QUOTE (mishale @ Sep 26 2007, 01:28 AM)
They gave up on signing him because Milan prefered to quickly sign Vieri instead of wait and bargain with Chelsea. It was just easier. After we signed the flop, we didn't have a place for Crespo anymore cuz we already had Sheva and Pippo + we were in the middle of negotiations for Gila (who was a big promise back then), so we already had 4 striketrs.
Inter got him almost for nothig. With a little will and patience we could have got the same deal merda agrreed to.
Although Veiri was bad business compared to how well Crespo integrated into the team, Milan didn't need to find an easier alternative.
Inter only got Crespo when Milan sold Shevchenko, that was the only way that Crespo got a chance to move elsewhere.
Crespo is a favorite of mine .. I even had a Chelsea shirt with Crespo on the back (when he first moved..) ... He is one of those strikers that work wonders for a team up front, clinical.
With that said, I wanted Milan to sign him probably more than having Gila here (erm, experience (IMG:
http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ) ... But Chelsea wanted Shevchenko more than anything else !! And that lead for the negotiations to hault. I remember Crespo was constantly talking to the press and putting Chelsea on in a f2ck up position. Still, Galliani and Braida are no pushovers and Berlusconi would have never approved at the time, thus Vieri signed for us (@dst exactly (IMG:
http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ).
p.s. It honestly hurts that Crespo plays for la merda .. But I think Pippo has settled any type of duel between these two great strikers .. And so I wish Crespo to finish every season on wards trophy-less (IMG:
http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)