I think you overestimate the power of corruption within most european countries. You can't just "buy" your license. Also, I think that ex-players have a slight advantage compared to their non-ex-pro counterparts. They already trained under great coaches. Of course the class of a person as player has nothing to do with their class as coach. Best examples. Lothar Matthäus and Maradonna. Both were the best players in the world on their peak (Maradonna may even be the best ever) but they don't have the ability to become a decent coach. Other ex-players like Trap or Beckenbauer had the quality as they're not as dumb.
That said, I'm not a huge fan of modern "scientific" approach to football as invented during the 80ies in eastern europe and now performed by coaches like Mourinho. Doesn't have the charme.

this off goal.com

-cassano will leave for 20M (not that much for arguably one of serie A's top 5 players)
-pandev/ladesma still on the block
-molinaro wants out of juve
-sevilla are also targeting Dzeko to spite us

this IS MILAN news!

Just for the record: I don't want that dirty little Schalker Rafinha anywhere near Milan. That diving b******.

DeadlyAccurate.com cite Russian newspaper Life claiming Milan have signed CSKA Moscow trequartista/right winger Milos Krasic. It's said he will join us next summer.

It's probably false but does anyone know anything about him? Other than the fact that Fillipo won't like him, we all know that.

can't touch this

Kurt, do you remember him from Villa's games against CSKA from last season?

Mediaset and tuttomercatoweb are also both reporting it, dst, with the same citation.

Um i watch him playing for CSKA, guy is fast but im scared that he could be new Jankulovski here is the Video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvrOT6xSpDg
And it's not False it's true he signed for us : http://www.calciomercato.com/index.php?c=46&a=143583

What do you mean new Jankulovski?

The page on that link you posted also cites Life... there's nothing official yet.

he looks more like nedved rather than janko

considering for 5M more we could of gotten cassano i don't know about this...

We need a trequartista. We also need someone strong on the right.

Cassano is another left-centric SS. We already have Pato and R80. Seedorf loves the left too.

On the other hand, I assume this would give us a viable attacking threat down the right flank.

Best lineup we can produce, Don't Forget, Dinho shines when surrounded by talent.

I'd switch positions between Pato and Krasic.

Krasic is listed as a LW/AM

Um Krasic really signed for Milan, medias in Serbia are reporting it now, but there is mistake in all the writen news this guy is clasic right winger, he have good dribling ability and he is fast like the bullet...

so pato at LW and krasic RW

Just because the media's reporting it doesn't make it official. I haven't seen anything from Milan or CSKA confirming it. Given our past history with almost-signings, I'm going to wait for the official confirmation before believing he really did sign for Milan.

before anything else is said, i called his dentist and i feel good about this signing

Yep, Until i see player Y in a Milan top, i refuse to believe they have signed for us

It took like 2 weeks before klaas put a milan shirt on...

LOL 15 million! Where do these guys get their numbers from. All of a sudden now our budget has increased? I'm going to wait until the fee is released but on the case of the player. Many are reporting he is signed, however! There are rumors he might be coming in January instead of summer. Nothing official but personally I'm not too optimistic about this one. I knew when we had signed klass but this one seems a little off. My guess is what happened is we approached them and told them we are interested in him and the paper probably misinterpreted that as we signed him.

because one second after a report saying we were looking at 2 serbian kids, there's another saying one of them is already signed...

still too early my freind to state these things. Its september 23. I have never seen Milan spend more than 5 million on a player before the window actually starts. No way not this early. Galliani is always looking for bargaining and stalling and getting a lower price. He's not going to get a low price right now. The only way I can believe this to be true is that another team is close to signing him and we moved in quick.

I mean presentation of the player. Even an official announcement on the website does not fill me with confidence (the Suazo incident)

There's also the fact that tuttomercatoweb has an interview with the guy's coach saying he knows nothing about Milan even being interested in his client. This came out after the announcement from the Russian paper.

that means nothing. Alot of coaches often deny the claims in order to keep the media off their back. Negotiations could be happening.

no serbians for us i would of liked to get someone who can create space like ramires or in the robinho mold

It could also mean that the report in the Russian press is fantacalcio, which is what I think absent any evidence to the contrary.

So, did we sign Krasic or no?

There's one report in the Russian press, Filipo. That report has been repeated all over the place. But his agent has denied contact with Milan. I tend to think no, but others seem to think we might have.

Media in Bosnia reporting Galliani spoke with Wolfsburg charimans over Dzeko again, seams like they will accept bid in January but onlly if Milan are willing to offer how much they ask (around 20-25 Mil €). Veh told also that Sevilla was interested in Dzeko and that they offered 25 Mil € but player onlly want to go to Milan.

I would find it very amusing if Dzeko was signed by Sevilla in order to spite us as was mentioned earlier on by someone

it was I and if they seriously boasted a front line of Kanoute/fabiano/negredo/dzeko i think sevilla would scare me especially with a player like jesus navas

we ll if we did sign him in january he wudnt play in cl _ just for serie a doubt he'd want to sacrifice cl footie just like that

have the krasic rumours died down i was impressed by him just youtubed him and watched some vids

dzeko and krasic in winter please galliani

When did the fantasy lamp light on again? Dzeko? he's not coming to Milan, Milan doesn't have that money to spend. "The Most Successful Club' my *** !! more like 'The Cheapest Club' and **** you B&G !

