Νοοοοο... I like your friend though, you should learn from him...

Yep... only on FM...

Now that Ronaldo is injured until at least January 2009, we can be more than sure about /finally/ signing a world class striker in the summer. I wonder who that'll be...

What do people think of Lyon's Karim Benzema?

(With apologies to Misha, please let the gossip rags in England be wrong; I really don't want Milan to buy the Ukrainian who's struggling at Chelsea).

I think if Milan are going to get a forward of some sort, it needs to be a proven goal scorer with experience. We have Pato, Paloschii and Gila who all fairly/very young, so we don't need another youngster in my opinion.

abramovich has said drogba's selling price is 35 million euro. Worth it or no?

pay 35 million euros for a player thats only gonna cause problems in the dressing room? we woulda been better off to get cassano! and he would cost alot less!

^^^

Oh so contrary to what I expected...I do have company over Cassano.

Kewwlll.. Daru...Live long and prosper my brother!!

Cassano is probably among the best SS in Italy right now. Yes, he's probably one of the few forwards who is a bigger cvnto than Zlatan...but I always thought his problems at Roma were because he was dealing with a bigger prima donna in Totti.

There's not much trouble in Sampdoria. And in Madrid, his problem wasn't with the players, it was with the coach, and he wasn't the only one there either.

And one thing I'm grateful for is there is no prima donna in Milan right now. Clarence is the worst we've got. If Paolo had been captain next season, I wouldn't give a thought to it. I know that Cassano would fall in line. But with Rino as captain, and with his more 'abrasive' approach things might be stickier.

However I still think Carlo is the best man manager in Serie A along with Prandelli. And we should be able to accomodate Fantantonio. I'd really have someone who has played and played well in Italy to come along. So we don't waste time in 'aclimitization'.

I know it's an unpopular opinion...so go easy on me.

However I doubt this will go on. Sampdoria are almost certainly buying him next season.

Ricardo Oliveira, for the 100th time SS as we need...we don't have to spend money on players like amauri,drogba...(as we dont need strikers of their type)...Oliveira is eager to make a bigger impact if he was recalled to milan...we must give him a chance...he scored 13 goals this year for Zaragoza already...

youre right, he deserves a chance to play next season. I trust him more than Gilardino. Oli's sister was kidnapped who could blame him for not playing that good?
We shouldve loaned out gila instead of oli

oliveira is not a SS. oliveira is not a SS. he is a finisher, watch his movement on the pitch.

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i havent seen him play this year so i cant comment on his current fourm but just because hes scored 13 goals doesnt mean hes good enough to play for milan...its like sayin c.ronaldo has scored 27 goals in epl so he would come to italy and make the same impact....never ever ever...even the smaller italian clubs would give ronaldo a hard time....all that fancy footwork wouldnt prevail in sera a....he would end up like brazilian ronaldo n get hurt n be out for 2 years...might have been a little more convincing if he was still playin in seria a but milan loaned him out with option to buy for a reason.

valid. but check this out. he's scored a share of world class goals this year. None of our strikers to date have scored goals like some of the ones he's scored. I said this the day we loaned him out. we were never fair to him. Every game we saw Oli in he was behind the play one step, and unsure on the ball. In this clip he's got confidence and a swagger he never played with here at milan. Team him up with pato and kaka and i promise we wouldn't be mad about it.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=07P9BymyopI

Oh you promise? Then everything changes, bring Oli in! No really, you could be right or you could be wrong, thing is, we're probably not going to learn the answer to this... In my judgment, he would not be a starter for Milan. We need someone better than him. But I would welcome him as a back-up player.

In any case, I agree with you on that we have not been fair to him. But maybe it was for the best that he was loaned out to Spain cause there he seems to be more comfortable and so our board might have thought he would get back to his best sooner than we would do with Milan.

We should sell Oliveira and get Mutu.

I'd be happy with Mutu.

quick note: in what I consider to be somewhat encouraging news, the italian press is finally starting to notice Leverkusen's Rene Adler. There was a short bit about him today, noting that he's getting praise from all around the Bundesliga, etc, and that he's currently favorite to get the #1 jersey for Germany for Euro 2008. (yes he's young, but I'd love to see him at Milan. He's very, very good.)

