Duck boy

[Buddha]

Can't say I've seen that much of Pato since he moved to Milan, but fuck me he must be pulling up trees if the figures being banded around for him are anything to go by.

Is he that good at 19? Should we be splashing our whole budget on buying the next Brazilian superstar for our forward 3?

Please enlighten me.

 

[Mystic]

He's very very good, he scores goals, top quality goals at that.

I think he's got about 15 goals in 35 matches or something close to that.

He's young and looks like he has the world at his feet, I'd love him here, but no way could we afford him.

 

[Buddha]

[quote author=Mystic link=topic=33981.msg882115#msg882115 date=1244118399]
He's very very good, he scores goals, top quality goals at that.

I think he's got about 15 goals in 35 matches or something close to that.

He's young and looks like he has the world at his feet, I'd love him here, but no way could we afford him.
[/quote]

Would he be able to play left/right of Torres? The price quoted is about 35-40m. We could afford that if we offloaded the expected array of deadwood.

Do we really want a big-name marquee signing to add sheer quality to the 1st 11, or are we going to settle for another 3-4 sqaud players?

 

[keniget]

We can't afford to pay 40M for any player no matter how good he is.

 

[Oncy]

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[quote author=Mystic link=topic=33981.msg882115#msg882115 date=1244118399]
He's very very good, he scores goals, top quality goals at that.

I think he's got about 15 goals in 35 matches or something close to that.

He's young and looks like he has the world at his feet, I'd love him here, but no way could we afford him.
[/quote]

Would he be able to play left/right of Torres? The price quoted is about 35-40m. We could afford that if we offloaded the expected array of deadwood.

Do we really want a big-name marquee signing to add sheer quality to the 1st 11, or are we going to settle for another 3-4 sqaud players?
[/quote]You're living in a fantasy world.

 

[Skullflower]

[quote author=keniget link=topic=33981.msg882144#msg882144 date=1244121133]
We can't afford to pay 40M for any player no matter how good he is.


[/quote]

we can, but rafa will never do it.

 

[Squiggles]

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[quote author=keniget link=topic=33981.msg882144#msg882144 date=1244121133]
We can't afford to pay 40M for any player no matter how good he is.


[/quote]

we can, but rafa will never do it.
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And rightly so.

He's be slaughtered if he spent £35m on a striker with potential who doesn't fit.

Ribery's the only player he could justify spending big on this summer but sadly everyone else wants him too.

 

[Sunny]

[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=33981.msg882146#msg882146 date=1244121165]
[quote author=Buddha link=topic=33981.msg882142#msg882142 date=1244121062]
[quote author=Mystic link=topic=33981.msg882115#msg882115 date=1244118399]
He's very very good, he scores goals, top quality goals at that.

I think he's got about 15 goals in 35 matches or something close to that.

He's young and looks like he has the world at his feet, I'd love him here, but no way could we afford him.
[/quote]

Would he be able to play left/right of Torres? The price quoted is about 35-40m. We could afford that if we offloaded the expected array of deadwood.

Do we really want a big-name marquee signing to add sheer quality to the 1st 11, or are we going to settle for another 3-4 sqaud players?
[/quote]You're living in a fantasy world.
[/quote]


He's living in a material world and he is a material girl.

 

[Roger REDerer]

I talked about him big time before he even joined Milan, boldly predicting that he was going to be the next big thing in world football, once he joined Milan....and less than a year, he's blossoming just nicely.

Mark my words, Pato will be the best striker in the world very soon. I've seen enough to dare predict that he would be better than Torres. He's only 19 and already as fast (or dare I say, faster) than Torres. Packs a powerful, lethal shot, can dribble as well as Ronaldo (the original one, Brazilian), and above all, intelligent.

You can all spit and laugh in my face now. It dont matter, cos one day you and I will be marveling this kid together in awe.

 

[Pesam]

[quote author=Roger REDerer link=topic=33981.msg882204#msg882204 date=1244127265]


You can all spit and laugh in my face now.
[/quote]

I consider you a waste of saliva - please die.

