Yeah, but at that time the reason it was rejected was everyone demanded 30 m for a player. Prices have fallen so now a 20 m bid would perhaps suffice ?

I'm still not convinced we'll sign him. I just hope we dont' make a drama out of this. Either sign him or don't, but dont let it drag on for weeks and put milan's image to shame at the very end of it.

I'm thinking borriello or oddo will be sent the other way. I hope we could bid 20m and oddo and they would accept.

and another hit below the belt again. We are humiliated once again by galliani's incompetence.


Like everyone had predicted we would not sign him. Next is dzeko, Please galliani don't humiliate us again sigh.... Either sign him or don't. Please don't play around and make us look like fools.

i think we all should start embracing the reality that we probably won't buy anymore top class players this season judging by the circus that's been our transfer activity so far, i think the very best we can get (assuming even fernebache doesn't out-smart us) is hernanes for about 12m euros as his value as dropped and maybe a swap deal for oddo&trez.
i've always said they weren't really keen on fabiano &so would'nt come up with a better bid,

they really do want dzeko but it remains to be seen whether his asking price will be met, galliani will most likely fly to wolfsburg-come back empty handed as tell his handy(we'r fine as we are story)

with seedorf, ambro& co under-performing in the midfield i'd say we make hernanes a top priority, he covers both defence&attack (anyone who's seen him play can attest to that) let's just meet sao paolo's demand& have leo concentrate on his tactics

here's a thought, galliani should instead become vice president of the primavera team as i seem to recall he's brought in a couple of players for that team, not sure exactly how much but i think he's invested close to 5mil on that squad

Those kind of fans always come and go, the real fans will stick no matter what, I wouldn't worry so much if I were you. But if I were Galliani I would worry as this means a huge drop in shirt sales over in Asia and the States.


Well Pato would be playing on the wings, so obviously some of his scoring abilities would be compromised. It depends on how flexible the 4-3-3 system will be. If Pato and Dinho are both restricted to the wings they won't score as many goals, but if its a constantly rotating front set up with no one having a fixed position goal scoring wouldn't fall only on the center forward, whoever that might be, which at this point I'm thinking it will be Boriello


Maldanondo is non EU as well so...

And I read somewhere that we could free up an EU slot by off loading Kalac who is Australian and does not have an EU passport. So that would leave us with 2 very nice slot for Hernanes and Dzeko.

Personally I would really like to see Hernanes coming, I think he would be the perfect player to play in that midfield next to Pirlo and to take over from Seedorf.


Agreed

Yep, and then he comes and says we have no money

Best five goals from Dzeko : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lYyKlg02Tk

Good stuff this Dzeko kid!
*fingers crossed*

MILAN NEEDE 13Mil € for Beckham

"I want to come back to Milan, but now I want to think only to MLS". David Beckham tries to avoid other problems with Galaxy and their fans. In every istance he want to be free still from this summer, but in this case, there will be to pay a fine of 13 million euros.

That would be a problem for Milan in this moment, but "Adidas" could help the Italian team, after have lost a champion like Kaka.

Milan Chief Adriano Galliani Heading To London To Salvage Luis Fabiano Move - Report
The chief is taking swift action as he tries to explore new ways of landing the striker...

Milan director Adriano Galliani is set to fly to London and meet with Luis Fabiano's representatives Rio and Stellar Group in an attempt to salvage talks for the Sevilla striker.

Earlier today, the Brazilian's agent Jose Fuentes claimed the deal was dead and he slammed Milan for their conduct regarding the proposed transfer. However, Sky Sport Italia claims Galliani will have one last shot as he tries to kick the move forward.

The report suggests Galliani will fly out to London on Wednesday morning to meet with Stellar Group chiefs. The agency holds 65 percent of Luis Fabiano's rights and the Italian chief wants to work a strategy that can help resolve the problems surrounding the deal.

So far, Milan have only offered Sevilla €14million for the hitman. This has been met with a storm of criticism from both the Spanish club and the player's agent Fuentes. The Rojiblancos described the initial offer as ridiculous and negotiations threatened to turn into a political row.

Galliani is now trying to use some diplomacy and he will speak with Stellar Group in order to find a conclusion to the deal. Voices claim the Italian will apply pressure and use a clause which stipulates that Sevilla have to accept a bid over €12m.

Neither Milan nor Galliani have confirmed the London trip reports, but speculation is rife as he is not in the USA for the team's friendly tour.

Salvatore Landolina, Goal.com

I would have prefered Fabiano over Dzeko. A guy who's been lethal in Spain for a number of years, or a guy who's had 1 good season?

Oliveira too was lethal in Spain for a couple of seasons before we bought him...

