I am aware of this, and I've said it before, there is massive untapped potential still for Milan. Better than all Italian clubs. In China, Far East and the Middle East. I recall how everyone here was saying we should sign that Japanese midfielder (Honda), I read even Adidas was pushing for the deal.

You bring a guy like him here and you directly tap markets in the Far East. And I know how big of a following Milan has in the Gulf countries, in fact, most of the Middle East. With a passive attitude, we are just going to run around in circles. Sale of Silva is not the end of the world, it never is, but it will be a massive setback nevertheless.

And frankly my accounting is nothing special, but I sure would love to (or love someone else to) crunch the numbers. How come we are earning Top 5 level of coins in club football, but still end up with losses? Wage bill I know. Slash it down then. Just have a couple of stars, cut the rest down to size.

But nevertheless it would sure be great if an independent and accurate audit is done of all our finances and dealings in the last decade at least. We balance the books with Sheva, we balance the books with Kaka, now we balance the books with Silva and/or Ibra. The books sure do seem like they are begging for a review.

And if someone filthy rich wants to take over and invest a billion or half, then let him. Forget sentimentality if you have to, build your own stadium (even if it is a cheapo for a couple of hundred million) or buy out the San Siro and renovate. More importantly, have a direction. If you are in the Top 5 biggest revenue clubs in the world, and still suffering losses, then the top most guys need to have their heads checked.

Do what's necessary, but at least have an (upwards) direction and follow it. I'd be happy with 1m per year players like as long as they give their all, surrounded by one or two stars, than old dinosaurs costing the club 6 or 8 million year in and year out. The family thing should still continue, but it ought to be a two-way street from now on.

Yes, I do see it as a small, personal revenge towards the management. You explained the reasons perfectly. Why else would he try to convince Silva to leave the club he so much loved and fought for during his entire career. It just doesn't add up. If anything, he should have convinced him to stay, not leave. And it's not like Paolo has any managerial role at PSG. Not that we know. Leonardo probably asked him that as a favor.

Mediaset has dedicated an article to Dedè, 24 years old CB of Vasco de Gama, which our management have chosen as Silva's replacement. He costs €12 million, and is considered the strongest defender in Brazil at the moment.

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Even if we brought Pique or Ramos to replace Silva, it would not make me any less sadder, let alone this guy. Damn it! Sell Ibra, not Thiago.

Do you know any football clubs that make revenue anyway?It was always something to do with prestige and "putting your name out there" kinda thing.Another thing,our wage bill has been cut majorly this year...

What about Pato?

Okay, that's your opinion and I respect that. Even though I don't see myself agreeing with it in its entirety any time soon. By this logic any individual that leaves us (on a bitter, or even sour note) and joins somewhere else could be doing it for personal revenge.

Paolo stayed in Milan for 2-3 years, and if the management was serious they'd have tied him with a small/large role within the team. At the very least he can fix and elevate our defense to a much higher level. Instead the bald one plans on giving nothing players (in terms of transferring their experience to the younger generation) like Inzaghi and Gattuso roles within the club. Seedorf and Nesta I can understand, but neither Inzaghi nor Gattuso are good communicators or extremely talented when it comes to coaching. They've had different strengths in their playing days, that does not necessarily translate to being good or technical coaches.

As for the last part of your comment, yeah could very well be. Then there's also Carlo Ancelotti there.

no one would pay 40 million although I doubt that even for ibra we could get 40 m

So PSG's 50 million offer for Pato was BS as I thought. can't complain

http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/milan/?acti...XdzLml0LTgyODY1

WTF?he wants out too?

i believe Maldini will be director at PSG somthing like ziadane role at real... http://www.milannews.it/?action=read&idnotizia=82815

WOW f***ing ridiculous..

Serginho: "Dedè is a very promising defender, very similar to Lucio, but he still has a lot to learn tactically. I don't think he's ready to replace Silva as Milan's starting CB".

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Cassano: "Right now I want to have a good Euro, then we'll see if I'll stay at Milan or not. I have an idea about it, but I'll keep it to myself".

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Everything is getting worse and worse.

it was 30 million not 50 i think

PSG's offer at the moment is €44 million, including bonuses, but Galliani won't go a penny down his request of €50 million. Thiago Silva is currently in Paris with his agent closely following the negotiations.

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Appreciate the headsup, X-Off. For better or for worse, do keep us posted.

If Galliani walks out of there with anything less than 50 he might as well not even walk out.

how many times we have said that but he dos always manage to walkout

If this was the beginning of the end of Berlu's era and as soon as the books were balanced the club was sold to rich Russians or Arabs or better yet, Italians, I wouldn't complain. we might as well become a Man City/PSG ourselves. at least we have a rich history to justify buying our way into success unlike those small wannabes.

Video - Galliani in Paris

"I'm only here to talk."



Well said.

I quite like how quick Galliani is when it comes to selling players. The transfer window isn't even open and he's on foot. And when it comes to buying them, we usually wait and wait and wait till the end of August. Meaning they are not integrated to the team at the start of the season, and we end up dropping valuable points at the start.

Now that Silva is 99.9% out ... Who is next?

You're happy now, R7, aren't you? you think your dream of seeing Silva leave is fulfilled, right?

Well, here's the thing: Silva is not going anywhere.

Plan is to clone Gattuso, thing costs about 50M

Why would...whatever.

You still going on with that?

Sure. as I said I won't believe it until I see it and I'm still waiting for Berlu to halt the negotiations, but overall I'm as depressed about the state of the club as anyone else.

So far, Milan and PSG have not reached an agreement about Silva. Galliani: "It will be a long negotiation".

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This is getting ridiculous, and really smells of the Kaka to City thing. I'll wait it out.

