I think he likes Bayern and I can't see Bayern selling him.

Well, they have Lell, Jansen, Sagnol, Görlitz (when and if he comes back), etc. And Lahm is not a crucial player in their system. Only thing is that after Klinsi takes over,..he could get a much more important role.

My dream:

-Moggi
-Mourinho
-Mourinho's list

Moggi is still alive? **** him!

For the love of God, please bring us a good attacking mid!

(Modric, Montolivo, Aquilani, Van der Vaart, whoever!)

The most important thing to do this summer is to get rid of Kaladze.

I'd say that's 2nd on the list. Getting rid of Carlo is more important. Afterall, Carlo's the fool that picks him every week.

Why do you insist on that when you know it won't happen? He is not THE problem. But Dida-Kaladze-Brocchi-Gilardino? Yes.

as curious as i am to see who mourinho would sign if he came to milan, if he tries to play the same style of football as he did with chelsea we are doomed to failure. he would ruin the team. i would much rather see lippi step in.

I agree. That's one of the reasons why I'm not jumping on the Murinho bandwagon.

Yeah. Because Lippi's team usually are like the Nike's 'Joga Bonito'.

Still, not as awful to watch as Mou's Chelsea.

Cudicini! He was very good once again for Chelsea today.

It hurts me to know that Buffon will never become a Milan player but I respect him even more now that he remained with his club!

Well, it's easy to be loyal when you earn sh!t loads of money and play for a top club.

Cudicini? When does his contract expire?

He's perfect for Milan - he is a good keeper, he is old and has experience, he was a Milan primavera (right?) so we can pull out the same Oddo trick,..he's just made for us!

Yes he is a Milan primavera. Actually he played in goal for Milan for a CL early round game back in the day.

Cudicini? He's nothing special. Even the other day he proved it. I don't remember the match but it was one in the last 2 months.

Get Frey.

Why are these players the exception then?

Which players? There's plenty of players around that've spent lots of time with one club. Buffon, Del Piero, Zanetti, Maldini, Costacurta, Giggs, Solskjaer, Scholes, Neville. Even players like Inzaghi, Ambrosini, Trezeguet, Terry, Lampard, Gerrard, Carragher have spent a long, long time where they are and don't really look like leaving. But they all earn alot of money and get to play in the CL. They don't have much reason to leave.

Obviously he's still loyal to stay as he could have left to another club.

As for the Cudicini thing.. he's a decent keeper, but it really would say alot about our ambition - or lack of - if we wanted a guy like him as our number 1.

You're missing the point. All these players you've mentioned were and are first team players. Cudicini isn't that for years, but everyone knows he has or had the potential to be one.

k how things look so far we need 5 players in the summer:

gk=frey he'll come
LB=zambrotta
CB=ferrari to virtually anyone
mid= neves
striker=sheva/drogba/gomez/huntelaar/adriano

winter:

mid: young 20 years
RB: anyone who can run up and down a field more than 5 times a game.

New rumor:

Leonardo is apparently urging Milan to buy Jo from CSKA Moscow. Jo is a Brazilian striker who I recall being rather good in the CSKA games I've seen.

What does Cudicini have to do with the players I mentioned?

Those players were in reply to that Buffon isn't a rarity when it comes to loyal players.

Don't like him. Doesn't seem to me a Milan-quality player.

From CSKA the only player I'd want is Daniel Carvalho.

I'd rather have Akinfeev. He's a good keeper. Very good.

I forgot Akinfeev.
And yes, he is a top keeper.

Oh, sorry I got that one wrong,..

I thought there must have been some sort of mix up.

Buffon stayed with Juventus in Serie B... if you think that's what everyone would do you're terribly wrong in my view.

Also, I think the above are not plenty of players... they are just a handful of players...

They were just some players off the top of my head. I just don't think it's that special. I mean, poor Buffon he must hate being paid tens of thousends every week and play for one of the top teams in Europe, it's not like it's a hrd choice to stay.

