Still can't see it happening no matter what his brother says. With the way things are going I would be more content staying the way we are rather then spending a ridiculous ammount and getting an average player like Adebayor

Hm.

Mediaset is reporting that negotiations are continuing with Arsenal for Adebayor. They're saying that Barca has given up trying to sign him and that there's a 5 million euro difference between Arsenal's asking price of 40 million and Milan's offer of 35 million. There's also some talk of previous (and maybe continuing? not sure on this section) talks between Milan and Barca about a deal (Milan will let Barca have Adebayor in exchange for a discount on Eto'o).

link

Both make sense (esp the Eto'o) thing to me. Eto'o wants an incredibly high wage too which may present a problem according to Gallani. 35 mil euros for Adebayor is insanely high though, I'd rather try to get Villa if possible.

Milan ready to give 35M€ for Adebayor this is ridiculous we all know that Eto'o is the number one target both for the club and Carlo, yet they didn't want to pay 35M for him and now they're ready to play that amount for Adebayor, pffff this is non-sense!

Personally I think we'll wait until the very end and sign R10 for 15-20M€ ...

But I do not get this. We behave very carefull 2 seasons, make sure we don't overpay any player even one dime (of course, make misjudgments like Oli, still..) and then suddenly, we say Eto'o, Dinho, Drogba, etc. - all to much for us, but Adebayor, a player who till now played 1 or 2 (if Monaco counted) good season, suddendly becomes our interest and we're ready to give that kind of money or him? Can someone point me the logic in this? I understand:

1) I understand the terms "transfer abstinence" and "economical whealt"

2) That the world is mad now and that it is in the boundaries of the same to give crazy summs of money for a hype.

What I don't understand is when does two diresctions crossed...

I want Adebayor.....

But he is too expensive.....

ps: I come from beijing,china.....

Welcome to milanfan!

Nice to see someone from China here! And someone who actually want's Ade...

Thankyou very much...

I dunno if I want Ade. He certainly showed a lot of progress recently. And he's young. In general I'd say we should give this guy a chance....but for 35 million? Better not....

My 'prediction' for the remaining transfer period:

GK: In - None. Out - None.

DF: In - Ferrari. Out - Simic.

MF: In - Ronaldinho. Out - Brocchi.

AT: In - Drogba. Out - None.

Tuttosport is reporting that the zebras are competing with Milan for Miguel Veloso.

Spanish paper As is reporting that Barca bid 25 for Adebayor and that they're still in the running for his services.

You mean our goal keepers are good? we have 3average GK not a good one

look this.

this is just stupid,

adebayor might be the worst buy ever.

Breaking our transfer record and for wat?

He couldve scored 40 goals this season if he didnt have the habit of missing chances. and were buying him after 1 good season?? just like borriello

they are both unproven.
we need someone that we know that will be good in Milan not by just looking at stats

No, I don't think so .

Adebayor missed many good chance is true.

But he is high and strong enough,therefore, he can create more opportunities.

Milan has Kaka and Pato,the skill and speed is enough.

But we lack a strker like Drogba or Tony....

Moreover, many teams in Serie A for Milan in the game used intensive defensive strategy and Milan often at this time it is difficult to goal.

The strker like Drogba is one of the best ways to break intensive defensive。

ps：My English is not good. Hope that your can see know what I mean.

Your English is perfectly understandable, beijing. Don't worry about it.

Anyway...Adebayor's agent was interviewed this morning and is quoted as saying that it's almost a done deal between Arsenal and Milan; the remaining issue is who will replace Adebayor at Arsenal.

Welcome to MilanFan Beijing! I'm also from China.. live in the U.S. though.

Concerning Arsenal, it's been rumored Roque Santa Cruz might be the replacement... I'd be angry though if they took our money and went and bought David Villa.

That's what I think will happen - not necessarily what I think we need. I could be completely wrong - we'll see!

I hope Milan can bring him to San siro....


ha,and pleased to have you here...hahaha...

David Villa...His skill and speed is good, but I think Milan need a striker which has strong body and good at heading....

ADEBAYOR, The agent: "Will go to Milan"

Adebayor's Italian agent, Vincenzo Morabito, interviewed by Mediaseta has explained as make negotiation between Milan and Arsenal: "Will be done at 70/80%- has started Morabito- because Milan have still take a position, while Arsenal are searching a substitute for my client. Until don't end research, negotiation could not start. In the list there are Gomez , Santa Cruz and Crouch".

Meanwhile Daily Mail write about a negotiation for bring the Spanish striker Guiza to Emirates.

I'm not a fan of Adebayor but if Wenger's really looking at Crouch to replace him then he's lost it!

