TS - linked to Nani.

Berlusconi: "Forget Italy, I am the one who lost the World Cup because I was about to sell Balotelli to an English club for €35 million, but after such a World Cup performance, who's going to buy him now?"

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I guess he's referring to Arsenal, since they seemed quite interested in Balotelli, but after the WC, Wenger suddenly came out and said they're not interested in him.

Shame. €35 million would have been a steal.

We're considering Griezmann as an alternative to Iturbe.

Source: Sky

Oooo, I like him.

He'd probably cost around what Verona are asking for Iturbe

Did he actually say this?

If he really did, WOW, I truly hope Balotelli stays here and plays like **** and we're unable to sell him for even 10m!!

Agreed.

This club and management have lost all sense of decency and respect.

According to Mediaset, yes. He said that to some colleagues during a meeting. Obviously there is no direct declaration, but what was reported from the people present in the meeting.

Classy as always.

Berlusconi has stopped surprising me long time ago by what he says or what he does. The dude does not have any sense of decency.

Absolutely disgraceful!

...but not surprising

Even more of a steal, since the price quoted was 35 million pounds and not euros in the sources I read.

Mediaset reports that we're close to loaning Matri to Genoa and buying Vrsaljko (how the crap do you pronounce that?!) in return.

I thought it was just me.

It seems phonetically impossible in my opinion!

I really hope that if we sign him it won't mean we'll sell Abate. We need depth, i.e. at least three fullbacks.

And he can play on both sides right? He played on the left for Croatia in the WC but he's naturally a RB

With the way both Abate and DS have become injury prone we really do need that cover, and that seriously cannot be Constant or Bonera.

Yeah, he can play both sides.

Ver-sal-ko would be my guess? But that's a whole lot of letters that shouldn't go together.

Actually no. He's a RB, playing on the left isn't natural and he's done it only because of our dire situation (Strinić and Pranjić both being injured).

Vrs-ailko. That's maybe the simplest way to pronounce.

Seems like a done deal according to Di Marzio.

Birsa will go on loan to Chievo.

Matri and Vrsaljko is done.

Petagna is close to moving to livorno on loan.


Matri, petagna, birsa will leave next week. Orlando is in negotiations with Robinho over a potential move. New York is also intersted. Robinho will leave milan shortly as hes not in inzaghi's plans

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Great to hear about the exodus going on. Even if most of them are on loan I'm hoping this is either as way to mitigate the wage situation until some of the contracts run out or with the hope of getting some decent money should Matri do well at Genoa.

Vrsaljko seems like a good bit of business as well as long as it does not mean we're about to sell Abate

Yeah. Maybe we should have sold them for peanuts, guys like Nocerino and Matri. It's not like we have any chances of getting anything special for them in the future.

Who knows. If one of them plays a good season, we can sell them for at least the doubled price they're valued now.

Oh, and btw. we should really take a look at these Holland players. Blind, Depay and Janmaat look pretty good.

I mentioned Depay in the World Cup thread, he's the one that's really impressed me personally.

PSV have some really great talent; Depay, Maher and Bakkali are all impressive

As I said before, I'm far more impressed by the mature displays Blind is giving.

Galliani met with Cairo today. They possibly talked about Cerci. Torino ask €20 million.

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20m for f@cking Cerci!!!! I'd seriously toss myself off a cliff if this happens.

He's a big time choker that is only decent in counter attacking sides, he's not even worth half that.

Hopefully they're talking about Darmian instead.

We're getting Vrsaljko, so I don't think so.

If Abate's out...

News:

-Raoila has asked for 3m for a contract extention for abate. He currently earns 1.8m. Milan have not responded. PSG are prepared to bid 10m for him. It looks as if Milan will sell the player.


-Matri and vrsajilko are on the verge of a loan switch. Milan will help pay part of matri's wages. With this deal, a buyout clause of 8m euros has been negotiated. All that remains is Gilardino's approval to leave genoa. Within this deal, we are also given a first option on Perin. We could look to purchase him on a co-ownership this season, galliani has identified him as Abbiati's replacement, but Genoa wants him to be their 1st gk this season and then is willing to sell him.

-Niang and Kucka could also make a loan swap as well.



-Galliani has met Torino over a possible move for Cerci. Torino want 20m euros, while galliani is look at 15m. Negotations could reach a deal around 17 to 18m Cerci will be milan's target if they fail to land Iturbe.