It was obvious they were going to come back up, that's why many of them staed, even Trezeguet stayed.

Well whatever... we just disagree... just to end what I have to say, to me all these situations are not the same... for example, Buffon stayed with Juventus when they went down to Serie B without demanding anything while Gerrard was this close to joining Chelsea when his club had just won the CL title only to stay in the very last minute when they offered him all they had... the difference is huge to me... also, the difference is much bigger between Buffon and Ibra... (I'm just using Buffon as an example here) it's easy to say he did nothing noteworthy but only a few would have done the same. He could have left for a bigger salary and an equally great club... after all he's the best in the world... you just can't put everything in the same frame and examine it in such a cold manner, to me it's utterly wrong.

And that's why everybody has their own opinion.

..really? interesting..

anybody up for taking a trip down memory lane to my humble beginnings!?!

http://www.milanfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3880

-my first post!
..there is increasing conclusive evidence that WE in this forum would be better board members at milan than the current ones!

Me again with my same argument… I’m sorry but I’m worried for our team…

Every time we watch our team play we can see very clear signs that show that our team is at the end of a run that lasted… like… 6 years?

Our playing system worked perfectly during that run but we cannot underestimate our opponents hoping that will never analyze us and find ways of containing and beating us. After Shevchenko abandoned us we managed to win another Champions League Cup during the 2006/2007 season, even though we were already suffering from a scoring drought, thanks to a spectacular performance from Kaka.

This season we can see how Kaka has been defended, stalked, kicked and harassed. The worst thing is that this has clearly showed that without him, we are just a team from the bunch. We need to reconfigure the team’s system philosophy.

Our forwards department is almost dead, the introduction of Pato gives us hopes but it is still dying.

When our team got Gilardino we saw how our team tried to land a player with an excellent resume at a time when we were doing excellent as a team. The sad part of the story is that his numbers have been decreasing since he arrived. It’s disappointing but we have to face that Gilardino wasn’t born to be a rossonero star.

AC Milan was willing to pay BIG money for Ronaldhino but we all know that with that huge amount of money we can land 2 or 3 world class players.

The Dutch league has given us stars like Gullit, Van Basten and Rijkaard (I’m not including Seedorf because he had Spanish and Italian experience before arriving). Ajax’s striker Klass-Jan Huntelaar is only 24 years old and he has an impressive scoring rate (66 goals in 87 games started during the last 3 years). This is why I like this kid so much, besides he seems to have “the eye of the tiger”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntelaar

Stuttgart’s Mario Gomez is also a VERY good option, he is only 22 years old and he is strong and fast. We all know Drogba the problem is that he is already 30 and of course he is not going to get any better.

We have Oliveira and Borriello loaned and they are both doing very fine. We have two youngsters that need more experience like Paloschi and Aubameyang. Then we have Gilardino, Pippo and Pato. Ronaldo can’t be counted and WE ALL KNOW KAKA IS NOT A FORWARD BUT AN ATTACKING MIDFIELDER!!!

What should we do if we want to be competitive and have a real shot to win a Champions League Trophy, a Scudetto and a Coppa Italia? We need to have a team that is able to score goals and has depth on its bench to take the load off Kaka’s shoulders and therefore opening spaces for him to do his magic.

Logical options:

Gilardino: sale or trade
Oliveira: sale, trade or bring him back
Borriello: sale, trade or bring him back
Pippo: keep
Pato: keep
Aubameyang: loan
Paloschi: keep
Ronaldo: nothing

At this point you all know I like Huntelaar so let’s imagine the following scenario:

AC Milan
Forwards

Pato (18), Pippo (34), Huntelaar (24), Borriello (25), Paloschi (18) and Oliveira (27).

Age average 22.4 years (excluding Pippo) and 24.3 including him. With this configuration I think we can easily forget about the trouble and depth in our forward department and we will have enough guns to face all 3 competitions and face injuries during a season.

And in order to get this we only need to get one player and bring back two from loans. That is ONLY 1 TRASFER! Just like Galliani likes it!!!