I just looked at Fabiano's Sevilla stats. it's not that amazing. he's had only 1 great season as far as the number of goals scored is concerned.

[Warning this is a BIG post being done on a blackberry so please bear with me on this but I'm shedding some perspective on this transfer market]

I don't usually post anything in the summer transfer market besause of partial **** reporting people take seriously so in retrospec I will tell you all how berlu is genious and you will hate me for it. Pure political genious has been demonstrated by our very own prime minister(suprisingly not sarcastic).

Let's start by saying part of the reason berlu dint get his rounds of applauds for last summer was mainly because carlo dint make room for his toys (flamini , boriello and ronnie) so to the public eye we "flopped" on several signins berlu was hyped about.

With carlo gone, berlu decided to pawn off all big assests while he could before the real beginning of the summer so any on-field suckkage would make an easy target of leo, the unexperienced, "not fit for coaching"(leo's word's) scapegoat.

We all know about the kaka sale and what not but with it came a warning all teams did well to approach with caution. Fiorentino perez the "god apointed" prez (lol) of RMA all teams were aware of the soon to be inflated market of rhe world so while most teams seemed fit to waait out real's spending spree, Our beloved prez was hastly going to get **** done and solve our leftback troubles off the get-go. Oh how the fans were happy we would remain active during the time real was still "radioactive". Then... we bailed out because the Evil porto wanted to **** with us with rediculously greedy demands. What better way to calm the anger then to call in our "digao" favor from liege and get the CB flavor of the month of the national team of the hour for FREE!!!! Meanwhile we made a heavy push for a young man who dsnt eat/dsnt sleep : spends every breath of his existence longing for the rossoneri jersey and ressembles, skill-wise, every milanista's favorite -»sheva( who btw should be on the list I had earlier of toys berlu got tht carlo ignored, but I digress) with wolfsburg not knowing for sure who would replace young dzeko in a pairing with grafite, they so kindly refused, clearly waiting to get another striker before selling there's in this crazy market.

How on earth will berlu keep these fans still soar about kaka's departure to "god's field"? Easy go with what worked best, based on the possitive responses of gooch and conf cup they went and swmi set there and went for fabs arguably the most overvqlued player in the world IMO. Play it hard and let the fans know we have strong leadership who won't succomb to sevillas prez.

I guarantee he spends all the rest of his energie tryin to get dzwko now that they got a cf to replace him. He will sign dzek at all costs to reasurwe he loves the club and we bye a left back. These are some of my thoughts as I lay in bed semi impaired from a rough night:s

Also the felipe/hermanes/moldinado combo I believe is just a result of good scouting as either of them would make me drewl in ecstacy.

Also just a quick question, why is ambro the captain?!? This year he tried to get a significant raise while rino (better and more of a leader)said he would take a pay cut this year to acommodate the teams struggles financially... The search for captaincy should end at that point.

The eto'o situation imo is purely to jack up his wages with inter:)

Hope I made sense and dint make you guys regret reading this nowel

I'll only respond to the part about the captaincy; Gattuso is in no way qualified to be a leader. How many times did Maldini have to literally tear him away from other players because he was getting himself sent off?

No maldonado has a spanish passport, he wouldn't take up a spot. Also it doesnt matter if Kalac leaves or stays or how many foreigns we offload. The rule in italy is that only a max of 2 non eu can join a team in one season(includes summer and winter). So even if we sold every non eu player on our squad, it would still mean we can only sign one non-eu player.

He spoke out on this. So talks with sevilla are over and now suing them is the only options left...sad....

It seems now that we are going to try one last attempt at getting fabiano, but it won't be through sevilla. It'll be through RIO and going to court against Sevilla.


I hope to god we just drop this and don't embarace ourselves further. There is no point going to trial over 5m euroes, seriously!

good job man, now milan will not sign him. If you hadn't run your mouth maybe you could have made some money lol. Now hes going to be bloated beyond comprehension and we'll have to pay 10-20m for him sigh....

LOL! I'm faster than goal.com and my news reports have more accuracy.

Just for your info, the 5 m part is complete and utter bs. Galliani's ending offer was 25 million, (what they wanted if they were to sell him), but they refused to sell him. They were not going to sell Dzeko no matter how much we offered them. Wolfsburg doesn't need money, they are owned by volkswagon.


What has changed now from back then was that at the time if wolfsburg sold us dzeko they would be afraid that they would not be able to find a replacement for him and thus ending their hopes of champions league. So they took a little time, waited for the prices to drop and now they have almost completed their nilmar signing. That could mean either 2 things, we are given the light to get dzeko or dzeko is ours next season for 20m


I am hopeful that we buy him this season though and give them oddo and antonini or something to sweeten the deal.


more news by saturday.

dzeko's new deal consists of these terms:



So either way he is ours in the end. If not this season then Jan or next season.