The last German GK we had was the boy wonder Lehmann...and that didn't work out too well for us. And he's young??!!!! No way...

You can't compare those two TBH....not in any way. When Lehmann joined Milan he wasn't young, he was 29, that's not exactly the age of a boy wonder. Lehmann is a very arrogant, self-loving player with a big mouth and too much self confidence.
Adler is the exact opposite. He's smart, he knows when he has to be silent (after his brillant performance against Karlsruhe he didn't give any interview and he refuses to talk about the EURO despite him beeing the best german goalie for a year or so now), he always wants to learn and unlike Lehmann he doesn't think that he's the worlds greatest just because of one good performance.
Look, I follow this guy since he was playing for the german U20 in 2004 and back then I already knew that this guy would be a big thing.

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Ok...let's buy him for Bochum then...and you can be our feeder club

But he's young, is what our management are gonna say, and he's definitely gonna be in the 20 mill range easy...

I don't think Leverkusen would ask that much for him, Jack, but it wouldn't be cheap. See if you can catch a stream of a Leverkusen game - you'll see why both La Palma and I rate him so highly.

In today's transfer rumor, Tuttosport (yes, I know, it's usually worthless for Milan rumors) is reporting that Luca Toni wants to return to Italy after his German adventure and that if he did so, he'd go to Milan. The article notes that Bayern would be hesistant to let him go.

How long is Toni's contract with Bayern? I can't see them letting him go very easily.

Oohh, Germany is way past Lehmann. Look, IMO Germany has in this moment the worlds best keepers around. Except of Oli Kahn and Jens Lehmann who I rate high, there are established keepers like Enke, Rost, Hildebrandt and Weidenfeller (injuried right now) and youngsters like Adler, Rensing and Neuer. How can anyone compete? Italy? Only Buffon and maybe Amelia. Curci does not play that much,..

As for Adler, he's in superb form now, he's great potential. But no internatianl experience. So, ther could be problems, like the ones Neuer had this season. He's young - which means a big plus for Leverkusen and a big minus for Milan. We don't need a young one.

There's no chance Bayern are going to sell Toni. He's their best MVP along with Ribery and Zé.


A player like Adler in Bochum would be a dream. We're going to see what our management will do. I have the feeling they're seeking new ways to strenghten the team. I know that a transfer of Adler is highly unlikely though.
20 Mill would be a bargain IMO. Juve paid 50 Million for Gigi when he was 23...didn't turn out to be much did it? (I'm not saying Adler will become the new Gigi though).

toni has it until 2011 or 2012...enough i'd say

So... he'll be a Milan player next season... I hope he's not being considered as Maldini's replacement!

He officially declined today by saying "I don't know of any interest by Milan and I don't care either."

does that really matter? in the end you can only play one.

ya i wouldnt want either. milan rejected him when he was available and for cheap. actually they did it twice. if i was in his position i'd be insulted.

I'm not finding it easily now, but Karim Benzema was quoted in goal.com (can't recall if it was english or italian version) as saying that if he left France at the end of the season - as many expect - he'd prefer to go to Spain or Italy. Either that day or the day before/after, he was also quoted as praising Ronie.

Zio Fester, can we have a Benzema for Christmas?

He also said he won't leave unless he wins the CL with Lyon ... which isn't going to happen

Silly season is starting early.

On his way into the Lega Calcio meeting, Galliani said the following:

"Poiché non c'é Ronaldo - spiega - credo che ci occorra una quarta punta, oltre ai confermatissimi Pato, Inzaghi e Gilardino". "Benzema, Drogba, Adebayor o Shevnchenko? Vanno bene tutti e quattro."

["Because we won't have Ronaldo, I think we'll pick up another striker in addition to Pato, Inzaghi, and Gilardino. Benzema, Drogba, Adebayor or Shevchenko? We'd be happy with all of them."]

link

Sheva back??

Why can't we just make a clean break with the past. God is leaving...the golden era is over. Start a new one.

goal.com is running a story saying we want Adebayor!! Why in the world for?? I like him at Arsenal. We must not imbalance the Force.

Controcampo is quoting the same bit from Galliani today too. They're tipping Drogba as the most probable from the list and say that Sheva may not be as welcome in Milan as the recent snippet on acmilan.com would seem to indicate.

