I think we are closer on signing Maradona than any other player in the world!

Only because nobody from Europe wanted you.

Actually Juventus and R.Madrid made offers. He always refused.

Not being good enough and not having the balls to do something have very little difference. Either way, he sucks.

Pele sucks

I'm guessing ur jocking .. Cuz it took me a while for ur comments to sink in

If a player doesn't play in Europe, I do not rate them. Anybody can play well in the Americas, especially 50 years ago when the leagues were at an even worse state.

Sell Kaka'. Get Pele'.

Is kurtsimonw from Argentina?

I think Pelé proved his class decently against Europe's finest during the World Cups ... am I wrong?

I'm from England, very anti Argentina actually.

In my opinion before about 80 or so, there were only two real teams in International football, Brazil and Germany. Those were the only teams that had a team full of decent guys, other teams, like England, had one or two star players with a pretty average supporting cast. (Notice how all but one World Cup between '54 and '74 was won by neither of those).

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I thought International football as a whole was awful before 78/80 teams like the Ivory Coast would get beaten by 7 or 8 clear goals on a regular basis, now look at them.

I only rate players from a long time ago if they proved themself in a European league. As much as I hate to say this, if I had to pick the greatest player ever, Gerd Muller is the guy. He was more prolific than Pele at International level and had an outstanding record for Bayern Munich. Pele has nothing on him.

who in the world is Mister X

I'M FULL OF ALL THIS CRAP ... !

I'LL CHECK THIS SITE AGAIN ON AUGUST 20TH TO SEE IF WE FINALLY SIGNED SOMEBODY WITH TWO LEGS.

ALTHOUGH I CAN BE BACK BEFORE ... JUST IF I FEEL THE EARTHQUAKE CAUSED BY THE SIGNING OF THE PLAYER OUR COACH SAID WILL END THE WORLD.

ya no one wonder all the players just love our management most of them can play as **** as possible and wont be replaced or even challenged by new players...

So whats the situation with the non EU spots..

If we did sign baptista, could we still sign pato?

Yup. Baptista is about to get the EU-citizen thing.

i'd love to have Baptista.. he'd be a great add to our squad!! oh and please no more links between us and Cassano

I'd rather pay £20m for Emerson and Cassano than have Baptista on the free.

No... but NO WAY.
Emerson is a cunto, a old one. And Cassano is worst than the brazillian one.

Baptista is a good man. Good player, that fights for real, for his team. Not a lazy fecker. You English seem to underrate him a LOT because of his Arsenal-year...

I'd rather have those two since they're proven to be good players in Italy. Baptista has proven he can only play in one league so far, I wasn't impressed with his Madrid performances that much either.

To me he'll just be a gamble following Javi Moreno/Oliveira. His international record (Pre-Copa) was awful, too. I am a Sevilla fan so I know how good he was there, but so was Reyes and he flopped at Arsenal, it's not a one off.

****.

tuttomercatoweb was saying mijatovic would have the meeting with inter. what liars *pouts*

and baptista isn't worth 17m!

They're not liars. Mijatovic is in Milano. So he'll probably going to be Inter AND Milan agents.

Monday 6 August
Gazzetta dello Sport
Pato with the Diavoli: 'With Ronaldo, Gilardino, Inzaghi and me Milan have a great attack'
Van der Saar saves three penalties in Chelsea's first defeat

Corriere dello Sport
Juventus track Ivanovic - An official went to Moscow to offer £3m for the Serbian defender, the player is ready to leave Lokomotiv
Inter respond with Nasri: Moratti wants the Marseille phenomenon who could arrive in January for £10m
Milan, here's Pato: 'I'm delighted to be able to play with such champions. It's a dream come true'

Tuttosport
Juve are still spending - They invest in the stadium and prepare a final bid for Meira
Patomania in Milan: 'I said no to Chelsea so I didn't betray Ronaldo and Kaka'
Sereni is the new hero of Torino

nice speech..

I don't really believe he said that. Juve investing in the stadium?? Nice....I wish we'd do the same.

Is it just me or does that sound like the only reason he joined Milan is because they were there and not because he actually wanted to?

What's he going to do in 5 years time when there's a big possibility neither will be here!?

Well I mean duhh....he's grown up miles away, and his first club was probably Internacionalel. If he's supposed to choose clubs for merit he'd have gone to Real. I mean what other criteria would a 17 year ld kid have, if not playing with his favourite players.

Spot on

if only someone had gotten him saying that on tape

they did it to kobe bryant...why can't we do it with ronaldinho

that's one those usual lies... don't take it seriously...

Waiting for the sun...

Emerson or Motta! And it's a pledge!! Oh my, we are sooo lucky!! At least get Emerson... Motta is at Brocchi's level!

So sad this sh!t.

The Puma scares the Duck!!?? Emerson looks like a pervert old man...

Tuttosport are still celebrating the win over Roma!! Will they do it tomorrow too!??

Di Natale or Milito!?? Please...

It would be a great deal for Giuve if they signed either Makelele or Gilberto Silva... the former is still the best holding midfielder around (over a single game, not over a year...)! But they certainly can't stop Di Natale!

