That mid-field won't last the whole season, I'm sorry. There's no way we can do it without Seedorf. On his day, only Pirlo (from our mid-fielders) can come close to Seedorf. And you do not drop players like that.

I understand Seedorf usually comes up with a 6.5 - 7.5 performance most matches, but we know on his days can come up with a 10. So just coz that pisses us off, we're going to get a guy who can give us a steady 7.0-8.0 every match. Don't think so.


The forward line...till I can get a guarantee on Borriello (actually see him play 10 games in a row), I want one more. I
'd prefer to keep Paloschi loaned out (so he plays with Parma in Serie A),and get in one more target man or a high workrate player.

Sorry, but that's just plain ridiculous.

WHAT??!? Man, seriously, you have to start watching more Milan matches... unless you don't want to be disappointed.

*It is true we own him but genius galliani put a buyout to the loan, so all lyon have to do is pay us 15Mil strait-up to keep him, which is VERY likely considering how he is la Ligue 1's #2 player At the moment to Benzema.

**We NEED to keep Viudez IMHO, my good friend (and my team's primary striker) is Uruguayan and has made us watch the national team on many occasions. I went to see Viudez and my friend Giuseppe (palermo fan) went to see Cavani. Long story short Viudez is a non-stop little motor that is powerful, skillful and very intelligent on the pitch!!! he can develop on the team but i'd MUCH rather see him out on a loan to a Serie A bottom feeder (abate #2)

***We have interested buyers in a guy making Too much money for a backup. I hate writing this next bit because YES i am a dida fan, but in this recession we can't be allowed to hold on to past hero's as their pay checks drain the club.

****I think if boriello is healthy and we can make a run At Demba Ba from Hoffenheim (excellent aerial control, 6'3", high energy, should be very inexpensive) With Dinho/Pato used as SS or off-playing strikers with a reserve in Pippo, we can go places!!! This being said, i like what i see from Paloschi, i think one more year on loan will do him good as the new coach as been featuring him a lot. I think he needs one more year :S

I hate it when I feel the need to get on my soapbox, but I personally found the last bit rather hypocritical. Why is it just his name that regularly comes up in terms of this topic? Don't lump him with the Emersons and Favallis (who's about to get an extension himself) who've been here a short time and contributed little to the club as a whole. Plus, what about current underperformers like Seedorf and Kaladze, the former who plays only when he feels like it, and the latter who's been nothing short of disastrous and is out the rest of the season? They're among ten other Milanisti who make just as much or a little less than Dida does. Blame the management for giving Kalac an extension after his fifteen minutes last season, Berlu's sentimental reacquisition of a has-been Sheva, and our pointless signing of 34-year-old Beckham, who hasn't done much of anything with us.

He's worked hard to shrug off his injury problems and has been in form during what precious playing time he's received, so it's not as if he's sat on his can and twiddled his thumbs this season. He deserves to see out his deal and thus finish his career with Milan before heading off into retirement.

What interested buyers are you talking about, il_diavolo? As far as I know, there aren't any at this time.

Great post. it made me think twice about some things...

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Anyone thinks of VdV as a target for us? he is a bench warmer at RM, a decent player, Dutch, Seedorf on the other hand usually underperforms, etc.

If we're to lose Yoann, I think going for VdV would be a great move.

Do i agree that there are more deserving people to be shipped out, Absolutely!!!! But between you and me, if/when we make it to the champs league next year, outside of Coppa Italia, when will Dida see the field??? I love him and to this day he is one of the best, most accomplished keepers of our time! You wouldn't know it because i always seem to talk to people who are convinced Abbiati is a fluke...(for 27 games). Do i Think he's the future answer at GK, HELL NO! But i think we can't overlook his form and contributions, he has been up there IMO with Ceasar and Frey (obviously coming third the these mentioned players , but in the vicinity. Even if you did replace him? Would it be with a keeper that's turning 36 this year?? I want to keep him but the only way would be a re-structured contract, as he is getting world class dollar to watch from the sidelines. I COMPLETELY AGREE that he is not that high on the list of "must leave" but he is vastly overpaid for the sitting he is doing. The interested? lol it seems you were the one who said it was Newcastle while i thought it was Tottenham, regardless to what, if some rich premiership team sees him for the great goalie he is, and makes an offer, that would be a win-win-win situation.

Outside of sentimental reasons, unless he restructures, with berlu's new wage cut proposal, i don't see him staying but i hope they hold a ceremony for him the day he leaves, i never want to forget him, nor make him regret his amazing stint at Milan. The same cannot be said for the Emersons of the team lol

+1 great post, however he should get a wage cut. Otherwise he is hurting the club more than doing good. Not just him, a lot of people in our club should be getting wage cuts..seedorf, emerson, flamini etc.

Oh I love Deco as much as the next guy but he'd be a very short-term solution so I would look at other players first. I would not even think about it but I've grown too tired of Seedorf.

I like Diego, I believe he'd fit into See's position. Then there's VdV who Zed suggested and I also like and there is Sneijder too. Then there's Modric but I can't see him moving this summer. Out of them all I think I'd rather have one of the two Dutchmen. I still believe Gourcuff can replace Seedorf effectively but the French will probably not come back.

The thing is, if Ancelotti stays, we won't sign a player to take over from Seedorf so this is all pointless.

daily mail is saying abt vidic+evans for 30 million it is quite stupid bcoz UTD wont sell 2 of there defenders but i think that vidic cold turn out to be one of our major summer targets

on milannews.it there was something abt santacore as well but it was more of an opinion kinda article

Is this a joke?

Well, he's one of the primavera keepers, Miz. Does that help?

