AC Milan general spiel 2.0

[San Paolo]

je ne pas care.

[San Paolo]

Better than Ibra's? http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/un ... nderlecht/

[DCGweez]

Congrats on going though Milanisti.

Not as good as his Super Pippo rant but the first 2 minutes made me laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... oVkir7nn4#!


Edit:

I take it back, my cousin rightly points out the best part is the last minute. Watch the whole thing.

[juventino_italiano]

[RomaShield27]

[p_maldini_3]

crudezelli or whatever his name is gets pretty annoying after awhile, he's just making a fool of himself. maybe it is an italian humor thing.

there's not much to discuss, we are a work in progress.

allegri messed up in the beginning of the season with too many changes in the line-up, but now there is some stability and some players are beginning to find their form.

it was frustrating to watch milan retreat deep into our own half against anderlecht's 10 men, it's a fucking shame. they should never have been allowed to get back into the game. bringing pato on, a very obvious choice, seems to have been allegri's substitution of the season.

the pharoah's rise has been incredible, it is completely unexpected and i'll take it, but i'm sure he is on his way to becoming a legend.

[RomaShield27]

Milan – sell first, buy later
Tuesday November 27 2012 / http://www.football-italia.net/27762/milan-–-sell-first-buy-later

Milan official Adriano Galliani has stated that his club won’t be able to buy new players until they reduce their squad.

“We have 30, 32 players right now,” the Vice-President told RMC. “We will firstly sell and then, when the squad has been reduced, we will buy.

“We have some players who want to go, just a very few, and others who we wanted to sell but who didn’t accept new destinations because they are happy at Milan.”

The Rossoneri have had a problematic start to the season after a host of high profile sales, but the director is optimistic that the road ahead is now clearer.

“We suffered until Wednesday night,” he added. “Then the wind changed. In four days we qualified for the Champions League last 16 and then beat Serie A leaders Juventus.”

Galliani also commented on the summer sales of Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Paris Saint-Germain and Antonio Cassano to Inter.

“I suffered a lot with Ibra,” he added. “The economical situation in this country is what it is. Ibra was a luxury which we had to give up on.

“With Ibra, maybe Stephan El Shaarawy wouldn’t have been able to do what he has. I don’t have proof of that, but that is what I think.

“Cassano? He continually asked us, via text message, to sell him. He wanted to leave and he’s hammered me and Massimiliano Allegri.”

[flaviumanica]

Hello.I've always wanted to be part of a Serie A forum,because I love and watch Italian football.
I'm a big fan of AC Milan and I know its every movement.

[p_maldini_3]

hey, welcome to the forums flaviumanica! good to have another milan fan on board.

[RomaShield27]

Welcome to the forum, flaviumanica.

[Lupa]

Welcome, flaviumanica.

[San Paolo]

Welcome to the forum flaviumanica. hope you enjoy your stay.

[San Paolo]

meet the new club Physio

[vtec]

good thing we had the easiest group in champions league history or we never would have been still in it in january. at least we can get some quality players in january and hope to survive another round. the extra income should be helpful. what a fucking season.

[p_maldini_3]

hopefully we can draw celtic or some shit.

the only good from this season is el sharaawy's rise as well as de sciglio. de sciglio is a future captain, you heard it here first.

and el sharaawy's team work is underrated:

[RomaShield27]

Milan sign Guangzhou Evergrande deal
Wednesday December 12 2012 / http://www.football-italia.net/28366/mi ... rande-deal

Milan have officially sealed a commercial partnership with Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande, who are coached by Marcello Lippi.

It was known that general manager Adriano Galliani held meetings with the side this week during their visit to Italy, but the deal has now been confirmed.

“Adriano Galliani was in fine spirits when he welcomed to president of Chinese club Ghuangzhou Evergrande, Liu Jong Zhuo,” read a statement.

“The commercial partnership between the two clubs was signed and sealed with a handshake and smiles all around. Galliani gifted the Chinese president a shirt with 8-Liu printed on the back.

“Ghuangzhou have won the last two league titles in China. Guangzhou Evergrande won the title in 2012 with 58 points, 5 more than Jiangsu Sainty. They won 17 games, drew five, lost five and scored 51 compared to 29 conceded.”

There are rumours this partnership could see a Chinese player loaned to Milan in January and the exchange of youth academy prospects.

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[RomaShield27]

Bandini: As Milan turn to youth, M’baye Niang is set to showcase his skill (and haircut)
Posted by Paolo Bandini under AC Milan, France on Dec 18, 2012
http://blogs.thescore.com/counterattack ... to-youth-m’baye-niang-is-set-to-showcase-his-skill-and-haircut/

Silvio Berlusconi will keep his clippers in his pocket for the time being. The Milan owner informed Stephan El Shaarawy that he was granting the player’s Mohawk a presidential pardon during a recent visit to the club’s training facility. Now he may have to extend a similar courtesy to M’baye Niang after Milan’s latest punk-haired prodigy opened his account for the Rossoneri on Thursday night.

