[han2503]

All Summer Transfer talk here

Let's hope it's a good one

[han2503]

It's hard to predict what's going on right now. Things could very well go smoothly, M&M will renew, and we'll end up signing Botman, Sanches, De Ketelaere and Origi. Or things could go differently...

The best thing to do is switch off any notifications, stop reading websites, and come back when the league starts. I'm honestly getting tired of this.

Now there are reports coming out of France that PSG are interested in Sanches. If we lose out on him I'll tear my hair out I swear.

This new ownership is already raising red flags for me. How do you not move heaven and earth to keep a management team that has brought insanely good results?? Just ridiculous that we're moving into the final 2 weeks of June and their contracts have not been sorted.

All while all the market operations seem to be at a complete standstill and oil clubs like Newcastle and PSG are sniffing around our targets FFS!

I honestly cannot do what you're saying. I can't switch off, because now I'm f@cking worried about where we're heading. I really hope we do not undo 3 years of impeccable work within the space of a few weeks

Bennacer is an essential element to the team.

Being offensive both in fullbacks and the attacking trident, Milan need a Bennacer type tracking opposition, killing counters and restarting plays. Yes he had been injured and whatnot, but that is part and parcel to an athletes life.

It is imperative that these reports are rebuffed by offering him assurances he will retain a starting role.


Also, wheres that Adli kid gonna fit in and is Milan bringing back Pobega? Think with the Sanchez like and those two, its gonna be a tussle for Bennacer to receive such assurances.

Adli will be rotation for now. Pobega is box-to-box, Adli is more of a creator

Bennacer has to stay. Simple as. We've let 4 key player walks for free, it cannot keep happening. Ad he has a release clause in his contract as well so that's also an issue that needs to be corrected.

This BS with the management better be sorted out be next week

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This new ownership is already raising red flags for me. How do you not move heaven and earth to keep a management team that has brought insanely good results??

I don't think it's that simple. Don't forget until the signing takes place we're still owned by Elliott, and even then Elliott would continue to own a minority stake.

The main divergence is between Maldini-Massara and Gazidis-Elliott. Paolo wants more competencies, more freedom to operate. Elliott doesn't want to allow that. Hence the long-@ss time it's taking to conclude the renewals. If it was just up to Cardinale, things would have been resolved swiftly.

There are rumours that Maldini had already talked to Investcorp in advance, and they had assured him of a top responsible role and a lucrative budget. Then Elliott changed their mind and went for RedBird, hence Paolo's infamous interview to Gazzetta afterwards.

It's a shitshow right now. I'm fairly confident in the end things will resolve, but time is running out and we're missing important targets we had blocked for months. It's unacceptable and very, very irritating.

[han2503]

I don't think it's that simple. Don't forget until the signing takes place we're still owned by Elliott, and even then Elliott would continue to own a minority stake.

The main divergence is between Maldini-Massara and Gazidis-Elliott. Paolo wants more competencies, more freedom to operate. Elliott doesn't want to allow that. Hence the long-@ss time it's taking to conclude the renewals. If it was just up to Cardinale, things would have been resolved swiftly.

There are rumours that Maldini had already talked to Investcorp in advance, and they had assured him of a top responsible role and a lucrative budget. Then Elliott changed their mind and went for RedBird, hence Paolo's infamous interview to Gazzetta afterwards.

It's a shitshow right now. I'm fairly confident in the end things will resolve, but time is running out and we're missing important targets we had blocked for months. It's unacceptable and very, very irritating.

But I don't think it's that cut and dry. I do think RedBird are involved in all big decision making because they are in effect the new ownership and whatever decisions taken now while still under Elliot will be formative under them. So while Elliot are still technically the owners of Milan until September, I'm sure all decisions Gazidis takes as CEO come with their stamp of approval as well. And I would think that their stamp is more important than Elliot's seeing as they are the ones who answer for these decisions and not Elliot down the line

I don't know what cause Maldini to come out and speak like that, if it was the change or something else. But when Paolo speaks, one has to listen and consider what he's saying very carefully. That for me already had raised flags. Now we're heading towards 2/3 of the month being over and still no renewals to the key men who are responsible for our recent success. It's just not a good look so far.



If anything is going to happen, it has to be done this week. We risk losing Renato if this stuff keeps dragging on. And if they're offering him big money as well as a bigger transfer fee to Lille we can wave goodbye to him as well. I really do hope the ground work Paolo did with him and Botman is enough to hold them off from going to these other teams, at least for another week and they will wait for us before making their final decisions.

The fact that Botman is still a Lille player when a club that has all the resources available to them like Newcastle want him, is a good sign.

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But I don't think it's that cut and dry. I do think RedBird are involved in all big decision making because they are in effect the new ownership and whatever decisions taken now while still under Elliot will be formative under them. So while Elliot are still technically the owners of Milan until September, I'm sure all decisions Gazidis takes as CEO come with their stamp of approval as well. And I would think that their stamp is more important than Elliot's seeing as they are the ones who answer for these decisions and not Elliot down the line

Yes, but bear in mind a preliminary agreement is not final until there's the closing. Right now it's not RedBird alone calling the shots, but RedBird and Elliott together. And whatever requests Maldini might have, RedBird are not just going to satisfy him and sh*t on their partners in this project.

That being said, Maldini seems to have installed a very good relationship with Cardinale already. It's being mentioned that the renewals might finally come this week. They should be for two years with option for the third.

On a side note, Sanches just posted this comment on Twitter: "Choose the best for your soul, not your ego"... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)