Oh, OK; I just found the "first team debut in June" part rather odd. I'm assuming the Primavera season is held over the summer?

Yup.

That would explain it. Didafan feels silly, as she automatically thought the grownups' first team.

Here's a picture:

i would LOVE for us to get either him or zapata who was amazing last game btw!

In yesterday's Sportitalia (which is a show), the broadcaster thought Mexes was a likely transfer to Milan.

Oh it's so gonna be Mexes! What's the point in staying at Roma for him anyway?

i like that move a lot, he is very sturdy on defense

mexes is quality but his price is something which is mite be an issue for me

I don't particularly rate our management highly, but even they know if we want to compete at the top level and replace the likes of Maldini and Nesta, we need to be prepared to spend the £££ needed. I think we'll sign a defender for a fairly decent amount of money this summer.

hmmm there seems to be so many highly rated polish keepers out there

On the mexes transfer it all depends. If roma make champions league then he wont. If they do not, then he will. Assuming we make CL.


Vidic story is complete bogus imo. There is no way ferguson is going to sell his best CB.

Santacroce, I dont think were interested but who knows.

i agree, mexes depends on roma's placement, i doubt we can get santacrocce unless we overpay, napoli can challenge for a top spot in the serie A and they would not afford to lose one of their young gems, our best bet is Zapata, IMO because if UDinese sells Quagliarella then they will sell Zapata

Napoli is in 11th right now, not really challenging for a top spot but Santacroce won't be cheap. Zapata, Santacroce, Mexes, anybody but Senderos.

they CAN chalange next year!

I've heard that Santacroce plans to sign an extension with Napoli. We'll just have to wait and see.

Napoli has been keen to keep it's star players to threaten next year. (by the talk of players agents)
I think Zapata/Mexes are more likely as Udinese seems willing to sell some players (Zapata, Quagliarella..) and roma, if they don't make the CL may sell Mexes to us.

According to 4-4-2.com, AC Milan are ready to offer 12 million euros to Fiorentina to obtain 21 year old midfielder Zdravko Kuzmanovic. Now if there is anything true about this rumour then i think we can get him instead of yoann whose price shall cover it but again this will happen if voila fail to qualify for UCL imo

He plays well for me. I purchased him when I was playing @ Benfica. Very very useful.

Worthless. I'd rather sign Kranjcar for free this summer. But neither of them is real Milan-caliber.

I don't think Mexes's move to Milan depends on whether Roma will qualify for next season's CL or not. Not at all.


I've been waiting for a couple of hours. Have you seen anything?

Corriere is reporting that Milan might make a bid for the Cagliari keeper Marchetti, for Agger, Mexes, Kuzmanovic, etc etc etc.

There are reports all over the Italian media that Donadoni is in Rome, meeting with Di Laurentiis about the Napoli job.

you really dont like any of the serbian players, but i do agree kranjcar is better.

Maybe it does appear that way! But, I like some of them! For instance, I'd welcome Bojan, i do "like" Senderos, Sulejmani, Lukovic, etc. Just not the ones linked with Milan - Vidic and Kuzma.

you mean kirkic ? (counts for half) and senderos is of serbian decent? jeeeze switzerland is europes melting pot lol

Yep. Senderos has a serbian mother. Like Ibrakadabra has a croatian mother or something like that. Ahhh...

You like Senderos even if it's with "" but you do not like Vidic!? I know a good shrink, he helped me!

I like Senderos because he's here with us and also there's something so sweet in the way he tackles! Just one step away from...

But honestly, you know why I like Senderos more then Vidic? Because with Senderos you at least know where you are - you get **** in a package that's titled ****. While with Vidic, you buy expensive and the title says class but still you get ****

so that means rio, aka GOOFY



is to vidic as nesta is to kaladze?

come on....

Great deal. He's just as good.

we are being linked to Thiago Mota of Genoa, though i think i would rather have Giandominguo Mesto as a replacement to seedorf if i was picking from Genoa, With some good coaching (carlo?) he can develop into a faster paced Clarence .

Not sure I want to believe this one (I'd sure like to, though). Mediaset is reporting that Milan will bring Abate back for next season. There's uncertainty about what's going to happen to Di Gennaro and Paloschi, and Darmian will probably be sent on loan.

EDIT: Gazzetta is repeating the bit about Abate. They're adding that Perticone (a defender who's doing rather well in Serie B for Livorno) will also be recalled and think both Di Gennaro and Paloschi will come back.

I remember his comments last summer, "one more season on loan, then Milan".

Perticone? I have heard good things about him, and its nice to see he is doing well for Livorno

tribal's running a piece..supposedly a direct quote from Braida, saying the market's closed and will be for a long time. Supposedly, the financial situation means the club is not willing to splash. He's effectively slashed the Kuzmanovic solution.

But then again it's Braida on transfers, so it's 90% BS.

Perticone is getting votes in the 6-6.5 range pretty much every week for Livorno - and Livorno are in the promotion zone in B.

Jack, the tribal piece was picked up from Tuttomercatoweb, whose guys called Braida cold and caught him, I think, in an off moment. They asked about transfers and he commented something to the effect of, 'There are more important things going on right now, there's an economic crisis affecting the whole world, etc etc etc.' From what I took of the Italian version of things, they pissed him off and he snapped at them.

I like the rumors that we are after Marchetti. I think he's a great keeper and could take the next step with a Milan shirt.

WOW Abate is only 22!? I thought he was 25+ and I was ready to say how he sucked against Juve and that we don't need him but if he's still only 22 then I'd welcome him. Though I still don't think he's what we need.

By the way, isn't Ignazio a Spanish name? Or am I mistaken?