“He looks like Balotelli with that hair,” exclaimed Berlusconi at full-time of Milan’s 3-0 Coppa Italia win over Reggina, and he was hardly the only one drawing those comparisons. Niang’s narrow, cropped take on the Mohawk certainly called to mind Balotelli’s look, albeit the Milan forward had embellished his trim with a star shaved into the side.

The similarities, though, extended beyond grooming preferences. Balotelli had scored his first senior goal for Inter against these same opponents, on a December night, in the same round of the same competition. Niang was 17 years old, just as Balotelli had been. They each finished up on the right side of a three-goal victory.

Both players had reputations for being as much of a handful off the pitch as they were on it. Prior to Thursday’s game, Niang was known to many Milan fans first and foremost for having been caught driving in the city without a licence. A story went round that he had lied to police by claiming to be Bakaye Traoré, though Niang denied it on Twitter, saying he had simply informed them that was who the car belonged to.

Either way, it was not the first time he had got into trouble for such an offence. The Caen manager Franck Dumas had gone to significant lengths to try to discourage Niang from just this kind of behaviour. “One time I asked a friend of mine who is a policeman to stop him outside the stadium,” said Dumas. “I wanted to frighten him.”

Nor have his misdemeanours been limited to driving offences. Dumas recently recounted the story of how he had been planning to start Niang against Paris Saint-Germain last year, only to find out on the morning of the game that the player had been arrested the night before at a hip-hop concert after a fight broke out. “He didn’t hit anyone,” said Dumas, “but, as he was a minor, he wound up getting held overnight.”

Niang is presently suspended from representing France at any level, following an incident in October. He, along with four other players—Yann M’Vila, Antoine Griezmann, Wissam Ben Yedder and Chris Mavinga—had snuck out from the team hotel to go clubbing and consequently missed their curfew. All were banned until December 31st 2013, except M’Vila, who will be frozen out for an additional year on top of that.

But if Niang’s behaviour has been questionable, then his potential as a footballer is beyond doubt. Caen’s Under-19 coach Philippe Tranchant confessed he had “never seen a player like him” and Milan made getting his signature a top priority in the summer. After agreeing a reported €3m fee with Caen, the Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani flew out to collect Niang in a private jet.

“I know he [Galliani] made a personal bet on me, as did [the agent] Oscar Damiani,” said Niang after his goal against Reggina. “I will replay them with my actions.”

Certainly the club have been encouraged by what they have seen. Niang’s goal against Reggina might not have been the most elaborate but it was nevertheless expertly taken. The goalkeeper Davide Facchin spread himself well and had the shot raised off the turf at all would have had a good shot at blocking it. Instead Niang calmly slotted the ball under his falling body.

It was a moment that perhaps betrayed some of the differences between Niang and Balotelli. The Milan player does not have quite the same power to his game, the same violent explosiveness which defines his Manchester City counterpart. Instead he relies more on pace and subtlety, characteristics which drew him comparisons in France with a rather different player: Thierry Henry.

As Niang, himself, observes, though, “it is better not to make comparisons”. As well as anything, Niang is young enough to still be developing his own game, drawing on the examples he sees around him, from El Shaarawy to Robinho and Boateng. The former Brazil striker Ronaldo is his long-standing idol. “I fell in love with football at the time when he was at Inter,” said Niang. “He was the ideal attacker for technique, power and speed.”

Although clearly a very long way from establishing himself as a player of that calibre, Niang’s game is probably more rounded than that of his hero. Where Ronaldo was happiest playing close to the goal, Niang can also be deployed in a more deep-lying role. As well as scoring against Reggina, he also served up numerous inviting passes for team-mates.

The manager Massimiliano Allegri sought to temper expectations after the game, insisting that Niang still had much to learn, but more telling than any words will be the club’s transfer activity next month. Berlusconi has said that Milan will consider “three or four” signings during the January window, yet it remains to be seen if any of those reinforcements will be up front.

There is no question that Milan need to do more to spread the load in that department. El Shaarawy’s phenomenal season has covered up for many shortcomings, but his 14 goals represent almost half the team’s offensive output. The next highest scorer, Giampaolo Pazzini, has just six, and three of those came in a single game back at the beginning of September.

A failure to reinforce in that department would suggest that Milan are prepared to continue placing their faith in youth, as they already have in the case of El Shaarawy. Niang is not about to become a regular starter overnight, but the fact that he followed up Thursday’s goal by making his third league appearance off the bench suggests Allegri is ready to start increasing his workload.

It will be Berlusconi’s hope that Niang will let him keep not only those clippers, but also his chequebook in his pocket.

[p_maldini_3]

Paulinho-Pato swap for Milan?
By Football Italia staff

There are new reports suggesting Milan could sell Alexandre Pato to Corinthians in exchange for midfielder Paulinho.

It was already claimed that Vice-President Adriano Galliani is flying out to Brazil to listen to offers for Pato and Robinho.

According to the latest rumours emerging from San Siro, the Rossoneri are hoping to coax Corinthians into releasing Paulinho as part of the €15m Pato deal.

It would be a coup for Milan, as Paulinho has long been a transfer target for rivals Inter.

Fresh from winning the Club World Cup, the 24-year-old is also linked with Chelsea.

[DCGweez]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... KZg3IOvLk#!


WHat a bunch of Poofs.