[X-Offender]

In other news, Sheva is the new coach of Genoa. Weird choice.

[William405]

In other news, Sheva is the new coach of Genoa. Weird choice.

Interesting, will love seeing Sheva (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[X-Offender]

Winger drops strong hint he is preparing to join 'great club' Milan: "When Maldini calls you?"

Bruh, he's already talking as if he's a Milan player. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[Rossoneri7]

Gazzetta have reported that Romagnioli has relieved Raiola from his services and enter negotiations with Milan directly for a renewal. This as apparently Raiolo is no longer welcome at Milan.

[Fillipo Simone]

Good news. Romagnoli is awesome as third CB option.

[X-Offender]

Very interesting. I read he actually earns 6M, we're offering max 3.5M, he's demanding 4.5M. Maybe we can reach an agreement at 4M.

Not crazy about Romagnoli, but as third choice he's OK.

[han2503]

Good news. Romagnoli is awesome as third CB option.

Agreed, we need to keep him. We can't lose him for free. He'd probably end up at Juve. Which would be idiotic of us seeing as they need a Chiellini replacement ASAP.

Very interesting. I read he actually earns 6M, we're offering max 3.5M, he's demanding 4.5M. Maybe we can reach an agreement at 4M.

Not crazy about Romagnoli, but as third choice he's OK.

I cannot believe that Mirabelli gave him that kind of contract!!! This is why we're having such a hard time renewing these contracts that were previously handled by him. Romagnoli cannot be earning that kind of money when Tomori, Theo, Kjaer, Benna, etc are on peanuts. This kind of thing offsets the balance of the wage bill.


I don't know if you guys saw the Di Marzio report re Kessie. He's saying that his agent is demanding 9m now. I personally don't believe any of this now. If this was the case we would have already pulled our offer off the table. What I do know is that we absolutely have to take a hard line with him. If he doesn't renew be January, we have to sell him, if he won't go because he's waiting for a big pay day as a free agent, then we need to sit him on the bench and use him as a rotation player only. We also need to take away penalty duties from him, and this should be done now not later. Why are we letting him stat pad off of us. Just assign pens to Theo or Tonali or whoever, as long as it's not him

[X-Offender]

Agreed re Kessie. I would have benched him even earlier to be honest. His overall attitude wrt the contract renewal has been ridiculous. I think he's forgetting that this is AC Milan, a legendary club, not some Udinese or Atalanta. He should show some respect.

My idea is to sell him in January for some cash and then spend it on Kamara of Marseille. The guy's contract expires in June but I read Bayern and Juve are also interested.

In other news, the Public Investment Fund (PIF) confirmed that they were interested in purchasing Inter (they also talked with Milan and Bordeaux), but then backtracked because according to their analysis the Serie A "is in disastrous conditions".

Source

[han2503]

Agreed re Kessie. I would have benched him even earlier to be honest. His overall attitude wrt the contract renewal has been ridiculous. I think he's forgetting that this is AC Milan, a legendary club, not some Udinese or Atalanta. He should show some respect.

My idea is to sell him in January for some cash and then spend it on Kamara of Marseille. The guy's contract expires in June but I read Bayern and Juve are also interested.

In other news, the Public Investment Fund (PIF) confirmed that they were interested in purchasing Inter (they also talked with Milan and Bordeaux), but then backtracked because according to their analysis the Serie A "is in disastrous conditions".

Source

Kamara would be great, that's why we shouldn't wait till June imo because that will invite stronger competition. We should allocate funds for him and a RW in January. There's also Renato Sanches who imo would be a great pick up and Lille are in financial difficulty so would be open to selling him.


Also, I've been reading lots of reports about Toro wanting Pobega, they are very happy with him. I think we should sell him with a buy back clause and in the negotiation try to get them to give us Bremer, he'd be an excellent Tomori alternative and would make our CB options complete as we'd have 4 quality options. Especially since Kjaer isn't getting any younger. Maybe give them Gabbia on loan in the deal as well. He's wasting away when he should be getting regular time to develop.