The players themselves and the fans are already up in arms about this, Silvio and Galliani will be shooting themselves in the foot if they sell Thiago. The repercussions of this deal could be huge imo.

IMO no amount of money is going to be able repair the hole he will leave. I like the idea of signing Dede, I watched a few youtube videos and he looks very good but unfortunately he won't have the blessing of having Nesta tutor him for 2 or 3 years.

True, yet how can Milan afford to pay him 12MM annually, and on top of that, how can Milan refuse such an offer?

I remember Shevchenko's moved caused a lot of raised eyebrows. I'm sure Shevchenko would have stayed had Milan matched Chelsea's offer. We simply couldn't, same was the case for Kaka. Heck even Pirlo, we couldn't match the tenor of the contract. It's the policy of the club I guess.

Or I'll try to play this senario; the whole Silva-to-PSG ordeal, it might be an attempt by Galliani to persuade other bidders at a price of 50MM or above. Maybe Barcelona? Or ... Juventus?

Bottoms-up, I truly believe no player should be worth such an amount. Van Basten, the best striker in all of the universe at the time, and one stupid tackle, and his value as a player was reduced to zilch. Now Silva comes along at 10MM only two years ago, and now is being asked for at 50MM? Seriously, he is two years away from 30, we'd be lucky if valued at 20MM by that time. And yet that reported 12MM salary is convincing enough, we can't pay that kind of money. And I'm sure Thiago Silva is the one to agree or decline PSG's offer.


Source: wiki

Party time for the boys, all Montolivio, Aquilani and Muntari esque players welcome to Milan

This is almost done and the main reason behind it is wages.


Ibra earns 9m a year. The second highest is T. Silva who earns 4.5m.

This scenario just isn't right. You can't have a player of Silva's quality earning half the wage of someone with equal or some would say lesser quality.



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50m for the transfer is good for us in the sense that we'll be able to pay off the majority of our debt with that.

Its a shame that he'll be gone but under berlu at this moment we have no other choice. Either we keep what we got and continue down the same road and pile up debt and get hit much harder later on; or take a gamble and re structure our team on a more realistic financial approach and endure long term.


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Other transfers I see happening:

Ibra will most likely be sold as his wage hinders us far too much.

Cassano/Pato/Robinho one of the following could potentially be also sold.

First who cares about his worth?He could have become a club legend at Milan.Or is it a hard concept to grasp.He could have easily played 6-8 years on the top...of course I can't predict anything...he can be injured..and his value would be reduced to 0 or whatever...those things happens,football is full of risks.How can he refuse 12MM?He said in his interview that money is not what it's important for him...now I choose to believe.He seems like a modest,hard working and honest individual.The club's policy is just to cash in on invsements,so are you perfectly content with us not having any aspirations any more?I don't understand.Yay,more average players,weee pee doo.

Do you really think we've reached that state?No,I doubt it.Just,the thiago silva offer is too good to be refused...well in galliani's perspective.I think what you're saying is a massive overeaction.No we are not going to sell all of our players to reduce way...I predict things will stay the same.

Its not so much our state that will effect it, it will more of a domino effect.

usually when you sell a key player in your squad, it causes a negative effect in the dressing room and players become upset/uneasy etc etc..

Clubs usually address this by saying "look we've lost an important player but we will be replacing him with one of equal quality or better." This lifts the dressing and room and makes players want to continue with the club.


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In our case its more were selling players to balance the books and we will not be bringing in any quality players. This screams out sinking ship in which most players, especially mercenaries like ibra will look to abandon ship sooner than later.

RMC sport news is now reporting that Leonardo (PSG director) is now including negotations for Ibra as well.

He wants a deal for the two which could be around the 80m mark.

Agreed,thing is I think we will want to keep them unless they request to leave...like you said.We usually get a hot prospect or get some fading star to feed dem mercenaries.

Cassano:

“I want to play well at Euro 2012, then I’ll see if I will stay at Milan or not. I have an idea about this, but I’ll only talk to some people. I’ve not heard from Ibra for a month, but if he gets angry about Thiago Silva being sold, then he’s absolutely right. It'd be criminal.

“Without Thiago Silva, at most we’d qualify for the Champions League. Besides, people should be clear with the fans. He is irreplaceable and without him we lose 50 per cent of the team. The club might consider the money coming in, but we ought to be clear.”

Milan gutting the team....sending iBra and Silva to PSG

Good honest words from Cassano.

I think this is Berlusconi's way of saying "That's All Folks"

I don't think berlu wants to run milan anymore. I think hes trying recuperate some of the losses he's made in the last couple years and off load the club.

Ah, take Pato too for and I'll start watching PSG matches regularly. Probably not as much as I watch Milan matches, but at least a lot of the French league than I watch now. Invite Kaka too if they can and let's have an AC Milan reunion there. Sounds like fun!

haha +1 me too.

Carlo and the gang, why not

Oh, and welcome by the way Blue! Been a while, and it's the part of the year when you come bearing gifts. Gifts in this case being transfer speculation and news. Let's see how this summer window goes.

thank you

Cheers! Let's hope the management keeps you busy, the next few months!

update:

So some details have arisen from the negotiations. Apparently leo offered galliani 47m + bonuses, but galliani refused the offer saying it was too low. Negotations are still continuing.

diavolo news

Ah, Leo knows Galliani inside our and vice versa, I am sure. This should be quite a trip!

Boban (via google translate):

"Times have changed drastically. Best of Milan, now, they go to fix the financial statements and company accounts. A very sad message, which shows what has changed the philosophy of the Rossoneri over the years. Sorry just because Thiago Silva is a player that can not be replaced on the market , we speak of the world's strongest center. will leave a void that will be difficult to fill "

So true..