I rate Pavlyuchenko, but he misses way too many easy chances. I think he's even worse than Adebayor in that respect, with a worse scoring record too. If he came to Milan, at his very best I think he could do what Gila did here, and that's at his very best. if he isn't at his best here..

We gotta give some on a chance.  Ade..Misses to many chances, Pavlyuchenko.. misses to many chances.  I bet ppl were saying the same thing when we bought Mr. Shevchenko.

We gotta give some on a chance.  Ade..Misses to many chances, Pavlyuchenko.. misses to many chances.  I bet ppl were saying the same thing when we bought Mr. Shevchenko.

Leonardo hopes for Prem purchase
Monday 7 July, 2008

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Milan technical director Leonardo claims that the Rossoneri are still chasing Premier League stars Didier Drogba and Emmanuel Adebayor.

The world champions’ striker hunt has been derailed somewhat by the vast price tags on some of their targets.

While Vice-President Adriano Galliani has confessed that the Diavolo are short of funds, Leonardo is more optimistic.

“It’s no secret that we’re interested in signing a forward and we are looking at candidates,” he told BBC Sport.

“Drogba is a fine player and I really like Adebayor. We are just waiting for the right time to make a move.”

However, Leonardo did conclude by accepting that finance may be a problem if they want to land one of Europe’s sought-after marksmen.

“We have to accept that the incomes of the top English and Spanish teams are greater than they are in Italy and it’s very hard for us to compete,” he admitted.

“But we can offer other things. We have a first-class environment for players and a wonderful history.”

Leonardo, Galliani, Maldini, Seedorf, Ancelotti and Co. - all very respectable (to say at least) personas in International Football state similar views on Adebayor - they all found words of praise for him. Now my question is...what did I (or WE, cause I belive there is more of us who doubt in Ade) miss considering Ade? What do they see, which we obviously fail?

Now my question is...what did I (or WE, cause I belive there is more of us who doubt in Ade) miss considering Ade? What do they see, which we obviously fail?

Leonardo, Galliani, Maldini, Seedorf, Ancelotti and Co. - all very respectable (to say at least) personas in International Football state similar views on Adebayor - they all found words of praise for him. Now my question is...what did I (or WE, cause I belive there is more of us who doubt in Ade) miss considering Ade? What do they see, which we obviously fail?

Leonardo, Galliani, Maldini, Seedorf, Ancelotti and Co. - all very respectable (to say at least) personas in International Football state similar views on Adebayor - they all found words of praise for him. Now my question is...what did I (or WE, cause I belive there is more of us who doubt in Ade) miss considering Ade? What do they see, which we obviously fail?

I surprised Calderon has even seen Ronaldo play, with his head being up his own *** and all.

Calderon on Ronaldo: "It's not our fault if nearly every player in the World wants to join Real madrid. United should feel honoured that they get to negotiate such a transfer."

Bronzetti: "Adebayor's real price is not 40MM, and Ronaldinho will be THE transfer of the season."


He is considered to be the king of the Mercato and the prince of the Italian-Spanish transfers, Ernesto Bronzetti, Milan consultant in the Mercato, or his nick name 'Mr. Mercato' talked to SKY on several subjects that pretains to football.


First SKY asked questions about his personal life:


Q. Other than football, what are your hobbies ?

Bronzetti: "watching sport on TV."


Q. When you don't eat in the restaurant 'Giannino', what is your favorite dish ?

Bronzetti: "Pasta with a sauce specially made by my wife."


Q. What were the teams that you supported in your childhood ?

Bronzetti: "I have supported Milan all my life."


Q. When did you start your adventure in Football and how ?

Bronzetti: "When I was in my 20's and I started as a referee."


Q. In the football Mercato ?

Bronzetti: "When I was 25, as a sports manager in Tervisio."


Q. What cant you stand of the presidents of Serie A ?! and players ?

Bronzetti: "The presidents when they are supposed to talk about football and criticizing the coaches. And on the players, I don't support the players reaction to referees."


Q. In a foreign league, is it easier to work ?

Bronzetti: "No, everything is equal."


Q. Don't you get tiered of working as a middleman for deals ?

Bronzetti: "When you trade opinions, that is something good. When you help two clubs reach an agreement on one goal."


Q. What was the most important deal, which you concluded ?

Bronzetti: "Vieri when he went from Juve to Atletico Madrid, then from Atletico Madrid to Lazio in one year."


Q. And what was the deal which you feel most happy with ?

Bronzetti: "Also Vieri"


Q. What was the greatest failure in your dealings ?

Bronzetti: "When I failed to bring Messi to inter, five years ago."


Q. The most amount of transfers which you went through in one day ?

Bronzetti: "3 .. Vieri to Atletico, Simioni to inter, and Sacchi to Atletico."


Q. How many trips to Spain do you do in one year ?  Without counting the vacations.

Bronzetti: "From 40 to 50 trips ..."


Q. What has changed in the Mercato in the last years ?

Bronzetti: "It became easier, and the communication is much easier, thanks to the media and the telecommunications."



