[Danny]

Please keep in mind that we are operating with zero budget on this transfer market. That will (hopefully) change this summer, so I would not look at our recent past as an indication of what will happen once we get new owners. However, until that happens, it is what it is.

As of right now, we needed someone that can play on the wing, and Deulofeu gives us that. From what I have been reading he is reasonably good (has played on Spain's NT up to U21) and is rather versatile (can play right, left, and even center as a "false 9"). I am not sure if I would dismiss him as an "Everton reject", at least not yet.

He is an Everton reject - he lost his place about a year ago and has played barely 15 times since. Koeman doesn't want him. Whether the term reject is derogatory doesn't really matter - he's surplus to them and that makes him what Adriano (fairly or not) was to us - a reject.

Hopefully he hits the ground running for us and proves me way wrong.

[Danny]

Lucas Ocampos to come in on loan to replace Niang.

Oh btw he's yet another Genoa product.

Zero budget true, and look at what we're ending up with. Absolute rubbish.

[Forza Milan!]

Lucas Ocampos to come in on loan to replace Niang.

Oh btw he's yet another Genoa product.

Zero budget true, and look at what we're ending up with. Absolute rubbish.

Hopefully that will all change once we get new owners. Hopefully. (Because I agree with you that our current modus operandi is not going to lead us anywhere.)

[Fillipo Simone]

Suso and Romagnoli are rare gems. We can't do that every time. I've never seen our bench worse than it currently is.

Yeah, but a alternative is nonexistent. At least until the takeover happens.

[Danny]

Hopefully that will all change once we get new owners. Hopefully. (Because I agree with you that our current modus operandi is not going to lead us anywhere.)

We're going backwards. We're not even sitting still. Montella made us punch above our weight but now the energy has gone and there's only hot air left. And that sees us sinking.

[Danny]

Yeah, but a alternative is nonexistent. At least until the takeover happens.

Indeed. Hence my writing this season off. It's not taking place till next month at the earliest, leaving us nothing but free transfers and loans till the end of the season. And all we'll do is go downhill till then.

[Fillipo Simone]

Well, why not give it a chance? I know chances aren't in our favor, but why not try? There's not much we can lose anyway?

[Danny]

Well, why not give it a chance? I know chances aren't in our favor, but why not try? There's not much we can lose anyway?

Because I prefer to expect the worst and any good that comes is a glorious bonus rather than expecting the good and being broken hearted when it doesn't happen.

[Fillipo Simone]

Yeah, that's the tagline of this whole forum.

[han2503]

Why is it so important to get something out of Niang?

Because we're desperate for a CM and we have no cash

Plus getting actual cash for a player we own might seem like a novelty to some but it's how we should be doing business instead of being happy just to send players away for nothing like we have been doing thanks to Galliani

Niang at Juve would fetch 20m easily (hello Zaza, Giaccherini, Matri, etc) Niang with us is worth basically nothing, and we're just happy to send him to any club that would take him, hey as long as we don't have to pay his wages it's all good right?

[han2503]

M’Baye Niang has reportedly given the all-clear and will complete his move to Watford, on loan from Milan with option to buy for €18.5m.

Where's that facepalm pic when you need it?

And we still can't make a f@ckin dime off our players! just ridiculous Galliani. When are you going to finally gtfo?

And it's an option as well/ Watch Watford send him back with his tail between his legs at the end of the season. And now the chance of selling him to an EPL club will be greatly reduced since they'll actually see how shite he is.

[Fillipo Simone]

I don't know. To me it's simple. Either the takeover happens and we can start planning a much brighter future or it's darkness. You were always concerned with details and I admire that. I've lost interest in these small things. I think it's pretty much irrelevant whether we sell him for 5 or 10 or 15 million. It's not that we can buy a good CM for that kind of money during the winter in a span of 4 days.

[han2503]

I don't know. To me it's simple. Either the takeover happens and we can start planning a much brighter future or it's darkness. You were always concerned with details and I admire that. I've lost interest in these small things. I think it's pretty much irrelevant whether we sell him for 5 or 10 or 15 million. It's not that we can buy a good CM for that kind of money during the winter in a span of 4 days.

It's still something....

And if the takeover falls through or it's not as rosy as it's being painted out to be, we need any cash we can get.

No we won't build a team of stars, but 15m could get us Badelj, who would be an instant improvement over the players we currently have. When you have nothing, every little drop counts. And when we're just happy to give away our players for free as long as we don't have to pay them anymore just makes me furious because it just shows what an obviously stupid move it was in the first place. Like the Luiz Adriano deal. An unnecessary purchase, a big wage all for nothing and when we didn't need him but were desperate for mids, as has been the case for a while now.

So that's 10m down the drain plus all the wages we paid him. All this when we can't scrape together the change to get the players we actually do need

The gross mismanagement this clubs has been under is what truly irritates me and these types of deals just epitomiz how truly out of touch Galliani has become with football

[Forza Milan!]

I don't know. To me it's simple. Either the takeover happens and we can start planning a much brighter future or it's darkness. You were always concerned with details and I admire that. I've lost interest in these small things. I think it's pretty much irrelevant whether we sell him for 5 or 10 or 15 million. It's not that we can buy a good CM for that kind of money during the winter in a span of 4 days.

+1

[Forza Milan!]

It's still something....

And if the takeover falls through or it's not as rosy as it's being painted out to be, we need any cash we can get.

No we won't build a team of stars, but 15m could get us Badelj, who would be an instant improvement over the players we currently have. When you have nothing, every little drop counts. And when we're just happy to give away our players for free as long as we don't have to pay them anymore just makes me furious because it just shows what an obviously stupid move it was in the first place. Like the Luiz Adriano deal. An unnecessary purchase, a big wage all for nothing and when we didn't need him but were desperate for mids, as has been the case for a while now.

So that's 10m down the drain plus all the wages we paid him. All this when we can't scrape together the change to get the players we actually do need

The gross mismanagement this clubs has been under is what truly irritates me and these types of deals just epitomiz how truly out of touch Galliani has become with football

I agree with much of what you are saying but, in fairness, it is not that easy. Selling something (anything) when people know you need to sell is always very, very hard. Not overly impressed with Galliani's contribution to the club over the last years, but I can see how things have been rather challenging for him.

This post has been edited by Forza Milan!: Jan 26 2017, 12:39 AM