[han2503]

Milan, Balotelli and Liverpool have been negotiating the transfer for 3 months. This as per Balo's agent. This means since late May. Hence any transfer in should already be known to the club, while media and fans are left in the dark.

I'm sorry but this is BS!

We don't have any targets. And had we really been so sure about selling him we should have made the right moves before the deal went public. Now every club knows we're desperate for a striker and will demand even more cash, cash we're never going to be willing to pay.

Watch us sign Torres in some convoluted loan deal where we pay him ridiculous wages!

This reeks of the same panic we were in after they sold Ibra, Silva, Kaka and Sheva

[Rossoneri7]

I'm sorry but this is BS!

We don't have any targets. And had we really been so sure about selling him we should have made the right moves before the deal went public. Now every club knows we're desperate for a striker and will demand even more cash, cash we're never going to be willing to pay.

Watch us sign Torres in some convoluted loan deal where we pay him ridiculous wages!

This reeks of the same panic we were in after they sold Ibra, Silva, Kaka and Sheva

“The negotiations have been going on for three months. It’s not exactly a scoop,” representative Mino Raiola told the Corriere della Sera newspaper.

"I'll conclude the transfer on Monday or Tuesday, as there are still a few things to sort out.

“Liverpool have always been the only English club who negotiated for Mario. I never lied to the media. Three days ago there was talk of Liverpool, but no offer. The truth is I’ve been working on Mario for months: the time had come to divorce from Milan.

“There wasn’t any row, incident or change. It’s not true that the rapport broke down with Milan. I was always against bringing Mario back to Italy: the pressure, the expectation, the media... Playing in Italy is much tougher for him than abroad.

We can not pay ridiculous wages to whomever we sign as we have a wage cap.

[drucurl]

I think the REAL issue is....are they going to put Fernando Torres in golden letters or not?

[Rossoneri7]

I think the REAL issue is....are they going to put Fernando Torres in golden letters or not?

I doubt it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Im not comfortable with a spanish player (aside from a Gkeeper), the Spanish have had little luck in Serie A.

[han2503]

We can not pay ridiculous wages to whomever we sign as we have a wage cap.

The article you're posting is irrelevant to the issue we're talking about, which is Galliani having someone in line already to replace Balo, which he clearly doesn't

And (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) @ the wage cap BS! The wage cap only applies to the players they want it to apply to. It's like that BS they gave us that no players above 30 would receive more than a 1 year contract. How many players since then that are over 30 have gotten long contracts?

I think the REAL issue is....are they going to put Fernando Torres in golden letters or not?

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[han2503]

Reading on sky that we could get Lestienne on loan instead of Cerci so the money would all be spent for the CF position.

No concrete rumours for midfield still. It's like Galliani is blind to the huge shortcomings we have in that position, strengthen that area properly and the team's quality goes up at least 10 notches, attackers aren't what make a great team, they're just nice to have

[Rossoneri7]

Falcao's name is being mentioned ... hmmmm Yep as notorious big would say "It was all a dream.."

[han2503]

Falcao's name is being mentioned ... hmmmm Yep as notorious big would say "It was all a dream.."

Yep, his current wage is what we just received for Mario's sale. Just ridiculous numbers that he's earning at Monaco.

He is a huge Pippo fan though, I read that he asked Yepes a couple of years back to ask Pippo for an autographed shirt (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Jack Bauer]

Milan continues to be active on the transfer market. After selling Balotelli to Liverpool, the rossoneri are looking for his replacement as well as an offensive winger. While there are many candidates on Milan’s list, Club Brugge’s Maxime Lestienne is emerging as the front runner. Milan has intensified their pursuit in the last few hours, they contacted the player’s agent Mikkel Beck and Rocco Dozzini, who is Lestienne’s point of reference on Italy. Some details need to be resolved to complete the deal, but Club Brugge is willing to send the player to Milan on loan with option to buy. Lestienne’s arrival would close the door in acquiring Torino’s Cerci as well as a clear signal Milan wants to reinvest the money from Balotelli’s sale on a striker.

http://gianlucadimarzio.com/en/calciomerca...tienne-on-loan/

[KillerMax]

OLIVEIRA!

[rip]

We are even linked with Fred (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

[kurtsimonw]

If we're going be cheap. Let's just sign all of Udinese's scouting staff. At least then we can get some young quality player on the cheap.

[han2503]

Lestienne has some great stats and looks pretty good on youtube as well, although that's not a great point of reference.

We only have a week left, we absolutely must sign a midfielder or 2 the rest I don't care all that much about, if we have a good, creative and flowing midfield, the goals will come, no matter who we have upfront.

I'm very happy that we're seemingly not going to be wasting any money on Cerci, that's a relief.

Reports also that Mexes could be on his way out, which is a mistake imo to keep Zapata over him, but a least our wage bill will look halfway accurate compared to the actual quality (or lack-there-of) that we have on the pitch

[milanbuf88]

Lestienne has some great stats and looks pretty good on youtube as well, although that's not a great point of reference.

We only have a week left, we absolutely must sign a midfielder or 2 the rest I don't care all that much about, if we have a good, creative and flowing midfield, the goals will come, no matter who we have upfront.

I'm very happy that we're seemingly not going to be wasting any money on Cerci, that's a relief.

Reports also that Mexes could be on his way out, which is a mistake imo to keep Zapata over him, but a least our wage bill will look halfway accurate compared to the actual quality (or lack-there-of) that we have on the pitch

Zapata is a respectable 3rd CB. If Mexes doesn't want to reduce his wages I completely understand shipping him out. He's not that much better than our other options and his wages are way too high.

[han2503]

Zapata is a respectable 3rd CB. If Mexes doesn't want to reduce his wages I completely understand shipping him out. He's not that much better than our other options and his wages are way too high.

I don't think that's the case, Pippo prefers Zapata over him is what's being reported. Zapata though is a bit of a bumbling fool on the ball, how many times has he directly cost us a goal? Mostly because of his terrible positioning, or his even worse passing?

Mexes is the best CB in our bunch, yes he's earning an exorbitant amount of money, but that again circles to Galliani and his idiotic decisions. I think if he was offered a renewal with his wages spread over 2 or 3 years, he'd accept

Add to that, Zapata is worth more right now because of his decent showing at the WC and because Colombia were sort of the darling team of the tournament. It would be far more financially beneficial for us to sell Zapata for around 10m, and reduce Mexes's wages. We'd be keeping the better player, earning some good cash and reducing the wage bill by at least 4.5m