And now, Bronzetti started to answer questions that pertain to the Mercato:



Q. Adebayor, does he honestly cost 40MM Eur ?

Bronzetti: "No .."


Q. And in the end, where will Milan or Barcalona go ?

Bronzetti: "Barcalona because of the lenient tax laws in Spain, in comparison to Italy."


Q. And the deal falls on who's benefit, the selling and buying ?

Bronzetti: "Barcalona."


Q. Milan talks a lot about the attack and shows a lot of importance in that, with no interest being shown to the defense. Which defender would you recommend to the Rossoneri ?

Bronzetti: "Mexes .. Roma."


Q. Eto'o, Drogba, Ronaldinho, Lampard, Xavi Alonso, Adebayor. In the end which of these great foreign players will come to Italy ?

Bronzetti: "Maybe two .. Ronaldinho and Lampard."


Q. And who will be THE transfer of the season ?

Bronzetti: " Ronaldinho."


Q. Castelini, Pasquale, Zauri, or Caboano (spell). Which of these will be the left back at Napoli ?

Bronzetti: "Pasquale."


Q. Who will replace Mancini in Roma ?

Bronzetti: "I know .. But I wont say."


Q. Today, what is the estimated price for Hamsik, and who in between the clubs is following him ?

Bronzetti: "Hamsik is equivalent to 15MM Eur .. And inter is the club."

Q. What was the greatest failure in your dealings?
Bronzetti: "When I failed to bring Messi to inter, five years ago."
Failure? Nah, that's a good thing, you're a Milan fan!

The transfer market is in full swing and before you jump into the ocean of transfer stories and transfer rumours and who-goes-where saga, it is important to know how transfers of players from one club to another come to fruition. Goal.com gives you a detail analysis of the matter…..

How A Transfer Starts

For a player who is out of contract, the transfer process starts quite early. If he has made up his mind to leave his current club at the end of his current contract, then he asks his agent to find a new and appropriate club for him.

The player's agent then starts scouting for clubs that he feels would best suit his client. There are phone calls and meeting with clubs' representatives and then the presentation of the player's case.

For a player who still has a considerable fraction of his contract with his club remaining but wants to leave, he is to send in a transfer request via his agent to the club, who can then either accept his transfer request or reject it.

Once the club has accepted this transfer request, the player's agent then starts scanning the prospective clubs where the player would like to go. He then makes these prospective clubs aware of the player’s availability and sends them letters and makes phone calls.

For a club that wants to get rid of a player for whatever reason before his contract at the club expires, the club informs the player's agent about their reluctance to maintain relationship any more with the player and gives him permission to go and talk to other welcoming clubs.

For a club that wants to sign new players, it may hire an agent and inform him about the situation. The club tells him what sort of players they require and in what position and the club’s agent then starts making inroads and scouts the appropriate players.

One thing that has to be kept in mind is that a written letter is very much important in starting a football transfer. Of course, the preliminary step is a verbal discussion but a football transfer request formally starts with the drafting in of a written document.

Transfer Fee

Now, it is the job of a football agent to negotiate and formulate the best possible deal for his client, who can be either a player or a football club. The agent negotiates on the behalf of his player-client on the transfer fee that the interested club would have to pay the selling club. The agent usually tries and lowers down the transfer fee. He tries and convinces the two parties to agree on a definite transfer fee.

Contract Clauses

Once the transfer fee has been agreed upon by all the parties concerned, the shaping up of the contract from an abstract idea to something concrete commences After a transfer fee has been agreed, the agent now negotiates personal terms on the player's behalf.

While negotiating on personal terms of the player, the agent has to take into account several professional and financial issues. Factors such as whether the player shall be a first choice regular, how much his weekly wage should be and the length of the contract all form part of personal terms.

The player's agent always tries to raise the stake of his client while the club to which the player is moving tries and minimizes their outlay to as much extent as they can.

Terms Related To Personal Agreement

Adjustable Salary: This implies an increase in salary year-on-year and/or a certain number of appearances.Signing-on Fee: This is a fee that the player receives for signing for a club. Such a payment is usually split over a couple of years.

Loyalty Bonus: This is a payment that is made to the player for seeing out his contract at the club and is paid on the last game of the season in the final year of his contract.

Appearance bonus: This depends on the appearance money. If this appearance sum be Rs.X, then the player receives 100% for a start, usually 50% for a playing substitute appearance and 25% as a non-playing substitute appearance.

Along with appearance bonus, there can be bonuses on winning silverware, goalscoring bonus, international bonus, clean sheet bonus or award bonus.

Image Rights Ownership: The agent tries and ensures that this client retains the right to control the commercial use and exploitation of his image. Retention of image ownership actually helps the player appear in advertisements, create his own company and brands and the like.

Sell-on Fee: Club B while selling player X to Club A can include a sell-on fee clause, in which Club B gets a certain percentage of the sum paid to Club A when Club C signs the player X from Club A.

Buy-out Clause: While signing player X from Club A, Club B can insert a buy-out clause in the player's contract. According to this clause, Club B would sell player X to Club C only if Club C pays Club B a certain amount specified in the buy-out clause.

