lol

okay, okay..

tbh,i really don't think after paying 67m for kaka just three years ago,Perez would then hand him over to us for free.
B&G should wake up and stop telling us stories.
We need quality players in the squard ASAP in order to remain competitive.

Marca writes today that Kaká has explicitly asked Madrid to let him go to Milan. It also states that we've offered Perez €13 million, and a wage of €8 million to the player.

If we give Kaka 8m people will be outraged. I certainly will.

We obviously won't give him €8 million.

If we sign him on the 31st August, we might get mixed reactions (assuming no other signings were made before then).

I hope we do. It'd show the management for what they really are and prove they think the fans are brain dead.

The problem is Madrid, not the player. If Kaká was asking €8 million (that's €16 million per season), then we'd have abandoned negotiations long ago.

Antonio Cassano has decided to stay at Milan this season and sign a 3-years contract with Sampdoria in 2012 [SportMediaset]

You meant 2014.

^ MilanDiavolo first wrote 2012, now he's saying 2013.

Yeah, now that I checked again, it says next year, which is 2013. Anyway, they're all rumors. I wouldn't be surprised if Cassano left now or in 2014.

Why would you hope this will happen when you know it won't? Ahhh...




You know what, I usual don't have so much schadenfreude, but hey - I hope he has all agreed with his dear old Sampdoria and makes the transfer in 2013, to play for Samp - in Serie B.

Hell yes!

Bayern is gonna pay 40m for Martinez. Where is FFP in this FOL (f*ck our lives)

Absurd money for unproven player. Kinda like Lucas deal.

I can't believe this. Bayern are always stingy.

I know right. Plus they already have Kroos and Schweinsteiger for CM, what do they need Martinez for. Unless they're buying him to be CB.

Maybe, because the also got Shaqiri!

I think Shaqiri is more of a winger. But I don't know maybe he could also play in the middle.

I guess I'm alone in thinking that bringing Kaka back is a really smart move for the club.

For 8mil a season its not such a great deal though. Doubt thats what we'll pay him. Probably in the 5m range.

You are not. Bringing Kaka' back is always smart because he's a world class player ...... But it won't be smart if we pay Real Madrid a hefty transfer fee since we just sold Thiago Silva because we want to erase our debts or whatever. It would also be unwise to pay him high wages since that's the reason we got rid of Ibrahimovic in the first place.

The only way to get Kaka' is if we can convince him to take a pay-cut in his current wages at Real Madrid and somehow fool them into selling Kaka' for cheap. Since that situation is unlikely at this point (not impossible), a lot of us are trying to be realistic by not paying much attention to this deal but rather on someone that we can afford i.e talented young players, unproven players, average players and of course rubbish players.

Gentlemen, I am pleased to let you know that all of our woes have been resolved!!!
Metro.co.uk reports: "AC Milan sign 10-year-old girl after scouting her on family holiday."

He can play everywhere in the midfield, but he's the best at right wing. He does great as an attacking midfielder too. It's a shame we didn't get him.



You're not alone. I agree with you, Milan will never pay him 8 mil. wages, I read Kaka and Milan agreed on 5.5 m + bonuses. Nevertheless, he'll add a lot to the team. He'll calm the fans, cold the bloods of the players, add a lot technically to the squad. I believe he doesn't have those dribbling skills anymore, but he's a great passer, creator and assister. A fast duo like Robinho and Pato should/would benifit a lot from him.

Who's Martinez?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javi_Mart%C3%ADnez

€40 million for that guy??? Insane.

We were linked with him last season, I remember well. The reported fee was 15m. He can play as an DM or anchor. Maybe Bayern's coach wants to change from a 4-2-3-1 into a 4-5-1.

He'll probably take Luis Gustavo's place.


No?

Yup. He's good, will be very good. But 40m? Wow.

Javi Martinez also can play as central defender, and very well. Jérôme Boateng has been a disappointment in central defense in my opinion. I'd trust Dante over him any day of the week. They won't change the formation, I don't see why. 4-2-3-1 and 4-5-1 are pretty much the same, by the way, so what changes you have in mind anyway?


I would bench Boateng, and form a central defense existing of two of Dante, Badstuber and Martinez. Also, Kroos is the starting attacking midfielder. Thomas Müller will start many games, but is probably nowhere first choice. Badstuber and Martinez in central defense, with Schweinsteiger and Luiz Gustavo in central/defensive midfield, would be very good, and much better than what Bayern had last season. They upgraded where they needed to. Schweinsteiger and Martinez in midfield is very possible as well, but also then I'd bench Boateng thus play Dante.

I thought you were kidding but it actually happened: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/9086...-family-holiday

Based on the picture in the article, I would start her ahead of Mesbah.

Dante over Boateng? Not sure. I'd rather bench Badstuber, if you ask me, he's the really terrible pick. Martinez the kind of player Bayern like - just like Demichelis and Tymoschuk or Hargreaves before them, he can play both DM and CB. That's why he's a good match.

