If we're talking about overrated players, let's throw Schweinsteiger into the mix. C4 is reporting (pinch of salt etc etc..) that Milan are ready to trigger his release clause of £17m.

Schweinsteiger and Adebayor - help! 

Schweinsteiger and Adebayor - help! 

Upgrade to Seedorf and Ambrosini? Sure. But that does not mean he goes much higher then "above average". Santi Cazorla would also be and upgrade, Gourcuff is an upgrade...but. You're mixing apples with oranges. Both Massimo and Clarence are past their prime. Ambrosini is in a renaissance period cause he managed to survive one season without injuries and got playing time. But Seedorf was a hell of a player at Ajax, Real Madrid and Holland. Wesley's now 24 and still not on the level Clarence was at that period, and I'm curious to see what a player Sneijder's gonna be with 34.

But what's that all about Sneijder? What's his brilliance? I mean, when the team needed him the most - against Russia, were Hollands mid was loosing a hard battle minute after minute he just sulked over a FK that Persie took instead of him and managed to shoot about 10 times in a row off target. Well, that's not what they needed. They needed possesion, the needed passes and time with the ball. What Wesley gave to Russia is space for counter strikes that exhausted Hollands week wingers and fullbacks. But okay, it's just one match.

Any way. Sure he's good. But do you know what it means to be above average? That's the Pirlo, Seedorf, Leonardo, Zola, etc. level. That's not were Wesley belongs.

If we're talking about overrated players, let's throw Schweinsteiger into the mix. C4 is reporting (pinch of salt etc etc..) that Milan are ready to trigger his release clause of £17m.

Schweinsteiger and Adebayor - help! 

we are linked with Bastian Schweinsteiger and so is chelsea dont know if he can reproduce his country form he was not gud in bayern last season......

You're basing your apparent dislike of him on just one performance where it wasn't just him that performed below par? All of the Holland players performed as such not just Sneijder.

We can't just continue to let these players be our starters for the next 3-4 years just because of sentimental reasons or past reputations

Seedorf that has been jogging around the pitch for these last 2 seasons doing nothing useful, that is unless he decides he wants to play on that day. Imo that is not good enough for Milan, and Sneijder would be the perfect replacement for him.

especially Ambro, Sneijder would be great playing in that position and would take half of the creative burden from Pirlo's shoulders

Zebina is very close on joining Galatasaray, which means that Simic could stay in Italy ...

Ohhh, Å imić won't move to Turkey, belive me...

Andrei Arshavin: I want to play in La Liga

Andrei Arshavin has dealt Arsenal and Chelsea a huge setback in their pursuit of him after the Russian playmaker said he is ready to turn down any offers from England in favour of a move to Spain.

Arshavin, 27, has enjoyed a successful Euro 2008 so far, earning the admiration of Arsene Wenger, the Arsenal manager, who is keen to bolster his attacking options at the Emirates next season with both Emmanuel Adebayor and Alexander Hleb set to be heading to Barcelona, while Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has also registered an interest in the £10 million-rated player.

 
From Russia with love: Zenit's Andrei Arshavin is coveted by a host of top Premier League clubs

However, Arshavin has admitted the lure of Spain's La Liga is far more of an appealing prospect than the Premier League and Germany, where he has also attracted interest from several Bundesliga sides.

He said: "I know that I have offers from England and Germany, but what I would really like is to play in the Spanish League, in the Primera Division.

"It is the championship I've always followed, I like the football they play there. But, at the moment, I don't have any offers from Spain."

Arshavin won the Uefa Cup with his current club Zenit St Petersburg last season, but the Russian outfit are resigned to losing their star man with Arsenal and Chelsea ready to invoke a £10m release clause in the player's contract, although according to Russian Football Federation president Vitaly Butko, Arshavin has his heart set on a "dream" move to Barcelona this summer.

With Arsenal set to capture the signing of France's highly promising forward Samir Nasri this week from Marseille, Wenger has not abandoned hope of landing Arshavin after completing a £12m raid on his homeland.

He said: "The eye is always looking at who can strengthen Arsenal. Mainly I would say that you discovered only Russian players at this tournament because you see them playing less. All the others you know."

