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post Jun 16 2022, 10:30 PM
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Sky reporting we're offering 10m for Sanches, Lille are asking 20m.

It's gotta be BS. I mean, everyone and their grandmas were reporting Sanches as 99% done, now this.

But in the unlikely chance it's true, we really have to wake up. Offering 25m for Botman when Newcastle are offering 35-40. Now 10m for Sanches? Even Saelemaekers is worth more! Nah, it's gotta be BS.

We can't hope to sign the Botman's and Sanches' and De Ketelaere's of this world with peanuts.
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post Jun 17 2022, 04:42 PM
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Latest updates:

- Bennasser is unhappy at loosing his starting position at Milan and United are preparing a second offer to sign him.

- Maldini and Massara renewals are in danger due to Gazidies given wider authority on behalf of new owners. Negotiations with the pair of directors are very difficult.

- Leao is close to signing a contract till 2026 worth 6M.

- Botman is keeping his stance firm in rejecting Newcastles offer to him. He will only listen to Milan.


Of course news reports change from day to the next, hope all is cleared with Maldini and Massara. I see these two as the true heroes of Milan?s success. It would be sad if Milan dont renew Maldini, the house of cards could crumble, as he keeps the lantern shinning to be inherited to next generation of legends.

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post Jun 17 2022, 05:37 PM
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The Bennacer bit doesn't surprise me in the slightest. The guy needs to be a regular starter yet Pioli preferred Kessie over him so many times during last season. If there is one player I would start in every single game, it'd be Bennacer. The most underrated player in Serie A.

Regarding Maldini and Massara, from what I understand they want to be given full authority on signing players. Apparently there's a very cumbersome chain of command when it comes to spending, so whenever Maldini wants to sign somebody, he has to go to Gazidis to ask for permission, then they have to wait for the funds to be given the green light etc. I guess after a while it becomes annoying, and for a sporting director it doesn't give you enough freedom to move on the market.
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post Jun 17 2022, 09:27 PM
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All this reporting about the management's contacts is coming from places like Corriere which aren't really reliable. So I don't know what is going on but to not tie down Maldini, Massara and Moncada would be a truly shambolic start for the new ownership...

Just makes no sense to limit a management team that has brought impeccable results with barely any budget. It's already past mid-June now. Forget about players signings and extensions. We need to get this sorted out ASAP. Origi will be the only transfer going through before these contracts are sorted out because he's free and the deal was agreed a while ago. Just really worrying

The report on Sanches from Sky is just strange, I really don't think they know what is going on at Milan. And his has been the case ever since the new management took over.
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post Jun 17 2022, 09:29 PM
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Bennacer has to be one of the players we make sure we keep. And we need to remove whatever release clause we put in the original contract

Kessie is gone now, and we'll most likely switch to a 4-3-3 similar to what we were using at the end of last season. Bennacer was unplayable in April before he got injured against Inter then he lost his place again. Plus AFCON and a feww other niggling injuries and he was in and out of the team, but it's not like he was frozen out. He still played a very good number of minutes.
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post Jun 17 2022, 10:04 PM
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It's hard to predict what's going on right now. Things could very well go smoothly, M&M will renew, and we'll end up signing Botman, Sanches, De Ketelaere and Origi. Or things could go differently...

The best thing to do is switch off any notifications, stop reading websites, and come back when the league starts. I'm honestly getting tired of this.
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post Jun 17 2022, 10:13 PM
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Bennacer is an essential element to the team.

Being offensive both in fullbacks and the attacking trident, Milan need a Bennacer type tracking opposition, killing counters and restarting plays. Yes he had been injured and whatnot, but that is part and parcel to an athletes life.

It is imperative that these reports are rebuffed by offering him assurances he will retain a starting role.


Also, wheres that Adli kid gonna fit in and is Milan bringing back Pobega? Think with the Sanchez like and those two, its gonna be a tussle for Bennacer to receive such assurances.
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post Jun 18 2022, 05:40 PM
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Jun 17 2022, 10:04 PM) *
It's hard to predict what's going on right now. Things could very well go smoothly, M&M will renew, and we'll end up signing Botman, Sanches, De Ketelaere and Origi. Or things could go differently...

The best thing to do is switch off any notifications, stop reading websites, and come back when the league starts. I'm honestly getting tired of this.

Now there are reports coming out of France that PSG are interested in Sanches. If we lose out on him I'll tear my hair out I swear.

This new ownership is already raising red flags for me. How do you not move heaven and earth to keep a management team that has brought insanely good results?? Just ridiculous that we're moving into the final 2 weeks of June and their contracts have not been sorted.

All while all the market operations seem to be at a complete standstill and oil clubs like Newcastle and PSG are sniffing around our targets FFS!

