AC Milan general spiel

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wtf seedorf is starting Juventus game instead of pato!???, how can we replace what could become (the best player in the world) with a waste of ass space seedorf, this is fucking unbelievable, i think as long as stupid ancelotti incharge and seedorf is still a life, no new telent will ever become a first team starters, fucking hell i don't believe even maradona on his prime can shift seedorf ass out in the bench while ancelotti have this gay love relationship with him.

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ANCELOTTI - NO CHELSEA ULTIMATUM
www.sportinglife.com – By Ben Gladwell, PA Sport, Milan

AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has denied he has been set an ultimatum to agree to take over as manager of Chelsea next season. Instead, the Rossoneri coach claims he will continue in charge at the San Siro. Speaking after the 1-1 draw at home to Juventus which all but ended Milan's hopes of catching city rivals Inter in the race for the Serie A title, Ancelotti branded speculation of an ultimatum as "rubbish".

"It is not a problem which concerns me," he said. "I don't have to give my availability. The time has not yet come for me to be replaced at Milan."

Ancelotti still has a year left to run on his contract with Milan and Sunday night's draw should be enough to guarantee them a place in the Champions League next season. Having won Europe's premier club competition twice already with the Rossoneri, Ancelotti has no intention of leaving just when the chance of completing a hat-trick remains.

"It's easier to win in Europe with Milan than with other clubs so I am staying here," he added. On the domestic front, though, Ancelotti has conceded Milan's Scudetto hopes are now over.

It is four seasons since Milan last won the title, but a win last night would have reduced Inter's lead to just five points with three games remaining. But their rivals can now clinch a fourth straight title by beating Siena at the San Siro on Sunday night, regardless of how Milan get on at Udinese 24 hours earlier.

"That issue had already been dealt with," he said. "Our aim is to get one more win to finish in the top three. "It is not going to be easy at Udinese because they are in good form, but we should be able to take the points home with us from one of the next three games."

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am i the only one that wants Carletto to pack up and go and manage Ch£l$ki? although if we do that i think they will put Leonardo in charge instead of hiring Rijkaard or MVB for example, the cheap and quick option

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San Siro stalemate leaves old men of Serie A needing new faces

With Claudio Ranieri and Carlo Ancelotti likely to depart this summer it is time for Juve and Milan to look to the future

– By Paolo Bandini Monday 11 May 2009 15.14 BST

The Old Lady must be working on a picture book. "Juve turn the page" roars the headline in Tuttosport this morning, but Claudio Ranieri's side are still just drawing on the present one. There was plenty to admire in the way Juventus attacked Milan at San Siro last night, but the game still finished 1-1. Juventus have now drawn five of their last six league games, and haven't won since a 4-1 rout of Roma on 21 March.

This result suited Milan better than it did Juventus. True, a win would have allowed the Rossoneri to close the gap on league leaders Inter to five points but, with only three games remaining, that would have been a fairly meaningless statistic. "Let's not kid ourselves, the title discussion was over a long time ago," offered Carlo Ancelotti afterwards. Milan have now all but secured second place and, a year after they failed to qualify for the Champions League altogether, that will suffice.

Both teams, though, are already looking further ahead and it will be the events of the next three months, rather than the next three weeks, that determine whether either can present a more credible challenge to Inter's hegemony next time around. Watching Sunday's game in isolation, one might have supposed that Juventus – energetic, organised and unfortunate to fall a goal behind midway through the second half, then quick to respond once they had – were better equipped. In reality it is hard to know where either side will go from here.

For starters, neither manager is certain to be back next season. Ancelotti has been heavily linked with a move to Chelsea, whereas Ranieri looks unlikely to be kept on in Turin. Although he was quick to insist the situation "has not deteriorated" since his row with Mauro Camoranesi at half-time of last week's 2-2 draw with Lecce, the sense that he has lost the dressing room lingers. His decision to start Alessandro The Waterboy on the bench yesterday, while totally vindicated by the performance of Vincenzo Iaquinta, had echoes of Ruud Gullit dropping Alan Shearer at Newcastle.

