It's one thing trying to big up all the defenders (honest pros most of them) that we had in recent years, Alex, Mexes, Zapata etc - trying to fob off some kind of legitimacy such rubbish had for being in our shirt, quite another signing a player of this quality direct from our rivals and weakening them.

Meanwhile we EVEN GET RID OF MDS AND GET 10M FOR HIM INTO THE BARGAIN!!!!

This has turned into a great window, and while we cannot get too far ahead of ourselves, this is the spending and level of transfer we needed.

We have to already be strong contenders now for Scudetto and UEL. And yes, before Bonucci I wasn't even looking at either. But that for me is an absolutely colossal signing.

Changes everything.

[han2503]

Not all perfect - we appear to be spunking away 80M on Silva and Sanches. But we have spent the other portion well on the Musacchios, Bonuccis, Calhanoglu etc.

For me Silva and Sanches are Galliani calibre signings. Spending too much on dross.

And yes, I stand by my opinion on Silva. Only he can change that.

Galliani wouldn't have had the foresight to sign Silva even if it hit him straight between his eyes.

You're basing all your opinions on Silva on pretty much nothing. Can you please at least have an open mind with regards to him? Because it sounds like you've already made up your mind and I don't understand how...

Sanches imo is still a long way away and I don't think we'll get him in the end, so let's not jump off the deep end, I personally like him and think he has a lot of potential but the number quoted is too much

[Danny]

Galliani wouldn't have had the foresight to sign Silva even if it hit him straight between his eyes.

You're basing all your opinions on Silva on pretty much nothing. Can you please at least have an open mind with regards to him? Because it sounds like you've already made up your mind and I don't understand how...

What I saw and what I've read. No, I don't have an open mind on this. It's nonsense to be open minded when it comes to football - I've entirely changed my philosophy on it. If I like a player, great. If not, it's down to him to prove me wrong.

Why exactly SHOULD I have an open mind to him? I think he's a bad signing. I will support him and hope him to be a great one and me wrong, but I don't see any more why my opinion should be held on ice.

For me Silva doesn't do anything Suso doesn't. Same scoring rate roughly, same role in the team. Admittedly Suso is more of a winger, but essentially both fulfil that same support role. And up front is where we need a goalscorer. And amusingly I'd rate Suso considerably above Silva given he's done it in Italy, regardless of how consistently.