Look at him now get #85 or something ridiculous like that.

Milan have intensified contacts for Diawara. In the last hours there was a positive summit between parties, Milan are trying to close the deal [TMW].

He got #23 in the end.



This guy any good?

Milan are working to sign a midfielder, Galliani had a positive meeting with Diawara's agent. The offer is loan with option to buy for €15m, but Bologna prefer to sell. Milan are also closely following the situation of Kovacic, they are thinking about a loan, maybe with an option to rebuy (like Morata's deal). #GdS



I have no idea.

Latest rumors say Bologna will accept Napoli's offer for Diawara.

Adriano switched to #7 (which probably means he'll stay).

From Brazil, "Lancenet": Milan are interested in Manchester City's midfielder, Fernando (29).

Sevilla and Valencia are also interested in Diego Lopez. #GdS

Milan have never made an official offer to Bologna for Diawara. Milan can only offer a loan + option to buy, not obligation. [MilanNews]

If we can get Kovacic I'll be blissed out happy, but I hope it's not on a shoddy deal like the one Juve had for Morata, that's just asking to get f@cked over imo

This Diawara kid looks very interesting, I can't see us signing him though as Bologna want cash and we don't have it. Napoli seem close to closing the deal it seems (how many midfielders does this team need?? Surely they'll have issues trying to keep everyone happy over there)

Kovacic or Paredes? Who would you guys prefer?

Kovacic.

Torino have contacted Milan for Gabriel, in the coming days they will try to close the deal. #Sky

Montella's first choice is Paredes. New contacts today with Roma who want €20M. Milan can only offer loan with option to buy. [Sky]

Super-agent Jorge Mendes has offered Joao Moutinho to Milan, who have yet to respond. [Sky]

GdS: Juventus offered to sign De Sciglio on loan with an option to buy but Milan rejected their offer.

The budget for the next midfielder is between €6-7M and will have to be agreed with Berlusconi, the Chinese and Galliani first. [GdS]

Galliani had offered to Boca €14m + 20% of a future sale for Bentancur. Boca asked €14m + €5m bonuses + 20% of a future sale. But the Chinese said no because the price was high. For Sosa, however, they gave the go ahead. #GdS

Paredes, really? No thanks.

I'm still thinking about why we spent so much money last year. Does anyone think it is part of the Chinese deal. Or did Berlusconi want to give us a final gift before leaving?

Totally different types of players and we need a Paredes more than a Kovacic atm. That being said, I'd still jump at the chance of bringing in Kovacic.


Nah, last year had nothing to do with it. Berlu thought he was going to sell a minority share to Bee for big money (almost as much as the 100% of the shares were sold to the chines) so he pumped money into the transfer market thinking he'll recoup it. But Bee never came through and you could hear the murderous cry of Fininvest directors all across the globe

Milan have contacted PSG for midfielder Stambouli, according to Gazzetta dello Sport.

Jorge Mendes has proposed Moutinho to Milan on loan. Milan are evaluating the situation. [Mediaset] THIS !!!!

After the injury of Ayew (out for 4 month) West Ham are again interested in Bacca. #CorSport

If we sell Bacca for 30m then we would have 37m for a midfielder, I would go after Isco or Arda (if Barca are willing to sell him) and a defender.

In the meantime Pereyra has signed signed for Watford for 15m

Selling Bacca would ruin the window for me. He is our "special" player.

Would have liked Pereyra. Specially for that price.

Meh, I don't think Pereyra would have been a solution.

So, we have spent circa €25 million this far, on 4 very questionable players (Vangioni, Gomez, Sosa, Lapadulla). Wouldn't it have been better if we had simply added an extra €5 million and just signed a quality midfielder instead? Cos, honestly, we're in no way better off than we were last season. That is absolute.

@will .. I think selling Bacca opens up other operating ties for us. Sure he is a star in this team but so was Kaka and so was Sheva .. no hard feelings

I believe we have to take it baby steps, if a sale does happen the money will be funneled back into the market to get the player Montela needs.

Yeah, it's the typical Galliani market of late, except worse. Not surprised, though, given the situation. I don't expect much to change until the transfer of ownership is complete. Need to be patient (well, that's what I keep telling myself).

Nah, Bacca is no special player, he's a limited striker imo and Adriano could do what he does under the right conditions. If an opportunity presents itself to get 30m for him we need to jump on it and re-invest that in a quality midfielder

We're too top heavy atm anyway, 3 strikers + Niang all vying for one spot. While our midfield might be too over-crowded as well, none of the players we have will make much of any difference. Poli and Marui imo should both go, the former sold and the latter loaned. Same goes for Honda.