Di Natale?! we couldn't dig any deeper to find a shittier striker than him, could we?!

Madrid got Schneider. good signing for them IMO. hopefully this Kaka-to-Madrid story has come to an end finally.

I still think we will be favorites in two or three fronts with what we have right now, but I wouldn't say our transfer campaign hasn't be a disaster till now!

They actually got Sneijder! Your "Snider" is German this one is Dutch... I guess you know that already

I know which player they got (the Dutch one / from Ajax, 23 yo, etc), only I misspelled his name.

in which fronts the trofeo berlusconi or coppa? with all honesty with inter even stronger than last how can you even joke about being favorites? and CL, this time around no one will underestimate us. theres a diff between what you want and wish to be and reality.

SuperCup / World Club Cup / Serie A.

Inter ...

I've said this before that I won't give Inter such credit just because they have won a mediocre Serie A! (have you forgotten how they performed in CL?! how they were humiliated by Bayern in San Siro?! how they couldn't even beat Valencia in two games?!)

If they managed to repeat last season's success in Italy, I'll start to believe they have really changed after two decades of failure. I'm somehow sure they won't.

ya including a mediocre milan they fvcking owned us in both games last year (score could of been worse in both games). umm if you actually saw the bayern/inter game you would of seen that they werent humiliated, it was just a loss which happens. what about us losing 2-0 at home vs. LILLE... now thats way more humilitating. and valencia were an excellent side that were just edged by chelsea. and real, barca, arsenal and Lyon dint make it past the the round of 16, i guess that means they suck now... you want humiliating, i'll show you some of milan's humiliating results :

Milan 0-2 Palermo
Atalanta 2-0 Milan
AEK Atene 1-0 Milan
Milan 0-2 Lille
Arezzo 1-0 Milan
Milan 0-1 Sampdoria
Milan 2-3 Udinese
Reggina 2-0 Milan

not to mention losing 3 of 4 games vs. roma and the only game we got away with a draw we were lucky. when was the last time milan lost so many games vs. small teams and at HOME + all our draws vs. mediocre teams?!?!

DP

Inter aren't that bad in the CL. I'd certainly feel safer putting money on them, rather than us, that's for sure.

All this mockery of Inter will have to stop soon enough, they've have more League titles than us in a few years, they'll be the ones laughing then.

^^^^

9 years being a rossoneri. I'm a kid compared to some of these stalwarts on the forum, but kurt lemme tell you intermania comes and goes. Inter have NEVER EVER wanted for a team having quality. It was always something else. They would just never win.

Milan...now Milan is something else. It's not just about the cups or the trophies. Read 100 reasons to be a milanista. It's pinned somewhere on the forum. One of the best pieces ever. I read it the night of Istanbul, and I read it before the Bayern match. Helps you keep things in perspective.

Wait, you're a Villain...emmm...go ogle a poster of Laursen then.

Did you know Milan have won more trophies in the last 18 years than the rest of their history? I think it's a bit silly to say Inter never win anything, because before the late 80s, neither did we.

Just because Inter's trophies came along time ago, it makes no difference. I always hear Milan fans say "You haven't won anything for ages, we've won loads of European Cups, etc." It makes no difference. Whether you won the European Cup in 1955 or 2005 it counts as one. Being more recent makes no difference, what's the point in ever winning a trophy if it's 'too old to count' 20 years later?

But about what you said. I have read it, and it's fantastic. But every team has those great nights. Whether it's United beating Bayern in the most dramtic game of all-time. Burton Albion holding on against United for a replay in the FA Cup. Every team has their great nights, just maybe not on such a grand stage as Milan.

They'll win the CL again soon enough, and by 2012 they'll have more league titles. We can't live on having more European Cups than them forever.

And you got all these humiliating results out of last season....
When was the the last time that we were owned by Roma and Inter in both games?! come on... for me these loses DON'T COUNT. they hadn't doubled us for like 15 (or more) years and they coincidently did it last season... and they WILL NOT be able to do it it again.

We better wait and see what happens this year.

Tuesday 14 August
Gazzetta dello Sport
All the outfits of the new Serie A – A full check-up of the 20 clubs after the market moves and the first friendlies
Cassano-Samp: It’s done
Emerson-Milan: Almost there

Corriere dello Sport
Cassano returns! Deal struck with Real: The Bari-born player joins Samp
He will earn less: I want to return to the Nazionale
Inter, a marvellous centenary with Lampard, Eto’o and Nasri – Moratti plans an unforgettable 2008 to celebrate the centenary
Stellar Trofeo Tim: Juve challenge Inter and Milan

Tuttosport
Buffon saves Inter – With 11 men against 11 it’s an open match
Ranieri: And we also have the heart on our side
It already is my Toro – An enthused Novellino takes stock of the pre-season training
Lazio, racist songs are the real danger in the Champions

That's a big lie!! Gila's goal was clearly not offside!!!!!!!!!

It's sad this thing about Lazio... I really like that club! I hope they get through!