SILVIO BERLUSCONI could decide to increase Milan’s incredibly low transfer budget next Sunday.
Milan have spent €4.9 million in total for new players this summer, and the fans are very far from happy with the current squad which would struggle greatly to compete with the teams in Italy, let alone in Europe.
The Rossoneri know it’d be tough to win something next year and even Massimo Ambrosini admitted that this squad is a few levels below the squads of Europe’s elite teams. Milan are waiting for more transfers.
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But the transfer budget is very low and it’d be tough for Milan to even sign a player in the caliber of Alessandro Matri, who is not exactly a top striker. According to today’s La Gazzetta dello Sport, Adriano Galliani and Silvio Berlusconi will meet on Sunday after the Trofeo Berlusconi to discuss the market.
The story about he extra-budget meeting on La Gazzetta dello Sport (screenshot)
Galliani needs more money from Berlusconi, who has already made it clear that in this economy, Milan are unable to spend a lot, in order to make moves at the end of the summer and make the squad more competitive. The two will also talk about Kaka of Real Madrid. Berlusconi wants him, but the costs at the moment are beyond Milan’s limits. But if extra budget will be approved, Milan may be able to sign Kaka.
The last week of the market is the time of Adriano Galliani but even Uncle Fester can’t pull deals with no money. On Sunday evening there could be an important meeting regarding Milan’s 2012/2013 season.
August 15th, 2012 on 11:19 am
ffp only applys to milan, juve spent so much, they will prob go all the way in cl, cant wait to c them against real madrid. they got a fantastic team. im just dissapointed in milan management, how they treated this great club, and fans. very saddddd//
August 15th, 2012 on 11:19 am
I Hope Galliani Would Be Able to Convince Berlu to Bring Out Cash.
August 15th, 2012 on 8:07 pm
it’s 15/8. now are the last 2 weeks. this is always gallianis time
August 15th, 2012 on 8:09 pm
According to Marca(or whatever it is), Milan will launch a 13mil bid for Kaka which could reach the limit of 16mil with wages up to 8mil…our targets are also Dossena and Rossi
August 15th, 2012 on 8:10 pm
I’m personally not bothered by how big our budget is. The problem is the quality of the signings that have come in. Some people will believe that these things are directly linked but I’m of the belief you can get a team full of quality on a low budget, you just need to be a little smarter than Milan have been in recent transfer windows.
August 15th, 2012 on 8:13 pm
dis dredd guy kips repeating himself…kip typing d same thing. Y dn’t u jas join another club n save us all d agony of seeing ur name on a comment. n come back when d clubb is gettin beta. N if berlu sells part of d club, d money goes to his pocket, n if he decide nt to spend it on milan there’s nufin u can do about it. Moreover even d buyer wouldn’t be able to spend more cuz of ffp.
August 15th, 2012 on 8:15 pm
I thnk wth modric signin fo madrid , madrid wud gve us kaka becz oviously he wont fit in the frst 11 nd am sure dat da posibility of kaka cmin to us has arised wth us mkin a 13mil bid wch is so kul .
August 15th, 2012 on 8:21 pm
is either u doing 1 thing n stick to it than come last minute n change up the whole thing , i have faith in my club still but please dont take us on a ride to nowhere . FORZA MILAN
August 15th, 2012 on 8:32 pm
@1five1, are you in support with the way milan management is operating the team. Increase budget or not, just bring in new, quality and young players at least 3.
August 15th, 2012 on 8:36 pm
Stop lifting up ur hopes b’cos nothing good will come out of that meeting.
August 15th, 2012 on 9:00 pm
13m bid. yer right. i smell something. lol. galliani asking berlu for cashh. even more, the smell just got worse…lololololol
August 15th, 2012 on 9:02 pm
Time is running out!
August 15th, 2012 on 9:07 pm
Can’t WAIT to see El Shaarawy tonight!!! This for him should be operation “Proving-Ground”
August 15th, 2012 on 9:30 pm
I love the smell of desperation.
calm down.
August 15th, 2012 on 9:31 pm
@dredd man jst shut up . I hve read most of ur comments nd most of them are jst critising milan . If u dnt hve anythng to comment abwt then i sugest u shut up plz
August 15th, 2012 on 9:31 pm
Milan management shuld add some qulity in that so dat we can charange in ucl nd seria A. Milan all the way!