Yep, typical Galliani really. Only players who I think could surprise use are Sosa and Gomez. Lapadula was a waste of 10m which should have gone into the midfield.

All we have to do though is pray that we can keep pace until January and not be completely out of it by then because that's when the new owners and management will come in and there's a clearance of the current higher ups.

As I'm sure everyone noticed Galliani has been totally silent this summer, I'm sure that's because he's been muzzled and been given very little leeway. It's why we haven't seen the typical business between us and Genoa. All I ask of him is to pull one last string with his buddy Perez and bring us Kovacic


Yep, plus I wouldn't call Bacca a star. He's in no way a marketable player like Kaka or Sheva were. The fact that Adidas centre our marketing campaign around Bonaventura, Monto and Antonelli shows how much we lack a truly marketable player these days where in the past we always had someone, even if that was SES or Balo in recent years

I think there will be signicant changes come November. I honestly can't wait.

Montella wants a midfielder, the hottest name is Benjamin Stambouli, PSG would accept to deal for a loan with option to buy. A formula that doesn't convince Real Madrid for Kovacic but Galliani will try again. Montella would also like a center-back, but it's unlikely that Milan will make any more signings. #GdS

Hm, would there even be a point in signing Kovacic? He'd most definitely be coming on loan without right of purchase. I'd rather sign soneone who will stay with us for good. Anyone seen this Stambouli guy play?

MIRROR: "Sunderland will offer around 10 milion for the Japanese. Now Honda will decide what he will do."

I would like this move to happen. 10 million for Honda is more than enough considering his form in recent months.

Getting 10m for him would be great and re-injecting that into a budget that's supposedly around 7m will give us a few more options. I'd try to sell Poli for around 4m as well and go all in for Kovacic

We also need to try selling Adriano now as well. There were reports saying Porto offered 8m for him. With that cash combined we could get Kovacic for sure

10 million for Honda is overpaying us.

The EPL sides have cash to splash and if we can milk some of that then we need to take it and run. Problem is that Honda will most likely reject this type of move.

I believe he has already rejected. In any case 14 Million will hardly land us Kovacic. In any case, Kovacic isn't that awesome a player. If so, he'd have gotten at least a game at Real Madrid under Zidane.

Now I hear Montella is asking for a CB instead. Curious about that. To be honest, I'd be surprised if any more transfers happen. We're almost out of time.

10m for Honda, around 8 or 9m for Adriano and another 4m for Poli would give us over 20m to spend, in any case I don't think Kovacic is even an option anymore as I think he started for Real in the league yesterday. But that kind of money could still get us Paredes who I think is very promising and is exactly the type of player we need. He was great for Roma in their opener as well.

Watching the game yesterday, the full extent of our problems was shown as clear as day. Our midfield is practically non-existent and our defensive options are thread bare. If Romagnoli were to get injured we'd be in serious trouble. Paletta is as much an accident waiting to happen as Zapata is.

Honestly, if we had a smart man running this transfer window, we'd have gone after Caceras, who's free and better than all our other CB option bar Romagnoli. That and he's a very versatile player who can move to the FB position should we need him to

Also, Schweinsteiger would be another masterstroke move that would fix a lot of our midfield problems, but instead we brought in an AM instead of a regista which is what our midfield needs. Monto simply can't cut it anymore, and last night showed this perfectly in the last 20 minutes or so when there was absolutely no one who could put his foot on the ball, calm things down and retain possession for us instead of constantly losing the ball and allowing Toro to keep putting us under pressure which allowed them to score and then subsequently get a penalty

Everything you said makes perfect sense, which is exactly why it didn't/won't happen. Galliani is an idiot, an utter imbecile when it comes to transfers. Let's put our hearts at peace and wait for his leaving.

Rumors from France say Stambouli could happen today. /Mediaset

Caceres is very injury prone Han. I'm not sure he's the right pick. And I'd prefer Kovačić over Stambouli anytime.

Stambouli is average and more of a holding mid than a regista. But he's the only player we could realistically get for a loan + option type of formula which is what we can offer atm.

The day Galliani leaves will be a great and momentous day for this club. He spent our entire budget on backup players when we had a squad that was already filled with backup players and finished 7th last season.

@ Fillipo, Caceras might be injury prone but he's the only name that we can get, not to mention that he's better than all our other CBs bar Romagnoli. As for the Kovacic vs Stambouli thing, obviously anyone would take Kovacic over Stambouli, but Kovacic is not doable for a club with no budget. Plus I think Real will keep a hold of him, at least for next season.