I honestly cannot do what you're saying. I can't switch off, because now I'm f@cking worried about where we're heading. I really hope we do not undo 3 years of impeccable work within the space of a few weeks

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Bennacer is an essential element to the team.

Being offensive both in fullbacks and the attacking trident, Milan need a Bennacer type tracking opposition, killing counters and restarting plays. Yes he had been injured and whatnot, but that is part and parcel to an athletes life.

It is imperative that these reports are rebuffed by offering him assurances he will retain a starting role.


Also, wheres that Adli kid gonna fit in and is Milan bringing back Pobega? Think with the Sanchez like and those two, its gonna be a tussle for Bennacer to receive such assurances.

Adli will be rotation for now. Pobega is box-to-box, Adli is more of a creator

Bennacer has to stay. Simple as. We've let 4 key player walks for free, it cannot keep happening. Ad he has a release clause in his contract as well so that's also an issue that needs to be corrected.

This BS with the management better be sorted out be next week

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post Jun 18 2022, 06:22 PM
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Jun 18 2022, 05:40 PM) *
This new ownership is already raising red flags for me. How do you not move heaven and earth to keep a management team that has brought insanely good results??


I don't think it's that simple. Don't forget until the signing takes place we're still owned by Elliott, and even then Elliott would continue to own a minority stake.

The main divergence is between Maldini-Massara and Gazidis-Elliott. Paolo wants more competencies, more freedom to operate. Elliott doesn't want to allow that. Hence the long-@ss time it's taking to conclude the renewals. If it was just up to Cardinale, things would have been resolved swiftly.

There are rumours that Maldini had already talked to Investcorp in advance, and they had assured him of a top responsible role and a lucrative budget. Then Elliott changed their mind and went for RedBird, hence Paolo's infamous interview to Gazzetta afterwards.

It's a shitshow right now. I'm fairly confident in the end things will resolve, but time is running out and we're missing important targets we had blocked for months. It's unacceptable and very, very irritating.
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post Jun 19 2022, 01:16 PM
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Jun 18 2022, 06:22 PM) *
I don't think it's that simple. Don't forget until the signing takes place we're still owned by Elliott, and even then Elliott would continue to own a minority stake.

The main divergence is between Maldini-Massara and Gazidis-Elliott. Paolo wants more competencies, more freedom to operate. Elliott doesn't want to allow that. Hence the long-@ss time it's taking to conclude the renewals. If it was just up to Cardinale, things would have been resolved swiftly.

There are rumours that Maldini had already talked to Investcorp in advance, and they had assured him of a top responsible role and a lucrative budget. Then Elliott changed their mind and went for RedBird, hence Paolo's infamous interview to Gazzetta afterwards.

It's a shitshow right now. I'm fairly confident in the end things will resolve, but time is running out and we're missing important targets we had blocked for months. It's unacceptable and very, very irritating.

But I don't think it's that cut and dry. I do think RedBird are involved in all big decision making because they are in effect the new ownership and whatever decisions taken now while still under Elliot will be formative under them. So while Elliot are still technically the owners of Milan until September, I'm sure all decisions Gazidis takes as CEO come with their stamp of approval as well. And I would think that their stamp is more important than Elliot's seeing as they are the ones who answer for these decisions and not Elliot down the line

I don't know what cause Maldini to come out and speak like that, if it was the change or something else. But when Paolo speaks, one has to listen and consider what he's saying very carefully. That for me already had raised flags. Now we're heading towards 2/3 of the month being over and still no renewals to the key men who are responsible for our recent success. It's just not a good look so far.



If anything is going to happen, it has to be done this week. We risk losing Renato if this stuff keeps dragging on. And if they're offering him big money as well as a bigger transfer fee to Lille we can wave goodbye to him as well. I really do hope the ground work Paolo did with him and Botman is enough to hold them off from going to these other teams, at least for another week and they will wait for us before making their final decisions.

The fact that Botman is still a Lille player when a club that has all the resources available to them like Newcastle want him, is a good sign.
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Jun 19 2022, 01:16 PM) *
But I don't think it's that cut and dry. I do think RedBird are involved in all big decision making because they are in effect the new ownership and whatever decisions taken now while still under Elliot will be formative under them. So while Elliot are still technically the owners of Milan until September, I'm sure all decisions Gazidis takes as CEO come with their stamp of approval as well. And I would think that their stamp is more important than Elliot's seeing as they are the ones who answer for these decisions and not Elliot down the line


Yes, but bear in mind a preliminary agreement is not final until there's the closing. Right now it's not RedBird alone calling the shots, but RedBird and Elliott together. And whatever requests Maldini might have, RedBird are not just going to satisfy him and sh*t on their partners in this project.

