MASSIMILIANO ALLEGRI has given his view over the latest news.
There have been a lot of talk regarding the Milan and Mr. X, so today coach Massimiliano Allegri had a press conference at the Livorno Yacht Club to talk about what’s going on with Milan during this summer.
Reports again this morning suggested that Arsenal Captain Cesc Fabregas is the real target of Milan. Allegri, however, did not confirm or deny these claims, saying Milan will need an Andrea Pirlo-like player.
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Transfer Market
“We’ve not just discovered Fabregas this morning,” Allegri said today. “Having lost Pirlo, Milan need a player of important technical qualities. There are two months of the market left and Galliani knows perfectly what this side is missing. If a player arrives then he will have an important value and will certainly be Milan level.
“Paulo Henrique Ganso? He’s a great player, but he has to demonstrate that he can make it in Europe, and so does Neymar and Danilo [all from Santos]. Is Marek Hamsik a dream? He has never been a dream of ours. A lot of names have been mentioned by the press; Axel Witsel, Francesc Fabregas, Alberto Aquilani”
Milan have already made some moves in the transfer market. “Milan’s market has been excellent up until now,” he added. “We’ve strengthened on the left with Taye Taiwo, we’ve signed Philippe Mexes who is a world class player and El Shaarawy who is a kid with great quality. He’ll stay at Milan as he has a lot to prove.
Current Players and Squad
A lot has been spoken of Antonio Cassano’s future. While the newspapers and market experts believe the days of FantAntonio are numbered at Milan, the player and the club insists that he will stay this summer.
“Antonio Cassano will remain too. He joined us after two months of inactivity at Sampdoria, he scored four goals and laid on eight assists. He’ll be an extra value to us next season,” the former Cagliari boss said.
“Thiago Silva? Barcelona are not the only side who want him. He’s one of the best defenders around, two or three levels above the rest, apart from Sandro Nesta, but he extended his contract just a month ago.
“Our squad will be made up of 25 players this time around and not 32 like in the past term. I can only choose 11 to play at once. Our strength this term was that every player was ready when called upon.”
Next Season targets
Milan, like every year, will compete for three titles next season.
“We have no priority even if the first target is the Italian Super Cup,” Allegri continued. “When we start the season we have to be competitive in all three competitions. The League and the UCL are two different tournaments. You need consistency in Serie A, while you have to be ready at the right time in the CL.
“Last season we were knocked out of the latter a little bit too soon. In Europe Barcelona are superior to everyone, but we will be competitive with everybody else.”
Milan start the new season on July 12.
Yeah… Cassano stays..With Fabregras and Ganso we will win all championship..BTW Fabregras just visited my country..and the interview with local repporter he seemed like to join Barca..plays with his old friend messi..
Dude, you’re from Malaysia too? Going to Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool?
Nope..indonesian
Definitely Mr. X is Fabregas.
wow your starting to annoy me.. if allegri said its not fab, its not him! so what if raiola is in london.. he could be working on getting someone else.. heck it could even be essien..
nvm.. its definitely not essien.. haha.. but it doesnt have to be fabregas..
it’s Abel Taarabt
LMAO! Who?
for some reason i still think its Nasri or Bale.
I trust you Allegri that we will beat Barca and take their precious trophy THE UCL.
“Milan need an Andrea Pirlo type player”… Why not keep Andrea Pirlo??!! Considering he didn’t want to leave Milan his sale makes no sense to me.
Why chase Fabregas when that is just never going to happen, if Barcelona can’t get him off of Arsenal, how the hell are Milan going to ?
Luka Modric. Fantastic player, very ‘a la Pirlo’. Would not be as hard to get either.
You’re outside your mind if you think Modric is going to be easy at all to get.
Chelski have that on lockdown, and Manure are also bidding.
Not happening.
I dont like fabregas. he is overhyped and wont play his heart out for milan. He belongs to barca! I hate it when people say fabregas is mr x. Just look at his performance for asernal last term. What has he won for club??????????