August 15th, 2012 on 9:36 pm
Francelino Matuzalem is close to following Javier Garrido out the door at Lazio and Milan could be an option for the 32-year-old.
August 15th, 2012 on 9:54 pm
32 year old mid-fielder, no thanks…that’s a contradiction of our “youth policy” transition we supposedly under-going!!!
August 15th, 2012 on 10:19 pm
Berlusconi is too nostalgic. It makes more sense to buy Nuri Sahin instead of Kaka. Sahin would be better in the long run and he would not cost as much as Kaka, especially his salary.
Sahin is also much younger and promising!
August 15th, 2012 on 10:47 pm
I Think Sahin Move Will Announce Tommarrow Night by Liverpool…
We lost him I think
August 15th, 2012 on 10:33 pm
Van Persie going to ManU (for 24m)
August 15th, 2012 on 10:43 pm
ill shut up wen milan sign som quality players, yer, until then, party on wooooooo.,…
August 15th, 2012 on 10:49 pm
Patoooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 15th, 2012 on 10:51 pm
I Think in this Two Week, We going to take some good Players..
Bendtner(Mexes), Kaka, Yanga Mbiwa, Rossi…
August 15th, 2012 on 11:04 pm
bendtner, no thanks, matri better. kaka yer but need another like belhanda. hes awsome dude chek him out…
August 15th, 2012 on 11:21 pm
Pato scored 2 goals in the 14 minutes of playing time he got today!!!
August 15th, 2012 on 11:37 pm
plz wats d scores btw italy vs england
August 15th, 2012 on 11:52 pm
After watching Italy Vs. England,, I am 100% assured now that our worst screw up in this summer transfer window is losing Destro.. Despite his young age, this young man is going to be a legend very soon!!
August 16th, 2012 on 12:22 am
Pato had pure luck. He’s still a bench player in the Brazilian NT.
August 16th, 2012 on 12:23 am
destro was awful, honestly. Sharawiy was bad but he didn’t c destro’s chance, twas more of miscommunication btw d mid n attack of italy dat made him had a bad game. Ogbonna was gud.
Off topic…did u guys c pato, 2nyte?
August 16th, 2012 on 1:30 pm
Destro was great! Gabbiadini’s one of those players you can tell right away is completely average, like Borriello
August 16th, 2012 on 12:43 am
Actually Destro was quite good..his runs in behind the defence were good, good awareness in the box and his finishing was…well let’s just say better than robinho’s. Looks like he might have been worth taking a gamble on instead of freaking BENDTNER!!!!! Seriously there’s something’s very wrong with our scouts imo to actually like this guy.
ES 92 was average…don’t blame him though seeing that its his first game with the NT i.e nerves would play a part so don’t judge.
Pato imo showed good movement..something we haven’t seen him do for Milan for quite some time..yes luck played a part but you make your own luck sometimes. Let’s just hope this bodes well for his confidence so he can carry what is a very average Milan attack this season….
August 16th, 2012 on 1:09 am
Things we learn from this friendlies:
1) We must buy yanga (what a defender), i wouldn’t call him thiago´s replacemente because he is going to get a name on his own. (he was perfect today).
2) Pato need playing time (he played well, good runs, and a bit lucky at goal today).
3) Abate good game, he need to work on the final play (if it a cross, a pass, etc…) he is fast and has alot of energy, but is final touch is weak (very weak in my opinion).
4) SES, well where do i start, bad game for him today. he has alot of potencial, but he need confidence. He was fast today, but he was thinking with his leg no his mind. I hope he has a great season.
5) Nocerino, believe me he is going to have a great season. he has alot of confidence, and he has the energy for 20 men. Good offensive and defensive (pretty good game today).
August 16th, 2012 on 1:19 am
Players to watch this season (in my opinion on the friendlies i saw);
Valbuena (france) – pretty good passing, and can play in the cam position.
Gonalons (france) – reminded me of a defensive nocerino, alot of energy, and good defensive positioning.
Jallet (france) – played pretty well when he came from the bench.
Max Perreira (uruguay) – good defensive lb, although a prefer abate.
Vertonghen (belgium) – pretty good defender, first time i see him play, but had a almost perfect match.
Witsel (belgium) – no need to say much about him.
Mertens (belgium) – for me he was the best player for blegium, good goal positioning, fast, and has alot of energy.
