Not even for Maldini's sake? To se him ending his career with the CL trophy one more time would be marvelous...
I'm very positive that our transfer policy does not depend on wether we win or lose the CL title. It's more about Carlo/our coach. But I get your point...

Only for God...

I'm quite sure Carlo asked for a couple more signings in the summer! Edit: last summer...

I'd get the ex-Inter, Frey. The best GK in Italy, will be 28 in 2008...

Release Dida, Kalac and Fiori and put a Primavera one as Frey's sub. This for 2008/09. I'm tired of grandpa's.

it's amazing frey hasnt been called up for france, domenech obviously has it in for serie a which is pretty pathetic.

for me i would like to see frey, he's matrued into a great Gker and i we could get a good 4 years out of him.

but personally i want a Gker that we could keep for 9-10 years, a long term thing so my first choice would be akinfeev.

You're right about his personality, he wouldn't really fit in, he'll speak his mind and has got himself into trouble a few times like that.

Frey was called up against Ukraine but let in a really soft header from Sheva that was in no danger of troubling the net. He made a one handed collect, but somehow palmed it into his own net. Terrible mistake, and Domench just lost confidence in him.

Then again this is the same Domenech who ignore Trezegol due to a petty feud

Even better than Gigi?


The same goes for Trezeguet... that guy is a dumbass!

I don't think we'll be able to get anyone atm. I can't see any of the real world class goalkeepers leave their respective teams atm. Not even Frey, who I'm sure Fiorentina won't sell, especially in January, and let's face it, if we want to actually do something useful this season we need Dida to be removed as soon as possible.

But we do still have Abbiati, who imo is a good keeper and much more stable then Dida atm.

I think we should call him back from Atletico as a temporary replacement until we get someone else that can fill the position better

Won't be that easy,...

Am I the only one who doesn't rate Frey so highly!??


Won't happen. Dida won't move before June and he might still be with us next season too. We're surely getting a new defender and if we go for oveR20rated too then it will be more than enough.

Not the only one, I think he is a good keeper that can make the spectacular save but is also prone to make the odd blunder here and there.

He's more of a Dida 03/04 level then anything else.

Just think that he is the only realistic option we have.


Dida can sit on the bench for the rest of the season. If Abbiati was still here he would have been benched a long time ago. Carlo just keeps on talking about having faith in him because he knows there is no realistic alternative to him currently available so he has no choice but to try and encourage him by staying behind him.

A keeper is a big must for as, as much as a defender, if not more

I say Ochoa he is pretty good I have seen him play a few times nice young talent here is his bio from Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Ochoa

Never seen him play... it reads on wiki that he is 1.84cm tall, isn't that a bit short for a goalie!??

1.keeper
2.striker
3.alternative AM
4. defender

I didn't see anyone mention our defense being the second best in Italy

Frey has 1,89..not much better..

FWIW, I saw Ochoa a couple of times during the Copa America, where he was playing for the Mexican NT. He really impressed me there. (yes, yes, he's cute, but I'm not having a girlie moment. my heart belongs to Nesta). If we can't find an Italian and can't get one of the German boys, Ochoa may well be worth a look.

around 1.90m is perfect...... coz shorter than that its hard to catch balls too far, while taller than that its hard to catch balls near, on the ground.

Considering the fact that about 4-6 defenders will be leaving in the summer I think a defender is a bigger priority then a striker

You really believe that!? The only one sure to go is Maldini for me.

Poalo is a sure thing, but I also believe that atleast Simic and Sergio are already 75% sure to leave. Yes there is always that doubt that Fester will do something stupid but I think they will leave.

Cafu and Favalli are the ones that I have serious doubts on

My first choice would be Rene Adler. He's the perfect goalie for the 21st century IMO. He's playing very very consistent, no goofs, has great reflexes, is good when it comes to open the game.
I don't expect us to sign him though. Amelia nad Frey are much more likely. Frey is great too, I'm not so sure about Amelias class.

I remember a few of us here did mention his name one/two years ago..

Amelia Set To Sign For Barcelona - Report

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WHY BARCA?! I WANT HIM IN MILAN

Let him pass. I really don't see what all those people see in Amelia. He is so much overrated,..

And this report is false for sure. They have Vicky Valdes,..

Now the media are linking us to another keeper:

Milan Want Brazilian ‘Keeper Cavalieri

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He is overrated !! Just that the Italians are looking for a potential successor for Gigi Buffon, and that lime light had been placed on Amelia.

Whether he proves to live up to that standard (Gigi's successor) is yet to be seen.


Thing is, he is too young to be considered for a team like Milan. To be a first team regular you have to be extraordinary in what you do, and Amelia is no extraordinary Gkeeper !!


p.s. You want a Gkeeper in place of Dida, then Buffon would be the ideal pick !

Also, a Gila-Frey trade is considered...

I don't rate Amelia either but he is certainly better than Valdes!

Yeah, he is (but considering all the past Barca keepers - Hesp, Arnau, Bonano, Rüstü, etc. Vicky is the best; with the exemption of Robert Enke)...but altough the Catalans hate Valdes, he's still one of their standard players, and I see no use of replacement for him. Maybe Reina some day,..

The reason Barca are going out for a keeper in January is because their #2 has had a bad injury and will be out til next season. So if Amelia wants to go to Barca to sit on the bench, it's up to him.

There're better keepers out there.

NB -- Some of the training reports and/or news reports out of Dubai have indicated that the Primavera keeper (Offredi) has been in very good form indeed.

Exactly.

