C'mon. He himself came out and said he can't play every match. I'm sure his salary is commensurate with his waning skills. I think he can stay as long as he wants.

The thought of seeing a 40yo Inzaghi still insisting on playing on scares me...

It's one thing to insist on playing on. It's another thing to want to be a part of the team and make what contributions you can.

If it weren't for him we wouldn't have made 3rd. He was just spectacular. That's exactly the kind of role he'll hold from now on, and I think he can hold onto that role for another year or two max.

I think when a 36yo striker keeps on playing when he's done & won absolutely everything there is to do & win, he is insisting on it. yes, he is Inzaghi and the fact is that he can play on as long as he wants, but fans are entitled to have an opinion. mine is that it's time he made room for youngsters. starting with Paloschi who could have been a part of this team now if Inzaghi had retired this summer. I know now you will say Paloschi is better off at Parma than Milan, etc etc. well, don't say it because that's not my point!


If Pato hadn't carried the team until Inzaghi's springtime flourishing we wouldn't have made it to the 3rd place either. but that's rarely mentioned since he's not Pippo.

I have no issues with him staying on as a squad player. And Pippo himself has said that he can't do what he used to. I commend him for that.

But the problem I have with it is that D&G still concider him a 25 yeear old that can give a contribution to the team outside of the 2 month purple patch he usually has and choose to ignore the fact that for the other remaining months in the seaso he's either off form and missing ridiculous sitters or injured. And use Pippo as a reason as to why they won't buy players because we're covered.

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milannews has mentioned fred name as well

Another Brazilian

Supposed to be B&G maybe, I don't know, I was just as lost as you were when I read it as well.

EDIT: B&G being Berlusconi & Galliani btw...

Dolche&Gabbana hehehe!!!

Emmanuel Adebayor is ready to leave Arsenal and sign for Manchester City. He is in Manchester now to have the routine medical tests required before signing a contract.

At least he won't come to Milan, im so glad LOL

Well done Ade!

D&G = Don Silvio & Guggenheim.

Oh tnx god,he wasn't what we need.And also it seems Arsenal is going to sell more players in every transfer window.

Yea we should go for Clichi really, that player would be werry good adition at our defence, and we should offer Borrielo + cash for Cassano...

B&G sorry

Parma Ready To Move For Milan 'Keeper Marco Storari - Report
The Ducali have laid their eyes on the Milan-owned shot stopper...

Parma have taken a look at Milan goalkeeper Marco Storari as they try to replace Emiliano Viviano who signed for Bologna.

The Ducali are looking for a first choice shot stopper as they prepare to fight for Serie A survival following their promotion from Italy's second tier.

Tuttomercatoweb.com claims Storari is expected to leave Milan this summer having spent the last three years on loan at various clubs including Fiorentina, Cagliari and Spanish side Levante.

The 32-year-old is unlikely to be a part of Leonardo's plans next season and it is said the Gialloblu are the front runners for his signature.

In addition, Parma are also keeping tabs on Antonio Mirante who is co-owned by Sampdoria and Juventus, as well as Piacenza goalkeeper Mario Cassano. Cassano was linked with Napoli, but the Azzurri have been following Morgan De Sanctis.

Hernanes' reported valuation has fluctuated over the course of the last year as Sao Paulo attempt to hold onto their man, but the news from Brazil is that an offer of only €10 million will be sufficient for the 24-year-old.

An anonymous source close to Hernanes has told the Brazilian daily O Estado de Sao Paulo that "If Milan were to offer €10m for Hernanes today, Sao Paulo would rush to sell him."

Milan have been following Hernanes for some time, and their general director, Ariedo Braida, is currently in Brazil to start negotiations. While they have been put off Hernanes by his price-tag in the past, they could swoop if the source's information turns out to be accurate.

Sao Paulo have endured an awful 2009 thus far, despite winning their third consecutive Brazilian title. Since then, they lost to Corinthians in the Sao Paulo state championship semi-finals, to Cruzeiro in the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores, and have fired manager Muricy Ramalho.

The Tricolor Paulista are languishing in 14th place in the national championships, some 10 points behind leaders Atletico Mineiro, and it would be another huge blow should Hernanes leave this summer.