As for the league in general. Unless there's a complete overhaul of the dinosaurs that run the lega, things will continue to get worse. How bad is it that a top league with such historical teams who are supported all over the world cannot sell its TV rights in the Middle East and instead they are airing games for free on Youtube FFS?! Just inexcusable to have such complete ineptitude at the helm. And this will continue to drag clubs down with it.

This is why something like the Super League is a must

[Fillipo Simone]

Agreed on the Lega commentary.

But regarding Kessie, I think emotions are prevailing. Benching him permanently and taking away his penalty duties will only hurt Milan in the long run and not Kessie. Benched or not benchen, penalties or not, this is not the Milan of '04 with plenty of capable men stepping forward. If we want to win the scudetto, we do need Kessie because he is much better then Bakayoko and adds different qualities then Tonali or Bennacer do. So he is a vital part of our squad and I really don't see what benching him will achieve other then "send a message" which will ultimately end in us 1) missing more penalties (remember Ibra) 2) lacking his qualities during games and 3) further the wedge between club/team and player.

No. We need to settle this at once. We need to extend his contract or end negotiations and sell in January. Up until then we should use Kessie according to our needs and then find a fast replacement. Kamara? I don't know the guy. Do you know him as a good player?

[han2503]

Agreed on the Lega commentary.

But regarding Kessie, I think emotions are prevailing. Benching him permanently and taking away his penalty duties will only hurt Milan in the long run and not Kessie. Benched or not benchen, penalties or not, this is not the Milan of '04 with plenty of capable men stepping forward. If we want to win the scudetto, we do need Kessie because he is much better then Bakayoko and adds different qualities then Tonali or Bennacer do. So he is a vital part of our squad and I really don't see what benching him will achieve other then "send a message" which will ultimately end in us 1) missing more penalties (remember Ibra) 2) lacking his qualities during games and 3) further the wedge between club/team and player.

No. We need to settle this at once. We need to extend his contract or end negotiations and sell in January. Up until then we should use Kessie according to our needs and then find a fast replacement. Kamara? I don't know the guy. Do you know him as a good player?

I agree regarding the Bennacer-Tonali duo. I don't think it's the way forward. They're both great, but they need a player like Kessie next to them. Could Bakayoko be the answer? I don't know, I think if he regains top form he's just as good a player as Kessie if not better, when at his best obviously. We saw how great he can be during his first stint with us, he's just a player that needs to feel appreciated and important.

I just don't think Kessie should be the first name on the team sheet anymore, not with the way he's behaving towards the club. This is exactly like the Hakan situation. He gave us 1 good year out of 4 and expecting to be rewarded as if he's a Ballon D'or candidate. They can all just f off. Theo is reportedly close to accepting a 4m per year deal. And imo Theo is a top 5 player in his position which Kessie is simply not. It would be ridiculous to go anywhere over 6m per year for him.

My only issue with the sell him in January premise is that he could refuse to move in January. Which will leave us with our hands tied. I get you point re team unity and such. But we should stop being a doormat in these cases. We've already done this with Donna and Hakan. We at least need to take some sort of stand with Kessie because this sends terrible signals of weakness, to other clubs, agents and the players.

As for Kamara. He's very talented and highly rated. He's very good on the ball, much better than Kessie from what I've seen. Not as physically imposing but still a strong presence in the midfield. We should sign him in January and make Kessie a non-factor, just like we did with Maignan-Donna.

[X-Offender]

Agreed on the Lega commentary.

But regarding Kessie, I think emotions are prevailing. Benching him permanently and taking away his penalty duties will only hurt Milan in the long run and not Kessie. Benched or not benchen, penalties or not, this is not the Milan of '04 with plenty of capable men stepping forward. If we want to win the scudetto, we do need Kessie because he is much better then Bakayoko and adds different qualities then Tonali or Bennacer do. So he is a vital part of our squad and I really don't see what benching him will achieve other then "send a message" which will ultimately end in us 1) missing more penalties (remember Ibra) 2) lacking his qualities during games and 3) further the wedge between club/team and player.