Former Juventus captain Antonio Conte, now manager of Bari, Roma manager Luciano Spalletti and Genoa manager Gian Piero Gasperini are the three potential replacements who have been touted in Turin over the past week. A case could be made for all of those, but any incoming manager will need great confidence to take on a squad with high expectations and a number of talented but ageing players – The Waterboy, who came on as a substitute to make his 600th appearance for Juventus yesterday, included – who will not take kindly to being phased out of the first team.

That Juve need new faces, most notably in defence and on the wings, is beyond doubt – Tuttosport followed up a report that the team was nearing deals with Fabio Cannavaro and Werder Bremen's Diego with a number of editorials insisting that this was "not enough" – but they could also make better use of what they have. Sebastian Giovinco is a bright prospect and needs more first-team opportunities, but Iaquinta, too, was overlooked far too often in the first half of the season. He has now scored nine goals in Serie A this season, having started just 14 games.

Ancelotti, at least, is sympathetic to Ranieri's plight. "It is not nice to see a colleague's job being discussed," he said after the game, adding that the Tinkerman had "done well" at Juventus. He had earlier been fielding questions on his own future, pointing out once again that he has a year remaining on his current contract, yet simultaneously failing to reject outright the notion that he could leave. "You say I need to make a statement on my future after Milan v Juventus," he noted. "You are wrong."

Roberto Donadoni was once seen as Ancelotti's most likely successor, but his appointment at Napoli, and his underwhelming start there, would appear to rule him out. Frank Rijkaard and Marco Van Basten have both been mooted more recently, but Franco Baresi, who has been coaching the club's youth teams since 2002, could be just the sort of company man that Silvio Berlusconi tends to prefer.

Milan, too, have an ageing squad, and difficult decisions will have to be made. Andrea Pirlo has missed time with injuries this year, but even when present has failed to live up to his usual high standards. Clarence Seedorf, meanwhile, may have scored yesterday, but his occasional strikes only serve to mask lethargic performances in which he gives the ball away with alarming frequency. Ronaldinho has failed to live up to expectations and could be moved on. The defence, as ever, is too old, and the pressure on Thiago Silva, training with the club since January but unable to play for Milan until next season, to step in and perform to a high level right away will be immense.

Most worringly, the team continues to rely far too heavily on Kaka, and it is not inconceivable that he could be on his way to Real Madrid this summer. If he goes, any proceeds will need to be immediately reinvested. If they are not, this team will once again struggle to finish in the top four, let alone challenge for the title.

In the meantime, both teams have to sit and watch Inter stroll to a fourth consecutive title. Juventus still have work to do to secure third place – and with it automatic qualification to the Champions League group stage – after fourth-placed Fiorentina closed to within three points this weekend. Before they can even worry about that, though, they just need to work out how to win another game.

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Accoring to , Milan have made a £40m bid for Tevez.

[San Paolo]

The Star hardly reliable source but i so hope this is true! lol

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Yeah sounds like bullshit alright, but it says Tevez's agent was in the directors box for the game with Rubentus.

Silvio Berlusconi blames Carlo Ancelotti for Milan's Serie A troubles
• Chelsea's No1 choice as manager feels president's wrath
• 'We lost the title because of Ancelotti,' says Berlusconi

www.guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 12 May 2009 12.39 BST

The Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has accused Carlo Ancelotti of wasting the club's season, according to Italy's La Repubblica newspaper. Chelsea's No1 choice to replace Guus Hiddink in the summer, who met officials from Stamford Bridge last night, was singled out for criticism by Berlusconi during the Italian Prime Minister's visit to Sharm El Sheik in Egpyt

"We lost the title because of Ancelotti," Berlusconi is quoted as saying. "Many times we did not use the right tactics. We have so many good ball players and should have based our football on this asset, but we did the opposite."

The Rossoneri's vice-president, Adriano Galliani, refused to comment on the reports. "As club director, I do not wish to comment on the president's words that were published in the papers," Galliani told La Gazzetta dello Sport. "We will think of the future once we have secured the Champions League spot."

Originally taken from:
http://www.repubblica.it/2008/12/sport/ ... sharm.html