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Rumors about a Romagnoli - Junior Firpo swap with Barcelona.

Now, I get that we need a decent Theo backup, but if we let go of Romagnoli we need to invest in a quality third CB. We cannot think to go into next season with guys like Gabbia, Kalulu and Caldara as our subs.

[han2503]

De Paul and Maignan for Hakan and Donna is a downgrade on almost every aspect if you ask me. Ziyech is another question mark, and he does not occupy the #10 spot (or at least that's how I remember him from Ajax?).

But well, let's wait and see.

Donnarumma leaving forfree doesn't look good for us, but in a purely footballing sense. It doesn't matter much imo. We've never been a club who has had top class GKs. Even during the heights of our success. A keeper is important, but not by that much imo. Donnarumma was extorting this club. His and his brother's wages are going to free up 14m just for next season. And had he renewed, even without his brother, it would have been 16m gross we'd have to set aside for the next 5 years. Not to mention the signing on bonuses him and Raiola wanted

I say good riddance. And in the long run this is going to be much more beneficial for us.

Re Hakan, the situation is more complicated imo as it's not so easy to replace him with someone who will easily slot into the system and offer what Hakan does. And we rag on him a lot here but Hakan is not simply about the goals and assists. He contributes a lot in terms of build up, dropping deep, pressing, etc. He's a hard working midfielder.

De Paul is the only one who I can think of who can do something similar and Udine are asking a lot for him. I honestly cannot see us splashing 40m on anyone this summer

Gkeeper situation aside, think the summer transfer window hasn't really started for Milan.

Maybe there are targets who are participating in the Euros (maybe not). But I am not restless about this, have this feeling Maldini has a couple names not yet revealed.

That said, I appreciate the stance the club is taking with the players leaving on free. It is a new management and they are setting a precedence for future transactions, Raola has been warned I believe

Agreed. The Euros are definitely going to set the market back a bit.

Rumors about a Romagnoli - Junior Firpo swap with Barcelona.

Now, I get that we need a decent Theo backup, but if we let go of Romagnoli we need to invest in a quality third CB. We cannot think to go into next season with guys like Gabbia, Kalulu and Caldara as our subs.

If Romagnoli goes to Barca it would have to be cash + Firpo. No way it would be a direct swap

But again, this is the same situation as with Hakan. It will create another problem for the management to solve. We'd have to replace him, and we can't spend big money on a CB. I think having a 4 of Kjaer, Tomori, Romagnoli and Caldara is very good. Selling Romagnoli will cause more issues than it solves.

Obviously if he's going o cause problems with his renewal as well I'd rather sell him now rather than face the debacle we are going through with the others

Management better settle contracts this summer. Kessie, Calabria, Theo, Bennacer all need to be locked down on long terms deals. Letting all these contracts run down so much has created huge problems. This is the only area where I am critical of the new management

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Re Hakan, the situation is more complicated imo as it's not so easy to replace him with someone who will easily slot into the system and offer what Hakan does. And we rag on him a lot here but Hakan is not simply about the goals and assists. He contributes a lot in terms of build up, dropping deep, pressing, etc. He's a hard working midfielder.

De Paul is the only one who I can think of who can do something similar and Udine are asking a lot for him. I honestly cannot see us splashing 40m on anyone this summer

Bro, come on. He drops deep and presses? That's what he's paid to do. I dunno about hard working cos to me Hakan is the definition of a lazy player, but setting that aside, the guy is our #10. You do realise the weight such position holds. Yet this season he only collected 4 measly goals and 10 assists, 6 of which from set pieces.

His contribution to our success has been minimal. I can only hope that if he renews he'll have his mind set and be more focused. But I really don't like the quality of what he brings to the table.

Management better settle contracts this summer. Kessie, Calabria, Theo, Bennacer all need to be locked down on long terms deals. Letting all these contracts run down so much has created huge problems. This is the only area where I am critical of the new management

Agreed. If a player doesn't renew their contract then just put them on the market. Simple as.

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SWEDEN COACH ISSUES IBRAHIMOVIC WARNING

I have a feeling Giroud alone won't be enough for next season. Zlatan's problem with his knee is quite serious, especially at his age. He's definitely going to miss even more games than this season.