-Negotations on Robinho are proceeding quickly. He could be sold for 3-4m to an MLS club.


-Galliani has changed his offer for Itrube from 28m to 30m, meeting Verona's clause. The last 2 million will be performance based. 17m straight cash, 11m in installments, 2m in performance. Juve have upped their offer to 26m and quaq. However, quaq is still reluctant to move to verona as his wages would get cut by 50%


-Juventus are close to Morata. They bid 15m while madrid has asked for 25m. A deal could be reached around 20m.


-Juve is close to signing Evra for 3m.

-Inter have made contacts for Pato.

-Sanchez is close to arsenal for 46m euros. 40 +6 bonus.

-Torino are ready to bid for Quaqlierella if Cerci leaves.

-Valencia have told Adil Rami that he is not to join the club in preseason training. Milan are still waiting on ownership talks to resolve before finalizing the transaction. Milan have bid 3.5m while valencia want 5m.

-Balotelli looks to leave as Raiola has begun work on finding a suitable club for the patron. Barbara Berlusconi is looking to get all players associated with Raiola out of the club. If Balotelli leaves, we will launch a move for Jackson Martinez.

-Inter have asked about De Jong, we said no. Same with United.


-Napoli are close to signing Michu from swansea.


-Inter are duking it out with lazio over David Astori.


-United have bid 50m euros and Nani for Vidal, juventus said no.



mn/cm/tmw/sky

http://www.football-italia.net/51692/report-pato-inter

wow its really true???!!!!!

Hey guys, I'm making a player CV for my friend's brother. He plays in our youth academy and hasn't really gotten many chances and is looking for an agent to move to another team. I know i know i'm backstabbing the club. Anyways, i'm really an amateur in this so i would appreciate some feedback. This is what i've made so far, What do you guys think? Good? Bad? quit asap?

Offline for a couple of days and I miss a new player

PS if Berlu said that in private I'd actually be more disappointed with whoever violated a confidential meeting than him speaking the absolute truth.

Player history*

Fix assits to assists*

Doesn't look bad at all, maybe get a better quality picture of the player.

Apologies if already posted, but we're in for Feghouli apparently.

http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/11518...fiane-feghouli/

Really disappointed we've not bothered with Cole. Probably an issue of wages tbh.

Haven't seen a tonne of him outside of a few games for Valencia last season and this WC, but he doesn't look a half bad player at all.

I haven't read good things about the Croatian fullback we are in for. Not sure if this is a good movie. From the looks of it, he seems little better than Antonini. And Antonini loved the club, so he had that going for him.

What does Filippo think of Vrsaljko?

Well, I'm not sure either.

He's a natural right fullback who still has a lot to prove. He started well but the year prior his Genoa move he completely fell out of form and wasn't called up for the national team. I didn't watch him closely at Genoa, but he was more then solid when I turned in.

He could be another Antonini for all I know. With these fullback you never know. Oddo came in with us as a offensive fullback, yet he never managed to do just that. Antonini was highly praised and had a great season under Leo, then started rather badly. No one had anything bad about Mesbah or Constant to say, yet both turned out average or worse. So well, let's see how Vrsaljko will do.

That's why it's important to keep Abate. We have no idea how Vrsaljko will turn out for us. I just hope that the rumors which suggest that Abate has asked for a raise from €1.8 million to €3 million are not true, otherwise he's out of his mind. F*cking Raiola!

Yes. Vrsaljko is nothing but a rotation player with potential, but at no cost a starter.

If we sell Abate we must get a real fullback to replace him. If we have a target, I'm all for it.

Indeed. Never liked the fat bustard.

I'd say bring back Darmian.

Maybe just cover for DS on the right, and Abate sold to free up room on the wage bill for a recruit somewhere else.

I am curious about Inzaghi, every body at the club is talking about this enthusiasm and charge he is bringing. I hope it does not blow up in his face, as it did Seedorf

A third place birth is achievable, IF Italians start taking the EL seriously, we would have fresher legs to our opponents all the way through to the crucial last two months of the season.

I don't think they'll do that. Who's playing the EL again?

Birsa to Chievo is official.

Rami will be ours for 3.75m.

We'll pay €0.9m of Matri's €2.6m salary.

Vergara was loaned to Avellino.