Thiago and Ibra alone were better than all the Juve squad put together.

If kaka plays today chance of him coming is zero.

If he doesn't it is still possible

+1

Plus we had Pirlo...the same player that became a "star" at juBe. I tend to ignore that guy's agenda driven opinions totally though...JuBe don't even have decent cf ffs

As regards the mercato....would have preferred getting Kaka knowing fully well his limitatations than expecting the currently zero Balotelli to become our hero that's just me though

I know you didn't say that. But I think it's safe to say that we all know each other on here quite well. And that is my interpretation of how you weigh the performance of the 2 coaches. i.e making multiple excuses for Allegri at every turn while always saying that Carlo never delivered as he should have, while taking into consideration the strength of our opponents at each particular time.

I know you disagree, but I made a very valid point imo

Also, I seriously do not understand what you see in Allegri that merits such plaudits on your part. A very average coach and an absolutely terrible man manager. And you're a person that admires Mourinho a lot. One of the best man managers we've seen in this era

If only Allegri would play Bojan behind El Sha and Balo, we'd have a deadly attack. This 4-3-3 just doesn't sit right with me!

Is he called up?

Because if he is then imo that's the end of any hope for the deal.

Why would he be called up for a game when he's supposedly on the verge of leaving the club?

Yes, he's called up.

Then it's highly unlikely for anything to happen at this point imo

Yeah, I think so too.

I really hope Galliani is planning to bring another mid tomorrow because after injuries and recent moves, we are pretty thin there. If Monto is injured - we are fucked.

we might get kasami as part of the emanuelson exchange (great prospect that can play anywhere in midfield and has a pretty good amount of Serie A minutes)

And he's Albanian.

No kaka but the albanian kid is coming

Can Kasami play as DM?

I doubt it, he's an attacking midfielder.

So more news came out on the kevin strootman deal, PSV was willing to negotiate but the player himself said he wasn't interested in moving to milan. So the deal collapsed.

Huh, really? Even Bommel didn't work? Well, he'll join a EPL team I guess.

Very disappointed in you, Strootman. Go play for Arsenal or Liverpool.

9 hours left before the end of january transfer window..

Let's face it, our "project" doesn't appeal to everyone, especially those with their career still ahead of them. I can't blame Strootman if he doesn't find us ambitious.

I disagree. Our "project" is about youth, and evidently players like Shaarawy, Niang, the Empoli guy and the Brescia guy get this. Who cares if Strootman doesn't want Milan. I don't think it's about projects, especially not for young players - it's about money and their personal preferences.

Emanuelson loan deal to Fulham has confirmed.

I'm with Strootman, take the money while you can. You might barely play and sit on the bench, but who cares, you'll have a big contract you will earn a lot of money on and if you don't make it into the team you still have a career ahead of you. Just look at players like Sahin.

This is good. You and I are on the same line of thought Kurt.

Sky reports that we're very close to getting Salamon.

kalou?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartosz_Salamon

huu!

Mediaset says Salamon to Milan is official. He'll cost us €3.5 million.

Another Acerbi? At least the guy is still young!

Actually, the kid is pretty hyped. I've read that some major European clubs were after him.

Salamon: "I'm very happy. I'm not scared of anything. I will play as defender".

Link

I was actually hoping he would play as DM.

Well....with NDJ out we really need a CDM. Hence Allegri will play him as a defender. Makes sense

Height man, height. The taller you are at CB, the slower you usually are. Unless you are that special someone like Nesta or more that can read games. For the sake of everyone here I hope this Salamon guy is good at reading games. At 6 foot 4, he just has to be, otherwise he'll always be slow to react.

Brescia and Serie B are another matter entirely - some very lethal striker play here at the very top.

I don't think he's slow.

We also, for some reason, sold 50% of Paloschi to Chievo. Antonini might be sold to Genoa.

Can forget about Poli, Juve bought half of his rights.

That defender is very good, good pick up. He's highly rated

Window is closed. Antonioni stays

All in all, a pretty good window for us.

In:

Balotelli
Salamon
Zaccardo

23.5 m

Out:

Pato
Mesbah
Acerbi

15m

Other:

Paloschi (50% sold to Chievo)
Emanuelson loaned
Strasser loaned

You forgot Constant.

Oh yah constant full ownership. Swap deal with acerbi

Felipe Anderson to Lazio for €7.5m and Andrea Poli to Juventus (50% of his contract) fell through: clubs didn't make deadline


We can still sell him to Russia though.

Fingers crossed he isn't. The law of average suggest that the number of low cost duds we have had in recent years, the management has finally brought in someone quality. And by golly, we needed a CB like anything. Can't wait to see the kid play his first match.

Co-own, actually. He was on loan, remember?

So now you have to open his thread.

Valid suggestion, but I'll leave it to the experts. Blue is good with this sort of things, digging up images, stats and all that for young players that we sign up, and word is that he has been sighted here recently in these parts of the woods. Dazzle me, Blue, I want to know what this kid is all about.

Why did we sell Paloschi?

I guess because Galliani thinks we don't need him, which is a shame.

I hope that is not the case. Personally, I'd sell Pazzini in the summer and bring Paloschi back.