A few points here the first an obvious one is the Mr.X situation, I dont think it will be fabregas cos if u look at his situation he has his heart set on a move to barca so even if we were to beat barca to him which is highly unlikely its still inevitable that he will play for barca sometime in the future, so fabregas is not Mr.X if u ask me who Mr.X is I would probably say nasri or vdv to be honest it could be anyone! so I dunno so no point arguing about Mr.X The… Read more »
i would like aquilani to join he will come cheep (around 10 mil)
and he is good midfilder
Juventus offered 10 and Liverpool denied it, didnt they?
no juve didnt want 2 offer 10 mil cuz there is little space in juve duo to pirlo arival
Here’s a possible 25 man squad that Allegri is talking about having, any suggestions on if there will be any changes? I left out Bonera and Oddo for obvious reasons! Feel free to add or remove players from who I think the 25 are… Forwards, Pato,Ibra,Robinho,Cassano,Inzaghi,Al Shaarawaay,Palosci
Midfield. KP Boatang,Ambrosini,Van Bommel,Flamini,Mr. X,Gattuso,Seedorff,Emanuelsen.
Defenders. Abate,Taiwo,Mexes,Nesta,TS,Antonini,Zambrotta,Yepes
GK’s. Abiaiti,Amelia
I dont think that Fabregas is Mr.X and probably it will not be an expensive player. I think that we will not pay like 30M € for one player. My favourite is Fellaini. He said that he´s gonna leave Everton for top klub and he wouldnt be that expensive. He is DM with good technique and excelent physic. I would be happy with him even if he isnt a “real champion”. Still he is improtant player in good league and its better than be a star in Belgium…
gr8 player but we need creative midfilder
who te fuck will be mr.x not bastian not montolivo not hamšik not fabregas who is actually remain
we dont need professional backpassrs like Fabregas
well mr.x aint ganso either..
Ryan
but we need good playmaker
At this point I don’t think we can rule anyone out. It’s too early in the transfer market. Galliani even said, we won’t make our biggest move until late August… Personally I’m hoping for Montolivo now and Ganso in January.
Ideally, I’d like to see us sign Asamoah, perhaps Poli and Ganso in January.
I also just have this weird feeling that we’re going to be making more than 1 or 2 purchases…Not to get anyone’s hopes up.
We need more than Ganso in order to compete for the CL.
I wonder why some are in such deep denial… Mr X is not Fabregas… Galliani and Allegri have both ruled it out. It’s not a guarantee he would adapt to our system anyways.
We will certainly get more than Ganso. I was hoping we could get Ganso in the summer… maybe convince him that being part of the project now is more important.
I don’t think he’ll want to desert Santos just yet.
That being said, if Neymar leaves before him, I doubt he’ll be loyal, considering Santos signed him not too long ago.
Giancarlo I told you before that Ganso will arrive in January.
You don’t tell me anything because you don’t back up anything you say. Ganso will arrive this summer end of story. If we don’t get him now, we will never sign him.
why get rid of pirlo if you’re just going to look for a clone of him two months later? he was still world class before he was injured and we were lost in the CL without him. im still upet with allegri for not letting him play the last few games at least as a a farewell.
Mr.X is…. ?????
X = ex = ex milan player = kaka??? I don’t think so, but why not?? Plus Ganso in January..
Kaka is a broken player… who is almost 30. Why not? Why so?
Boateng cannot play as the CAM next year. We will FAIL!
Wait, wait, wait. Ibra is nearly 30.
Well Ibra isn’t injury prone, and is in fantastic fitness. And I can’t say the same thing about Kaka. Why are people stuck in the past? This is exactly why we will fail in Europe. If we get Kaka, expect more of the same.
I think MR.X’s description matches Gareth Bale completely:
1. Blue Eyes, 2. Full Set of hair, 3. can shoot with both feet, 4. Left Mid field, 5. Tall as description, 6. Is in England where Raiola is.
Even if its not him I don’t think fabregas will join us. he will want Barca over everyone.
You can’t win CL With guys like MVB in your team. He’s to old and to slow. We need at least three new worldclass midfielders to have a chance on CL. Guys like: Bastian, Essien and Hamsik will be needed. I suppose that we won’t buy theese players so we won’t have a chance on CL.
I’m sorry, but who was it that has been in two CL finals with teams in the last 6 years? MVB!!! His age or pace do not matter, his head is fine and he is a leader.