That being said, Maldini seems to have installed a very good relationship with Cardinale already. It's being mentioned that the renewals might finally come this week. They should be for two years with option for the third.

On a side note, Sanches just posted this comment on Twitter: "Choose the best for your soul, not your ego"... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)
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Scaroni: "The change of ownership in this somewhat crucial moment has delayed many things, but all in an idyllic atmosphere of relations. I don't worry much about the Maldini-Massara issue, I don't have the the slightest doubt that an agreement will be reached whereby this couple, which has been so important, will continue with us in the next few years ", he spoke to the microphones of 'La Politica nel Pallone' on Gr Parlamento. "My concern on this issue is very low," he added.


Finally some official words. The absolute silence of the last couple of weeks was becoming worrisome.
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Longo: Milan's 45-50m summer budget causes slowdown ? Maldini is 'not happy'

45-50m? What are we, Lazio? This is beyond ridiculous. I hope it's just usual journalism BS.
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post Jun 21 2022, 10:23 AM
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Scaroni stated that the change of ownership is the reason for the delays. He indicated that he is not worried about Maldini and Massara renewals. He also mentioned Gazidis will continue at least till his contract is up in November.

Di Marzio concurs that Redbird is the main reason for the delays. However is confident Maldini and Massara will remain, once their ccontracts are signed the transfer activity will speed up. He further goes on to mention an alternative to Sanchez, Enzo Fernandez of River Plate. Maldini/Massara prefer Sanches, however if PSG are persistent they will move to plan B and C. With regards to Enzo, Benfica and Wolverhampton have already bid for the player, but he is waiting for Milan as his priority.


What I can gather here is that the club has plan A, B and C. If one doesn't work they already identified another a while ago. Hence it is not a 'scrapping from the bottom of the barrel' or scavenging for a stop gap.


This is elevating news.
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Jun 19 2022, 10:31 PM) *
Yes, but bear in mind a preliminary agreement is not final until there's the closing. Right now it's not RedBird alone calling the shots, but RedBird and Elliott together. And whatever requests Maldini might have, RedBird are not just going to satisfy him and sh*t on their partners in this project.

That being said, Maldini seems to have installed a very good relationship with Cardinale already. It's being mentioned that the renewals might finally come this week. They should be for two years with option for the third.

On a side note, Sanches just posted this comment on Twitter: "Choose the best for your soul, not your ego"... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

True but again, the Maldini-Cardinale "good relationship" story comes from the media. Who have proven that they know absolute zilch about Milan at this point

The Gazzetta interview for me is the only thing I can go off of since it's actual quotes coming from Maldini and that interview did not paint a serene picture.

Let's see what happens, we're heading into mid-week and things have not been resolved yet. The media said they'd renew this week. They also said a lot of stuff re budget, targets and other BS when the future of the management is uncertain which makes absolutely no sense

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Jun 20 2022, 02:39 PM) *
Finally some official words. The absolute silence of the last couple of weeks was becoming worrisome.

Scaroni isn't the most trustworthy person. Strikes me as the smarmy type. Until I see an official announcement I won't relax

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Longo: Milan's 45-50m summer budget causes slowdown ? Maldini is 'not happy'

45-50m? What are we, Lazio? This is beyond ridiculous. I hope it's just usual journalism BS.

No way that's the budget. And it still wouldn't make any sense since the narrative of the media right now is that they're about to renew. So if the issue was that budget then that would have had to change for Paolo and Massarra to agree to new deals

Longo started this report btw, and while I rate him slightly higher than some for Milan stuff, I really do not think any of these journalists know what the budget will be

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Scaroni stated that the change of ownership is the reason for the delays. He indicated that he is not worried about Maldini and Massara renewals. He also mentioned Gazidis will continue at least till his contract is up in November.

Di Marzio concurs that Redbird is the main reason for the delays. However is confident Maldini and Massara will remain, once their ccontracts are signed the transfer activity will speed up. He further goes on to mention an alternative to Sanchez, Enzo Fernandez of River Plate. Maldini/Massara prefer Sanches, however if PSG are persistent they will move to plan B and C. With regards to Enzo, Benfica and Wolverhampton have already bid for the player, but he is waiting for Milan as his priority.


What I can gather here is that the club has plan A, B and C. If one doesn't work they already identified another a while ago. Hence it is not a 'scrapping from the bottom of the barrel' or scavenging for a stop gap.


This is elevating news.

Sanches has to be closed. He's a must. We've been working on him for around 7 months FFS!! I'd rather we leave the Botman deal and focus on him. We're already strong in defence. We just need another player to round out the bench. The midfield however is high priority with the loss of Kessie. Especially if Pioli want to keep using a 3 there
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