Alberto Aquilani Thread

AC_Wesley said:

He got the looks, the style, the name, the nationality and the notorious Milan face.

Plus! Aquilani got game

She's an 12 out of 10.

Ppl trippin'.

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Christian said:

Yes, fidanzata definetly does at least (Think Alberto might as well)

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Pedro said:

Just Yes

Him + Ganso plz, PLZ, PLZZZzz.. our new mid, our new AM, adding creativity.. adding awesomeness ...and all without paying huge on transfer sums and wages

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Sonny.Bill.Williams said:

Just No

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sushanmilano said:

look at the positives dude, another player pushing flamoney down the pecking order

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"Conte prende del tempo e quindi noi ci stiamo muovendo per vedere cosa possiamo ottenere". Franco Zavaglia, agente di Aquilani, a Radio Manà Manà manda chiari messaggi alla dirigenza della Juventus: "Se Conte vuole giocare con due centrocampisti, di certo non è Aquilani il partner ideale per Pirlo. Serve di più un giocatore muscolare e non sono le caratteristiche di Alberto. O cambiano il sistema di gioco, altrimenti devono fare le loro riflessioni".

Zavaglia ha escluso un possibile ritorno di Aquilani alla Roma: "Penso che sia una cosa molto remota. Non è facile che questo avvenga in virtù del fatto che il Liverpool ha speso una certa cifra, e oggi riacquistare un calciatore per cifre diverse da quelle della cessione per loro sarebbe un autogol. Il Liverpool non lo regala, per loro è un giocatore importante". Altre voci vogliono Aquilani prossimo a un trasferimento al Milan: "Sono solo indiscrezioni giornalistiche, ma ad oggi nessuno si è mosso in quel senso - spiega l'agente -. Non ho avuto contatti con la dirigenza rossonera".

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joyirider said:

if he's a hardworker, with some accurate passing and good crossing + technique

then he's welcome

but we don't needanother flamini

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Da quando la Juventus è tornata in serie A, indipendentemente da chi ci fosse alla guida, c'è stato un susseguirsi selvaggio di acquisti a centrocampo, nella zona nevralgica: Almiron, Tiago, Sissoko, Poulsen, Felipe Melo, Aquilani. Giocatori con caratteristiche diverse che, per un motivo o per l'altro, non sono riusciti a fare la differenza nella Juve. Nel corso degli anni molti di questi giocatori sono stati ceduti con minusvalenza annessa, quest'estate ci saranno altre partenze, per l'ennesima rivoluzione. Che i tifosi juventini sperano sia quella decisiva.

Con gli arrivi di Pirlo e Pazienza (la cui ufficialità è attesa nella prossima settimana), lasceranno la Juventus Aquilani e Felipe Melo. Le ultime dichiarazioni del brasiliano non sono piaciute alla società che lo ha messo in vendita. Impossibile rientrare dei 25 milioni spesi nel 2009 per strapparlo alla Fiorentina, più facile utilizzare Melo come pedina di scambio per arrivare a qualche giocatore gradito. La Juventus avrebbe chiesto al Real Madrid Lassana Diarra offrendo in cambio il brasiliano. Il francese, che piace molto a Conte, andrebbe così a formare un centrocampo con Marchisio, Pirlo, Pazienza, e Sissoko (confermato dal nuovo tecnico bianconero). Un nuovo centrocampo, per l'ennesima rivoluzione.

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The Bear said:

It's difficult to believe that we could, realistically, sign Aquilani and Nasri for under €25m. Both EU, both under 30, both capable of playing in the mezz'ala role. Ganso or any other excessively-priced midfielders can wait, bagging those two to replace Pirlo would be fantastic. Ambro, van Bommel and Strasser for holding spot, Boateng on the right, left or behind the front two.

May seem a little top heavy, but everyone will get the chance to play and we won't be able to challenge on more than one front without great depth. Like most I assume, I'd rather one of Hamsik, Pastore or Ganso arrive but the latter two aren't eligible at the moment while Hamsik is, well, unsellable from Napoli's point of view and would demand a ridiculous fee.

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deim said:

if you rate flamini as a good player, than aquilani is a ballon d’or candidate.

for us flamini is absolutely useless, he just can run like a horse... even gattuso has a better technique, vision and passing.

replacing flamini with aquilani... don't be silly and say this wouldn't be a smart move.

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Ash said:

Flamini is a bench player, you think Aquilani will be alright being a bench player?

As a starter for LCM, he would only be a mediocre version of Pirlo...

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HeroMaldini said:

im just wairing for the texts from my mates who are liverpool fans sayin "hahaaa you got our rejects, aqualani is shit" etc. etc.