No. We need to settle this at once. We need to extend his contract or end negotiations and sell in January. Up until then we should use Kessie according to our needs and then find a fast replacement. Kamara? I don't know the guy. Do you know him as a good player?

Not emotions, but logic. Kessie's performances have been sub-par, in some games even horrendous. Coincidence? Either his great season last year was a one-off wonder, or he's just not mentally involved anymore. If he was performing well like Dollarumma last year I wouldn't have had any gripes, but as things stand right now he's a liability for us, not an asset.

We need to give a proper direction to this situation. As we've been saying, either sell him in January, or relegate him on the bench if he hasn't renewed since then. The club is bigger than the player.

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[Rossoneri7]

Agreed on the Lega commentary.

But regarding Kessie, I think emotions are prevailing. Benching him permanently and taking away his penalty duties will only hurt Milan in the long run and not Kessie. Benched or not benchen, penalties or not, this is not the Milan of '04 with plenty of capable men stepping forward. If we want to win the scudetto, we do need Kessie because he is much better then Bakayoko and adds different qualities then Tonali or Bennacer do. So he is a vital part of our squad and I really don't see what benching him will achieve other then "send a message" which will ultimately end in us 1) missing more penalties (remember Ibra) 2) lacking his qualities during games and 3) further the wedge between club/team and player.

No. We need to settle this at once. We need to extend his contract or end negotiations and sell in January. Up until then we should use Kessie according to our needs and then find a fast replacement. Kamara? I don't know the guy. Do you know him as a good player?

Agree on Kessie, his wages are being paid and he adds grit and solidity to the team. He links both defensive and offensive, and works hard off the ball.

The club will most likely sell him in Jan, till then he is a key player for the club.

[han2503]

Agree on Kessie, his wages are being paid and he adds grit and solidity to the team. He links both defensive and offensive, and works hard off the ball.

The club will most likely sell him in Jan, till then he is a key player for the club.

I really don't think the club is going to sell him in Jan.

Which boggles the mind even more that we're letting this situation hang over the rest of the team for the rest of the season and losing him for free at the end of it. What kind of business plan is this? Why not just give him what he wants and then sell at the right opportunity? Just doesn't make any sense that we're willing to let another big asset walk for free.

At least if we're not going to renew him, let him sit. Simple as that. I'm not saying send him to the Primavera, but at least use him as rotation and take away his penalty duties

[X-Offender]

I really don't think the club is going to sell him in Jan.

Which boggles the mind even more that we're letting this situation hang over the rest of the team for the rest of the season and losing him for free at the end of it. What kind of business plan is this? Why not just give him what he wants and then sell at the right opportunity? Just doesn't make any sense that we're willing to let another big asset walk for free.

At least if we're not going to renew him, let him sit. Simple as that. I'm not saying send him to the Primavera, but at least use him as rotation and take away his penalty duties

But consider this: suppose we renew Kessie's contract at his terms, that is the 8-9M whatever insane salary he's asking. Do you honestly then think any club will come knocking on our door with an offer for Kessie and meet his salary too?

I really don't believe that. Because first of all Kessie is not a highly desired and requested player. It took him to becoming a free agent for other clubs to get interested. Nobody really considered him beforehand. And consequently, the only reason clubs are interested is because they'd be getting his services for free. They'd only have to pay his wages. And the only clubs interested thus far seem to be PSG (no sh*t) and Tottenham (after Conte's appointment).

Kessie and his agent know this too well, hence they've got the leverage in this situation. He'll never renew knowing it's because the club wants to sell him afterwards. So, all that's left for us at this point is to just negotiate, or let him go. The club's hands are tied.

And it was the same for Dollarumma and Capanoglu.

We all have to accept the fact that football players have become greedy mercenaries that care only about money, and get easily manipulated by their agents. People like Tonali, who accepted a reduction in salary just to play for Milan, are a rarity nowadays.