But I personally can't see us getting Buffon. That window of opportunity was open during the whole Calciopoli thing and we lost it. And I can't see us ever getting a chance like that again at getting him.

Maybe we could tempt Cech away from Chelsea, they aren't in a good place atm, and if we push really hard for him I can see us probably getting him. It's a big if though. But there are only a small handfull of really top class goalkeepers out there and Cech is probably the only one we could have a hope of ever getting

Cech...no, he's inviolate.

We're dealing with Abramovich anyway. And we can't offer Cech anything, that Chelsea can't. Except the Serie A title.

I think it's about time, we went about developing our own Casillas. I don't mean he has to come from the youth ranks (though 10ie looks set to call dibs upon Offredi), but we need someone young soon, I don't care what nationality. As long as he can last 10 years.

Until then get someone steady. If Dida gets his confidence back (which I suspect he will, if only he'd have a strong defence, which I suspect he will if only we had a confident attack), we should probably stick to it.

We obviously can't sign any of the top 3 GKs in the world. Cech, Casillas and Gigi won't be sold by their respective clubs. IMO they're by a big margin the best in the world.
We should sign a promising youngster with the potential to make it to the top IMO...someone like Neuer, Akinfeev or Adler. If there's someone within our youth that has potential...even better.

If we do go for a foreign keeper, my vote is still for Adler. He's quite young (which may mean Milan aren't looking at him) but he's absolutely amazing.

And I've only seen Offredi play once but he actually did look good and hey...it's nice to see a primavera player coming up to the first team. He apparently did well in training on the trip to Dubai too (with no offense to BMW, in the articles I read, apparently Offredi did better than any of the first team keepers).

@LaPalma .. I think we'd be in Lala Land if we dazed upon the idea that Milan will sign someone young for the Gkeeper slot (unless he's exceptional)

He would have to be world class or at least show the potential to, at least.

Talkin about Adler or Amelia .. mm as Tennie would say, fanatacalcio to an extent. It's fantasy really.

R7, try to catch a Leverkusen game when the Bundesliga resumes. I really do think that Adler shows world class potential. But yeah, there may be an element to fantacalcio about our collective desire for a very young keeper.

Milan has never been that strong on the goalkeeper front. And I can't see us producing one now when our primavera isn't producing any type of players like it had in the past

But from the top 3 keepers in the world who are Cech, Gigi and Casillas, Cech is the only one I can see us getting by a long shot if we push hard enough. He's the only one who is not playign for a truely big club and Chelsea with all their money have still been eluded by one trophy time and time again, a trophy that seems on the other hand to love Milan. The CL. I think thats temptation enough, add to that the $$$$ signs and I think we could get him

Of course Chelsea don't need the money. It's just up to whether Abra would let him go or not. If Sheva still loves Milan (in English now of course) the he could help with that... he could give head to his master then we'd be pretty close! Otherwise...

I like Lala Land...
Adler is really a special GK though (the chances that Milan might sign him are almost zero though...)

With all respect, but Chech get's a bit too much injuried for the last 2 seasons. And I don't see such a thing happen. But we can offer Chech something Chelsea did not - it's a CL title for GS...

Buffon on the other side,..well..it's not all over yet. He's still "young", and although he decided to stay with Juve in Serie B, he might soon realize that he's probably the best keeper of the decade and the only major trophy he hasn't won yet is the CL. That's were Milan steps right in. And if, if we can bring back some of the old Juve players (I'm not just talking about Zambro, IMO Cannavaro and Thuram could be ours as well), he'll feel right at home.

Anyway, there are some young keepers - Adler - like Tennie said, who have emense potential. Also Neuer and some others as well. But I can't see us signing a young keeper as well, especially not a foreign. Maybe, a South American one (please no!!),...So, there is not much hope to see us sign Akinfeev, Neuer, Rensing, etc.

But Italy has some keepers I do rate high, or at least have a good opinion, like:
Frey from Fiorentina, Amelia and De Lucia from Livorno, Curci from Roma, Castellazzi from Sampdoria and Sereni from Torino. Does keepers I rate, but only Frey and Curci have class to make it as Milan No.1

From the other Euro-leagues I would consider: Robert Enke (Hannover) and Roman Weidenfeller (BVB) from Germany and Mikaël Landreau (PSG) from France

We have been linked with a young french keeper. Lloria or something. He is supposed to be highly rated

Never heard of him. Great sig!

The World's best Goalkeeper 2007 by IFFHS:

1. Gianluigi Buffon - Juventus - 209
2. Petr Cech - Chelsea - 172
3. Iker Casillas - Real Madrid - 124
4. Edwin Van der Sar - Manchester United - 62
5. Rogerio Ceni - Sao Paulo - 37
6. Jose Manuel Reina - Liverpool - 36
6. Nelson Dida - Milan - 36
8. Andres Palop - Sevilla - 29
9. Julio Cesar - Inter - 24
10. Jens Lehmann - Arsenal - 20
11. Alexander Doni - Roma - 17
12. Roberto Carlos Abbondanzieri - Getafe - 14
12. Victor Valdes - Barcellona - 14
14. Francisco Guillermo Ochoa - America - 9
15. Agustin Julio - Tolima - 8
16. Artur Boruc - Celtic Glasgow - 7
17. Rene Adler - Bayer Leverkusen - 5
17. Manuel Almunia - Arsenal - 5
17. Gregory Coupet - Lyon - 5
17. Francesco Toldo - Inter - 5

The IFFHS...

Keepers from Almeria, Villareal and Nice? Somehow not the Milan way. I doubt this would happen.

Anyone watch French football? Lloris looks promising.

here we go, million links.