AC Milan general spiel 2.0

[San Paolo]

Acerbi tweeted this last night.

[p_maldini_3]

so the word on the playground is that galliani is pushing ibra to psg. if i had to choose between thiago and ibra, i would take thiago all day. world-class CB's are hard to find these days, and ibra can be replaced even though he's carried our attack for the past 2 seasons, and would be a significant loss for us.

[DCGweez]

Think you're reading that wrong. It's Ibra AND Silva to PSG for 65 mill.

[RomaShield27]

Jasus, so it looks like it could really be happening. Sky Italia are saying an agreement between the clubs has been reached, €65m for Zlatan and Silva. Zlatan's agent is in Sweden to try to get him to agree to the move. Could be all done within the next 48 hours. Relegation battle awaits for Milan.

[RomaShield27]

Posted by Elaine at 1:43 AM / http://www.milanobsession.com/2012/07/w ... f-psg.html

I’m not afraid of Leo, Carletto, or PSG. I’m afraid of their money. But it is not their fault. If they had asked for Thiago Silva or Ibra last year, they would have been met with laughter. We had just won our 18th Scudetto, our first title in a while, and both players were considered fundamental to a second title run. But that was then.

Last year, when Fininvest, Milan’s parent company, was fined a record €564 million, Berlusconi insisted it wouldn’t affect the club or its transfer market. And it didn’t… last year. But this year, things are the leanest they’ve been in about 15-20 years, I believe, in terms of spending, with more players leaving than coming, and new players only coming in on free transfers and loan deals. We were told there is no money to invest in any more new players unless current players leave, meaning that every player now has a euro sign on his head. It seems that all loyalty left the club when the legends walked out the door.

So who’s to blame? Well let’s start at the top. It was Berlusconi’s improper business practices that led to Fininvest’s fine. Or, if you believe him, he and his family were robbed. Given his stellar legal record in both business, politics, and his personal life and his well known reputation world wide as a man of upstanding moral character, I’m going to go with the improper business practices, and go so far as to say that Fininvest were lucky to only be fined as much as they were (based on what little I have read about the case in the past.)

So feel free to give a giant thank you to Milan’s generous benefactor, whose 25 years of investing in the club will likely only be remembered by this third PSG scare, even if it doesn’t go through. It really is the thought that counts in this situation.

But it’s more than that. I have mentioned in the comments in the past, but our mercato superhero, Galliani, has actually contributed to this situation, too. You see, a player on a free transfer or a loan deal commands a much bigger wage than one for whom a transfer fee was paid. So what seems like a genius move initially seems appealing, but costs a lot more in the long run. And has also contributed to the fact that we have been carrying such a large wage bill.

It’s harder to be mad at Galliani, because he’s one of us, he comes to every game and wears his red and black heart on his sleeve. But while he’s a shrewd negotiator and has brought us so many amazing players at so many great deals, his mismanagement of the funds we’ve had and penny wise and dollar foolish purchases are part of the reason Leo is even being talked to.

I’m not afraid of PSG, I’m afraid of Milan management. The Fininvest fine is one of many costs Berlusconi’s bad behavior is costing our club. Galliani, for all of his negotiating power, has contributed to the giant figure in red at the bottom of our balance sheet. That means they’re blinded by desperation and have lost sight of what we all want for our club: to win.

Now we are the laughing stock of the football world, ready for anyone with big money to come in and make them an offer they can’t refuse. No one is safe, with the Senatori gone, there is no one to protest the selling of players like cattle. There is no one with a strong enough personality and bandiera heart to slap them around and get them to realize that no amount of money compensates for the loss of our two most important players. Well, supposedly Barbara Berlusconi tried, but obviously she doesn’t wield the power that some of you thought she did.

I feel like the victim of a horrible crime, helpless and defenseless against the travesty. The media are not helping, they are loving the way this saga is toying with Milan hearts like a yo-yo… again. But no one deserves the blame more than those we trusted with our hearts, Berlusconi and Galliani. They may have counted on the fact that our hearts are slaves to the red and black, and we will suffer through anything. And they’re right. But it doesn’t make them right, and it doesn’t make this easier to swallow. Thank you again, Mr. President, for the generous gift of throwing our hearts to the media to toy with them… again. Your “generosity” is unparalleled.

[red]

Milan are doing the right thing accepting this offer.

They are getting 40m for a good, but overrated defender and this is the last chance to get serious cash for Ibrahimovic.

Between transfer fee and wages Gazzetta is saying this will free up around 170m for Milan.

It can also allow them to return to having a sensible wage structure instead of having one or two players earning way more than everyone else.

Good chance, between letting heaps of 'Senators' leave in the last year or two and this, for Milan to put their house in order so that they are in a position to try and build a new team - an actual team and not just a collection of mediocre players plus one or two special ones.

[p_maldini_3]

well, shit.

it's really hard to be sour about so much money.

there is no one i like playing for milan anymore.

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[RomaShield27]

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[p_maldini_3]

[DCGweez]

http://www.gazzetta.it/Calciomercato/12 ... 0356.shtml

[red]

How much of the cash from PSG and the wages saved do you see Milan reinvesting?

[marco]

classic comment from someone posting on calciomercato: Sul televideo della Rai c'è scritto "Raiola convince Ibra"...immagino quanto sia stata dura per lui convincerlo...Raiola "Zlatan, 14 milioni di euro"...Ibra "Dov'è la maglia che devo baciare?"...

[DCGweez]

Lol probably true.

[vtec]

i'd be a pdg fan, only zlatan's on there

[Bagg10]

"I am Zlatan."

[p_maldini_3]

some shit just doesn't make any sense. the cherry will be if we get tevez. i'd rather get dzeko.

[Bagg10]

Pazzini-Cassano reunite?

[RomaShield27]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic + Thiago Silva = €62m
Andy Carroll + Jordan Henderson = €70m

Thats some business. Milan got robbed.

Enjoy the relegation battle.

Also, you may want to change your new official kit poster:



Great foresight by me to go with KPB in the new banner.