We can send Aubameyang on loan so that he gets experience and we can even trade Gilardino together with Oliveira for a good striker. For those with different options, you can replace Huntelaar with Gomez, Jo or Drogba which are all excellent although I’d rather go for Jo because of his OUTSTANDING push and youth.. he's a destroyer. If Ronaldo gets fit and decides to come back… we could be unstoppable.

The good thing is that we have money and options... if nothing happens during summer is because of pure stubbornness.

AC Milan is a team with more than 100 years of history. The people managing this team have experience and know better than me and all of us. This is why I am sure the team’s directors are going to make the correct and logical moves when this year ends.

get the fish to give him barl of cookies

get gourcuff and gilardino to pack there bags i want huntlaar and deigo

i miss stams shiney head

Haha. The fish doll wouldn't quite give a barrel of cookies; he doesn't think Oliveira should be brought back. Other than that, it's a very good post.

I agree with most of what's stated:

Gila - out
Pato - keep
Pippo - keep
Paloschi - keep
Willy - loan (?)
Borriello - bring back, perhaps?
Ronaldo - keep the door open

My major disagreement is the Oliveira issue. I do watch Liga games - including today's Zaragoza game - on a regular basis. The Oli that one sees there is a very different player than the guy I saw in May 2007 at the San Siro. Oliveira is rather good in La Liga, but he was shite v. Udinese. He missed a pass that was cleared by the Udinese defense and just sat there on the pitch for nearly a minute. Just sat there. It was horrible. I really think that it's better for Oliveira and for Milan that he stays in Spain.

Borriello I think may be worth bringing back, depending on who else comes in. Paloschi is a revelation and should definitely be kept with the first team.

Of 'guys to bring in', the list could vary depending on other things (like whether Borriello comes back, etc). Mario Gomez is young and talented. Huntelaar is good. Benzema is good even though he renewed with Lyon and is likely to have a very high pricetag. Valencia's David Villa may also be an option, giving the disaster that team's turning into.

I'd also strongly urge the Milan board to bring in a creative mid. Gourcuff...well, I think it's a case of best for us and best for him if he leaves. Lots of options here, including (but not limited to) Van der Vaart, Modric, Montolivo, Aquilani, etc. I'm going to add Michael Essien in here because he's a very very good player and can play 23416805235 different positions.

We also clearly need reinforcements on the wings. Zambrotta seems a done deal, but that's not enough. I think Albertazzi is still too young to jump straight into the first team. I like Catania's Vargas. Am not a fan of Dani Alves, even though I do think he's good. I just get 'schifo' vibes from him. A possible option that could work both for the wings as well as creative mid is Sporting's Miguel Veloso who can do both.

We also need to rework the centre of defense. Il Capitano may or may not stay -- if he does, it's a good thing for Milan. Kaladze needs to....go away. Far away. So who would I start with Nesta when Paolo's being rested? Bonera's good, but I'd prefer one more REALLY good CB. My personal pick would be Chiellini, even if he does have Juve cooties. Other options could include Mexes, Barzagli, maybe Corluka. (And someone needs to find out what Simic did to end up in detention for the whole season).

That leaves goal. With all due respect to MizNelson, I think it's Dida's time to go. Options to bring in include Amelia (though he was taken straight to hospital after a collision during Livorno's game today and may have blown a ligament in his knee), Akinfeev, Adler, and maybe Samir Handanovic - he's been very impressive for Udinese.

1... cassano
2... mutu
3... huntlaar
4... luis fabaino
5... amauri
6... gomaz
7... drogba
8... toni
9...benzima
10...berbatov
^^ not in any order
any of them id be happy with, i think we would defo land one of them if we tried and the prize waz right for the other team to let go...LOADING....
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nice hashish sig brutha!

You listen to me you indocile!!!

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David Villa is waiting for an offer...

The press in Italy is schizophrenic today. There's one article claiming that Milan directors are deep in talks with Bayern over Luca Toni and there's another claiming that the Milan directors are deep in talks with Palermo over Amauri and Chelsea over Drogba.