Club B holds the power to refuse to sell player X should the interested club doesn't pay his buyout clause.

The Agent's Interest

According to the rules, an agent can be paid by one party only. In most cases, the agent gets a certain percentage of the transfer fee as paid to the selling club. He gets his share from the buying club.

The buying club can opt not to pay the agent in a single stroke but pay him in annual installments. Any such activity has to be outlined in the transfer documents that are sent to the concerned football associations.

The Post-Transfer Clear-up

Once everything has been settled, the entire transfer negotiation is documented and dispatched to the relevant football authorities for the approval of the transfer and registration of the player at his new club.

These documents include the transfer document, the financial agreements between the two clubs, the player's contract, the player's registration, the player's bonus scheme and the role and remuneration of the agent in the entire transfer.

Certain FIFA Rules On Transfers

1. Any player who signed a contract before the age of 28 can buy himself out of the contract three years after the contract was signed. If the player is 28 or older, the period is shortened to two years.

2. A player is entitled to a free transfer at the end of his contract with his club. In this case, the club then signing him does not have to pay any transfer fee to his old club. The player is called a free agent.

3. A player may be registered with a maximum of three clubs during the course of a season. During this period, the player is eligible to play official matches for two clubs only.

4. All transfer shall be conducted during the transfer window that opens twice a year. One opens at the close of the season and closes until midnight August 31(summer transfer window) and the other opens on January 1 and shuts down on midnight January 31 of the same year(winter transfer window).

5. If a player moves during the course of a contract, after reaching the age of 23 or after his second transfer(whichever comes first), a proportion(5%) of any compensation paid to the previous club will be distributed to the club(s) involved in the training and education of the player. This distribution is made in proportion to the number of years a player has been registered with the relevant clubs between theage of 12 and 23. 

Q. What was the greatest failure in your dealings?
Bronzetti: "When I failed to bring Messi to inter, five years ago."
Failure? Nah, that's a good thing, you're a Milan fan!

Kaka' talked to Milan channel, and he said:

About the offers that came in for him and his team mates: "The fact that the club is refusing, such important offers for me and my team mates, is something very good."
And about the new season, that Milan will go back to winning ways, he said: "What I am sure of is that Milan will go right back into winning in Italy and Europe, as I will be lined up alongside such champions as Maldini and Gattuso, we are all staying and that is the best method. Falmini is an excellent transfer, against Arsenal in the Champions, he made us suffer."

Arsenal Ready To Sell Adebayor - Galliani

Milan’s Adriano Galliani has reportedly declared that Arsenal have contacted him to discuss selling striker Emmanuel Adebayor to the Italian giants.
  Adebayor’s future has been the subject of much debate all summer with the striker flirting with both AC Milan and Barcelona whilst also refusing to rule out staying at the Emirates.

However, it now appears the end may be in sight as Milan and Arsenal look set to sit down and potentially thrash out a deal which will see the Togolese swap London for Milan.

Speaking to Antenna 3 television station, Galliani has been reported as saying: "Arsenal wrote us a letter today in which they have said that they are ready to talk to us about Adebayor.”

The Price Is Right?

AC Milan had previously been reported as saying that Arsenal’s asking price for Adebayor was too high, a factor which looked to have ruled them out of the race for the front man. 

Yet, whilst this may still be factor, it appears to be the only one preventing the deal taking place, which Galliani himself acknowledged. The Milan chief said: "There is just one major problem left to overcome - the price of the player, which is going to be high."

While the price still needs to be negotiated, it appears the player has already expressed his desire to move to Milan which appears to have set the ball rolling. Speaking of the striker’s wishes, Galliani confessed: "He's said that we're the club he wants to play for. That is surely a step towards the right direction."

Adebayor scored 24 league goals for the Gunners last season and manager Arsene Wenger will be reluctant to let the striker leave. However, the Gunners boss has already admitted earlier this week that his club may need to sell the player to help finance their stadium and should AC Milan get close to the Gunners asking price he may have no option but to sanction the sale.

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“Either Arsenal give me what I want and I stay or they don’t and I leave.”

“Milan are a big club but the fact they are not playing in the Champions League next season is less of a challenge,” Adebayor said.

“Barcelona have made a good financial offer. Yes, I am still under contract to Arsenal but it’s up to the directors to satisfy my demands. Otherwise, I’ll leave.

“You have to take advantage of the moment. Why not go to Barcelona if the manager there already has me in his plans? That means there is a big chance of seeing me there.”

GALLIANI: "Adebayor excludes Ronaldinho and viceversa"
7/8/2008
MILAN - Adriano Galliani excluded the possibility of signing both Adebayor and Ronaldinho: "Let's be clear about this: Adebayor is the alternative to Ronaldinho and viceversa. We consider Kaká and Pato first team players, having two players of the calibre of Adebayor and Ronaldinho would create a lot of problems in the dressing room."

That's what it sounds like, gal kenny. If I had a choice, I know which one I'd choose even if he DOES need a trip to the dentist.