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Berlusconi: Bring me Adriano!
Saturday 30 June, 2007

Milan President Silvio Berlusconi admits Andriy Shevchenko is too expensive, but publicly asks Inter for Adriano!

The patron has never disguised his fondness for Sheva, even after the £30m move to Chelsea leaving the door wide open for a surprise comeback.

“Shevchenko is always in first place for me, but Roman Abramovich is asking too much. Shevchenko would have no problem in returning to us and I am convinced he would be the ideal partner for Ronaldo.”

“Our fans must relax. We will get a great player, but without rushing it, as it is important to have patience,” said the patron after missing out on David Suazo to rivals Inter.

“Cagliari offered us Suazo, then when we discovered it was not possible to sign him, we stepped aside and refused to put obstacles in Inter’s path.”

The good rapport between the two ‘cugini’ could also see a shock summer transfer, as Suazo’s arrival pushes Adriano out of the Nerazzurri squad. Could Milan swoop for the unsettled hitman?

“If only! I have always liked Adriano a great deal and think that he would be at ease at Milan among all the Brazilians we have here,” smiled Berlusconi.

“Milan are a huge family and being here would give him the opportunity to express himself at his best, just as Ronaldo already has.”

This is not the first time that the thought of Adriano wearing the Rossoneri jersey has crossed the front pages, but Berlusconi takes it a step further.

“With what happened recently I’m not sure if it will be possible, as I called Massimo Moratti to organise a friendly match so Milan and Inter could celebrate their success together, but we haven’t been able to find a date yet.

“Having said that, I repeat that I would very much like Adriano at Milan if we could reach an agreement with Inter.”

Other candidates for the forward role include Samuel Eto’o and Ronaldinho, but Barcelona have stated the pair are not for sale.

“I also want to remind fans that we already have an important new player – Ronaldo can now compete for us in the Champions League.”

Meanwhile, Milan are closing in on former Juventus and Roma midfielder Emerson, who will not be needed at Real Madrid after Fabio Capello’s dismissal.

The Brazilian, known as ‘Puma’, has reportedly already been in negotiations with the Rossoneri for some time and finally got the all-clear to leave Madrid.


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[kurtsimonw]

I think whatever we do, it's impossible to please some Milan fans.

I've seen over this transfer window that the majority of you are against 'bad @ss' players like Cassano and Adriano, regardless of the talent they have. You only feel like getting 'good boys' like Kaka', Gila or whoever.

Sheva: Is not welcomes back by the majority.
Drogba: He's not even happy to stay at Chelsea and he starts every game, what's he going to do when we play the christmas tree and he's on the bench?
Adriano: He has this 'party boy' image at Inter, because they can't handle players. So you don't want him.
Cassano: Well, we all know about his attitude.
Ronaldinho: Whether with Milan, Barca, Brazil or anybody else, he'll do things when he wants, not when the club wants. With the money we'd have to pay up for him, one bad game and the fans would turn on him, no question.
Eto'o: If he doesn't play every minute of every game, he'll start stropping and fall out with the manager.

Any good player we bring in will have their problems, we could try and fix most of them. The only one people sems happy to bring in is R10 and he's about the most 'unfixable'. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Either we get a striker with problems, or another Oli. Cassano would be the best choices, they're both young, both available, and proven in Italy.

This post has been edited by kurtsimonw: Jul 1 2007, 09:37 AM

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I've seen over this transfer window that the majority of you are against 'bad @ss' players like Cassano and Adriano, regardless of the talent they have. You only feel like getting 'good boys' like Kaka', Gila or whoever.

Why is this a bad thing?

[kurtsimonw]

Why is this a bad thing?

There aren't many good players about with a good attitude, which makes sense.

You look at any sport, 99% of the top players have an attitude problem. They know they can play, so they feel they can do/say whatever they like.

There aren't many 'professionals' around in todays game, none that are good enough to interest us anyways.