That seems acceptable... if it doesn't work out, he'll go back.

How much is Senderos's buy option?It shouldn't be more than 5 millions,or is it?

I'm sure u know the answer....It will work out and he'll be a milan player except if he's been smoking crack that'll affect his system like Mutu did..Other than i think Senderos would be alright hopefully...

Man oh man... this transfer season has been more surprises than I can handle. I was talking to a Juve fan just a while ago... and he said "at least you signed someone that has potential... we're stuck with serie-c grade Molinaro". lol.

Cool new colour theme...

Anyway.
Im quite pleased with the transfers this summer. They've strengthened every area except keeper.
Pleased with the look of the backline, although i would have prefered Senderos on a perminant transfer rarther than a loan. I can see him doing quite well, then us not buying him in a years time. .
Midfield, as usual, looks stunning. Except now we have decent backups.
Attacking midfield we're well covered too.
Striker wise, good set of strikers. Young, old, experianced, hitting prime.
Looks good.

If Abbiati gets first choice and puts in the performances he did when he was loaned to Juve then i'll be happy. Failing that though, i havnt got alot of confidence in Kalac or Dida.

i have read that i will be abt 8 million euros

8 is correct.

Nice healthy price tag. Eight million. I hope he's worth this much, and if he is we make the deal permanent. Our defense was a weak spot as almost all members mentioned, so it's great to see the management working out ironing all the leaks, this late in the transfer window.

Zenit St. Petersburg signed the portuguese midfield Danny for 30 mil euros. Dang.. I haven't even heard of the guy.

Anyways, for Senderos hopefully it is 8 mil, I've heard it being 10 mil euros in other sources.

It's from another Russian club - Dynamo Moscow. Money isn't a problem over there at all ,but really great players in their prime won't go there for the obvious reasons.

8 mil isn't much, but I doubt we'll sign him permanently. He seems like a short term solution for this season.

If he performs up to expectation we'll sign him at the end of the season..and i think he will because i doubt that he'll wanna leave a team like milan...I'm sure he's seen a bigger challenge moving to milan and he would step up...

Senderos heads to the san siro...Check out wat the amount fifa said he was bought for.

It's a big IF. What we need is a world class starter at CB position. Sanderos will never be it, he is just another decent rotation player like Kaladze, Bonera...

Like it or not, finding a world class defender is certainly not going to be easy... so Senderos should be able to reinforce. I think he could adapt better for the Serie A...

We'll just need to back things up with the appropriate level of players. I'm sure Senderos knows the pressure is on him to prove differently.

Besides that, I haven't seen anything official on Milan's website yet...

Of course it not easy, plus we started searching for defenders pretty late into the transfer window. That's why I said that Senderos will probably be o.k for a short team (this season), and next season we'll have to buy someone much better (also taking into consideration that Paolo's retirement).

I'm with you on that one. But we've spent quite a bit on our midfield and attack... the defense will come later... perhaps in the winter transfer season. Or next summer.

I still don't know of any top class CBs who are up for sale. I think we'll just have to sit out with some B-class CBs till someone really hits the market. I mean we might be able to get Cannavaro, but next season, he could play with us one more year at the most.

Really, there don't seem to be any top CBs who are/might be available. And Pana..not a whimper from you about Toure!! Shush!!

There are some great prospects out there though... Thiago Silva is one I've talked about to a great extent. Beats me why he was benched in the Olympics in favor of Alex Silva. Thiago Silva is said to be a world class talent on the rise.. I'm not sure we will get him now though since we've used both of our non-EU options. At least not for another year.

Not sure, prospects is what we need. Ideally both our CBs must be top quality and complement each other. Like Nesta-Maldini was. A young player doesn't necessarily have to be a prospect. I don't consider Torres a prospect, though he's still young.

So yeah..I wanted a young top quality CB. Right now, I only know Chiellini. And to think that idiot Secco wanted to sell him, till injuries forced him to think otherwise.

Well prospects are a good investment for the future... and they can create world class players. I understand what you're saying though.

I wanted Chiellini too... don't worry... I hope Secco sticks around. We'll end up with Chiellini eventually... Secco has literally messed up everything lol.

