[X-Offender]

Mediaset suggests that we've reached an agreement with Valencia for Rami.

We really need to sign Taarabt as well. If El Shaarawy or Menez get injured, who will replace them?

[nuh]

Joke of the day: Tuttosport reports that Milan will try to sign Falcao.

[TriniKing_CE]

One small correction: it's not Moriero (Francesco played with Inter), it's Pippo Maniero.

Thanks Fillipo... Corrected! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[TriniKing_CE]

Joke of the day: Tuttosport reports that Milan will try to sign Falcao.

I read on football-italia, in exchange for Balo.

As much as I rate Falco, I'm not sure if I would go for that... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

[X-Offender]

If Monaco are willing to directly swap him with Balotelli, we'd be idiots not to accept. I'm really hoping that Balo has a great WC so his value increases.

[Forza Milan!]

I read on football-italia, in exchange for Balo.

As much as I rate Falco, I'm not sure if I would go for that... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

This claims that Falcao is tired of Ligue 1, and that Galliani may be getting financial assistance from Doyen Sports to cover some of the transfer fee and salary. Will probably need to sell Balo to cover the rest (and that will not happen until after WC). Apparently there is less competition for Falcao than there is for Mandzukic. Real Madrid was after him, but now they have switched their focus on Suarez. Liverpool may be after Falcao if they sell Suarez.

The article also says that we will let go of our half of Paloschi for 3.5M, and that we are also after Iturbe.

For the midfield, we are after Cigarini (owned by Atalanta + Napoli) and Lodi (owned by Genoa + Catania). Looks like our chances are much better there, though Palermo is after Lodi as well.

Apparently we will keep De Sciglio e Cristante, and we are not going to sell any of our youth players.

PS: had to look into Doyen Sport, and found this. Interesting reading, scary stuff AFAIAC, and hopefully all of this is just a rumor and we are not seriously thinking about it.

This post has been edited by Forza Milan!: Jun 13 2014, 04:50 PM

[Forza Milan!]

If Monaco are willing to directly swap him with Balotelli, we'd be idiots not to accept. I'm really hoping that Balo has a great WC so his value increases.

Does not look like it will be a straight swap.

[Forza Milan!]

We really need to sign Taarabt as well. If El Shaarawy or Menez get injured, who will replace them?

Agreed, though it may be harder to get him if he is not a guaranteed starter.

My guess is that everyone at Milan right now is busy trying to sort out all of the "comproprietà". Once that is over, we will probably be looking to sell before we buy. How quickly we move will be critical, IMHO. My concern is that we will try to squeeze every last euro, which means that by the time we are done and ready to buy all our good options will be gone (this, BTW, seems to happen every year). Even worse, we may be stuck one more year with players drawing large salaries and not contributing much (I am thinking Traore, Robinho, Matri, arguably Essien and Muntari, probably a few others). If it was up to me I would optimize for speed (even if this means leaving some money on the table) as we will be better off in the long run if we reduce our salary burden (keep in mind that we pay taxes and not just salary, so every 1M we reduce means 2M savings).

This post has been edited by Forza Milan!: Jun 13 2014, 04:57 PM

[han2503]

I'd only go for the Balo Falcao swap if it is a straight swap.

Falcao is older than Balo plus is having injury issues which could really effect him both in the long and short term

But some interesting rumours going around, the only one I used my lemon face when I read it is that Lodi one.

[X-Offender]

I'd only go for the Balo Falcao swap if it is a straight swap.

Yeah. Monaco paid top dollar for Falcao, I don't see them giving him up for something less than €40 milion. Even if we sell Balo for €25-30 million, it'd still be too much for us.

[X-Offender]

According to Carlo Laudisa (Gazzetta mercato expert), we're ready to offer €25 million for Iturbe. Silvio has given the green light.

Seriously? And the money? Did we find it in a pit or something?

[Forza Milan!]

According to Carlo Laudisa (Gazzetta mercato expert), we're ready to offer €25 million for Iturbe. Silvio has given the green light.

Seriously? And the money? Did we find it in a pit or something?

We must be convinced we can sell Balo (not sure how else we would fund it otherwise). Is Iturbe worth it?

[Fillipo Simone]

I don't think so. But it sounds fake anyway.

[kurtsimonw]

I played as Verona on FIFA a few times and Iturbe destroys over 3 star teams.

[han2503]

He's better than Cerci that's for sure...