Sampdoria have made the perfect start to the 2009/10 Serie A season, as they have managed four wins from the first four fixtures, to sit atop of the table, alongside Juventus.

As always their star player, Antonio Cassano, has been one of the side’s key figures in their successes to date, as they have accounted for the likes of Catania, Udinese, Atalanta and Siena most recently.

Cassano has continually been linked to some of Italy’s strongest clubs, including Juventus and Inter over the past couple of years, since officially joining the Blucerchiati from Real Madrid back in 2007.

His future has been debated many times before; however the president of his club, Giuseppe Marotta, managed to clear things up a little in a recent interview.

“Antonio is player who gives us great emotions every Sunday,” Marotta declared on the Campionato dei Campioni program.

“What he does on the pitch is fantastic, and we are so thankful to have him.

“When he arrived on a free transfer from Real Madrid, we could afford him in the economy at the time.

“There have been some requests for him lately. I know that [the Inter president Massimo] Moratti is very interested in him, but there has never been any negotiations.

“Antonio has a buyout clause of around €20 million, so if a club were to be interested and were willing to pay this amount, then he can leave Genoa.

“Following that, we will be forced to pay Real Madrid around €5 million for compensation.”

Cassano and his Samp team-mates are gearing up for their midweek fixture against Fiorentina, at the Artemio Fracnhi stadium.

Adrian Del Monte, Goal.com

There will be, there has to be seeing as the Champions is a lucrative competition and come December 6 games will have been played translating to a couple of millions $$ coming into the club. Then with the sale of Kaka and Gourcuff, plus considering there was not much movement in the summer.

So by saying that, you are wrong, Milan will have money to spend and I think that come December we will be in the process of assessing our needs; like a midfielder/effective-striker/fullback. And in that there is no fantasy lamp, there is just Milanfans being Milanfans

What about Pandev? He wants to rescind his contract with Lazio


Pato Huntelaar Pandev

i'm indifferent about pandev but if he rescinds his contract and we get him for free i'll be delighted, he's often explosive going forward and decisive in finishing too

the bulk of our current problem have roots in bad management decision in the transfer market

crespo- did very very well with us during his loan spell from chelsea, for whatever reason we didn't make the move permanent, he got signed on loan by inter for the next two seasons and with his contributions they claimed the scudettos in both years.

gilardino- probably the main reason galliani&co snubbed the crespo offer, they preferred to sign the italian prodigy, he did well in his first season scoring 17times, not many goals in his second season but he did seem to have a good on field chemistry with the 18yr old pato, still he got sold on to fiorentina for 15m. he's since helped them secure 4th spot, he's also scored more times than any of our strikers this season&continues to do well

borriello- 1 wonder season with genoa was convincing enough to splash 10m for 50% of his contract, well with his injuries and below par performances he's worth nowhere worth near the 20m he's valued at.

cissokho- y'all know the story& our left back woes still continue

ronaldinho- carlo asked for a big target man (adebayor) instead berlusconi wanted his team like his championship manager version

paloschi- we'll surely be on the loosing end of the negotiation table when we buy back his contract

fabiano- ....................

gourcuff- u'd think with the impressive season at bordeaux he'll get his chance, instead he also get the boot while we pocket 15m& we keep wishin ronnie'll come through with magic

dida, kaladze, oddo- continue to earn the big bucks and give us nothing back in return.

its got me thinking we need a new management, they'll be just fine even if we don't qualify for the europa league

Give it a rest, PLEASE. In how many threads can we repeat this ad nauseam?

so...i'm guessing krasic isn't happening...

Yeah, its like everyone is Sherlock Holmes trying to scratch out anything just to support an argument.

Dida earns Millions because he brought in two Champions League trophies, next time you see the number 7 on the shoulder of the players think of 'that' Dida!

And Kaladze earns Millions because he fucked Berlusconi's daughter.

And in the end, once that contract was signed, there is no turning back. And remember they signed those contracts during a crucial period. Which gave us the last piece of glory we will probably see in the next 5 years So chillax

I wouldn't hesitate to sign him; he can be much helpful to our attack. and please Baldy, get Ledesma too if you're at it.

i'd want ladesma more then pandev, but i hear he is going to the EPL

You can be assured an Argie will not be even considered by our funny management.

What if he fooled them by changing his name to Ladesninho

Good one!

really good one

WHILE GALLIANI DOZES
Lazio striker Goran Pandev has officially filed legal action against his club with the arbitration panel of the Lega Calcio, as reported by La Repubblica, Ansa and Goal.com Italia.

The former Ancona star's lawyer, Mattia Grassani, confirmed the player's action. "The recourse was submitted in the early afternoon," he said.

The player's goal is to attain immediate termination of his contract, rather than wait until June 2010, when it expires.

The 26-year-old has been kept out of the Lazio team since announcing that he wanted to leave the Stadio Olimpico outfit in the summer. He was infamously labelled a "rebel" by president Claudio Lotito, along with Lorenzo De Silvestri (now of Fiorentina) and Cristian Ledesma.

Pandev has even been training separately from his team-mates as a result of being excluded from the squad.

Despite plenty of interest in the hitman, no one was willing to meet Lotito's price-tag of €19 million.

Should the player succeed in rescinding his deal, the likes of Inter, Bayern Munich and Juventus are reportedly ready to pounce for his signature.

Adam Scime, Goal.com