I refuse to believe we're going to spend over 30m euros for Adebayor. No-one can change my mind!

maybe we'll have ade and dinho by aug. 31

I hate ade.i hate all of arsenal players!and i think Adebayor would be our most expensive player in the club's history.

Did you hate Flamini?

I think Ade is *half* decent, and would probably do reasonably well with Pato, but he's simply not worth the amounts being thrown around in my opinion. If the deal goes through, I'll look forward to him proving me wrong.

To me he is welcome. Does anyone know how many headers he scored for Arsenal last season? Or if Morgoth has seen him in France maybe he can tell me how good he is at headers?

BTW, welcome Beijing, You got an awesome signature.

hoepfully but if we pay this ridiculous amount of money for ade then R10 only if he uses fifa clause i think

I think he's good with his head, especially when it comes to deviations!

With that said, I can't believe we're going to buy him, I hope it's some kind of pressure on Barcelona to cut Eto'o price otherwise I'd be very disappointed with the management, plus what's the point of buy Borriello back if he's going to be a back up for Adebayor?! I'm really lost here

Anyway, Ben Arfa will be Marseille player very soon, only the medical visit is left!

Oh and welcome to Milan fan beijing

Welcome


The only one I can see happening is Ferrari, Ronaldinho is looking more and more unlikely, and if we get Adebayor He will be the only attacking player coming in


what do those stats mean exactly, I don't understand Italian. Are they saying that we actually made a profit?


That would be the story of Milan for the last 3 years wouldn;t it? getting the short end of the stick in the long run because our management for some reason have become incompetent.


I can't believe it's about to happen either, I gave Galliani more credit before that, but if this happens the last bit of respect I have for him will down the drain. I mean what the hell is he thinking??? Ok I'm fine to a certain extent with Adebayor coming, but for that ammount of moeny???? When Galliani is always complaining about it?? I can't believe it's about to happen.


No way both players will come in, it's an either or situation in this case. And what really gets to me is that they are not willing to spend half the ammoun they are willing to spend on Adebayor for R10 when we all know that one is WC and the other will probably never be

I like Adebayor. I see more potential than current ability in him. The way he rose to the challenge and scored that many goals right after Henry left shows he can take responsibility. I think he will only develop in Milan. The cost? I'm fine with it AS LONG AS Milan also bring in Ronaldinho. We all know we are not getting a keeper this season.

Yup He was a french arsenal player!

Man i'm getting tired of seeing this for about 10 pages now. Look guys ade is a good buy whether some of you believe he is trash or not. Lets look at his statistics:

Full name: Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor

Date of Birth: February 26, 1984 (age 24)

Country: Togo

Height: 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) = WOW!!!! Nice to have a tall striker for once!


RECORDS:

Years Club App (Gls)*
2001–2003 FC Metz 44 (15)

2003–2006 AS Monaco 78 (18)

2006– Arsenal 78 (36)


---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lets give him a chance i mean were giving trash like boriello a chance and an 18 year old school kid a chance to lead our attack next year. I dont see why we can't give a striker who is 24, tall, powerful and has a good scoring record a chance.

I dont like the fact that were paying an unbelievable price for him but thats the way the market goes. Hes the best choice out of Eto/Drogba/R10 because his wages are not ridiculous so they won't hurt our clubs foundation, also its beneficial for our club because he and flamini have great chemistry so it will only be a vantage point.


=--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

On the R10 issue i dont believe that we'll get him. He wants the biggest money and he will go to the club who can offer him the fattest check and the nicest party life style. London->chelsea->fatcheck->girls all over him.

+1

The little chart in italian is how much the big clubs have spent on transfers in and gotten from transfers out. My question is: where did it come from (what source) and which year is it from?

You call that a good scoring record?

Drogba
NT 52 (32)
Le Mans 63 (12)
En Avant Guingamp 45 (20)
Olympique Marseille 35 (18)
Chelsea F.C. 110 (50)

Eto'o
NT 69 (31)
Real Mallorca 144 (66)
FC Barcelona 108 (77)



We'll see. But yes, he was trash. Hope that changes.

I wouldn't talk about goal scoring records. George Weah has won World player of the year, and his goal scoring record for Milan was worse than Gila's, so..

Weah was not exactly a goal poacher... He could create and assist. On the other hand, Gila = useless...

wow, today has been a fun read in this topic. after considering everyones points, here is my take on this controversial Adebayor transfer saga:

this is a good buy. players like adebayor really only fulfill their true potential by the time their 27, 28ish. Adebayor has immense capacity even if he wastes some chances while hes 24. If you look at the players in the Adebayor mold, the likes of drogba, luca toni, kevin kuranyi, Kanoute etc, none of these aforementioned big target men never cemented themselves as great/fulfilled their potential until after this 27/28 age barrier. Drogba was beastly, but not prolific until recently. Toni? same thing, only 2 seasons ago did he actually step his game up.

