We can't do it all this season. Imo if we did sign a LB and a midfielder or two, we have done well enough this term. Next season we can adress goal keeper and the defence again.

Allright game day today, hope we do good:

Anyways here are the updates:

Its reported we are taking a serious look at terminating dida's contract. We have pretty much told him that he is no longer in the club's plans. Many clubs in greece and brazil as well as other smaller leagues are extremely interested in him. We could do a kalac as well with him and do a mutual termination.

Update: we are looking at signing Simon Vukčević who is 23 yrs old and plays at sporting. His contract expires 2010. Our former player saviievic recommended him to G. He has a contract release clause placed at 20m but its reported we could work around 5m-10m. Whether or not we sign him this season or next on a free is at this point not known, but my guess is that we will be signing him either this season or the next.


Trezeguet also said he is flattered by milan but he wants to stay at juve.

Update: We pretty much have our first winter signing announced. David beckham surprise, surprise! He said today he will be playing for a eurpean club forsure next january and he said milan have asked for him back. So expect him back again. I personally don't mind this at all.

Bluesummers, list your sources. Thanks.

linnk

@tennie: studiosport, milannews, gazetta

I've heard the same myself tbh - mostly from the player himself I have to say...

I think the idea is to list sources by update. Not a general list.

drenthe wants to stay at Madrid

Source?

Just one thing.

Can everyone here please just post a site name when they post news. Even if you're just summerizing what you read over a site just write down the site's name

For example:

Goal.com would be the most probable source for this one...

It was reported on Football Italia. (Can't say "Channel 4" anymore, as they've separated.)

I don't take much stock in MilanNews, anyway, as they're a fan site reporting other people's news.

divolino feels bad for forgetting source

We'll let you live.

Poissonpoupee forgives mtl, on account of mtl being from a cool city.

but that takes like soooooooooooooo muuuuuuuuuuuchhhh effort

Update: Reports are saying that Oddo has rejected a loan switch to stoke city, blackburn, and panathanikos. His only destination other milan is lazio if he were to leave, however, lollipop has no interest in him SOOO!! he is here to stay!

Furthermore, DI S is out for a month so I think he is scratched out of our plans. Drenthe has also said he refuses to leave madrid likewise to sneijder. So our options are bale or nothing.

source: MF, Gazetta

It is just common courtesy Blue. In any case, if you don't post a link, somebody will ask you for the source and you'll have to show it anyway, it just saves time doing it when you actually post the rumour/article.

Milan To Announce Signing Of Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas On Monday – Report
Sections of the Italian media are speculating that Milan president Silvio Berlusconi will announce a big-money signing for the club on Monday night before the Trofeo Berlusconi, and according to UnoNotizie.it this player will be Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas.

The €30-35 million required to complete this capture will be recovered in part by the sale of Andrea Pirlo to Chelsea.

Milan have had a truly disastrous pre-season, winning just one game. They had already suffered a string of defeats to Club America, Chelsea, Inter, Bayern Munich, Boca Juniors and Benfica, and last night lost two more in the Trofeo TIM to Inter again and Juventus.

This Monday night, Milan will host the annual Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi against Juventus, and there are expected to be huge demonstrations against Berlusconi after a disastrous transfer summer where the club have made just one notable signing in Real Madrid’s Klaas Jan Huntelaar, despite selling star man Kaka to the Blancos for €67m.

Partly in a bid to quell the protests, as well as to strengthen a Milan team in desperate need of new players, the Italian media are speculating that Berlusconi will use the special occasion at San Siro on Monday night to announce a big-money signing that will excite supporters.

UnoNotizie.it are claiming that this player will be Cesc Fabregas, who they say wants to leave Arsenal after becoming disillusioned with the direction the club is going following the high-profile summer sales of Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure which has been countered only by the arrival of Belgian international centre back Thomas Vermaelen from Ajax.

Milan will shell out €30-35m for Fabregas, and will recover part of this sum by selling Pirlo to Chelsea, despite Berlusconi’s announcement last week that the Italian World Cup winner would stay at San Siro for the rest of his career.

While this may all seem like fantasy football, and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger declared only yesterday that there was no chance of Fabregas leaving the club, Milan supporters will be waiting eagerly for Monday night to see if Berlusconi announces a major coup prior to the clash with Juventus.

Anthony Sormani, Goal.com

i really don't think this is true but i am praying it is......the money is unrealistic though

It's a nice, fanciful article but... yeah. Fantasy football. Is it possible someone will arrive before Monday? Sure, even if it IS a holiday weekend in Italy. But Fabregas? Fishdoll doubts.

i have a good feeling that we will sign someone by monday but not fabregas i think we will sign someone to keep the fans calm at sansiro....i dunno what do you guys and girls think ?

I'm not positive about a signing before Monday if only because it's a holiday weekend in Italy. But before the start of Serie A? Yeah, I think someone will come.

After the "Cesc to return to Barca" rumours last week, he sas he's commited to Arsenal for the coming season, so he won't be joining Milan, or anybody, this summer. Next summer though..

I hope whoever he is, he's a midfielder/trequartista.

I'm quite sure Galliani and co. are not taking a holiday.

hav't they been on holliday since the calciomercato started?

-benfica being linked with di silvestri

Source, mtl? (Please remember to list sources for rumors/news)

goal.it

i just saw Fabregas' score the 5th goal in the Arsenal/Everton game...i hope i hope i hope he comes to milan

I wouldn't get your hopes up on what really is fantasy football. I've not seen a solid link to say we're even interested, least not him wanting to come here.

Fabregas to Milan, humm not so sure it will happen, atfer Wenger reaffirms that Fabregas will be staying, and c'mon guys, the only site that is quoting this rumor is Goal.crap

Maybe in the future when Milan is once again the club which every player dreams of joining, but not now...

if we get Faber + drnethe i will caress galliani's bald head and wax it

one can dream

why though? it's not like management encourages it :S

Zambrotta- Thiago Silva - Sandro Nesta - De Silvestri

Flamini - Pirlo

Cesc Fabregas

Alex Pato - Huntelaar - Ronaldinho


Il Grande Milan - Dare to dream, it's fun for a while...until torturous reality sets in

now we know why we haven't signed him yet, he has no interest in Italy. We can scratch him off the list then. Robben also said he isn't going anywhere. So now sneijder/robben/drenthe all refused to leave madrid. Just great



source; Goal.com

Update: reports are claiming that Juve has agreed with wolfy over the loan of Zaccardo. It is assumed the only thing that is a stumble block is personal terms. It should be concluded soon.

source: mediterraneonline.it

Update:

For those of you who are dreaming of cesc, your dreams are about to come to an end.



goal.com




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If pep says he is not possible, there is no way in hell we are going to sign him.

The dream is so unrealistic. Fabregas is the captain for one of the bigger teams in Europe at the moment, it's the team that gave him his breakthrough. Arsenal are a better team than us at the moment, so joining Milan would be a step down. He has also stated many times he will only leave Arsenal for Barcelona, a team Milan is also a step down from.

I'd say this is in the region of 0% chance happening, ever.

It won't happen now that's for sure but I don't agree that he'd only leave Arsenal for Barcelona. He seemed to be more than flattered when Real Madrid made their interest for him known and he has praised Milan in the past so I don't think it's impossible to see him in our colors one day. I do not think he will leave Arsenal this season though and I do not think his next team after Arsenal is going to be Milan.

+1 pretty much. Why would he go from arsenal to barcelona where he would sit on the bench and wait to play.