Well we just saw Kompany move to Man City, I think he's really good and would complement Nesta well, and if Man City could get him, then surely it would have been easier for us. Fact is, we weren't really interested in defenders until the situation became critical with Nesta and then Kaladze and Maldini. And we really didn't want to spend a lor of money on a defender, so we looked for quick fix solutions like Ivanovic and Senderos.

Senderos is still young and I'm hoping he will learn some things from Nesta and Maldini while here and manages to perform well so we can keep him next season and that would be a position covered for the next 7 years. I think he's got good characteristics to become a really good defender but he makes stupid mistakes that he shouldn't do. I won't judge until I see what he can do in Serie A. He still has a lot of room for improvement yes, but unlike Kaladze he's still really young and has the time. And also the motivation of getting a permanent deal will also help him to not het complaicent. Galliani did the right thing by not buying him outright, and not just because in case he's terrible we can send him packing easily

borrilleo and oddo rumoured to be out to spurs and lyon by corrie and france based paper L'Equipe

The Oddo-to-Lyon one seems more probable than Borriello to Spurs. There are continuing reports of Genoa wanting Paloschi (as well as a couple of sides in Serie B.)

Oddo?? No....damn...

sheva came on loan

From where did you get this information?

Not sure where CMF got it, but it's on Lega Calcio's site (link). Click on the Milan link and you'll get a popup. Temporaneo = loan.

yea got that from the same site u told to bookmark that a while ago just checcked and found there

brocchi to lazio according to lazio president meeting with gallaini soon
http://www.calciomercato.com/index.php?c=24&a=93088

Come on Baldy, make it happpen, and ask for Standardo.

As for Sheva, surely it's with option to buy or something like Crespo's 2 year deal at Inter until he becomes a free, Sheva said his goodbye's to everone at Chelsea and non of their fans expect him to be back anytime soon. I think it's more of the first option, surely Chelsea are not that stupid...

Ohdear. Brocchi to Lazio? Whatever will Habitant do?

I think he might need a year's supply of Prozac.

At least Pana will be happy with a Kaladze-Senderos pairing in the centre.

One thing...If Sheva came on loan he won't be praising and thanking Abramovich and Chelsea for wat they've done for him over these last couple of year if he knew if was going bak..But he isn't and he mentioned that he's happy he had a new adventure coming bak to Milan...So it isn't a loan and besides..i don't think Berlusconi would want him on loan..Milan signed Sheva not on loan but on a permanent basis...

According to the link Tennie posted, it is a loan. And that's where the official contracts for all players in Serie A are deposited.

His contract entry in the lega calcio website shows clearly that it's a loan deal. It's probably with option to buy at the end of the year, or he'll stay on loan with us until his contract at Chelsea ends, sort of like Crespo

Okay but he ain't going back to chelsea...cuz i know he doesn't wanna..wiv the comments he made...All dat matters now is that he's happy to be bak...

http://www.calciomercato.com/index.php?c=24&a=93092


translation please seems no option for chelsea

If we field those two I'm not going to watch it... to avoid killing myself... I'd prefer the soul-mates Kaladze and Sheva at the back, the Ukranian has shown his qualities in clearing the ball off the line...

Galliani: "Ora Ancelotti deve vincere lo scudetto"