Milan, however, would view his signature as a massive boost ahead of the new Serie A season. After losing Kaka to Real Madrid and potentially Andrea Pirlo to Chelsea, Hernanes could perform admirably in either an attacking or defensive midfield position.

so seville have humiliated us by saying that we are bidding like serie B club

Good as far as im concerned Fabiano should not be playign at world class club, he would be a good signing for a UEFA cup team at best. IMO Hunter>>Fabi

i think he said that so milan make a fast move its called playing hardball

precisely _ well put brother we should sign hernanes in the next few days if that 10 mill euros link is correct and to be believed it should be a simple bag in and a welcomed addition
the rumours are that adriano could join milan now

Yesterday Adriano's agent Gilmar Rinaldi revealed there is a plausible chance that the former Inter striker will return to Italy after his stint in Brazil with Flamengo. Today Rinaldi got more specific about what club the Brazilian could be joining.

"He is doing well, but he could return to Italy," he reiterated to Telelombardia. "There are also some options in Spain and I think he's considering it. When he was at Inter, there was talk he could join Milan, he could go there in the future."

In the past it was said that Adriano would feel much more at home at Milan than at Inter, as the Rossoneri have many Brazilians in their team, while the Nerazzurri have always had a strong Argentinean contingent over the last few years.

The most recent high-profile case of an Inter player directly joining Milan was striker Christian Vieri, who left the Nerazzurri for their cross-town rivals in 2005, but he was unable to reproduce his form with Inter for the Rossoneri.

source : goal.com

NOOOOOOOOO to Adriano!

I don't know who I should be more angry with, Del Nido for calling us cheap, or Galliani for making us look cheap. the more time passes the more I become convinced we will by no one...

sigh.... why do we go after people were not going to get. Instead of paying 10-20 for this trash go buy lorenzo from lazio and at least he'll improve and hes italian which is a bonus.

Unfortunately this is probably one of the few players I know nothing about, but if this does go through i'll be happy. Were getting rid of Dida who is 36 and were also reducing our wage bill by 77k/week if he goes.


But this brazillian fetish is really beginning to piss me off. Italy is full of great players yet we are shopping in brazil. How about offering Dida plus 2-3 million for marchetti? I'm sure they would accept.

I have no problem with him either if he wishes to play on but not at 77k/week. Paolo played on till he was 40 but he was not getting paid that much god knows he deserved a wage like that compared to idiots like kaladze who make more than him.



WE have to reduce his salary, its just crazy wage to pay for someone who pays 20% of the season.

It seems that the meeting we had with RIO (own 65% of fabiano) yesterday was not about Fabiano at all. It seems Galliani was discussing the possibility of bringing Gareth Bale to Milan. Thats the fullback Leo has asked for after cissokho failed. Fabiano offer on the other hand has been suspended because Sevilla are asking for 20 million straight up plus a few other bonuses such as apperance, which total up to 5 million bringing the offer to 25.


Galliani was offering them 15 million plus the 5 bonuses but sevilla said no. So now our targets have changed to these players:

Evra
Santos
Bale
Adriano
Fred
Hernanes



Furthermore, a bit of news some will like, it seems that negotiations for hernanes have begun and we will recieve more news probably when Braida returns this weekend. Our bid is reported to be 10 million, plus dida for luiz felipe and hernanes. corinthians signed Edu recently so it seems imminent that they will sell hernanes this summer.

We are linked with adriano again, and maxwell joined barca for 4.5 million LOL. Morratti is a clown. But that makes me wonder if that means that Eto will be discounted for them?



But all in all what really has been bothering me guys is that we recieve approx 40 million euros from being CL, I wonder where that money is going to...silvio's pocket? Usually the put it in the market and we couldn't have spent more than 20 million so wtf is going on!

Maxwell to Barca, for £5m apparently.

euros lol not pounds.


4.5 cash and another .5 if he makes 20 apperances lol!

Keeping Dida for one last year won't kill Milan. If we're about family and letting golden oldies stay beyond their shelf life, then he has earned the right to finish out his deal after this past season, as he proved he can still PLAY.

Kalac is a bigger monetary burden, as the result of his contract extension after his fluke '08 was the disastrous Chelsea performance and one Serie A appearance last season.

That's even more of a steal. Inter got owned there.


