I really don't care how many goals he scores as long as he wins the Capocannoniere.

Keep your frog hands off our gem.

I was going to think of a list of players plus cash that Arsenal could give us in return for SES, and then I realised..they have no one. NOT ONE SINGLE Arsenal player do I want in our team.

How times change!

We paid, what, 20m in cash+players for him overall? There's no way Arsenal could afford him given he'd be worth more now.

I'd take Wilshere any day of the week. But yeah, the rest are all mediocre to average players.

I'd like Cazorla as well

We'll probably give him to Arsenal for Rosicky, Chamakh and 5m and say it's an awesome deal for us.

That'd be the end of the world, not 21 December.

Unless the player asks for the transfer himself, the day we sell El Shaarawy is the day I will stop supporting Milan. I've had it up to my neck with this. I love El Shaarawy and seeing him go anytime in the next 6-7 years would hurt a lot. I've gone through Shevchenko and Kaka. I can't do this one. I'm afraid for my health.

I don't love El Shaarawy, not yet anyway. But yeah, selling him anytime soon would be the last straw.

+1

I said this on July 24th, 2011.

Amen.

Gee, this Wenger fella sure is obsessed with Milan. Every couple of month I hear a comment from him, sometime banishing us, sometime praising us, and quite often talking about our players.

could get huntelaar or llorente for almost nothing but has a craving for young boys. pedofile.

Sorry? Could we keep it civilized though?

Huntelaar... Now that's one player I wish we had never sold. But the circumstances required it, so...

We had Ibra, keeping Huntelaar would have been pointless not to mention that he's had 2 chances with big teams and failed both times while his record with clubs like Shalke and Ajax is great

Agreed. Big fish/small pond syndrome.

Nah, Huntelaar is a fantastic striker. He was just unlucky that he played for Madrid and us in troublesome times.

Certainly he is what he is, I don't want to over exaggerate on his part, as he certainly has the platform to achieve a Ballon d'Or if he keeps his head on the pitch and keeps improving game by game.

I certainly hope no team comes close to striking a deal for the kid. He is on a long-term contract and Milan could certainly accommodate more to the kid. Problem is, if we receive something in excess of EUR 40MM?

Nah, I don't think El Shaarawy is Ballon d'Or material.

40m now for El Shaa?

I personally would consider it a this point. Becuase from a financial stanpoint that cannot really be ignored. But from a footballing perspective, where would that leave us?

That amount can barely secure us 2 to 3 top players

Well ofcourse he isn't now, but he is on a platform (AC Milan) that would easily facilitate for it if he keeps his mind on the pitch.



If you plan it out right you might get better 'value-for-money' players in the long-term .. Further, I doubt any club would offer such a fee, without looking at Balotelli and such players in the same age/skill bracket. Then again, the club wont need to sell if we manage to show a profit at the end of the fiscal year.

Yep, for some reason I erased the bit in my previous post about possibly getting someone like Neymar with that sum. At most SES is worth around 20 to 25m right now. And this is because of the over infaltion of player prices

And it would be criminal not to make a profit this time around considering all the sacrifices this club had to make in the summer

I didn't mean now, I meant in general. I don't think El Shaarawy will reach that level to win the Ballon d'Or. That's just me, though.

Stop discussing the "sale" of El Shaa!!! STOP IT NOW!!!

Oh come on. For 40m+ I'd put the bow on his head myself

And I will put a bullet between you eyebrows myself..

Come on now, don't be like that.

We all know that atm, realistically SES is worth around 20m to 25m. 40m is huge money if we can let go of Silva for that amount than I sure can let go of SES

Me thinks Max is a bit too much in love with El Sha.

Guys, it's not about the player's value or any hypothetical money offered. It's about cutting our only player that resembles a club symbol in-the-making yet again. It would be ridiculous to no end. Sheva, Kaka, Silva & Ibra and now El Shaa? If this team makes a habit of selling their symbols one after the other, well then I got news for you, I'm f@cking OUT! If getting 40 + million deals is your thing then become a fan of an insurance corporation... Or any other money making corporation.. They EXIST for that sole purpose.

Just like some other people said, we are starting to have no identity any more... Get a billion for all I care, I know for a fact that the various Chealse/ Man C/ PSG stories has no appeal for me. The main reason why I became a Milan fan was because of its unique, fantasy like stories... The ones it was known for, the ones it was creating and the ones they set out to create. I'll wait and see, but I'm on the edge..!

Well, I wouldn't worry about it. El Sha isn't going anywhere.

Yeah. At least not in this cycles.

hahahahahahhahahha

A helping hand.

Where was zapata's other hand!

Hm, now that you mention it, El Shaarawy seems an awful lot of pain.

Go SES!

Let's hope he can keep it up.

He still has to prove against a big team, like Inter, Juve or Barcelona.

Aye. He tends to disappear in the important games.

Well, having surrounded by mediocre and non-existent forwards helps. You get far more chances, than in a crowded striking lineup. Of course, then it begs the needs to finish them, and El Shaarawy has done exactly that. But nevertheless, this is the start of a journey. So far so good, but let's see how he ends.

TMW held a poll about the best player of 2012 and out of 30,107 votes (as of now), El Shaarawy had the majority with 23.13%, followed by Pirlo and Cavani.

Link

He's the best player of this season so far, whole of 2012? Easily Cavani, in my opinion.

Yeah, well the fact that he's Italian and young has got something to do with that. Personally, I'd give it to Pirlo.

Pirlo for me too

2012 doesn't mean these last few months of THIS season.

Pirlo was amazing last season for Juve, he's a major part of the reason why they won that Scudetto and he followed that up for Italy with some amazing displays in the Euros.

SES has been a good goal scorer for us, but he hasn't been better than either Cavani or Pirlo for the whole year

Although, I did vote for El Shaarawy. I'm a milanista after all.

Oh, a lot to do with that, I am sure. Nothing much wrong with that, but with Ibra gone (he did well in the first half of the season), the best performer of the league this year is undoubtedly Cavani. Chuck Norris on the other hand was extremely lucky playing as a focal point of Juventus. Had it been any other club, bah!

Same with Shaarawy to a large extent. More competition means lesser chances of being the deciding factor during matches. Had we some other big names, El Shaarawy would not have boasted these numbers. Cavani on the other hand was carrying Napoli on his shoulders, in the league as well as Europe.

Being the focal point for Juve wasn't really the problem, Pirlo was outstanding for Italy as well