We can't even get Serie A players who are valued at more "affordable" prices, we don't have any chance at getting Kovacic at this point. Stambouli is not wanted by PSG and the only reason they'd probably agree to our loan + option solution is because they want to trim down their squad

Chelsea have offered €35M for Romagnoli, but Milan rejected it.
[Sky Italia]

IMO we should try and get better players. What will Stambouli bring us so special that isn't already there with Kucka, Poli and Berto? I think we should either bring in Kovačić or give up on that kind of players and try get an extra winger. Suso seems to me very limited and perhaps more suitable for small teams. What we need is a proper, dangerous and creative midfielder, I think Cuadrado could be the one.

Caceres is a solid option, but I'd rather we stayed with Mexes or Alex compared to that option (I rate both above him). But surely we can come up with a solution that's better.

Just to make it clear, I'm not advocating for us getting Stambouli, but just stating why we would sign him and not Kovacic. It's simple really, we don't have any money and we're going around offering clubs loan + option deals for players that are good and if they wanted to sell them they'd get instant cash for and it's why we're getting rejected left and right.

I disagree about a winger at this point. The midfield 3 needs a complete overhaul, so midfielder is first priority and we shouldn't be signing any other players if not that




Question; What's your fascination with Suso?

I think Galliani said he's looking for a vice Montolivo. Sounds interesting

Btw, Thiago Silva enters his last year of contract next season. He will be 32. We will have the money and he loves Milan. I think it can happen, if we are in CL.
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So I guess it won't happen.

Yeah I'm with Han here, although getting Kovacic would be amazing, at this point it seems very unlikely. Besides that I see him as more of a Mezzala than an anchor, typically because when I think of an anchor I think of both the ability to distribute the ball and in the modern game to have some type of defensive quality. To me Strootman is what I think of when I think of a prototypical anchor or a van Bommel.

I have read today that PSG also want the money up front, so Stambouli may be out of the question as well. I think Diawara would have been a good option although he isn't a typical anchor either. For the paltry money we have to play with up front, I doubt we can get anyone of real high quality. Its a shame because the midfield 3 is where we really need help.

As far as the Suso situation goes, I don't think he is good enough and I don't see anyone as a quality replacement for him. When I was watching the game on Sunday the announcer was saying something about Lapadula being able to replace him. I've only watched youtube vids on Lapa, anyone know if he would be a good option out wide?

I think he's a good player that needs to be given a proper chance before being shown the exit door.



As far as I know, Lapadulla is a pure CF.

But you're contradictory. Sure, we need a complete midfield overhaul, but right now this is impossible and points us in the direction of signing players like Stambouli who'll then become baggage for the near future. I don't think 9 days and no money can do the trick for the midfield problem, except a miracle like Kovačić happens.

So this is why I propose we concentrate on signing a winger instead: because it's more doable, it would give us some short-term solutions and there's much more available wingers who are qualified to do a step forward for us then there is midfielders.

@X-O: I also think Suso deserves a fair chance. But from what I've see against Torino, he has a long way to impress us and make us integrate him in our squad. He leaves lots to be desired; if he wants to stay and be a starter he needs to turn more effort in. For a season debut his showing was rather weak.

That's why I said he needs to be given a proper chance. He's barely had 5 games in total since he joined us. Montella seems to have faith in him, and that's important because above everything else he needs confidence, that he won't be axed after one bad game like with Pippo and Miha.

He was alright yesterday, nothing impressive but not bad either. The kid has quality, you can clearly see in how he handles the ball. But aye, he also need to put more effort in. Hopefully with time he'll feel more comfortable and show his talent.

Valencia, Celta Vigo and Sevilla have inquired about Diego Lopez. [Mundo Deportivo]

Nabil Bentaleb, 21 year old midfielder of Tottenham, has been proposed to Milan. Milan have not given an answer yet, however he doesn't excite the club. #Sky

Di Stefano: With the injury of Bertolacci, now it becomes necessary to sign a midfielder. If a regista arrives, Montella could also use Montolivo as an internal midfielder.

MilanTV confirms the Rossoneri can only sign players on loan + option but Paris Saint-Germain want to sell Stambouli on a permanent basis.

From Turkey: Milan on Quaresma. Galliani preparing a €3.5m offer.

Paletta's agent is in Milan to meet with Galliani. Atalanta want him back, Bologna and Palermo are also interested.
[Gazzetta]

Torino have offered Milan a loan + option to buy for Gabriel. Milan have not yet accepted.
[Sky]

Apparently Schalke have offered 10 million for Stambouli and PSG are bound to accept.

Another target lost to competition. The club has a budget of 3-5 million for loans with option to buy but not obligation.