And I doubt Robben will be considered a starter.

Dont you guys realize that selling Ibra was the main discussion ever since ibra fall out with allegri and in order to justify it they include Silva as well thus restarting a project which will be built around Pato whereas on the other hand it will lower salary expenses down to the ground while claiming to re-candidate for president or prime minister whoever it is. this was all planned wisely.

No,I don't.

BS.

With RVP to Man Utd, what would you guys think of Macheda? he almost certainly available, he's young, no doubt wanting to put his utd miseries behind him, and may actually get some playing time here and has much better potential then boriello and Matri combined...

I don't think we need another undefined talent in attack. Pato should be our central striker, and we could use a good, more experienced, backup. Especially if we sign Rossi.

There's a difference playing 4-2-3-1 (Mou's) :



And 4-5-1 (Guardiola's)

If Thomas Müller will be a starter, it will be instead of Robben. Last season it happened, so yes, that's a possibility.

I also am not very high on Badstuber, but I don't expect he gets benched, and he is better than Boateng if you ask me. It's very possible Dante is better than him as well. I've seen a bit pre-season with Dante, and he really looked good. With Gladbach he was very solid as well. Martinez and Dante could be the strongest pair, but also a complete new one. I wanted to name that pair, but it's hard to imagine for me Badstuber getting benched. What the case is now that Bayern has everywhere good depth, and that is what they want to have, I figure.


I am used to call that 4-3-3 (the second one you posted), but now I see the difference which is in midfield (one man behind two instead of vice versa). Unsure why Bayern would do that though.

According to Mediaset Milan will make a move for Schalke 04's Kyriakos Papadopoulos if Mexes Leaves

The Sun reports that there will be a Mexes-Bendtner Swap

Sahin's agent is in Madrid to Finalize his move to Liverpool

According to latest reports, Modric is already on his way to Madrid. Pushing even more Kaka out of Madrid.

Pato arrived at Milanello last night, done custom work in the gym this morning, & will join the rest of the team in the afternoon.

Gazetta reports that Milan will offer a Loan with option to buy for Borriello who is said to be very eager to return to Milan

Why the f@ck couldn't we just keep Maxi instead??!!!

Indeed.

I still doubt we'll sign Bori or Bendtner, especially both. My hopes are on Rossi, at least I can dream of it for a while more.

I guess Allegri wants a tall, physical striker to throw in for long balls and tap-ins during desperate times. In that regard, I'd take Bendtner over Borriello any day of the week. Too bad about Mexes wanting to leave. Really shows poor character from the guy.

Also, it looks like Sahin's gone to Liverpool and now we'll throw all our efforts (and money) on signing Kaká. I wonder, though, what will happen to our DM situation?

Nothing I guess.

Long balls? Cagliari tactics. Ahh, what the hell, let's enjoy the mediocrity of Bendtner.

Who we have who can give accurate long balls? Not too many...

I think and hope it's mostly to trouble defenders, so that it would benefit other players, easier to score.

Also I prefer Bendtner over Borriello, but hope he gets benched in big games. Against weak sides he'd be useful.

You know what makes me mad?

To be quite frank, I dislike Mexes. He's a dirty player (just remember the Coppa game) all Bonnucci with more class. He's injury prone, relatively old and has an annoying overall appearance.

But with him left we have two veterans, a rookie amateur and one possibly good solution (Zapata) combined with very average fullbacks at best. It will most the definitively be the worst Milan defense since the early 1980's.

So why on earth would we trade a relatively good player who has still more then half of his contract running for a washed out second-rate striker? At least we could try harder, get a better player in exchange or money.

We were playing Pirlo, Seedorf and Ronaldinho and yet Borriello failed to finish the chances he had, and if he's good at something it's that. So if Allegri wants to play with long balls, I think he'd know that there's no way Borriello is the answer. Nevertheless, seeing Pato is doing good as CF with Brazil, I wouldn't be surprised with him playing as a CF with Robinho/Cassano next to him. I still think we're good at that department and we should concentrate our all budget for an attacking midfielder OR a DM.

I don't think there will be lots of activity from Milan till the end of transfer market window. Besides an AMF or a DM, I don't expect anyone else now. But in case we achieve to sell Mesbah and Didac, I expect us to go for a LB and if Mexes gets sold then a CB a real one is a necessarity, but not someone like Zapata and Acerbi.

I don't think so. Not impressed with his finishing skills. The season with Ronaldinho, Borriello and Pato up front, Borriello was there to help Ronaldinho and Pato doing that what they do so well. Borriello was very hard-working, moved a lot, and could hold the ball. Ronaldinho on the other hand was static, so needed someone like Borriello. With Borriello up front he gets attention from (central) defenders, so that Pato has more pace to score goals. Pato scored a lot of goals, and Ronaldinho made a lot of assists, and Borriello helped them doing that. And because Borriello himself was a starter he played many games, which he needed to get in form. I don't think he would make a good sub, and he shouldn't be a starter either.