Stam was one of a kind defender and I don't think Gallas can actually replace him, but he comes close. At least he doesn't get injured as often. But I still think we should consider some other options as well...

Daniel Van Buyten could be the perfect signing. While he is not as versetile as Stam, he is one of the only defenders that is very tall and very powerfull.


Rui Costa was the dream sub for Kaka and now he is gone... Here are my candidates for his replacment:

Kim Kallstrom

Lincoln

Shevchenko is almost certainly a Chelsea player now so, we have to think of someone... My candidates:

Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Yes, you heard me right. He is going to waste in MU and he could be a solid "replacment" for Sheva. Just take a look at his goalscorng record:
http://www.rvn10.com/revamp/information_statistics.php

Eto'o
As much as I hate to say it, Eto'o could be a solid option due to lack of quality strikers. He is fast and can dribble past defenders, something Sheva was doing for Milan.

Fernando Torres
Ok, Torres is godlike when it comes to technique and speed. There is no doubt about that, but he is not quite as lethal of a striker as Sheva was and that's my only concern. But he is only 22 and is only getting better and better.

Your thoughts on these players? Any suggestions?

I think your right on everyone except Sheva, i still dont think he will go

We supposedly already have someone lined up to replace Rui Costa, a 19 year old french mid cant remember the name

We should bring in Torres regardless of what happens to Sheva in the future, Inzaghi, Sheva and Amorouso are all 30 (nearly) or over and arent getting any younger, Torres would be a worthy strike partner to Gila

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Daniel Van Buyten could be the perfect signing. While he is not as versetile as Stam, he is one of the only defenders that is very tall and very powerfull.

If you are looking for a tall powerfull defender I recommend Robert Huth from Chelsea. Van Buyten is a good goal scorer and air battler, but his tackling and all other defensive skills are very doubtfull in my opinion.

Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Yes, you heard me right. He is going to waste in MU and he could be a solid "replacment" for Sheva. Just take a look at his goalscorng record:
http://www.rvn10.com/revamp/information_statistics.php

I think Ruud belongs to the past, and his manners are way to bad for a Milan player. I mean I really used to like Inzaghis character these years, but a duo of Ruud and Pippo would be very surely the most disliked European striker pair!

Why dont you mention Luca Toni? Do you think he will be a Viola forever? No,...Milan, Juve or...Inter are his future (ehem, maybe Real). And he would be perfect. Otherways maybe Drogba, Klose or a new WC star (Podolski,...)

Toni is an another Adriano and Vieri type of player. We don't need him. And if he leaves from Florence i think he'll go to Inter

van buyten is very strong and tall and he is always dangerous with corners and free kicks and it is possible to place him in attack as a target man

I dont see that this way . I mean 31 goals speak for themself or no? Adriano is a great attacker in the wrong club, but he is still young...Both Toni and Adriano should deserve our attention, IMO

Still his defensive skills are rather poor. If you seek for a player of defensive skills, good pass and dangerous from freekicks and corners you dont have to search in the Bundesliga. Look for Sienas Igor Tudor, he is that kind off player

To me Gallas is better than Stam especially in the flanks...We do still need one more defender though so my choice would be Oddo for the right so that Gallas would play as a CB...Rui Costa was right to leave cause he's too good a player to just warm the bench and I really hope he keeps no hard feelings for not being used.I have only watched
Kallstrom, Lincoln rarely and I wan't impressed by their performances (still not bad, especially as substitutes...) but I'm not sure how they've developed!I'd choose Sneijder though...
Ruud to me is not good enough for Serie A but Eto'o, Torres are younger players and would be worth to be given a chance...I'd still pick Villa over them though...

I think Adriano is a great player...You'll see that in two weeks and when (hopefully for him, and/or us ) will leave that Merde Bog that's called Inter...

