[Jack Sparrow]

Muamba retires after medical advice. I read on one site "how can there be any disappointment in this?" and they're right. He's very lucky to be alive and I'm sure he has a decent amount of cash.

But is cash the reason he took up football? Not likely.

Imagine if someone told a singer, that if you sing again you risk dying, so give it up. And in return they give you whatever money was owed to you from the record deal.

Would be difficult nonetheless. Coz you're being asked to choose between your dreams and your life. While it's accepted that the whole point behind life is that you get to chase your dream.

Now poor Fabrice needs to start from scratch. Maybe find a new vocation. Maybe he can be lucky and stay with football, as an administrator or a media expert or even a coach.

[kurtsimonw]

But he's alive. I don't see how he or anyone could be disappointed with this.

[Jack Sparrow]

He's disappointed, coz he had to give up the one activity which he loved the most in the world.

Is he relieved that he recovered from the cardiac seizure, of course.

[kurtsimonw]

Fortunately I do think he'll stay involved somehow. Obviously he can't coach, but I am positive he'll remained in football. Hopefully anyway.

[CHU-LIP]

I read his heart was not functioning for over an hour, and that a little less than an hour attempts to made it work again were failing. It's amazing he is still alive. I wonder if in many different situations a person would have been given up already after so long. Playing professional football is very intense, so of course he should retire. I am with Kurt 100% on here. After going through this, you can't expect more, and be very grateful.

Valencia, Nani, Young, Kagawa, Rooney, Welbeck, Van Persie, Hernandez. Not sure how he's going to keep them all happy.

Agreed. So many strikers, and you didn't even mention Berbatov. Though, he might leave.

[Fillipo Simone]

It seems like a good opportunity to go after Berba for peanuts.

[CHU-LIP]

It seems like a good opportunity to go after Berba for peanuts.

I really hope we do. No one can make up for Ibrahimovic his departure, but Berbatov would a lot more than pretty much anyone else, especially than those who we have been linked with.

Milan need a new striker badly. Except for Pato, all we have left are supporting strikers, really. Besides that, Berbatov would be a quality player, which we are very thin in at the moment.

What also is nice about Berbatov is his physical presense (strength), which will be useful against most sides.

[Jack Sparrow]

But Allegri might not like him coz he's not a runner.

[CHU-LIP]

But Allegri might not like him coz he's not a runner.

/ or because he is good with the ball on his foot

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but yeah, he likes runners so much, nothing else seem to matter (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

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[Fillipo Simone]

Indeed. No link between Berba and Milan up till now.

[kurtsimonw]

I'd like Berba. I used to question his attitude, but SAF was full of praise for him last season after being played so little he never complained and understood his bench role.

[Danny]

I find the RVP situation laughable. He played well in the EPL for one season, very well, and suddenly SAF thinks he's the best thing since sliced bread despite having made zero impact in the CL for Arsenal or indeed for his country. At age 29 he's only got about 20 caps for the Netherlands.

The guy hit his peak last year, and then flopped hugely at the Euros.

Arsenal might be a little misguided in being gutted at losing him - yeah, he was their best player, but that's a damning indictment of how much Arsenal have slid in the past few years.

I think Carlos Tevez and Sergio Aguero are much, much better strikers than RVP. I'd say he's on a par with Rooney who is a mite over rated as well.

[Danny]

I'd like Berba. I used to question his attitude, but SAF was full of praise for him last season after being played so little he never complained and understood his bench role.

Helluva pricey substitute!

[Danny]

I really hope we do. No one can make up for Ibrahimovic his departure, but Berbatov would a lot more than pretty much anyone else, especially than those who we have been linked with.

Milan need a new striker badly. Except for Pato, all we have left are supporting strikers, really. Besides that, Berbatov would be a quality player, which we are very thin in at the moment.

What also is nice about Berbatov is his physical presense (strength), which will be useful against most sides.

I feel Berba was a big fish in a smaller pond at Spurs, but didn't make the transition to big team as his price tag hinted he would.

He's a good player, a very good player, but he is very limited in what he can do on the pitch. He's not mobile, has no pace, and isn't very strong for a big guy.

What he does have is excellent positional sense and a clinical eye for goal. Also has good vision.

[Milan Are Brilli...]

Van Persie has always had real quality, that's never been in doubt. The real question mark over him is his proneness to injury to be honest.