I really hate that almost every big club in Italy has a 20-goal striker, yet we haven't had one since Zlatan in 2012. It's quite pathetic, really.

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Calhanoglu in press conference: "Maldini called me 3 days ago. I told him my priority is the Euros. Nevertheless, the main responsibility in this matter is theirs".

I'm done with this tw@t! Who the f*ck does he think he is?? He should be honoured to be wearing our glorious #10 jersey. These intimidatory comments are out of this world. Mr. Calhanoglu lives in another reality where he thinks he's Gullit or Maradona or something. Overrated piece of crap!

Pretty sure he's waiting for the Euros to be over so if he performs well other clubs will start bidding for him. The disrespect, man!

EDIT: Oh, and here's the link, in case Han thinks it's from some 3rd rate Turkish outlet.

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[Fillipo Simone]

On Donna: I think it's completely irrelevant if historically speaking Milan had great keepers or not. Dida was at his best when we were at our high, Rossi was a record breaking keeper (did anyone surpass him?). From what I've heard Galli was more then decent as well. But all this doesn't matter now. Because Milan does not have a single world class player like before (do I even have to start pulling out names like Gullit, van Basten and Seedorf?), no supertalent (Maldini, Albertini,...) or potentially really great player. What we have is very good to good players and on top of this was Donnarumma leading the new generation. I was all against him taking the captain's armband. I know he behaves strangely. But I'm not here to judge on how exactly he behaves because frankly I don't know enough. We were first led off to believe Raiola is the main culprit and scumbag, now things made a complete U-turn and all of a sudden Donna is the scumbag and Raiola did evidently nothing spectacularly immoral.

I'm not letting myself fall into the habit of becoming moral police here. As I fan i dislike Donna's supposed behavior but I won't act like it's getting us better or stronger to lose him. This will be the first time in decades Milan does not have a single Italian player in the NT roster. Counting even the worst days under Mihajlović or Inzaghi. We have no suitable captain in the team (other then perhaps Kessie, but I would not put that extra pressure on his shoulders). We signed Maignan for a suspiciously low fee and have a rusty and inadequate backup keeper. Now I hear we even decided to promote Plizzari as our 3rd option. Well.. this all makes me not celebrate Donna's departure. Maignan might turn out fine and my worries turn out to be unnecessary. Let's hope this happens.

Bro, come on. He drops deep and presses? That's what he's paid to do. I dunno about hard working cos to me Hakan is the definition of a lazy player, but setting that aside, the guy is our #10. You do realise the weight such position holds. Yet this season he only collected 4 measly goals and 10 assists, 6 of which from set pieces.

His contribution to our success has been minimal. I can only hope that if he renews he'll have his mind set and be more focused. But I really don't like the quality of what he brings to the table.

Agreed. If a player doesn't renew their contract then just put them on the market. Simple as.

The only thing I'm disagreeing here with you is the shocking manner in which you still regard #10 as important. That number died off with most teams. If you ask me who's the #10 at the top 5 clubs in the world right now I'd struggle. And especially Milan tarnished both #9 and #10. Who got the #10 after Seedorf? I struggle to remember. Was it Bertolacci? Boateng? Honda? The legacy is long gone and compared to the mentioned players, Hakan is miles away.

I get your criticism though and agree with you. Just that I don't see any alternative which would make a substantial upgrade.

SWEDEN COACH ISSUES IBRAHIMOVIC WARNING

I have a feeling Giroud alone won't be enough for next season. Zlatan's problem with his knee is quite serious, especially at his age. He's definitely going to miss even more games than this season.

I really hate that almost every big club in Italy has a 20-goal striker, yet we haven't had one since Zlatan in 2012. It's quite pathetic, really.

Agreed. Yet I think we should sign someone young a fresh. Not Belotti and maybe not Vlahović because he seems the typical Piatek kind of inflated signing. Perhaps we could lend Leao to Marseille and ask for Milik in return?

[han2503]

Calhanoglu in press conference: "Maldini called me 3 days ago. I told him my priority is the Euros. Nevertheless, the main responsibility in this matter is theirs".