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Fiero said:

First thing we need to consider when judging a transfer target is his availability. Aquilani is available. Liverpool want to sell him, he wants to leave them, and Juventus don't want to buy him. Liverpool have set a price of 10 million euros on him.

Aquilani has an unfair reputation due to many reasons. First of all, he has a bad injury history, but so does players like Robben and Sneijder who are considered among the best in the world, as well as our very own captain Massimo Ambrosini. Then there's the fact that he's always lived in De Rossi's shadow. Both are midfielders, born in Rome, who play(ed) for Roma and support the club. So for outsiders, Aquilani has always been living in De Rossi's shadow. Just like how Ambrosini lives in Gattuso's shadow, or Costacurta lived in Maldini's. (For shallow non-Milan fans, in general).

Then add to that the fact that on this forum there is a weird anti-Italian thing. If a player is Italian, he's suddenly crap. Like many people here rate Asamoah or Witsel more than Aquilani or Montolivo, which is shocking and biased, but whatever. The last wrong assumption about Aquilani is that people consider him a poor man's Pirlo, while he's not. Pirlo's technique on the ball is matched to none, so was his vision 4 years ago, but that's a discussion we have all the time and it's irrelevant now. Aquilani is a different player. He's much more mobile, more energetic, A LOT tougher (don't get fooled by his general weak looks, he could be bad ass), better defensively, and helps out a lot more in attack. Aquilani has always been sort of an AM, until this year under Delneri when he improved his defensive side. In his words "I am now more of a central midfielder," "Before I was further forward in the offensive phase, but I have to have more balance and be careful also in defense. Delneri has changed me, I can now defend."

So now that the false assumptions have been rubbished, let's discuss Aquilani. As a profile, he fits Milan perfectly. Italian, fairly young, has a Milan face, plays for La Nazionale, and has experience at top clubs. Plus he has a great character and no one has complained about him and we've never seen him cause any trouble. He isn't a primadonna that wants to start every game or a spoiled brat that wants crazy salary. He left Liverpool to go back to Italy in order to get back to the national team, that's a sign of ambition. And he's willing to lower his salary to join an Italian club that will play in the Champions League.

So of course he would be useful to Milan. NO ONE said that he'll be our big summer signing. Remember, Galliani has a policy. Once a player goes, another arrives. Aquilani would simply be a good cheap market opportunity, and most likely he'll replace Flamini. There has been rumors that Milan want to get rid of Flamini cos of his big salary, and perhaps if we get Aquilani we'll sell him. Between both, for sure Aquilani would be more useful. Plus, there is nothing called a "starting 11". Milan is a squad. All players are needed. Due to injuries, suspensions, and tactical needs. So Aquilani will get his chance to be in the team and play his role in some matches (probably most matches), but many others will play too. We have very few untouchables, and Aquilani won't be one of them. For sure he could rotate in the midfield with Gattuso, Boateng, Seedorf, Ambro, and co.

Now tactically speaking, this guy is very underrated. As an upcoming talent (like 4 years ago) everyone was so hot for him. He was like Hamsik nowadays. Milan, Inter, and Juve were dying to have him, but it seemed that he'll never leave Roma. He never wanted to anyway. He just had an injury plagued season with Roma, then an ill-fated forced move to Liverpool that started off badly due to his injury, and then he was back in Juve. He had an awesome start to the season up until Jan, but then the whole Juve went crap.

Aquilani is very dynamic. He's an Allegri type of player. Some guy mentioned that Allegri likes complete players, and Aquilani is that. He doesn't have a certain role. He attacks, defends, has good ball control and technique, great eye for a pass, and could definitely tackle and play rough. And he finally put his injury troubles away this past season.

He has many compilation videos and for sure these aren't enough to judge a player. But he isn't some one trick pony dribbler that could fool you on youtube. I know many vids were posted of him anyway, but this is the only one I watched. And since my connection has been fucked up for a few days I can only comment on this:



Seriously please if somebody likes to comment on Aquilani just watch this vid then comment. Of course this isn't the best way, but for idiots who don't watch the matches or have only seen him in action once or twice, there is no other way but to show them some vid. This is a compilation vid of all his touches vs Atletico Madrid... in a season were people supposedly say he was shit with Liverpool. Just back from a 4 months or so injury lay off, and in a new country with new team...

He totally owned the midfield. Notice his movement. He's so dynamic. He has the ability to control the midfield and to carry attacks, and this season he really did become very good defensively as well.

So with all things considered, for 10 million this guy is a steal. Those who don't want him either a) Don't know football. b) Are uninformed about Aquilani. and/or c) Fucking idiots.

Hopefully we'll sign him.

