Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani has told Nelson Dida to quickly come to a decision on his Rossoneri career.

The goalkeeper’s agreement expires in June 2007 and their has been whispers of a split given that talks over a new deal have not yet brought a compromise.

The Brazilian’s agent, Oscar Damiani, had recently stated that the two parties were close to an agreement, but the knee injury suffered by Dida in Athens has brought negotiations to a halt.

“I hope Dida renews his contract as soon as possible so we can stop all the rumours involving our goalkeepers,” said Galliani.

“If Dida opts not to sign for us then we will be forced to consider alternative options,” he added.

“Nelson is aware of our conditions and knows there are parameters that must be respected. Obviously he remains our first choice and if he stays with us he will be the No 1.”

The club have been linked with Marco Amelia of Livorno and AEK shot-stopper Stefano Sorrentino as possible Dida replacements, but Galliani insists they are not on their way after Christmas.

“There will be no arrivals in January,” added the chief. “We will not make any moves on the market because we hope that Dida will recover sooner than expected from his injury.”

Galliani was also asked to comment on Ramon Calderon’s latest Kaka pledge after the Real Madrid chief said he didn’t think his gravestone would say: ‘Here lies the man who did not bring Kaka to Madrid.’

“I don’t know what to say, I don’t like this gravestone talk,” responded the Rossoneri official.

“In any case, I will try to do all I can so that mine will one day say: ‘Here lies the man who kept Kaka at Milan.’”

I hope Dida signs an extension. He seemed to be returning to his best form before he got injured.

We should bring Amelia anyway...

If Dida signs a new deal, that would be a stupid move... Amelia is not a second choice GK... Plus, Dida has a good 3-4 more years in him.

I wouldn't change Dida with no-one else. I love this guy, we should consider ourselves lucky we've got him. Surely, he might be a little unsteady, but when I remember at all the times he's saved our @ss I say "Sign a new contract Nelson"

Of course but if he doesn't decide this by January then we have no other choice but to replace him. Even if he later decides he wants to stay.

The best option would be to buy Amelia in January and let him stay there till the end of the season, because if we wait until the summer to buy him it would be really tough because of more competition from other clubs. And considering our track record of how we recently held negotiations, I wouldn't wait for it to get messy during the summer.

Better make a clean, easy purchase in January

I'm not too keen on Amelia. Of course, he's a good goalie, but nowhere near the level of keepers like Dida, Buffon and Cech. If we were to sign a new goalkeeper I would go straight for Buffon, no matter his price.

Agreed.

Here are the keepers in the same rank as Dida:

Buffon, Cech, Van Der Sar, Casillas and maybe a couple more.

Then there are very good keepers like:

Amelia, De Sanctis, Frey, Valdes, Issakson, Stekelenberg and so on.


You get the picture.

Van Der Sar !!!?!?!?! Max .. u got to be kidding me, he aint no where near Dida's quality

He has said before that he want to be back to Brazil after his contract ends. I f he wanted to sign a new deal he would have done it already.
He is good this season but he is 33 already (more injury prone), was awful last year and I don't sure if he can play that good until 37.
If we don't sign Amelia now some other club will. If we are building a young team next year I would make Amelia a number one and buy some experience keeper to be a backup

I think there are other keepers much better and maybe cheaper than Amelia. Timo Hildebrand to mention one. Man, I don't understand why he's still playing for Stuttgart.

WHAT???? NONESENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Agreed. I think the media is forcing Amelia on us somehow...

Edwin Van Der Sar .. ?!?! A has been. At Ajax and Juve, yes he would be compared to Buffon, Cech, or Dida .. But ever since he moved to Fulham .. That was his decline.

Just watch him at Manchester now... All players have their decline... Dida f@cked up a lot here before he became what he is now.

hmm...

Buffon>Cech>Dida>=Van Der Sar>>>>>>...>>>Casillas!!

Has anyone heard anything about Cech?... some say his career is over!!

He will be fine. He probably will be back in 4-5 month

That's great !!

How is it great

It would be a pity if he was forced to quit football!!

Yes .. Cuz I thought u were implying that 'it would be great so he could help Chelsea' .. But since ur not, then yes .. Do I make sense

Casillas is the best keeper in La Liga.

The top keepers in the world are IMHO: Dida, Casillas and Buffon. All at the same level.

Football Italia

That only means that La Liga sucks when it comes to goalkeepers!!


IMO Buffon is in a league of his own!! He's been the best since he stepped on the green and I honestly can't recall a less-than-great game he had!!
Dida is amazing when he's in form but he has his ups and downs in (almost) every season and he's gone goofy a bunch of times...
As for Casillas, he is a very good goalkeeper but not a great one. He had had an exceptional season in 03-04 but other than that he's been "normal"... IMO Madrid would have had replaced him if he wasn't a "youth team lad"... (Something like Barcelona and Oleguer... only Oleguer is the worst player ever!! )

Oleguer!!! LOL! That guy is another Kaladze. What a joke. Not even quality for Triestina.

Same for Valdés. They only have Valdés because it's their "Casillas"... (from the primavera team).

No no my friend... Kaladze is just too good when compared to the likes of Oleguer... but I guess every team has to take care of its lads... like we do with Maldini!!