We're in deep talks? I'd say right now we're in deep ****...

emerson smoke's the hashish before he go's to bingo

Palermo president Zamparini has said that Amauri has a 25 million euro pricetag. He also denies that any Italian clubs have made official inquiries.

Porto management has stated that Quaresma has a 40 million euro pricetag. I know he's not really someone on a lot of lists for 'transfer to Milan' but thought it was an interesting price. He's very good but he is a bit of a problem child.

This is what ive been sayin for MONTHS!!! lol we should make a solid offer for him...include some players in the deal plus money, he would be an amazing buy, and even if he says he would prefer england it doesnt mean he wont come to italy he would just prefer the epl. he is perfect age, hes got pace, he can finish, he can shoot from outside the box, hes a threat in the air, he can run at defenders...i dont see any reason not to try and pick him up....give em 10-15 million plus oliviera...manbe simic too...it would deff be a step in the right direction.

Now here is a rumour I like! Berbatov impresses me every time I see him play, and think that he would be even better playing alongside someone like Pato. From his Wiki page:


Does anyone know Corriere dello Sport's source for this?

I'd be completely satisfied with Berbatov! I hope it's not BS...

I am from Bulgaria and i'll be super happy if we get him, because he'll be the first Bulgarian to play for AC Milan and just the idea that a Bulgarian is playing for AC Milan makes me happy, but to bo honest i don't like him soo much! He is a great player, no doubt, but he is lazy, yes, lazy! If he runs, he will be one of the best attackers in the world.
I'll be happy if we sign him, but i'll be more glad if we sign Amauri who plays a lil bit like him, but controls the ball better or Benzema/Huntelaar or Aguero. Or him + one of those I'm dreaming BIG dreams...

Back in the 60's we wanted to sign a Bulgarian player named Georgi Asparuhov, who played for my favorite club in Bulgaria, Levski Sofia, but when AC Milans people came here for him, he told to his wife to translate for him. And he said the following words: "Tell them that there is one country Bulgaria, in that country there is one team, Levsk Sofia, they may not heard about them, but I was born here and I will die here!" Back then Bulgaria was not selling players and Milan offerd the whole family to live in Italy, without having passports and at the same time, legall. They offered them a house, a car, everything what they needed. The bid was 300 000 $, which back than was millions now. And that only for saying YES!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PDbrEUYrZ8

It's in Bulgarian, so...

P.p. Some consider he was the greatest player from Bulgaria, but others say it's Stoichkov, because he was playing in Barcelona and has a golden ball! I think Gundi, that's G. Asparuhov's nickname, was not named the best, because he was playing in the 60's and many people nowadays didn't even have a look on him and don't know what he is capable of, but they watched Stoichkov!

Some vids of him..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WpnXfbChKoc
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3q4p2u1o5-o
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bh2OVEq0A1s
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2EUMuFmr6Uc
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oJXmcLqdrA4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zGSZTGbUwUo


He died in a car accident At his funeral, over 550,000 people went to Sofia to pay tribute and their respect to him and to bid him farewell.
And was born on the 4th of May Guess who else is born then

Whet others say about him:

Euzebio: "I was longing to play with him. In the game between Benfica - Levski, he conquered Lisabon. Until that moment, no football player from a foreign team scored two goals in our net for one game. Asparuhov was the first one. I am mourning bitter for him!
"
Sir Bobby Charlton: "I have to say that players like Asparuhov don't get born anyday. He was an inspiration for his team. Probably you will have to wait a long time for another player like him. I remember now, the game at Wembley against Bulgaria. Sir Alf Remzi told us that Bulgaria are going to play defensive football and the only player we had to watch was Asparuhov, because we has extraordinary. And indeed we were very careful, but not enough!"

Rivera: "I loved him very much and liked him a lot as a player. At the game Bulgaria - Italy, I kicked him accidentally, I hope he has forgiven me!"