[han2503]

That's decent enough, but the other part of the season was dreadful and I'm not prepared to blame Allegri on that completely. I think Aquilani is unstable and injury prone, and as we saw, he cannot shake his bad form once he enters the injury cycle. He's done the same with Liverpool and Juventus. Various coaches gave up on him, and I don't think he's the right choice for Milan.

How can you expect a player to shake off bad form after an injury when all he got was 15 minute spells at the end of each game? Because that's all he was given.

A player needs time to get back into stride, and getting bit part moments in games certainly does not help the situation.

As for the signings, I think Rossi is too huge a gamble, especially if they want to stay beind Pato 100%. We'd be stuck with 2 ridiculously talented young players who can't play. Talk about frustration!!

As for Strootman, if we want to buy him than Galliani has to move in ASAP. Letting the Euros start before we make any permanent offer would be a huge mistake as we all know how these things go when there's a big summer tournament.

[kurtsimonw]

I'll go look through the stats page kurt posted. I don't think it covers the entire season but for the amount of game to assist ratio it was still very good

Yeah I stopped when Trini showed me the WhoScored website, has everything I did plus a billion other things.

Milan stats

[han2503]

Yeah I stopped when Trini showed me the WhoScored website, has everything I did plus a billion other things.

Milan stats

Thanks, I'll check that out

[X-Offender]

As for Strootman, if we want to buy him than Galliani has to move in ASAP. Letting the Euros start before we make any permanent offer would be a huge mistake as we all know how these things go when there's a big summer tournament.

I read PSV rejected all offers coming from England. Maybe van Bommel convinced both the player and the club for a Milan move.

[han2503]

I read PSV rejected all offers coming from England. Maybe van Bommel convinced both the player and the club for a Milan move.

At least losing VB will be of some use to us down the road if this happens

[Dill.B]

Some news...

MILAN ARE hopeful they can hijack Marco Verratti from the hands of rivals Juventus.

Marco Verratti was the surprise call-up in Cesare Prandelli’s provisional Euro squad: while players like Milan’s Alberto Aquilani were left out, the Serie B midfielder found space and may feature in the 2012 Euro.

The 19-year-old is having a sensational season with Pescara who are fighting for promotion to Serie A. Verratti has shown qualities this year that made people believe he’s the true heir to maestro Andrea Pirlo.

Juventus are believed to be leading the race for Verratti who is also a fan of Antonio Conte’s team but according to Il Pescara, Milan and Genoa have also joined the race for the player. The price of the player is no less than €10 million and according to the report, Milan are willing to invest €12 million in the youngster.

Milan have already invested a massive fee in signing a Serie B sensation last season – El Shaarawy. They paid €10 million for half of him so it’s not off the table that Milan will agree to spend such amount.

Calciomercato Milan: assalto a Sahin!

Prima le indiscrezioni di mercato che arrivano da Spagna e Germania, poi l'incontro a Monaco di Baviera tra Adriano Galliani e Florentino Perez. Due indizi che fanno una prova: il Milan vuole Nuri Sahin del Real Madrid. Il centrocampista turco, sbarcato in Spagna la scorsa estate, ha vissuto una stagione travagliata a causa degli infortuni, ma anche quando era in condizione non è mai stato preso in considerazione da Mourinho, che in estate porterà a Madrid un nuovo centrocampista. Sahin è stato strappato al Borussia Dortmund per 10 milioni di euro, per la stessa cifra potrebbe partire a giugno. E il Milan sta valutando seriamente questa opzione.

[maldini03]

So far I am pretty pleased with the names that we have been linked with, many of them are young guns with huge potential for growth.
We have been linked to:
Strrotman/ Sahin for that van Bommel replacement deep playmaker
Ganso & Verrati for playmakers
Rossi as a Second Striker
Ogbonna/Acerbi/Astori as defenders
All of these are good choices for this team, although bring more of a risk than others. Id say all we need if we sign some of these guys, is a solid left back, hopefully Criscito.

[CrazyMilanFan]

+1 and they seem to be realistic targets as well..