Van Buyten is an awesome defender, especially when it comes to air battles, but he'll probably transfer to Bayern Munich. If you want a centre back who's tackling abilitys are awesome, you'll find him at the Hamburger SV as well, Khalid Boulahrouz. He's just 24 and feared by all strikers who gave him the nickname "The cannibal", which he really deserves. Can't say that much about Kallström, never saw him actually play, but Lincoln is far away from being good enough for Milan...
For the attack, I can only repeat myself, Lukas Podolski. Except for Rooney you won't find a more talented young striker in Europe. He'd also be a perfect addition for Gila or Pippo cause he often falls back to the midfield to get the ball, a bit similar to Raul. He'd be the best, though it's almost sure he'll go for Bayern Munich...

I personally dont think, we will buy any strikers. Carlo will stick with inzaghi and gilardino for as long as he can. He will improve the defence first, which is most important. Then maybe he will consider buying a striker. Reyes would be a nice buy i personally think, torres. Adriano is good, but i think he'd be a burden to milan.

Because I forgot... No, but seriously... Isn't Toni too similar to Gila? I mean we'll see how they'll do when the pair of them play together in the WC... Gila and Toni are both very lethal in the box, but out of the box they are not even close to what Sheva is able to do. A striker without those atributes can't replace Sheva. The only people who I can think of that can actually do that are Torres and Eto'o. I'd take Torres over Eto'o though. Torress will shine in this world cup, I'm telling you.

BTW, I take Van Nistelrooy back. He can't replace Sheva...

Van Nistelrooy -> good chanes for transfer, he want to left Man UTD and the price for him will be attractive ........ for me he could be in Milan but he isn't that type of striker (not talking about skills!) like Sheva

.... but if we look around we have very good player abroad )) -> Adriano........ Why not him? He also is thinking about leaving Inter...... Galliani or Berlusconi said some time ago that it will be big pleasure to watch Adriano with Sheva in Rossonneri attack........ Sheva will propably leave..... but Adriano could come.

Gourcuff to replace Rui Costa is a good choice -
Press says he's the future 'zidane'.
He's doing a very good european championship with France Espoir.
He's just 19 years old.

http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur20231.html

he's a great hope ...

PS: sorry for my poor english

Now that Silvio is back don't worry...He'll find a great attacker just as he did when asked to replace MVB,Weah (Well not Silvio alone, but he gives me confidence )

Good point...Silvio will find a new striker . We need new offensive and defensive players. But he will wait for the WC to see all the players in real action. Someone will merge out, maybe it wont be Van Nistelrooy, Drogba, Torres, Adriano or even Podolski. I would not be suprised if our scouts discover a new talent or someone from the "background" shines on the WC. Really, there are so many good players, it comes just to small details.

Hmmm, to be honest I don't like Berlusconi that much. It's true without him Milan would have never become the club that it is today, but that guy isn't much better than Moggi, sorry.
But I guess you're right, he'll take care of the striker problem....
Podolski, Podolski, Podolski...

to replace Stam I think Gallas or Oddo would do a good job, and I also think Gourcuff would replace Rui.

but the real problem would be replacing Sheva, hopefully we would get Crespo in and exchange with Sheva, but he`s not nearly as good. At this time I think Adriano or Torres are the most possible replacements of Sheva.

but we can always hope for Tevez

MILAN HAS LOST FOUR PLAYER:

1. CENTRAL DEFENDER - 34 Y/O STAM
2. CENTRAL DEFENDER - 40 Y/O COSTACURTA
3. CREATIVE MIDFIELDER - 34 Y/O RUI COSTA
4. FORCE STRIKER - 30 Y/O - SHEVCHENKO

WHAT DO WE HAVE:
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DEFENDERS:

1. CENTRAL/LEFT DEFENDER - 38 Y/O MALDINI
2. RIGHT DEFENDER - 36 Y/O CAFU
3. LEFT DEFENDER - 29 Y/O JANKULOVSKI
4. CENTRAL/LEFT DEFENDER - 28 Y/O KALADZE
5. CENTRAL DEFENDER - 30 Y/O NESTA
6. CENTRAL DEFENDER - 31 Y/O SIMIC
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- AVERAGE - - 32 Y/O

NEED: YOUNGER DEFENDERS FOR REPLACEMENTS FOR CAFU AND IN THE CENTER FOR THE FUTURE.