Source: TMW

Meh, injuries or not, at this point it's fruitless to keep looking around. Clubs are not stupid, they won't handle you players on a silver platter for bread crumbs.

IMO paying 10M for Stambouli would be stupid, so good news.

Quaresma at his best would barely be good enough for the current Milan.

Yeah, agreed about Kovacic and the type of mid we need but if the opportunity came up to bring him here we need to jump on it.

Diawara is most likely going to Napoli, which is a shame as the kid has promise

And no, Lapadula can’t play on the wing, he’s a pure CF, very similar to Adriano and Bacca. I honestly don’t understand why we even signed him at this point… I guess they were sure they’d be able to cash in on Bacca

I think he’s a good player as well but I wouldn’t be surprised if he failed to really make his mark with us. He just doesn’t strike me as the type of player that would really step up and carry a team.


How am I being contradictory when I’m simply stating what our current situation is, and it’s not even an opinion, Milan channel even confirmed that we can’t make loans with obligations. So no club will be willing to give us any of their good players when we can’t even commit ourselves to paying for them next year.

I said our biggest problems lie with the midfield, and if we’re being honest here we’d have to say that all 3 in that midfield need to be changed, that being said it’s not going to happen so we have to spot the area that’s in the most desperate of situations in that midfield and try to address it, and that’s Monto’s spot. If we can’t even do that then I’d rather that everything stays as is for now and then re-assess in the winter when we’ll have a proper budget to work with and competent people handling it.

I don’t understand how a winger would solve any of our problems though, all our issues lie with the midfield as it’s practically non-existent. So we struggle when defending, when attacking and when we’re trying to control the game.


Agreed, at his point if we can’t sign anyone who’s capable of improving the team than we should just leave things as they are.

I’d still try to get Caceras and Bastian though (I read he’s negotiating a contract termination with Man U). They’d both be free (which is the only price we can afford atm) and they’d both provide a jump in quality for us

West Ham are ready to make another offer (more than €30m) for Carlos Bacca. #CorSport

Milan have received a new offer from West Ham for Bacca, but this time Milan rejected it.
[Milan TV]

Ag.Milan Badelj : "The new tentative by Milan? Up to 31 there is still time."

A new name for the midfield is Obiang, he is valued €6m. Fiorentina and Torino are also interested. #TuttoSport

Honda could leave Milan, Premier League is a possible destination. #CorSport

Berlusconi could intervene again to unblock the market, as he did for Gustavo Gomez. Montella wants 2 more players, a midfileder and a central defender. Milan have not lost all the hopes for Badelj, while Fiorentina are dealing with West Ham for Obiang. #CorSport

Gabriel is not on the market. Milan have told the Brazilian he will not leave. [GdS]

Now we're after Tomas Rincon.

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Good, so after Antonelli, Kucka and Bertolacci we can finally change our club name to Genoa 2.0

In my opinion Badelj is a pretty good player and surely better then the lot we have now, I think bringing him in would be prudent and probably not cost too much. He is a good distributer and he facilitates transition well between the defense and forwards.

I hope to see some of the names being mentioned leave. Honda has never really shown that he can fit into the modern system for us. To me he is a typical slow playmaker who has kind of become a relic today with the creative duties moving to wider players and deeper midfielders. As far as Bacca is concerned I think he was dynamic for us in the game the other day and he is truly deadly in front of goal, but if West Ham are willing to shell out 40-45M for him I would be fine with letting him go. With his age this season or next season will probably be his peak and as far as this season goes I don't see us making a real push for the CL. I think our build is gonna still be slow, maybe this year EL and potentially (hopefully) next year CL. I'd like to see us get younger and begin to grow into quality. As we have seen in the past with Man City buying players t their prime doesn't get you too far. Plus I can't see us having an endless pool of cash like they do. Our buys will have to be smart and we have to build a strong core to achieve success.

To me Suso doesn't have that X-factor that you need out of a winger. For some it is blinding pace, and others it is the ability to cut inside and punish players. It appeared easy for Torino's defenders to figure him out and push him to his right foot effectively limiting his abilty to get involved. If we could get Cuadrado or another player to improve the position id say go for it but at this point that seems unlikely, so I think we should just let him have a real chance. Behind him though, the options are very limited and there is no one on this team on the bench who can spark the team to life.

As far as defenders go the options seem rough. What happened to Mangala I thought he wanted to leave Man City? I would take him in a heartbeat before I would go for Rincon. If I'm dreaming I'd love to make a move for Eriksen from Tottenham, I read somewhere that he is unhappy and I think he would be amazing for us, and if I'm dreaming we might as well grab Jan Vertonghen while we are at it.