 

[rebel23]

he will be fantastic in 3-4 years time of regular football

we don't have the patience to play a raw 18 year old until he turns good, if we want to fight for titles that is

 

[Buddha]

[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=33981.msg882146#msg882146 date=1244121165]
[quote author=Buddha link=topic=33981.msg882142#msg882142 date=1244121062]
[quote author=Mystic link=topic=33981.msg882115#msg882115 date=1244118399]
He's very very good, he scores goals, top quality goals at that.

I think he's got about 15 goals in 35 matches or something close to that.

He's young and looks like he has the world at his feet, I'd love him here, but no way could we afford him.
[/quote]

Would he be able to play left/right of Torres? The price quoted is about 35-40m. We could afford that if we offloaded the expected array of deadwood.

Do we really want a big-name marquee signing to add sheer quality to the 1st 11, or are we going to settle for another 3-4 sqaud players?
[/quote]You're living in a fantasy world.
[/quote]

Granted a fantasy in terms of "would Rafa ever do that", but in theory we could do it - we'll have 35-40m to spend incl sales this summer (excluding any Xabi sale).

It's what Man utd do most summers - and most people vilify Rafa for not spending big on 1/2 players instead of spreading it thin.

 

[Oncy]

[quote author=Pesam link=topic=33981.msg882207#msg882207 date=1244127564]
[quote author=Roger REDerer link=topic=33981.msg882204#msg882204 date=1244127265]


You can all spit and laugh in my face now.
[/quote]

I consider you a waste of saliva - please die.
[/quote]

Thats completely over the top. Pack it in.

 

[MaschedUp]

If we could sign one player this summer, I'd want Aguero. He's that good.

 

[Rouge Penguin]

i said in the kaka thread it would be worth a look with all the turmoil going on there. Didn't realise they were talking euro million win numbers.

I suppose anyone worth buying's going to be 25m+ with the chavs, scum, real and barca all sniffing about.

Sets a horrible future out for world future in years to come though. Are we talking 50m bench mark next summer?

 

[rebel23]

Milan have turned down a "monster offer" from an English club for Brazilian teenager Alexandre Pato, according to the club's vice-president Adriano Galliani.

The 19-year-old striker has been strongly linked with a move to Chelsea, now managed by former Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti, but Galliani insists Pato will stay at the San Siro and will be offered a contract extension. Pato yesterday confirmed his desire to stay at Milan, a statement which delighted the Milan chief.

"Pato will get a contract extension," said Galliani. "I am absolutely delighted by Pato's comments. We have always spoken to Pato and the comments that arrive from other continents usually are mistaken. There were no doubts and there are no doubts regarding his future.

"The only offer that has arrived to our club was a monster offer from England for Alexandre Pato. I continue to believe that there isn't a player in the world that is as strong as him of his age. In any case, no one should worry because he is under contract [until] June 2012."

Pato finished as Milan's second-highest scorer behind Kaka in Serie A last season with 15 goals in 36 appearances. And Milan may yet try to bolster their strikeforce further by signing Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor.

The Rossoneri's top summer target remains Wolfsburg's Edin Dzeko – but with the German club reluctant to sell last season's Bundesliga top scorer, Milan may have to look elsewhere.

"We are only looking for a forward, and our aim is Dzeko," added Galliani. "He is a Wolfsburg player, and they have a right to keep him – even though he continues to claim that his desire is to come to Milan.

"From experience, I know it's difficult to keep a player whose wish is to leave. If we fail to get Dzeko then [Sevilla striker] Luis Fabiano could be an alternative – as could Adebayor."

Milan have expressed an interest in Togo international Adebayor in the past, but Arsenal are thought to be keen on keeping the 25-year-old striker.

"We had a meeting with [Arsenal coach Arsene] Wenger, but they didn't offer him [Adebayor] to us. "Had they done that, we would have entered talks."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jun/25/milan-reject-pato-offer