I hope we get Dzeko more than Fabiano!
Make it happen baldy - don't screw this one up now, when everything points positively in our direction!
Make a deal with the club which they would accept at this point and it as good as signed and sealed!

I will have to disagree with you locke rino is A lot more qualified then ambro who disapeares in games but I will agree that pirlo deserves it more then anywone. And I was a little curious about something, being a serie A fan iam I the only psyched that with the exception of milan, serie A is looking a lot stronger this year then last

thank god eh. I'm so happy inter and juve decided to splash the cash. Our league has a much better chance of surviving in the champions league.

It's not like Ambro is too modest. at least Rino is passionate and motivates others. the only reason Ambro deserves the armband IMO is that he's the most senior player, and that's it. he's rough. gets red cards/suspends himself more than Rino, is as cold as ice - I doubt our players get any motivation from him, etc etc. and let's not forget, Rino barks, but he doesn't bite! even the times where Maldini didn't interfere, he rarely got himself sent off. I don't know what his secret is though!

And Ambro is so calm and collected? He's just as hot headed as Rino if not more. Not to mention Rino is the better player out of the 2, so if their's only 1 DM spot open we all know who will get it. Not to mention the fact that Rino is not a greedy @sshole

Not to mention that Ambro will not be in the first 11 if Leo decides that only 1 DM will be playing in the midfield.

The only reason Ambro is getting that arm band is because he arrived a few months ahead of Rino simple as that. Rino is the better player, more passionate, less hot headed and stupid as he doesn;t go around chopping legs while he's already on a yellow and most importantly not a money hngry pr!ck asking for more money when he's at the age of 32 and not even starting material and knows that the club is going through rough times.

1 reason why Rino should have been made captain? He's captain material. Ambro is not that

Breaking news:


Galliani(useless f*ck), Antonio Caliendo (trezeguet's agent) and Ernesto Bronzetti(super agent) are having dinner tonight and the main topic other than whats on the menu is the possible transfer of Trezeguet.

It seems we asked Caliendo and Bronzetti if it was possible to swap for Trezeguet (oddo+cash). They said no. Furthermore, Caliendo told Galliani and Bronzetti that Juve value him at 12 million, but we could get him for 8 if we wanted.

No futher news on what Galliani has decided to do but here is what the Caliendo said to the press after:



Stupid Galliani, stop bulls*tting people. "Milan will be absoloutly competitive"-Galliani- Yeah right!
Shut and put your money where your mouth is! You old useless f*ck!


Also:

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You seem to dislike Ambro a lot I don't have any serious problem with him, just like Rino better I think. both as a player and of course, as a character!



Every time you say that, this quote pops up in my mind:

inter won the league with two games to spare, yet in order to show their seriousness bout the next serieA& UCL campaigns they move SWIFTLY to add millito&motta to a league winning side, recently just got lucio&now with ibra's exit set to pave the way for the arrival of eto'o+ a bulk of cash(rumour-about 30m) also exchanging hands they've again SWIFTLY been linked with splashing the cash on cassano

dear rossoneri faithfuls, how're we supposed to even compete when our management:
*almost constantly fail in negotiations, except ofcourse when buying 17yr old from under 18teams in serieB
*declare that a 3rd place finish will be satisfactory
*say that the same squad(that finished 10pts behind inter ALSO now depleted without kaka) is good enough knowing these men ain't gettin any younger.
*keep telling us that the transfer window is still very long

they've clearly forgotten what it means to regroup after defeat cos its not just abou buying player quickly but rather letting the world know we mean business..
we've had a bad enough start as it, then leo goes and makes it worse by appointing ambro as il-capitano, its nt just choice that annoying but the almost untouchable status that comes with it(he's indirectly tipped to start ahead of flamini&co)

in conclusion, reports claim with wolfsburg closing in on nilmar's signature, galliani will begin shooting
(DZEKO NEGOTIATIONS PART 2) & if this movie doesn't have the great ending i'm expectin.... i'll google out those voodoo specialists& pay them to make dolls in the likeness of berlu,galliani & start choking them cos they don't know how awful we the fans are feeling right about now

Fishdoll +10 cookies to mtl for his reasoned post on market stuff.

As for market things, well, not a lot to say. Fishdoll doesn't mind Milan putting its foot down on Fabiano as the money Sevilla want is more than he thinks the player is worth. Ever the optimist, Fishdoll remains hopeful that someone useful will come in at a non-inflated price. He wonders if there's quiet talk going on with Udine about D'Agostino.

There's a snippet on calciomercato about Milan possibly being interested in Cagliari's Canini (who is a defender).