You don't know what you are talking about dst...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX5YQBvr3gs

And don't tell me compilations make players look good cause it's different with keepers. A keeper that can pull off those moves and saves is without a doubt, extraordinary.

dst is still a bit down with that Real Madrid talk the other day (backed up by Royals that was the stupidest thing I have ever heard about the spanish soccer...).

That's why he said that Casillas is not a great keeper. By this time, he can even say that Brocchi is better than Diarra or Borriello own Nistelrooy anyday.

Casillas is a great goalie.

Well so far you have been the only one who I ever heard denying this FACT

Wow!! That really changed my mind about him...

Nah. Not really. A nice video (I like that save in 3:46) but most of them saves are not that impressive. I still regard him as a very good keeper, that's all. And no I'm not going to say what you wrote above (although it is true) but I'm going to say that when I watch a compilation of Buffon or Dida I think they don't obey gravity. That's what separates a great keeper from a very good one!!


It is a FACT for God's sake!! Like the fact that Italy won the '06 WC. You just can't deny it. It's that simple. Not even Real fans do. It's not a even bad thing to admit... Real IS the King's team. HE has so much money that he towels his @ss with them, it's only normal and legal (can you believe it, the man can use that money ) that he spends a picayune amount of on the team...

Exactly. I have never heard anyone EVER denying the FACt that Real are backed by the Spanish Royals. As you said not even their own fans deny this.

Their god damn crest is almost a replica of the royals emblam.

Owned by the paople. PLEASE!!!

Fact? Please... that is as stupid as saying that Berlusconi robbed the italians and gave the public $$$ (when he was prime-minister) to Milan to buy Gilardino...

You know that Real Madrid is not the only club in spain with a crown on the logo, don't you?

<- OH LOOK! Racing Santander have a crown too. THEY MUST be backed up by the kings! That's why they're such a big team!

<- Espanyol! This one must be the King of Catalunia. That's why they're so big!

<- Mallorca! That's why... huge team!

Please guys. Don't be like that. Just 'cause you hate them, don't start with that blaugrana-talk sh1t.

how long has santander been the capital of spain??
or mallorca??
not espanyol because it's catalunia and we know the story about that

you think that by saying this I hate Real?? How is that offensive?? Every club is business (just forget my "passion over gold" sermon, I was a little high...) and in Real's case the King is the one putting the money so that the business will go on... I don't think it's a bad thing.

Hildebrand is still playing for Stuttgart because no one else wants him. Every time his contract is up, he's talking like "Maybe I leave if I have a good offer" and then no one makes one, because he's simply not good enough for a better team than Stuttgart. It was his fault that Germany only played 1-1 against Cyprus...

No king in Spain "put" money in Real Madrid. Maybe used their image... but nothing more. But OK. Stay with that lovely false story that I stay with the truth.

Oh. And I'm not defending Real. I'm just trying to open your eyes. Some of you bash everyone when posting tribalfootball news 'cause you think they invent them. And do you believe in this?

In the end of the day I think you guys are all joking about this whole story. Next time we talk about any other spanish club I'll use my imagination for a story. Dunno... maybe "Draculla was a Valencia fan", "Sevilha's president is Mourinho's uncle"...

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Back to topic: I really hope Dida renew. He and Nesta. Amelia is good but not as good (not even close) as the brazillian one.

I must say that I like that keeper. I wouldn't mind Hildebrand in Milan.

And there is other german keeper that was here in Portugal sometime ago and is class: Robert Enke. I think he's in Germany at this time.

Enke is a great Keeper. He has been awarded the best Bundesliga Keeper two or three consecutive times, he's much better than Hildebrand. I would really like to see im him in Milan.

The Ciudad Deportiva (0.124km^2) was sold for 480m Euros...

0.12km2 for 480m EUR!!!

If that is not money given in an indirect way then what is?? And that field's price (ultra-hyper-) topped by the time Madrid had a debt of 300+m EUR!! Fortuitous, huh??

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Anyway, I couldn't care less about Real Madrid's economics so let's get this over with, I don't like arguing with you!!

Me too and you know it. Period.

This is Dida's renew (or not) topic

Just one little reply to you and I'm back on the Dida Topic.

So basically what you're saying is Real spend those billions of Dollors in those short time spans only by using money generated by the clubs own pull. Right?

So the crest thing with the crown was a little far fetched from me, I admit it (btw Espanyol's crown is nothing like the royal's) but this is not a made up story about the royals. Everyone knows this. And what does this have to do with our hate for Real, Milan are backed by the richest man in Italy but I don't care, same goes for how I feel about where Real get their cash from. This is just a well known fact that's all.

btw I don't like arguing with you either, but I'm pretty certain about this issue and it's not because I dislike Real (which I don't, I just dislike their president)

Dida agent: No Blues contact

AC Milan goalkeeper Dida's agent claims he is not aware that Chelsea are tracking his client's services.
The Brazilian international is out of contract at the San Siro at the end of the season and the Blues have been linked with a summer swoop.

But Oscar Damiani, who represents Dida, said: "I'm not aware of any Chelsea interest at this moment in time.
"We haven't spoken to any other clubs, also because the rules don't allow us to and we have to respect the laws of the game.

"We'll be happy if Dida signs for Milan soon, otherwise we will consider all of our options from January."

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