The irony of Deschamps leaving Theo back home for bull headed reasons and then ending up playing Rabiot ((IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) ) at LWB/LB and crashing out to Switzerland! Too funny.

Theo must be loving this.

Deschamps is a complete idiot. I loved last night's result. Did you read the comments from Barthez and Vieira a few days ago? How to make a fool of yourself 101.

No. Do you have a link?


Yeah, agreed re Deschamps. How do you have all that talent and world class quality at your disposal and waste it away?

And was totally cheering Switzerland yesterday. I actually switched off when they went 3-0 up and checked the scores again at around 23:30 and was like (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

Then watched last part of ET

He won the world cup. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

By playing defensively and snatching wins. That won't always work. And when you have all that talent it's unforgivable to waste it.

Sure he rides on that goodwill but a really great coach would make the French team a winning machine

ITALY FANS MOCK FRANCE LEGEND VIEIRA AFTER EURO 2020 PREDICTION

Barthez also said something similar.

Ah yes. Saw this. But was thinking more about Gary Neville as he was the bigger numbnut in that conversation.

Sancho to ManUtd for 100M.

PSG give 15M to Ramos, 12M to Dollarumma, 10M to Wijnaldum. 70M for Hakimi.

Then there's the usual Haaland and Mbappe rumours which I don't even wanna think how much whoever gets them will end up paying.

But we have a financial crisis, no? We need the Super League to save football. STFU! Perez and all his f*cking friends. These mofos are destroying football. FFP? Pfffff. Let's just penalise the smaller clubs and create an oligopoly. UEFA are on it as well. Absolutely ridiculous.

Agreed. Shameful indeed.

So, Milan and Wolfsburg are negotiating about Hauge for 15M.

Personally speaking, the kid has shown very little for me to be sad about his departure, but man oh man, the reaction of Milan fans across the various social media I follow is insane. Everyone is angry, saying we shouldn't sell him etc. And I just don't get it. He just doesn't strike me as somebody who will turn out great. Could obviously be wrong, though.

I also don't get why Pioli completely forgot about him in the second part of last season, but that's another matter entirely.

Leao also has a few offers from England. We're not accepting offers below 25M.

The Hauge story is strange IMO.

It started like a perfect love story. The kid said he was a Milan fan somewhere, played good against us and got signed for peanuts. A perfect Elliot/Gazidis signing if you ask me.

Now why he disappeared even after the scored important goals like the one against Sampdoria or Napoli is beyond me. I mean why do guys like Samu Castillejo get two or three seasons to prove they're wrong whistle a young a talented guy like Hauge suddenly is crossed off?

With Hauge leaving Milan is sending a very baffling message.

But in all honesty, we have bigger fish to fry. If our management manages to ***** up Kessie's contract the public opinion will turn on them. They were lucky that Donna had this scumbag Raiola around him which made it considerably easier to picture him as Dollarumma, and they also were lucky that Hakan is a basket case. But they won't get away with their stinginess this time around. If the Kessie story drags on, they'll be exposed for what they truly are.

@Pippo, it does seem strange the way the summer window has been till now.

Club covered the GK position without skipping a beat and secured a proven CB.

The incoming players are yet to be disclosed to us, however I firmly believe that the club is in negotiations with respective players to bring in.

Huage being put on the market is only right IMHO, with Diaz and a Samu replacement. Add to that the incoming player replacing Hakan. The spaces will be crowded. This noting that the quality of the incoming players will be of a high level. That is my belief.

There is also Leao being put up for sale, the management seems to be in a direction to put in a competitive squad. Whether that be loan, loan option to buy or an outright purchase.

All in all, I have this feeling the fans will be happy at the end of it.

P.S. The transfer window just opened today and will remain open for two months, hence the action should be escalating from here on in.

There are two scenarios that could unfold:

1) We find an agreement with Kessie and renew his contract, sending a clear message that the Dollarumma and Capanoglu cases were isolated ones having to do with two nutcases, and that we have important ambitions for the future.

2) We keep on dragging the situation, not bulging from our 4M offer and eventually we lose him for free. If this happens, then we will know for a fact that Maldini & co. have nothing to do with it but there's clear indications from Elliott that payslips should remain low no matter what.

If the latter scenario unfolds, then as you said the ownership's true colours will be exposed, i.e. they just want to sell the club to make a profit, which is what I've been saying for some time now.

But isn't it ironic that the clubs making these moves are the ones who "didn't" support the SL? PSG and the English clubs who were the first to back out at the first sign of discontent from their fans. Clubs who never really needed the SL to begin with

PSG didn't join simply because the Qatari state has interests with both UEFA and FIFA. They would have jumped the UEFA ship the second the world cup was over and joined the rest

This was why I was in favour of the SL. Because UEFA are the biggest part of the problem. They have loosened FFP this summer when the only clubs capable of spending are the super rich ones funded by EPL TV money and states. Perez is in a bind as well imo Real are not splashing the cash either and they are the biggest commercial team on this planet. That says it all.

Nothing will change until UEFA actually does something about the likes of PSG and City. Who are above and beyond anything we've seen before. Not even the galactico BS from Real was anywhere near as disgusting as what these nitwits are doing to football now.

Wage caps should be applied and transfer sums need to be muzzled as well. It's just gone above and beyond the ridiculous now.


I think the issue with Hauge is Pioli. I don't think he rates him highly. The club see him making a decent capital return so he'll be sacrificed.


Samu is someone who works hard and that's what Pioli wants from the wingers. Hauge doesn't give you that imo. It's clear that Pioli doesn't think that highly of him

I agree that it's questionable considering Samu has been @ss each time he played this season. But the management is obviously weighing the pros and cons of keeping Hauge and the cons outweigh the pros for them, especially if Pioli is not going to play him this season

What I would ask if we do sell him is that we insert a buyback. We mustn't let this turn into another Locatelli scenario imo


It still does not make any sense to let these players walk for free instead of renewing and then selling. Financially, losing Donna and Hakan has cost us over 70m for sure if not more. So what sense did it make to hold out for approx 5m more for the both of them for another season and trying to find a buyer next summer? Still doesn't make much financial sense to me


I'll come out and say this now. If we can't find an agreement with Kessie by August, we should sell. EPL clubs are interested in him. I'd rather sell him now than lose him for free

Some ESPN journalist said that according to his sources James Rodriguez is very close to joining Milan.

I don't know how to feel about this. If he were a couple of years younger then fine, but he's 30, very injury prone and always been a regular benchwarmer. Would he be an upgrade over Capanoglu? Probably, but I'm still not convinced.