On behalf of Fishdoll, to nuh for guessing right.

Barcelona fans are, perhaps understandably, not exactly thrilled about the price of the transfer. Various Barca boards are...freaking out to an extent.

Here's my favorite quote (from barcaforum.com):

A.C. MILAN OFFICIAL NOTE
8/28/2010
MILAN – A.C. MILAN announces the acquisition of the player Zlatan Ibrahimovic from F.C. Barcelona, through a free loan with the option to purchase the athlete’s playing rights for € 24 million at the end of the season 2010-2011. The Swedish champion will go through the medical exams tomorrow morning, before signing the contract that will tie him to the Rossonero club for four years.

Dude, I dunno if you've seen any game, but Amelia has been impressive in the pre-season.

WAIT A MIN!!!!


Free loan?!

Does that mean we pay no wages till next season?lol

On behalf of Fishdoll, to nuh for guessing right.

Barcelona fans are, perhaps understandably, not exactly thrilled about the price of the transfer. Various Barca boards are...freaking out to an extent.

Here's my favorite quote (from barcaforum.com):

Sportmediaset reports Schalke should soon make official the signing of Huntelaar for 13m. When you think about it, we've signed Ibra for only 11m, which is quite amazing. It's so amazing, that I'm afraid we might have made any future deal with Berça regarding any of our players (Thiago, Pato)...

Sportmediaset reports Schalke should soon make official the signing of Huntelaar for 13m. When you think about it, we've signed Ibra for only 11m, which is quite amazing. It's so amazing, that I'm afraid we might have made any future deal with Berça regarding any of our players (Thiago, Pato)...

EDIT: Does the lowered price imply we still have a shot at Robinho?

Sportmediaset reports Schalke should soon make official the signing of Huntelaar for 13m. When you think about it, we've signed Ibra for only 11m, which is quite amazing. It's so amazing, that I'm afraid we might have made any future deal with Berça regarding any of our players (Thiago, Pato)...

EDIT: Does the lowered price imply we still have a shot at Robinho?

EDIT: Does the lowered price imply we still have a shot at Robinho?

I'll play Robinho's advocate as long as I have to. He is a very good player, among the most skilled dribblers nowadays, is very fast and has excellent finishing.

Why did he fail at Real? Well, let's face it, it's Real Madrid. He'd have an awesome game and then would be benched immediately after. Not to mention having a different coach each year, etc etc.

On Man City, he was basically alone. On his first season there, the only who would supply him with the occasional ball was Elano, who in all fairness is decent but hardly great. I admit I didn't see all that many matches, but when I did see them, the whole man city team was pathetic and you could see Robinho's frustration. He's not a player that can take the ball from midfield and make a run like, say, Kaká used to. He's a forward. Without a team, he's nothing.

I think his biggest presentation card is his constant workrate and goal scoring with the verdeamarela. It's why I rate him.


...Now that's all about Robinho being a good player, but whether he's right for us or we should sign him is a completely different story. I'm with han, Robinho would fit in Pato's spot in our formation. If the idea is to drop Ronaldinho in order to get Robinho, then it's a big thumbs down from me.

So we got the prick ?

yep

Not really sold on him never was.

And exaclty to the last point. If we remove Dinho for Robinho, we've lost our creative force in attack, we'd only have Pirlo, and he's already bogged down as it is, giving him such a burden would not be good.

Dinho, Ibra and Pato make a great combination, skill, power, pace, dribbling, vision, passing. That's why I think it will most likely work as a combo, putting in Robinho imo would be redundent as he offers just what Pato does, but there won't be anyone feeding him or Ibra, which would be a waste

I'd rather take VDV (if Real are sticking him on the sale rack).

I'd rather take VDV (if Real are sticking him on the sale rack).

Wow Barca are really classy about it considering what Raiola has been spewing about them this week

After Ajax, where he became an important player, after Juventus, his first Italian club, after Inter and Barcelona here he is, at Milan. We were close to getting him on more than one occasion... and today it finally becomes reality. We are at the happy end of a splendid negotiation conducted by Adriano Galliani, with the support of president Berlusconi. There were no ball and no goals in this match between Galliani and president Rosell, but it really was like the Milan CEO had played a great European football game in the past few days.

He always had everything neccessary to become one of ours, the premises were there... Class, technique, character. Better later than never, of course, but strange that Zlatan Ibrahimovic became a Milan player at the age of 28, and arrived only in 2010 at what could have been his home for years.