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Fiero said:

First thing we need to consider when judging a transfer target is his availability. Aquilani is available. Liverpool want to sell him, he wants to leave them, and Juventus don't want to buy him. Liverpool have set a price of 10 million euros on him.

Aquilani has an unfair reputation due to many reasons. First of all, he has a bad injury history, but so does players like Robben and Sneijder who are considered among the best in the world, as well as our very own captain Massimo Ambrosini. Then there's the fact that he's always lived in De Rossi's shadow. Both are midfielders, born in Rome, who play(ed) for Roma and support the club. So for outsiders, Aquilani has always been living in De Rossi's shadow. Just like how Ambrosini lives in Gattuso's shadow, or Costacurta lived in Maldini's. (For shallow non-Milan fans, in general).

Then add to that the fact that on this forum there is a weird anti-Italian thing. If a player is Italian, he's suddenly crap. Like many people here rate Asamoah or Witsel more than Aquilani or Montolivo, which is shocking and biased, but whatever. The last wrong assumption about Aquilani is that people consider him a poor man's Pirlo, while he's not. Pirlo's technique on the ball is matched to none, so was his vision 4 years ago, but that's a discussion we have all the time and it's irrelevant now. Aquilani is a different player. He's much more mobile, more energetic, A LOT tougher (don't get fooled by his general weak looks, he could be bad ass), better defensively, and helps out a lot more in attack. Aquilani has always been sort of an AM, until this year under Delneri when he improved his defensive side. In his words "I am now more of a central midfielder," "Before I was further forward in the offensive phase, but I have to have more balance and be careful also in defense. Delneri has changed me, I can now defend."

So now that the false assumptions have been rubbished, let's discuss Aquilani. As a profile, he fits Milan perfectly. Italian, fairly young, has a Milan face, plays for La Nazionale, and has experience at top clubs. Plus he has a great character and no one has complained about him and we've never seen him cause any trouble. He isn't a primadonna that wants to start every game or a spoiled brat that wants crazy salary. He left Liverpool to go back to Italy in order to get back to the national team, that's a sign of ambition. And he's willing to lower his salary to join an Italian club that will play in the Champions League.

So of course he would be useful to Milan. NO ONE said that he'll be our big summer signing. Remember, Galliani has a policy. Once a player goes, another arrives. Aquilani would simply be a good cheap market opportunity, and most likely he'll replace Flamini. There has been rumors that Milan want to get rid of Flamini cos of his big salary, and perhaps if we get Aquilani we'll sell him. Between both, for sure Aquilani would be more useful. Plus, there is nothing called a "starting 11". Milan is a squad. All players are needed. Due to injuries, suspensions, and tactical needs. So Aquilani will get his chance to be in the team and play his role in some matches (probably most matches), but many others will play too. We have very few untouchables, and Aquilani won't be one of them. For sure he could rotate in the midfield with Gattuso, Boateng, Seedorf, Ambro, and co.

Now tactically speaking, this guy is very underrated. As an upcoming talent (like 4 years ago) everyone was so hot for him. He was like Hamsik nowadays. Milan, Inter, and Juve were dying to have him, but it seemed that he'll never leave Roma. He never wanted to anyway. He just had an injury plagued season with Roma, then an ill-fated forced move to Liverpool that started off badly due to his injury, and then he was back in Juve. He had an awesome start to the season up until Jan, but then the whole Juve went crap.

Aquilani is very dynamic. He's an Allegri type of player. Some guy mentioned that Allegri likes complete players, and Aquilani is that. He doesn't have a certain role. He attacks, defends, has good ball control and technique, great eye for a pass, and could definitely tackle and play rough. And he finally put his injury troubles away this past season.

He has many compilation videos and for sure these aren't enough to judge a player. But he isn't some one trick pony dribbler that could fool you on youtube. I know many vids were posted of him anyway, but this is the only one I watched. And since my connection has been fucked up for a few days I can only comment on this:



Seriously please if somebody likes to comment on Aquilani just watch this vid then comment. Of course this isn't the best way, but for idiots who don't watch the matches or have only seen him in action once or twice, there is no other way but to show them some vid. This is a compilation vid of all his touches vs Atletico Madrid... in a season were people supposedly say he was shit with Liverpool. Just back from a 4 months or so injury lay off, and in a new country with new team...

He totally owned the midfield. Notice his movement. He's so dynamic. He has the ability to control the midfield and to carry attacks, and this season he really did become very good defensively as well.

So with all things considered, for 10 million this guy is a steal. Those who don't want him either a) Don't know football. b) Are uninformed about Aquilani. and/or c) Fucking idiots.

Hopefully we'll sign him.

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