[Fillipo Simone]

Sahin would be the man we need. I'm all for it. Better then Ganso or any other name mentioned.

How can you expect a player to shake off bad form after an injury when all he got was 15 minute spells at the end of each game? Because that's all he was given.

Look I have sympathy for the guy. But honestly...a guy like Pippo needs only 10 minutes to tell you who's the boss. Aquilani just doesn't have it in him. He's okay, he has vision, but he isn't what Milan needs. I repeat - quality over quantity. We need a quality midfielder now that we have Montolivo. A Montolivo - Aquilani solution would ensure a average Milan for the next 3 years.

[acid911]

Maybe it's a Galliani lookalike?

Or maybe it's Photoshop. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

[acid911]

And oh, speaking of free players, I wouldn't be surprised if Galliani already is working on bringing in a whole bunch of them for one (or two) seasons. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) Drogba, et al.

[TheOgre]

Boateng
Noce Sahin
Strootman

Thats a midfield i can get excited about, not to mention it could be our midfield for the next 5-6 years

This post has been edited by TheOgre: May 21 2012, 03:02 AM

[Rossoneri7]

How many games did Seedorf, Ambro, Pippo and Rino start combined?

It's not like they were starting every game for you to say that their wages are still justified.

And Correct me if I'm wrong, but both Rino and Seedorf wanted to be central to Allegri's plans for next season, which also means no small salary

Justifying their wages? Brother, their wages are justified by a contract, something legit and enforceable by law. All other things are to be considered by the management (you consider them incompetent as well? well ..) Or is it you just cant stop but look at all the cons (both relevant and irrelevant)?

I am not saying you are right or wrong ... I am saying these men should have gotten respect instead of cheap swipes that you (and others) spread around painting them as sucking blood out of our world class team - seriously.

[han2503]

Sahin would be the man we need. I'm all for it. Better then Ganso or any other name mentioned.


Look I have sympathy for the guy. But honestly...a guy like Pippo needs only 10 minutes to tell you who's the boss. Aquilani just doesn't have it in him. He's okay, he has vision, but he isn't what Milan needs. I repeat - quality over quantity. We need a quality midfielder now that we have Montolivo. A Montolivo - Aquilani solution would ensure a average Milan for the next 3 years.

Comparing a poacher like Pippo to any kind of mid is just ridiculous. Strikers in general don't come into a game and change it for the most part, except for those in Pippo's mold that is. Who rely mostly on being in the right place at the right time rather than getting into the flow of the game

I personally think we need a top class CM (Sahin, Ganso, who cares at this point), and 2 backup players for the position occupied by the CM as well as Boateng's position.

Aqui can be the backup CM while Monto can take over for Boateng. I think we learnt our lesson with injuries this season, and so far there's been no talk of things changing on that front. We need to stock up and be prepared, another season with Urby as the AM is just not acceptable

Also, I think you're getting too caught up with big name talk, the fact is, we can barely afford to pay 6m for Aqui, let alone whatever woud be asked for a real top star such as Modric and the like. Sahin, is an injury situation in himself, we can't simply get him and not think about someone to rotate him with. Plus Boateng is also turning out to be a player which is made of glass

Justifying their wages? Brother, their wages are justified by a contract, something legit and enforceable by law. All other things are to be considered by the management (you consider them incompetent as well? well ..) Or is it you just cant stop but look at all the cons (both relevant and irrelevant)?

I am not saying you are right or wrong ... I am saying these men should have gotten respect instead of cheap swipes that you (and others) spread around painting them as sucking blood out of our world class team - seriously.

What?

When did I mention the merits of the leagal aspect of a contract? i don't care about that.

Where the 3.5m that Rino earned justified this season? Answer me that

[Rossoneri7]

What?

When did I mention the merits of the leagal aspect of a contract? i don't care about that.

Where the 3.5m that Rino earned justified this season? Answer me that

Justified? Did you have a crystal ball to tell if Ringo was gonna go blind in his left eye? Answer me that