I'm going to post this here despite anything related to transfers seemingly goes to the rumor commode, because a) it is not a rumor and b) I don't expect "rumor commode posters" to understand this.
(Yes, offense meant).
One thing people don't understand is that Galliani is not a planner. He isn't a football expert. Galliani doesn't sit in his office in February and think, my god we need a trequartista who is fast and dynamic, or think we need someone with close control and precise touch. Galliani is definitely not that guy. Galliani is an entrepreneur. He is a business man. He's an opportunist. He waits and observes the market carefully before jumping at the best chances.
Do you think last June Galliani had any idea that we'll buy Ibra and Robinho? No. Absolutely not. But he saw opportunities and he took them. Just refer to his recent quote “It takes a little imagination and that's what we do here at Milan. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't”.
So my point is, there is absolutely no Mr. X or Mr. Y or all that bullshit. That's just media farce. If there's anything we know about Galliani, and about Milan, is that they joke with the media to avoid responding seriously. Berlusconi does it all the time, so does Galliani, and now it seems that Allegri has learned.
Simply put, Milan has no idea which player(s) we are going to buy. Galliani likes Ganso, a lot. But is he guaranteed to come? No. He is non-EU, injury prone, and might cost a lot. If you notice Galliani's words, sometimes he says we could sign Ganso, and other times he says we have Boateng as a trequartista and we don't need another one. So he isn't certain. He doesn't know for sure. Another target, Hamsik. I think Allegri personally requested him and he likes him a lot, and that's why we're linked with him. So Galliani is trying to get him, and Raiola is working on it. But then Berlusconi dismisses the rumors in his political conference in Naples, simply to win over the crowd. So is Hamsik guaranteed to come? No. Is he guaranteed not to come? No. We simply don't know yet.
Other players, like Nasri or Aquilani, are being mentioned because they are market opportunities. If Nasri indeed is going to leave Arsenal, be sure that Milan will be interested. If Juve don't sign Aquilani, make no mistake, Milan will try to get him. Because they're opportunities that are too good to pass on.
The rest, like Fabregas and Pastore, are big names with inflated market price. They definitely interest us, but would be very very hard to get. These are the dreams. These are the unrealistic players. Could we afford them? Sure. Berlusconi could. And he'd pay for them without hesitation,
IF an opportunity presents itself.
Basically Milan are not mentioning names because there is no "Mr. X". Nobody knows who will we sign. Not even the management. It is simple politics. Keeping all the options open and not spitting words they might regret later if they fail to fulfill their promises.
Personally I think we will get Hamsik (Allegri's request), Ganso (if they change the non-EU rules) because Galliani has a big boner for him, and Aquilani (if Juve don't buy him, and we'll get rid of Flamini in return).
But is this guarantees? No. What is guaranteed is that we will sign players. Important ones, that match our Champions League ambitions. The names however are not clear yet.