I agree.

comone man it will be the gr8est party club of all time r80-adriano.... on a serious note i would like adriano in milan i am certain it will be a success

same here. I would rather have Dida anyday over some random brazillian goalie from corinthians. Plus Dida at the end of the season looked pretty good, I think he can play another season here forsure. But if were wanting to let him go we should aim for marchetti that way we know we have a good goalie.

you've lost your mind.

If what you're saying is true, then I don't blame Galliani one bit. Fabiano for 25 million? Please...

well you gotta look at it from sevilla's point of view. They get 35% of the transfer fee right. So 35 of 20 is about 6.5-7 million. Thats barely anything for their star player. So they are adding in the bonuses to get about 10-12 which is enough for them to find a replacement. Unfortunately that comes to a total of 25 for us, and they will not negotiate without bonuses or anything under 20. So we just pulled. If we renegotiations happen again, we'll probably have to add in a player like viudez and cardaccio to make up for some of it. Don't be surprised if that happens.

15mill is a bit high considering his age 25mill no way !!

Why not get rid of both then? Its only logical


Agree with you Jack

I think 20m is the max we should go, he's 29 and never played for a big club before.

one artilce on milanews says that new offer for fabiano will be made and one has his agent commenting that milan has till 21st to gett the player

15 million is most we should pay for L. Fabiano. hes not worth more. and these clubs calling us cheap is only becos of Real Madrid splashing money into the transfer market. IMO we should get Huntelaar. altho, its unlikely.

Also we seem to be linked with Gaetano D'Agostino. he was linked with Juve and Real Madrid b4. how good is this guy?

EXCLUSIVE: Milan Have No Money, Andrea Pirlo Will Leave & They Won’t Qualify For Champions League

Milan fans have had to look on enviously as Juventus and Inter splash the cash this summer. The Bianconeri have conducted a truly outstanding campaign thus far, signing Brazilians Felipe Melo and Diego, as well as Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro. Inter, meanwhile, have strengthened by snapping up Genoa star duo Diego Milito and Thiago Motta.

The Rossoneri, though, have made just one purchase – 27-year-old United States defender Oguchi Onyewu on a free transfer from Standard Liege. The signing of Porto left back Aly Cissokho fell through in mysterious circumstances, with many arguing that Milan invented a problem with the Frenchman’s teeth in order to try and lower the transfer fee.

Speculation has been widespread that Milan are in serious debt, and that it is unlikely that much of the €68m received from Real Madrid for Kaka will be spent on new players. Fans are becoming restless, with riots in the fashion capital, and Milan's chances of success this season look slim at this current moment.

Goal.com Italia editors Fabrizio Ponciroli and Sergio Stanco, who are both close to the situation at Milan, can exclusively reveal what is really going on. And it is depressing reading…

“Milan have no money,” asserted Ponciroli.

“They sold Kakà because they needed money and they have no money to invest.

“Unfortunately, Milan will be just a ‘normal’ club for the next one or two seasons.

“President Silvio Berlusconi has a lot of problems in Italy and he can't help Milan, as he has done in the past.

“I don’t think Milan will qualify for the Champions League this year.”

Stanco is also less than optimistic over Milan’s short-term future.

“One of the most important problems at Milan is not that Berlusconi doesn’t have money, but that he won’t spend it,” he explained.

“The economic crisis that we are experiencing is hurting everybody, and the head of the Italian government, who has a public position, must be an example to his country.

“Moreover, he has many companies. How can he say to people: ‘sorry we have to fire you in order to spend millions of euros on players for Milan’?

“Even Berlusconi’s children won’t allow him to spend money on Milan, and they are always telling him to sell the club.”

So, if Berlusconi has no intention of spending any more money, thus ensuring that Milan have no chance of challenging for major honours, why will he not entertain the idea of selling the club?

“Berlusconi loves Milan, it is his creature,” Ponciroli stressed.

“In Italy he is best known as President of Milan. He will never sell Milan.”

This is a view echoed by Stanco, who added: “Milan is Berlusconi’s toy.”

“Even if he did want to sell, no one would want to buy an Italian team in the current climate. There are too many problems, and too few profits.

“If a rich Sheikh came to Italy to try and buy a club, it is hard to see everyone allowing it to happen for obvious reasons. Once one club is sold, then all the others will have to sell too in order to close the gap.”

So how much money, if any, will Milan actually spend this summer?