Last month, Zenit coach **** Advocat conceded his club were resigned to losing the in-demand attacker and that Arshavin had already begun taking English beginner classes to accelerate a move.

Speaking before Russia's quarter-final victory over Holland, Advocat said: "Andrei has told us he wishes to change clubs, although at present in the way of offers it is quiet."

But Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is ready to scupper any bid from Arsenal and has reportedly advised new manager Luiz Felipe Scolari to end his interest in Barcelona playmaker Deco, who at £12m is believed to be Scolari's favoured first transfer signing at Stamford Bridge, and concentrate on getting Arshavin.

Daily Telegraph

Fyi the Arshavin quote about liking La Liga comes from an interview supposedly given to 'As', which is not necessarily the most reliable of sources.

how bout we try to snap Klasnic, he's a free player this summer...he's not a "top class" striker, but could do great i think

No I am not. Actually I said this is just an example, that is in revent terms. Do you want more of these examples? I saw Ajax-PSV couple of years ago, I saw him play for Holland in 2006... He is just unreliable. He can make brilliant FK and assists from dead balls. That's his biggest plus. Is he a prospect? Yes. Can he perform more? Maybe. Is he a complete midfielder? NO. Most certainly not. He isn't balanced enough.

Exactly. We could have signed a couple of average guys like Rommedahl or Solari (just the first I could think of) and be relaxed for the next 2-3 years. But now we must buy backup players AND potential starters. The most frustrating thing is that we didn't use this crisis to introduce new players, like most big clubs do. But I just said Sneijder is overrated. For me he's nothing special. No fantastic add, no world class signing.

And yes you are mixing up things:
You see..first you said he would be ideal for the Ambro position, then you said he would be ideal to replace Seedorf.

Okay, and what's between above average and world class?
And you never proved or convinced me why shouldn't I consider him a "above average" player. Did he anything spectacular?

Has anyone ever seen Sneijder do any, well, defensive midfielding? Just curious cos I don't recall him doing defensive-type things this season at Madrid.

If he's not the type of player ot cover spaces or tackle, how could he play every position in midfield (given that Rino at least seems to be doing a lot of tackling and we all know that Ambro is far too enthusiastic at times when he tackles)?

Maybe I'm being a dumb blonde here, but I'm not quite following your logic, han.

Okay, that makes a little more sense. Thanks for clarifying! I agree that Sneijder is a good creative mid. He'd probably even do well at Milan.

However (and sorry to han and zd), I still don't particularly like him. He's got  a bit of an ego, that one.

Ohhh, Å imić won't move to Turkey, belive me...

nothing is going milan way in the market and TBH the main reason is UCL we can get stars  bcoz of UCL and than we cant pay that much bcoz of the money lost for not getting UCL

i don't buy that...bayern got luca toni and ribery while going down to the UEFA Cup.

players know that milan will be back in the CL, and if they don't...it's milan's staff who need to go out and convince them that they need to come and be the ones that help us get back into the CL.

we are milan...the most successful club in the world...past and present. the higher ups are just too afraid to spend money. we still haven't used the money we got for Sheva and we still haven't used the money we got from winning the CL last year. We were also suppose to get more money for switching our shirt sponsor to bwin last year. Where has that money gone? You use that money and you shouldn't have to dip into berlusconi's wallet.

We're saving our money up, in a few years we'll be able to buy Serie A, then we'll win the league every year. The great master plan!

You've revealed the Great Plan, Kurt.

Now we'll have to kill you. 

You've revealed the Great Plan, Kurt.

Now we'll have to kill you. 

I don't understand the mentality of the people who do things like that. Who are they to send threatening letters? It's one thing to have an opinion on Milan's transfer policy, but sending bullets to Milan's HQ suggests raving lunatic to me.

Bullets? OOOOOO....... Silvio is scared....

I don't understand the mentality of the people who do things like that. Who are they to send threatening letters? It's one thing to have an opinion on Milan's transfer policy, but sending bullets to Milan's HQ suggests raving lunatic to me.

lol true if he find out who sent that he will send a rocket launcher rocket there