AC Milan general spiel 2.0

[San Paolo]

we were supposed to be giving Pato a pay rise at the end of the season i read a while back, also think how much we will save if we get Pirlo and Seedorf off of the wage bill.

[The MAN]

Good stuff SP, the Zlatan salary is alot, I'd blame the fucking crazy Barca-Real star war alot on this, he was getting 12 million net with Barca and took a 25% cut for Milan to get to that number!!! But, since Dinho is out, this explains why we'd not be willing to pay a 32-year old Pirlo what he wants (I think around 5 million), he's no longer irreplaceable and in fact dispensable as this season showed

Nesta is taking a pay cut (reduce to 2 - 2.5), and Seedorf, if he's kept, will be along similar lines, maybe less...Flamini has 1 year under his contract, I'm hoping Milan can give him an extension for a year or two but cut his salary to 3-3.5 in the process, I don't think this would be a problem...the rest of the team is not too bad, some overpaid a bit, some underpaid like Pato and Thiago, but there's no way Milan should give Pato anywhere close to Zlatan's 9 million, maybe give him what Pirlo currently earns at most, until he proves he can fucking play 3 months without being injured

Hearing lots of comments by Silvio and Galliani about investing in the club this summer is a further proof that we're finally liberated of the numerous stupid deals we've had in place...the less players we renew, the more we'd spend on the mercato, it's this simple...I'd like to see how the payroll chart will look like bu August 31, pretty sure it will be alot better

[p_maldini_3]

yankmeoffski is making more than pato and thiago silva. hahaha. only galliani can pull that off..

[RomaShield27]

More on those lovely new jerseys of yours:

http://www.beautifulgear.com/2011/05/ad ... gal-event/

[The MAN]

It will get a while for me to get used to it, thats for sure...lets how it looks like during game action, it can be deceptive sometimes to see it in presentations as opposed to live during the games etc.

I also dont like the white edges, would've been better if it was replaced by black

Would like to see how the new away jersey looks like and also the 3rd one...I like black 3rd jersey and the number of times we've used it this season, lets hope this stays the same way next year

[p_maldini_3]

yeah, that white trim throws it off.

[p_maldini_3]

we're being linked with marko marin and essien today. and hulk. i'd take hulk over anybody plus booting ibra's ass out of here.

[RomaShield27]

Berlusconi wants stadium named after him because of Milan's success

KEIR RADNEDGE /

LONDON/MILAN, May 05: Silvio Berlusconi is not too busy with the affairs of government and the various court assaults on his personal and professional lives to go public with his pride in the imminent league title success of the AC Milan club he owns.

The Rossoneri are poised to regain the Serie A crown for the first time since 2004 and end the five-year hegemony of neighbours Internazionale.

Italy's Prime Minister, who rescued the club from the brink of bankruptcy in the mid-1980s, told a television talk-show host that his achievements in football had earned him the right to have a stadium named after him.

The municipally-owned San Siro stadium which Milan and Inter share is formally entitled the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, after the clubs’ old hero who was a double World Cup-winner with Italy in 1934 and 1938.

Berlusconi said: “Under my ownership Milan has become the most trophied club in the world and I am the most successful president in history in terms of titles. If we win the league this season it will be our 27th major trophy which is the best in the world.

“We should have a stadium with my name on it. After all, the club which has won the most after me are Real Madrid and they named their stadium after Santiago Bernabeu who was president in their greatest years. If it’s good enough in Spain . . .”

[p_maldini_3]

who will be captain once ambro leaves? gattuso is the obvious choice, but i have a feeling that he will leave milan on a high and go make some big bucks with a russian team. his agent didnt deny those reports. after him, it would be seedorf, gut he mght leave as well.

i think it might be nesta's turn after that, and maybe abbiati after him. but i wouldnt mind if abate is given the captaincy in thenext 2-3 years, this kid has grown immensely.

[RomaShield27]

A Nazi as your captain, a seedy corrupt pedophile as your owner and a dodgy bald grease-monkey as your general manager. Milan: the perfect family club!

[vtec]

abate a nazi?

i think nesta is the obvious captain, actually. barring him, robinho. or cassano.

[RomaShield27]

Ha. Shinpin said "Abbiati after him. but i wouldnt mind if abate is given the captaincy in thenext 2-3 years, this kid has grown immensely." I thought he meant Abbiati. He must of edited his post (because there's no way i could read it wrong).

[vtec]

hmmm, yeah, he does say both.

i would sooner give it to thiago silva, though, in all seriousness, after nesta is gone.

[p_maldini_3]

i'd give it to thiago as well, but we havent had a nonitalian captain for a long time, if ever.

[The MAN]

Nesta then Thiago IMO

I think Pirlo and Rino will go while Ambro and, potentially Seedorf, could stay so they are, in theory going to be no.1 and 2 in this respect...but if you ask me, Nesta should've been the captain right after Maldini retired

[San Paolo]

Every healthy player has been called up for tomorrow’s game against Roma - the only absentee will be Jankulovski, who’s out with a knee injury. In the meantime, Milan had their final training session ahead of tomorrow’s match. After the usual technical meeting and warm-up exercises, the Rossoneri went through a series of technical-tactical drills and played a match amongst the squad at Milanello.

[vtec]

you were supposed to tell us how the teams were split up

[p_maldini_3]

alright boys, this is it. hopefully we can beat roma today and finalize the inevitable. if we play like we did against bologna, we have no chance. hopefully ibra's return will get the boys to fight harder for every ball and for every tackle.

i'll be watching the match at bar in chicago with stefano, so i won't be online. but man, if we win, this will be great.

forza milan

[San Paolo]

Milan (4-3-1-2): Abbiati, Abate, Nesta, Silva, Zambrotta, Gattuso, Van Bommel, Seedorf, Boateng, Ibrahimovic, Robinho.

[The MAN]

Fuck it, I want the win!!

Scudetto time

Forza Milan