For the Yank contingent, another bit of news: Livorno have apparently made an offer for Landon Donovan.

Ambro started getting on my nerves the moment Carlo started insisting on the xmas tree and Ambro playing as a 2nd DM. He's a very frustrating player and now to hear about his demands while the club is literally going through a financial crisis just drove the point home for me.

I literally cannot stand him and to see him wearing the arm band after Paolo just p!sses me off. And to me its another sign that the club does not stand for what it used to in the past. If that were the case a worthy player would have been made captain, not someone that got it through default.

And Rino should be an example to the rest of the team, he's a true leader and an examplary figure and its shameful to see Ambro getting captaincy ahead of him.

So you want the Milan captain to be the one stamping around the field roaring into other players' faces? Ok.

Oh and Maldini himself said Ambrosini should be the next Milan captain. I don't think it's worth to even try arguing with Paolo Maldini when it comes to anything related to captaining Milan.

[DM]
Gattuso >> Ambrosini

Simple...

I like that. I haven't watched his games very much, but Juve (and according to the press Real) were after him so he can't be bad.


As Max (*کجایی مردک!*) would say, 'Nuff Said

Rino becomes a whole different person when he puts the armband on.

On the captain debate, Fishdoll has no great problem with Ambro having it -- Ambro, despite his faults, NEVER gives up. That said, Rino is the heart of the squad, especially now with Il Capitano gone.

Update:

Wolfsburg have pulled out of negotations for Nilmar as their bid was rejected. They bid 15 million for the player, but the club value him around 25 million. As of now there has been no further news as to whether they will re-enter negotiations or not. Wolfsburg officials have already left Brazil, therefore it is speculated the transfer will not happen. Villareal's inital bid of 12m was also rejected by internacional. Not 100% but its pretty much over.


So basically this is bad news for us because now there is no chance to sign dzeko this season. Unless wolfy find a replacement for him, we can forget about dzeko this season.

IMO we should give them cash + borri and oddo for dzeko. That would satisfy all parties I think.


And finally my opinion on the matter is that these prices are ridiclous. Nilmar is 25 years old and still playing in the brazillian league. This guy is not Pato to say he is worthy of such a price. Internacional will regret not selling him when they had the chance too. Next window he won't even be worth half that.

Trezeguet is our next target ladies and gents. We had talks last night with his agent. sigh.....

Genius statement Fergie Arsenal needs time not money. Realistically the sale of adebayor doesn't even hurt arsenal all that much. Now vela will play and he'll be sold for another 25-30 million in a season or two. The system works.


where as for us, spending is key. IF we don't spend every season were screwed. Arsenal have talent upcoming, while we really got nothing. Comon B&G stop wasting our time!

Update: Its reported that the Pirlo sale to chelsea is pretty much done. That is why he isn't with the squad right now. They are saying that the reason why it hasn't been announced yet is because Milan want to sign a striker first then announce his sale so the fans can cushion the loss with a new signing. Last reported offer was 18m. Also wolfsburg have told Milan that if they wan't dzeko this season they must bid 28 M euros. Galliani is reported to be dealing with Trezeguet and it seems Dzeko deal will not occur this season.


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Personally I think the pirlo story is bs, but maybe thats me just refusing to believe we'd sell him. I want him to stay here, he is a key part of this team. I hope its bs. Second the dzeko deal probably will not happen. We'll sign him next season for 20M. 28 is far too high for galliani. But then again who knows whats really going on. We'll find out everything after this tournament in the USA. So expect big news by monday.

He is with the squad though...I have pictures of him training yesterday with them on the beach.

Yup, Pirlo is definitely with the team. And is training with them too -- the reason he wasn't fielded against the Galaxy (nor were Zambrotta or Gattuso, who are ALSO trainign with the team) is because the guys who were on NT duty had an extra long vacation and only just returned to training.

There are also shots of both of them in Dolce & Gabbana's blog of the team's summer travelling (but sadly for Fishdoll's person, no clear shots of Nesta).

That said, Mediaset seems to think there might be discussions between Milan and Chelsea this Friday (the day the two teams play) about Pirlo.

Inter are playing them tonight at 4am here _ may just see what were up against in a few days and our rivals new boys out

From acmilan.com (English Page):

Hey, thanks for the reminder, I'll try to give this one a look.
The game is supposed to kick off in approximately 1hour & 40mins from the tim I post this, for those also interested.

Rojadirecta is littered with links for this one already: http://www.rojadirecta.org/
Hopefully they will actually work!

Ah I forgot about this match, could be a late night!

Any ideas on teams?

For what it's worth, ESPN is showing the games too, at least in the US.

My mistake, Okay good news to hear he is with the squad but that doesn't still change the doubt on his future at milan