Diamanti (italy) – i have been suprised by him, he is playing very good.
any comments?
August 16th, 2012 on 1:27 am
Italy lost to England 1-2. El Sharaawy made like 5 touches all game… not involved much. Nocerino and Abate were ok. Acerbi and De Siglio didnt play.
August 16th, 2012 on 1:36 am
Nice, at last. I know they will increase the budget, it has to be done, give Galliani a 30 million budget, and he’ll pull off great things with it.
This time of the summer – Uncle Fester time.
August 16th, 2012 on 1:46 am
i’m starting to be more and more against the kaka move… having bad premonitions… it definitely won’t be as bad as the sheva move (kaka still plays well for madrid, sheva wasn’t for Chelsea) but we’re supposed to focus on youth, not on bringing back aging stars. forget kaka, and go for a young mid and a tall, under 27 years old striker with good finishing. I mean, if we can spend 13-16mil on kaka, we can spend the same on luuk de jong or lewandowski, no? then for the mid we should get another playmaker. we can’t have monty doing all the playmaking – what happens if he’s injured or needs a rest?
August 16th, 2012 on 3:46 am
Sell:
Yepes
Cassano
Buy:
Davide Astori
Davide Santon
Cristian Eriksen
Marek Hamsik
Leandro Damiao
————————–Abbiati———————–
————Acerbi/Mexes———–Astori—————
–Abate—————————————–Santon–
————————-Montolivo———————-
——-Nocerino/Boateng————Eriksen/Emanuelson—
———————–Hamsik/Robinho——————-
———————————-Damiao/Shaarawy——-
—————-Pato/Damiao—————————–
August 16th, 2012 on 4:28 am
Today is 16/8…. what can we hope? Nobody famous come!
August 16th, 2012 on 6:11 am
Dries mertens!
August 16th, 2012 on 6:30 am
instead of signing bentner milan must sign song.he is good dmf.can buy with swap deal with mexes and some amount may be 4 mil extra.
wait till next sunday
August 16th, 2012 on 8:51 am
you must be stupid, you think song is worth mexes +4 million, maybe try 15 million
August 16th, 2012 on 6:51 am
EXTRA BUDGET!
if Galliani is asking for Extra Budget, then 4.9 million was theirs this summer transfer budget?
NOW I AM PISSED! B&G
August 16th, 2012 on 1:32 pm
actually considering the sales, the budget so far has been -55m
August 16th, 2012 on 7:51 am
calm down player must surely come B4 d end of dis transfer window.
August 16th, 2012 on 8:09 am
U guys do suprise me alot, d transfer is not over,i, personally ‘ve confidence in our management. Cos dey will never let us down,cool guyz. The wonder will surely show up at tail end of…. U,knew it!
August 16th, 2012 on 8:13 am
I hope a player arrive or else Europa league qualification will be difficult for us. Milan need players with high quality in order to compete.
August 16th, 2012 on 8:50 am
@Milanfan – Agree with what you mentioned regarding bringing back Kaka vs getting a younger player that fits his role. Ganso fits this role perfectly has the technicality, hight and strength though he is a bit slow in counter attacks. Eriksen from Ajax has all the technicalities that we need. Although he’s short but fast, team player, has vision of the game and can smash the ball hard, free kicks/passing is excellent and he’s young. He reminds me of Schnider style of play. One good advantage about Kaka though that he can lead the team as a captain after Amro who i think it could be his last season. Anyways there are few names out there, all we need is:
1. Extra budget
2. Selecting the right young players Milan needs in all departments
3. Galliani doing his magic in negotiations
Too bad we don’t have Leonardo any more to help us in point 2 & 3. Now if Milan owner and management wants to discuss not only maximizing the budget but also how they will react to fans and public after their contradicting speeches regarding low budget, bad economy and FFP etc… !!!!! I say just forget about it fans will forget what you said/forgive you once they see real good signing and good competitive team performance. So just splash the cash and bang on the buck. Cheers every one Forza Milan
August 16th, 2012 on 9:38 am
sahin is available on loan..why not go for him..
August 16th, 2012 on 11:50 am
i hope that budget to be bringed to buy new attacking midfielder.
milan midfield line are low creative and vision.
August 16th, 2012 on 12:20 pm
I hope this is not a ploy to make the fans buy more season tickets.