The first meeting was fatal, but at that time nothing came out of it. Summer 2001, four-team tournament at the Amsterdam Arena. Besides Ajax, Milan, Liverpool and Valencia are present. The first game is played by none others but Ajax and Milan. Rui Costa and Inzaghi wore the Rossoneri colours on the international scene for the first time. Milan wins thanks to a goal of the Portuguese playmaker, but at the end of the match Costacurta exclaims: “Have you seen that guy called Ibrahimovic?! He seems to be the new Van Basten...”.

The ball doesn’t stop rolling and in April 2003 Ajax and Milan meet again. This time not in a summer friendly, but in the quarterfinal of the Champions League. 0-0 is the final result of the first leg, played in the Netherlands, in which Pirlo and Seedorf get injured. With a patched-up midfield, but having Pippo and Sheva up front, Milan seems to be on the verge of elimination after having levelled the score twice. There’s a sparkling battle between Nesta and Zlatan Ibrahimovic... in the end Inzaghi decides the game and sends Milan to the next round.

And then, the summer of 2006. Without mentioning the outrageous injustice and deep bitterness regarding the off-field events, the night of August 9 is fundamental. After Milan’s 1-0 victory against Red Star, in the Champions Leage preliminary, the Rossonero Club is ready for the decisive assault to get Ibra. But Oriali is first to the player. And finally today... Welcome champion! We have long been waiting for you!
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Its a good acquisition at a great bargain really.

Ibra and Robinho both have their problem of not being there every single game but Ibra brings a quality that we have lacked since Schevchenkos departure. And Ibra has proven that he can contribute in Serie A. I can't wait to watch them in action. Ibra, Dinho, and Pato are not the #1 best in the world as Milan are saying but up there and definitely entertaining to watch.

Whos #1 in your opinion?

I was thinking about this earlier... Think you have to give some consideration to:

-Barca (Villa/Messi/Pedro or Bojan - or if we're talking slightly deeper key offensive players, Iniesta)
-Chelsea (Drogba/Anelka/Lampard or Malouda)
-Bayern (Ribery/Muller/Klose or Gomez)
-Atletico Madrid (Forlan/Aguero/Simao)
-Man City (They have a tremendous amount of fantastic players up front... don't forget they added Silva)

It really depends how much you open up the discussion... strictly three most forward? Or three top offensive weapons? If you count Iniesta with Messi and Villa... I don't see how that is beatable.

Samp, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Inter and Roma are not bad, either.

Hmmm... bigger acquisition: Dinho or Ibra?

I say Ibra.


Better acquisition: Dinho or Ibra?

Again, I say Ibra.

Don't get too ahead of yourself. Ibra hasn't even played a minute for us. I have high hopes too but at this moment in time Dinho is the better acquisition until Ibra can prove otherwise.

I think this have been one of the most successful transfer seasons we ever had,except not signing a Rb but I think Zambrotta can play well for another year,especially if he focuses only on defending.We've acquired a highly rated Central defender.We have Awesome Goalkeepers,the signing of Amelia helped.In midfield we took Boaetang as a loan,adding depth and youngsters for our aging mid,although I don't know if he will be in the starting 11 soon.Recently,we also took Ibra on a loan,a world class striker with great finishing skills,a thing we needed.

Don't get too ahead of yourself. Ibra hasn't even played a minute for us. I have high hopes too but at this moment in time Dinho is the better acquisition until Ibra can prove otherwise.

I agree. Dinho did alot last season; IMO it'll take something very special for anyone to better his stats.

Something tells me Ibra will be our last day (or hour... our minute!) purchase.

Amelia
Yepes
Sokratis
Boateng
Ibrahimovic

We could have done with a fullback as well, but overall I'd say we've had a pretty good signing campaign, which had not happened in years.

What about telling Barca to sign him and then after one year transfer him to Milan on loan?

I'd rather take VDV (if Real are sticking him on the sale rack).

Why thank you! And here I thought you didn't love me.

So, in honor of the kind words, here's something special for you (Locke, don't look): clicky

Kaladze to Genoa
We should just get rid of him ASAP,maybe Genoa help us again!

We are trying our hardest to get rid of him. The b*stard just don't want to leave even if it means being out of squad for the entire season.

I was thinking about this earlier... Think you have to give some consideration to:

-Barca (Villa/Messi/Pedro or Bojan - or if we're talking slightly deeper key offensive players, Iniesta)
-Chelsea (Drogba/Anelka/Lampard or Malouda)
-Bayern (Ribery/Muller/Klose or Gomez)
-Atletico Madrid (Forlan/Aguero/Simao)
-Man City (They have a tremendous amount of fantastic players up front... don't forget they added Silva)

Incredible. One makes a faboulous season, is the key player in Champions League, great in Bundesliga - and still ends up forgotten. That's what media does to someone. Please - be kind and include Ivica Olić as well.