I'm done with this tw@t! Who the f*ck does he think he is?? He should be honoured to be wearing our glorious #10 jersey. These intimidatory comments are out of this world. Mr. Calhanoglu lives in another reality where he thinks he's Gullit or Maradona or something. Overrated piece of crap!

Pretty sure he's waiting for the Euros to be over so if he performs well other clubs will start bidding for him. The disrespect, man!

EDIT: Oh, and here's the link, in case Han thinks it's from some 3rd rate Turkish outlet.

What he said is that he respects Paolo and Massara and he'll give priority to Milan. Again, the translation makes it seem worse than it is

Am I happy with what he's doing? NO! But all this drama is unnecessary. I'd rather he just say he wants to leave so we can work on getting a replacement. It's obvious that he wants to shop himself around

The fact that we have not done the same to him as we did with Donna though leads me to believe that we are reluctant to dip into the market for a replacement for him. Once again, for me, him leaving would just create more issued. And I know you have your heart set on De Paul, but I think our chances to get him are pretty low. I don't think we'll be able to replace Hakan adequately.


For me, best case scenario would be he renews, we spend our transfer budget on more pressing issues. Think about replacing him next summer.

[han2503]

Filippo I agree with you, but my point was that we never had an iconic keeper like Juve for example with Zoff and Buffon

Our keepers were in the good category imo, but nothing spectacular.

Am I happy we lost Donnarumma? Obviously not, but his situation was not sustainable for us. We can offer that kind of money to a proper star outfield player like Dybala for example. It would make much more sense than giving it to a keeper, no matter how good he is

Magnan looks great from what I've seen of him. Lille are also owned by Elliot so there could be things going on behind the scenes we don't know about



As for superstars in the side. I think Theo, Tomori, Kessie and Bennacer all have the potential to be that

Kessie especially is really being talked about right now, especially in EPL circles. That's why it is hugely important to lock him down on a long-term deal

[William405]

It's so sad to see Locatelli and Cristante playing for the national team...former Milan youth products..we add Donnarumma to the list now.

[William405]

Hakan has been terrible for Turkey today. Uninspired.

[han2503]

It's so sad to see Locatelli and Cristante playing for the national team...former Milan youth products..we add Donnarumma to the list now.

Yep. We've let so many good youth players slip through.

Cristante I've never been a huge fan of. But Locatelli was idiotic. Now he's worth 40m.

Calabria should be in this squad though. He's been the best RB in the league all season. Florenzi, Emerson, and Di Lorenzo don't come anywhere close to him.

Spinazzola is insane on the left though. A really good player.

Hakan has been terrible for Turkey today. Uninspired.

To be fair to him Turkey didn't have a sniff at the ball.

But glad to see his plan to show himself in the shop window is going well... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/innocentsmily.gif)

[William405]

Spinnazola was amazing i agree

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What he said is that he respects Paolo and Massara and he'll give priority to Milan. Again, the translation makes it seem worse than it is

I don't get why you keep defending him. The guy's acting like a complete tw@t. He said that the ball is in our court for the renewal, meaning give me what I wanted or f*ck off. There's nothing lost in translation.

Magnan looks great from what I've seen of him. Lille are also owned by Elliot so there could be things going on behind the scenes we don't know about

Actually, Lille are owned by Merlyn Partners SCSp.

It's so sad to see Locatelli and Cristante playing for the national team...former Milan youth products..we add Donnarumma to the list now.

Meh. Cristante is mediocre, even Roma fans admit it. Locatelli is insanely overrated.

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There are rumours circulating that Zlatan might need to undergo surgery, and in that case his career might be over... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

[William405]

Yep. We've let so many good youth players slip through.

Cristante I've never been a huge fan of. But Locatelli was idiotic. Now he's worth 40m.

Calabria should be in this squad though. He's been the best RB in the league all season. Florenzi, Emerson, and Di Lorenzo don't come anywhere close to him.

Spinazzola is insane on the left though. A really good player.


To be fair to him Turkey didn't have a sniff at the ball.

But glad to see his plan to show himself in the shop window is going well... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/innocentsmily.gif)

They didn't have a sniff of the ball, but come on as a leader you have to show something more. Italy are looking pretty good?