1. YOUNG RIGHT DEFENDER
2. YOUNG CENTRAL DEFENDER
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MIDFIELDERS:

1. CENTRAL MIDFIELDER - 29 Y/O AMBROSINI
2. CENTRAL MIDFIELDER - 28 Y/O GATTUSO
3. CENTRAL MIDFIELDER - 24 Y/O KAKA'
4. CENTRAL MIDFIELDER - 27 Y/O PIRLO
5. CENTRAL MIDFIELDER - 30 Y/O SEEDORF
6. LEFT MIDFIELDER - 35 Y/O SERGINHO
7. CENTRAL MIDFIELDER - 29 Y/O VOGEL
____________________________________________________________________
- AVERAGE - - 29 Y/O

NEED: YOUNG MIDFIELDERS THAT ARE TRULY ABLE TO PLAY IN THE BANDS, WE HAVE A DEFICIENCY THERE. WE ARE SLOW ATTACKING THRU THE SIDES ... WE DEPEND ON SERGINHO AND HE'S OLD. WE HAVE WAY TOO MANY CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS FORCED TO PLAY OUT OF THEIR NATURAL POSITIONS.

1. YOUNG RIGHT MIDFIELDER
2. YOUNG LEFT MIDFIELDER
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STRIKERS:

1. POINT STRIKER - 32 Y/O AMORUSO
2. POINT STRIKER - 24 Y/O GILARDINO
3. POINT STRIKER - 33 Y/O INZAGHI
____________________________________________________________________ - AVERAGE - ALMOST - 30 Y/O

NEED: YOUNG VERSATILE AND STRONG STRIKERS. WE HAVE THREE AREA SHARKS BUT LACK DISTANCE RUNNERS AND SHOOTERS.

1. FORCE YOUNG STRIKER
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LET'S THINK AT THE FUTURE FOR MILAN ... LET US NOT HOPE ONLY TO GET THE INSTANT REPLACEMENT FOR SHEVA

PLACE YOUR COMMENTS PLEASE

Well^^^
Costacurta is here for one more year as far as I know...

Other than that... I agree with everything you said. Although I think Milan's playing style is to push forward through the middle rather than attacking down the flanks... All we really need is a good right winger and a good and fast sub for seedorf as far as having wing players are concerned...

I understand what you say apKillerMax but don't you think it will give a new dimension to Milan's offense ... having a REALLY good flanker. A good flanker will give us lethal counterattacks ... especially because of the relatively slow back center midfielders we have.

Though Serginho is 35, the guy is still as fast as a rocket... As I said, I think a good right winger would solve our problem... or even bringing a player like Sneijder to sub Seedorf once in a while... Or what do you know? Ancelotti might find a new position for him?

I think that a sub for Seedorf we have MAREK JANKULOVSKI. He's a really good player.

I think Marco Borriello, Kutuzov can be back from loan to solve attacking problems.bring back all loan out players to providr cover of the old aged players

Sure, Serginho is still fast. But I watch him, well practically since he came to Milan, and I must say, his flanking style, or better precision is deteriorating. He is lost this final touch feeling. Still, I count on him, but as far as I see we need some backup on the wings. Some option for right and left would open Joaquin, Srna, van der Vaart, even Sneijder. One of this players should really be considered.

Borriello would be a mistake. Think he is not suitable. Kutuzov then again yes, could be a sub with chances of starting from the first minute at Cup matches

I'll again go not for any attacker...I mean noone would be good enough + and he'd cost us a lot of money;We need Gallas, Oddo, Sneijder, Gurcouf, Joaquin, Janku in and we'll be great-really great..I mean we don't have to score 113 goals every year...especially when we don't concede that much

Yes. True. 3 'Milan-quality' players gone.

To sub them, I'll suggest:

Shevchenko » 1.Tevez 2.Torres
Rui Costa » 1.Gourcuff
Stam » ? Gallas ?

To sub Seedorf in 1 year, maybe even this season:
-Sneijder.

To sub Dida:
-Buffon (Almost confirmed)

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Marek Jankulovski can do many places, like Seedors one or Cafu's one. Even the LB.