Personally, from that list I'd take Benzema.

Relax! Galliani said "we'd be happy with all of them" which translates to "they are all very good players that we would like in Milan but they cost a lot... bla bla... taxes... bla bla... We're looking at some alternatives (aka free players)"... ...

I don't want Ade in Milan. He fits perfectly well at Arsenal and I think he would be a flop in Milan.

Basically what Galliani meant was: "We'd stick with Paloschi."

Anyway, Benzema is the best from those 4 for a club like Milan that have to look for his future. But I think he'll go to Spain.

he might come to italy...milan/juve/roma...or even england, i can't see him in spain, since barca and real have enough forwards...

Me too !

From the Summer 2007 list until now... I'd take:

-Eto'o (Though he should keep his mouth shut)
-Benzema
-Mutu
-Drogba (Though he should keep his mouth shut)

In no particular order.
I'm surprised we're not linked to Mutu. He's 29, he's a SS, he's an ex-Inter player...

Anyway, this is just b/s -as usual- to get some season tickets next Summer. In 2 months he'll start again the Ronaldinho-novel.

(Amauri is OK but not the level was the 4 above)

nahh amauri sucks...in my opinion he's not for the "big clubs"...and he doesn't have an amazing season to be so much valued...we have gila on his place, we need players of eto'o, benzema caliber, that can play alongside gila

We'll see how good Amauri is on Sunday... but personally I don't want him in Milan. no more Brazilian 'strikers'.

I've found out I share my birthday with Benzema [December 19]; and it's clear he's something special, so from now on I'm an avid supporter of his signing!


BRING US BENZEMA, BALDY.

I can watch Benzema's goal thousands of times! spectacular.

http://www.d1g.com/video/show/1803663

Pretty similar goal to Sheva's some years ago... I wanna say it was against Fener? Not sure...

Hrm.

Controcampo is running a couple of articles of note today.

One concerns OM's Samir Nasri, stating that Milan may make a bid for him and include Gourcuff as part of the package. (Having seen Nasri play, I'd say go for it).

The other concerns the possibility that Lippi may replace Ancelotti if Milan don't make the CL semis. Galliani came out with a statement denying this, of course.

benzema and pato would be gr8/ and r99,gila and pipo would be gr8
but i dont trust amouri i just cant see him doing gd in cl and league i see him doing really bad not gila bad but 7 goals a year bad but i dunno he might do well if he comes but i would be much relaxed if we get benzema, drougba or maybe even cresspo if we could but not amouri i dont care even if he scores 30 goals on us tomorrow

GALLIANI: "Carlo Ancelotti 100% with Milan 2008-09"
2/23/2008

MILANELLO - During Milanello Live on Milan Channel, Adriano Galliani spoke clearly about Carlo Ancelotti's future at the club: "Milan, and I say it also in the name of president Berlusconi, at 100% will have Carlo Ancelotti sitting on the Milan bench in the 2008/09 season, either if it reaches the Champions League or not. If we shall not go, but I don't think that it will happen, we shall humbly continue our path in the Uefa Cup and with us there will be Ancelotti. We shall re-start with humbleness, always more or less first in the European ranking, and we shall make our path like in the 2001/02 season. This is a choice which cannot be modified. I'm still convinced that in a way or another we shall go in the Champions League."


I just don't get it...

It's in response to the 'Lippi to Milan' stories, zd. Whatever the truth of the matter is, I doubt Galliani would ever publicly say 'Look, if we don't make the semis in this year's CL and if we don't qualify for next year's CL, Ancelotti is out on his @ss.' So...the above statement is gallianispeak.

i dont care i only care if we get gd players

This could be great. Nasri is a very talented potential who could make impact in our squad. And in that case, I won't be sorry for shipping off Gourcuff..


Great news. We should concentrate on bringin' in new players. Milan has Carletto for ever,..


Eto'o and Mutu a big NO. Why? Eto'o could be the next Ronaldo or Pippo considering his medical history. Mutu is kind off a troublemaker, he does not suit into our perfect conservative line-up.

Drogba and Benzema..YES! Please let it be one of them. But I'd pick Drogba. We have Paloschi and Pato for the future, so I don't see our attack with 3 youngsters. Nope,..

yeah but benzema is better than palo and palo could be on the bench