“A maximum of €12-15 million,” believes Ponciroli.

“Only Luis Fabiano can arrive, and I believe that Andrea Pirlo will also be sold to Chelsea.”

Stanco has offered Milan fans slightly more hope, but only slightly. “It's really difficult to forecast who Milan will buy because it's Berlusconi's toy,” he continues.

“He always says he will buy nobody (pressed by his family) but at the end (as occurred with Alessandro Nesta and Ronaldinho) he treats himself to a gift.

“Having said this, I think this summer it will be very difficult to spend much. If they sell Pirlo, which I believe they will, it is possible they could then go and invest €30m in the market.

“They will only buy a forward like Luis Fabiano, and a cheaper, younger Pirlo replacement, like Hernanes or Cristian Ledesma, who will become a backup for Clarence Seedorf. If there is still money, maybe a left back can arrive."

With Milan falling significantly behind Inter and Juventus, the likes of Napoli, Genoa and Palermo conducting excellent transfer campaigns, Fiorentina still competitive, and Roma ready to bounce back, the Rossoneri could be facing the very real prospect of not only another trophyless campaign, but a failure to make the Top 4 in Serie A too.

What are your views on Milan’s financial problems? Is the Rossoneri’s short-term future at stake due to their transfer struggles? Will they fail to qualify for the Champions League next season? Goal.com wants to know what YOU think…

THEY MAKE FUN OF US I HOPE WE WILL SHINE AND WIN SOMTHING NEXT YEAR SO I CAN SING MY SONG : When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want them to bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ***!

that's why I'm worried. Dinho and Adri partying all the time, and it could even affect Pato.

So we invest heavily in youth , its time we gave the young a chance !!!

AC Milan have made a new bid to FC Seville for Brazilian striker Luis Fabiano. This time, the offer is between 16 and 18 million euros. The previous bid was 14 millions.

http://transfermarketweb.com/?action=read&idsel=39534

According to the Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, Panathinaikos are tracking the right-back Massimo Oddo (33), but the player doesn't want to leave AC Milan.

http://transfermarketweb.com/?action=read&idsel=39520

AC Milan are now interested in Inter Milan winger Amantino Mancini, who could arrive on loan. The Brazilian is no longer wanted at Inter.

http://transfermarketweb.com/?action=read&idsel=39522

Hahaha....Galliani is like my aunt at the grocers.

No to Mancini

The only Brazilian I wouldn't have minded to see at Milan was Maxwell, who is now Barca's.

Inter were already a strong side, yet they signed Milito and Motta. now they've signed Lucio and are at the brink of signing Hleb on a loan deal as well.


In less than 12 months we will be Italy's 3rd most successful team.

And so, the Fabiano deal is starting to fade away. I don't know what is going on in Milan today, but surely there must be something in the backburner, or so i would like to believe

Deal For Luis Fabiano Is Still On - Adriano Galliani
Milan vice president Adriano Galliani has confirmed the club are still trying to untangle the issues behind Luis Fabiano's proposed move to the San Siro...

Milan vice president Adriano Galliani has revealed talks for Sevilla hitman are still sailing ahead as planned, despite early antithetic views from Rojiblancos president Jose Maria Del Nido.

Sticking to Silvio Berlusconi's policies where transfer spending should be curbed, the Rossoneri have tried to haggle their way to the striker. Rio and Stellar Group, who detain 65 percent of the striker's rights, have been locked in talks with the club, but Del Nido claimed Milan's initial €14million offer was ridiculous.

Reports then claimed the Italian side were ready to offer €17m plus a further €2m based on the player's performances in an attempt to reinforce their move. Those figures would have neared the Spanish club's €20m asking price. Galliani refrained from commenting on figures, but he did confirm the club are as keen as ever in terms of signing the powerful hitman.

"Milan made an offer of €14m to Sevilla which we felt was right," the bigwig told Sky Sport Italia.

"The deal will continue, but we are still distant in terms of offer and demand.

"Del Nido's comments? Well, good for him if he declared our offer as ridiculous."

Andrea Pirlo has been constantly linked with Chelsea, but the chief insists there has not been any official request from the Londoners for his man.

"Pirlo? We have never had negotiations with Chelsea and they have never offered Milan anything," concluded Galliani.

I still think Juve can compete for serie A this season,they have the best midfielders in Italy.