The type of features Adebayor would bring to us is height, broad shoulders, good control (hey, many would refute this, but if you play on arsenal, and you get 30 goals, you have to have some sort of decent touch granted the way they play..) , and surprising speed for a man of his size. On top of that..if we bring in drogba and eto'o, we are bringing a lot of excess baggage along with their talent. They both have mouths and can be polarizing characters. Adebayor gets on GREAT with his team mates..hes humble..[i]and he's got some dance moves.

Now lets take a look at the alternatives:

Drogba - truly prolific, talks a lot of ****, dives, he's already thirty. (Wasn't considered truly prolific until the season before last when he was 29/30.) Only TWO seasons where he has scored more than 20, once when he was 25/26, and then two seasons ago (39 goals) when he was 29!

Eto'o - unlike drogba, he's been prolific since he was 24/25. same mold as pato tho. pato could be better than this guy ever was 2 seasons from now.


Toni - now he is the premier target man in the world right now, (apart from his euro 08 form). Yet, the first time he ever got 20 goals was with Palermo, his age? 27/28.

Amauri - until last two seasons, Amari WHO?

...get my point?

Adebayor has now gotten himself 30 goals for Arsenal in his first year as a full time starter, at the age of 24. He was the only rock of a forward for arsenal in a season where van persie, eduardo, and bendtner all did not contribute like they should have. He has good enough touch for his size, more than enough speed for his size. The clincher is the killer instinct in front of goal that translates to prolific stature. He has all the tools to be a great hit man, and the confidence and decisiveness in front of goals comes with experience.

Adebayor is intelligent in the way he controls long balls into space, would provide Andrea with a broad shouldered, 6 ft. 3 inch frame off of which kaka and pato can make their runs..and is an immense target in the box for our fullbacks zambro and oddo to find. For his size, he actually has great dribbling ability! He is quite skilled in terms of one-on-one moves. On top of that, hes only going to get better! He already has more pace than ANY of the big target men mentioned above.

The price is steep, the upside is a guy who can potentially be a consistent 30+ goal scorer for us until the rest of his career. If Pippo gets 18 goals with kaka's service in something like 20 appearances..of which 7 or 8 are taps in, and the others headers, tell me what a younger, more consistently healthy, ever improving adebayor would bring us.

Fincenzo Morabeto (spell) Adebayor's agent has stated that Adebayor has reached an agreement with Milan for a 4yr contract worth 4.5MM/season.

A friend called me to tell me this just now .. So I am waiting to see if this is accurate or just rumors!

PS - welcome beijing! i agree with you about Ade!

We might never learn if it's true or false if we don't find an agreement with Arsenal too...

Good post. Nice to hear some different opinions.

yea, we have an agreement with ronaldinho as well...doesn't mean much of anything if the club is not happy with their price.

This is perhaps slightly old news as the announcement was made ten or so days ago, but I think that Milan plan to keep Ignacio Abate.

There's a very nice article on acmilan.com's italian version link about him with the standard biographical information that generally accompanies new signings. The article ends with this: 'Al Milan ritroverà Luca Antonini, riscattato a sua volta dal club rossonero pochi giorni fa, e papà Beniamino, preparatore dei portieri milanisti' [At Milan, he will meet back up with Luca Antonini, bought a couple of days ago by Milan, and his father Beniamino, goalkeeper trainer.]

So I think this one's a keeper.

Question, why are we only signing players for 4 year contracts not the standard 5 years?

Especially guys like Zambro, Flamini and Adebayor?


Well we supposedly have agreements with every player in Europe right now, but always fail to agree on the transfer fee with the club that owns them. Personally I think it's pointless to make agreement with players if in the end we are not willing to pay their transfer fee

Haven't seen any Turkey matches. Is he really that good? His wiki article compares him to Hagi.

Well, I'm 99% sure we won't get him. And this is just the agent increasing his value. I just like the idea, we're looking at wingers.

i agree

he impressed me the most of all the turkey player didnt knew him b4 the euros but really liked him but i think we wont sign him as you said he is a winger

Kakà: 'Sooner or later Ronaldinho will be to Milan'
in another interview or is it the same one whihc was 2-3 days ago??
http://www.calciomercato.com/index.php?c=24&a=86160

If he does end up in Milan, he and Kaka' had better play much ebtter together than they do for Brazil, they were cr@p at the World Cup!