L'a.d. del Milan motiva così il suo allenatore: "Credo che Carlo dovrebbe essere molto contento del mercato, ora sta a lui non fallire". Sul mercato: "Col Chelsea non si è parlato di Kakà. Paloschi può partire, mentre valuteremo se cedere Oddo al Lione"
Adriano Galliani è fiducioso sulle possibilità del Milan. Ansa
MILANO, 26 agosto 2008 - E' un Galliani già carico quello che a margine dell'assemblea di Lega Calcio su diritti tv parla della stagione che attende il Milan. "Credo che Ancelotti debba essere molto contento del mercato, e ora sono problemi suoi perchè deve vincere lo scudetto. È un messaggio per i naviganti".
SENZA ALTERNATIVE - Chiusa la campagna acquisti con l'arrivo di Philippe Senderos, l'amministratore delegato rossonero non lascia dubbi su quale sia ora il compito dell'allenatore del Milan. "È una squadra da scudetto e il nostro allenatore lo sa. Questo non significa che non si può anche perderlo, ma certo si deve lottare fino all'ultima giornata". Galliani ha poi precisato che "nella vicenda Shevchenko non si è mai, mai parlato di Kakà e quindi i tifosi devono stare tranquilli, sono due anni che lo ripetiamo. Per quanto riguarda il mercato in uscita, l'unico che può partire è Paloschi". Tuttavia il futuro di Massimo Oddo, per il quale c'è un'offerta da parte del Lione, appare incerto. "C'è un'offerta da parte dei francesi - ha ammesso Galiani -, ma nè lui nè la società hanno ancora preso una decisione", ha concluso l'a.d. del Milan. Intanto Senderos non sarà pronto per la prima di campionato "perchè ha un piccolo prolema alla schiena e sarà disponibile solamente tra una decina di giorni".
NESSUNA POLEMICA CON MOURINHO - Galliani chiude con una risposta a Mourinho, che aveva detto su Shevchenko "vincerà la classifica cannonieri di coppa Uefa". "Rispondo che a noi andrebbe bene. È una competizione che conosciamo poco perchè abbiamo sempre fatto la Champions League e ci terremmo a vincerla

Translation please?

L'amministratore delegato del Milan, Adriano Galliani ha dichiarato all'ingresso in Lega Calcio: "Il mercato chiude alle 19 di lunedì, ma non faremo altri acquisti dopo Shevchenko e Senderos. Ancelotti dovrebbe essere molto contento del mercato, ora sta a lui non fallire e farci vincere lo scudetto. Tranquillizzo tutti i nostri tifosi come sempre, nell'ambito del ritorno di Sheva non abbiamo mai parlato di Kakà con il Chelsea. Oddo al Lione? Non ne abbiamo ancora parlato con il giocatore. Per ora è tutto bloccato anche in uscita, l'unico che partirà di sicuro è Paloschi invece Borriello è incedibile".

[The administrative delegate of Milan, Adriano Galliani, said the following on the way in to the Lega Calcio meeting: 'The market closes at 7pm on Monday, but we won't make any other purchases after Shevchenko and Senderos. Ancelotti should be very happy with the market, now it's up to him to not fail and to win the scudetto. To calm our fans: during the negotiations for Sheva's return, we never spoke about Kaka with Chelsea. Oddo to Lyon? We haven't talked about it with the player. For now everything's blocked for departures, the only one who will certainly go is Paloschi and Borriello is unsellable."]

^^ The article I just translated says almost exactly the same thing as the one kenny posted. The only additional tidbits are that Senderos has a 'small' back problem and won't be available for the first game (you can watch in peace, dst!)

Why so serious? Paloschi is better of playing Serie A as a first teamer, rather than playing Coppa Italia once a month for Milan.

I wish he'd go to Sampdoria, or some other technical team. But I'm sure those Samp dudes will want co-ownership.

^^ Exactly, Jack. Which is why he may go to a good club in B instead.

Di Gennaro was lost, once we sent him to B. And he was supposedly more talented than Paloschi... I hope Di Gennaro doesn't end up being another Brocchi.



I'll bet you Seedorf's left butt cheek, it won't be as bad as you think. Senderos and Kaladze that is. I wager that they'll even have a clean sheet to show.

this now defintly confirms senderos i think most of the things gallaini mentioned are nice to hear spcially kaka thing is nice to hear

I just wanted to keep him Milan for life. Plus both Inzaghi and Sheva are over 30s and could get injured any time. It's good to have depth. I don't want any excuse for us to drop points this season and be out of the race of the league title.

That's why so serious.

Just one.

dst's safe in that Senderos won't be playing Sunday.

According to the mercato ticker on mediaset's site, BOTH Genoa teams are interested in Paloschi. Might be interesting to see him at Genoa or Samp for a year.

Well..this gives the chance for Aubameyang to do a Paloschi this season, if the injuries do pile up.