The official name is Stadio Giuseppe Meazza though isn't it?

Yes it is. Just like Sampdoria's is Luigi Ferraris even though they don't call it that way.

It's like saying he signed for Inter, that sentence.

What do you guys think of Obi Mikel? My chelsea friend was saying how there were talks that he might go for playing time and, so far as i can remember, he is an great CDM... Thoughts?

Don't rate him at all personally.

EDIT: As for the Montolivo news, if true, does that mean we're highly unlikely to take Aquilani on permanently or was it never likely we were going to. What would he cost anyway?

If Montolivo is a replacement for Aquilani it's one step in the wrong direction.

The Aqui deal had a clause, which required us to sign him should he make 25 appearances for us. So imo we'll have to sign him whether we like it or not come June since he'll most likely surpass that number. Imo Monto is a Seedorf replacement more than anything else. And seeing Seedorf labour on this season has been painful, so I still think it's a smart move by the management to get someone like Monto in for free. He'll give us great squad depth imo.

Aquilani is 5 or 6 appearances away from the obligatory buy out clause for us. He will cost us 6 mln Euros.

That means no midfielder in summer IMO.

We still need a DM whether they like it or not.

Strasser will be healthy by then. I can easily see Galliani declaring him our "signing". Not that I'd be disappointed if Rodney could step up but I can definitely see us being cheap and extending Van Bommel one more year.

Garcia linked with Milan move



source: http://www.soccernews.com/garcia-linked-wi...lan-move/88422/

Never seen him play, is he any good?

If memory serves he is alot like Boatang...

I guess the $64,000 question is how creative is he?! How much vision this guy has? If he is a handy version of Boateng, then it will be another brute, and we can forget about unlocking bigger teams than us.

''A defensive midfielder by nature, he can also appear as a central defender.''

...a lot like Boateng? How?

Jesus, i saw him play a few games over the past few years, i wasn't witting my thesis on him...
If you are going to get pissy and challenge my seemingly unobjectionable opinion on his playing style, then is quoting a written statement really more valuable information to the members of this post then my remembering his actual playing?

It was just a question.

Emanuelson set for a summer exit if he doesn't improve -FI

Javi Garcia's price is 30M - Goal

If he doesn't improve how?

In my opinion Emanuelson is preforming well, especially defensive wise and ball possession wise too, also in a very consistent way. He has done better for us than I originally expected, except for the lack of goals and assists.

I guess Milan should focus on a different anchor than Javi Garcia. He seems to be too expensive. There are a nice amount of anchor out there, so I hope we can get one of them.

Alot like Ambrosini maybe. He's a good player, but doesn't worth 25 millions. With that kind of money Galliani should go for M'Vila or Javi Martinez.

The idea that we can pay anywere near or above 10m is just laughable to me. All these reports are 100% invented imo as we are not going to be spending big money this summer unless it's for Tevez

Javi Garcia's buy out clause is 30 mln but that doesn't mean that 30 mln is the asking price. For example Kaka has a 100 mln buy out clause at Real Madrid, just imagine...

I think we can get Garcia for a 10-13 mln offer. And that's quite reasonable offer, knowing he's going to replace Ambrosini and van Bommel, who have quite high wages. But I say this, based on that report only.

Strasser for Ambro and a new DM for Van Bommel, Montolivo for Seedorf, Eriksen as AM, Tevez for Robinho/Pato.

This is dream transfers thread ?

You know it's a sad state of a club like AC Milan when Eriksen and Tevez are dream transfers for its fans...

Yar...

What does that mean? 'yes'? 'get out of here'? or...?

Whoever said they're my dream transfers?

I was referring to Willie's post, actually.

Means Yes,in a sad fashion though

Not milan related but bayern have signed shaqiri for summer 2012.

one of my dream transfers would be yaya toure. but knowing allergi he'd play him behind the strikers.

edit: i meant to write allegri, however he is a bit of an allergy

Maybe Milan will look like this in a couple of years:

Is Şahin a DM? I thought he was more of an Aquilani type of player.

I was doing the whole deep-lying play maker but on second thought maybe a Van Bommel type player there could be a more solid option. I just think the whole Gattuso-Pirlo thing Ancelotti ployed during his years was such a genius idea. But Allegri works differently anyways...

You're forgetting Ambrosini, Nesta, Seedorf, Gattuso in the first XI for a start

i'd take Criscito ahead of Balzaretti
I would love for Handanovic to be our keeper, IMO he's the most underrated keeper in the world.

He did poorly the other night we played Udinese though. the first goal was totally his fault.

Yeah, he's a quality keeper, wouldn't mind him here. In fact, he's one of the very few goalkeepers with a personality. That means he is the sort of player who exerts himself onto the proceedings, yells to his defenders, manages the play. You can only count GKs like these on one hand, and still have fingers to spare.

Of course you'd love him, he's Slovenian.

I'll admit to being, if only just a little, bias

Yeah, he's a creative CM, but I can't see us spending that kind of money for a central mid, and I can't see Real selling him tbh


It was genius. Someone asked in another thread if it was Carlo that created the diamond midfield, and I do believe that Galliani once said something along the lines of how Carlo was so innovative due to the way he plays the midfield, which strictly speaking, consisted of 3 #10s and Gattuso, who's only job was to break up play, recover the ball and give it back to Pirlo.

I think that midfield worked like magic, a well oiled machine. We played some of the best football in Europe along with Barca at the time, as well as being defensively very solid.

That being said, I can't see that happening these days. We simply need a player who lies deep and protects our defence. VB does it amazingly well, and I do hope that he along with Nesta can be convinced to sign on for another season, because now that DDR is no longer even a possibility, I don't know of any other anchor DM who can do the job as well as VB and come at a reasonable price.

We need a replacement for Van Bommel, whether he's staying or not. Ambro must be let go. Maybe Strasser?

I don't feel that Strasser is at a level where he can be second choice for us. Having said that I know he's less likely to f*** up than Ambro, but still

Yes, a quality DM is needed this summer, maybe even someone who'll be a sure starter with VB being the backup.

But yes, Ambro simply has to be let go, along with all the others who are sucking out another 4m salary out of the club while not doing anything. The wage lists that were published really baffled me, we've got Seedorf, Rino and Ambro all earning in excess of 4m for a season doing nothin but taking up space on the injury list or messing up on the pitch. And then we have Nesta who last season was one of the most crucial factors in our title success and he barely earns half of what they do.

At least players like Pippo, Zambro, etc don't earn sky high wages and it's easier to accept them on the roster given the constant complaints about Galliani in regards to money, taxes, yada, yada

I honestly think that strasser has what it takes to be our CDM. That being said, being as how young he is and how litte he's played in Serie A, i would really prefer MVB to stay on one more year even though he wants a PSV return. I can see us signing a veteran like Palombo (if inter don't make his signing permanent) if MVB leaves, but i sincerely think Allegri has enough faith in Strasser to make him the long term solution.

That being said, i'd love for us to get someone like Strootman, Veloso, M'Villa, Moussa Sissoko, Capoue, Banega, Tiote, Poli...

What about Keita? Presumably we've reached an agreement with him. Can he play as DM?

i am not sure if he is a DM like van bommel..

BTW what are the options for LB.. there are not many quality fullbacks around rite now nd it sems there is no one from the outh team as well who can even be considered back up

Backup? Maybe, but the guy didn't play...at all, so no real assessment can be made.

He's, IMO alot like Muntari skill-wise, without the brainfarts. He is a similar type midfielder that passes well has good power and a solid tackler. That being said, he's a much more disciplined professional. Both are very devout muslims as well.