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Hugh Janus

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I'm confused why Leao would want to leave us for teams like a Gala or Roma. If those are his options surely he'd rather stay.

Those moves can't excite him.

He made his own bed by giving interviews no 13-year-old should be giving, especially at a festival ffs just a week after the season ended.

Three months later, and zero offers from any of the leagues he twerked for. Time for a reality check: man up and start learning Turkish.

He has absolutely no place in this team anymore.
 
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destinys child squad GIF
 

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Only reason I want Leao to stay is cause it would piss off raghav lol. I want to see the meltdown.
 
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Listining to some serie A previews and they dont seem to rate Milan. Basically putting them 4th or even 5th. Inter favorites, with argument that they have the strongest squad. Annoying as hell - putting Spence as a great signing and Moreira for example as a risk. Same for Stones and now they want Curtis Jones. I think one thing to remember here is aging.. the squad is getting older and older.. especially the midfield.

I think the investments in the coming weeks will make or brake our chances - especially in the back... We need a proper DC!

First game will be important to, you dont want immense pressure at the start, so you need to win.
 
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Rabiot should be in the middle bro, enough already lol... And RLC needs gone.

Id be more worried about Pavlovic that Gabbia as well.

But it's not looking bad if we buy more quality, over quantity.

Oh, who bought Leao lol?
He's spot on with how the squad is going to look.
I agree that Rabiot will be RAM starter.

I am curious to see if Rabiot-Jashari would work but I just think Rabiot is way more impactful as an attacking player. He can do that dirty job in the middle of the park though. He can also drop deeper and be a 3rd CM when needed. I love that. As I don't want us getting outworked in the middle.

Tomori leaving unlocks a CB signing. This is the most likely signing to be made. (Solet/Tiago Gabriel)

Estupi leaving unlocks a LB signing. A defensive one. Unless they put Moreira there, though that doesn't make sense to me personally. Maybe they're happy to rock with him and then start Bartesaghi against the big boys though. To allow for balance in those games.

Musah, Fofana and Ricci all have to leave to see a CM joining. Unlikely, sadly.

I think it should be both Leao and RLC needing to leave to see a new SS sign. But they'll probably sign one if just Leao leaves. I don't particularly like that though. Rabiot, RLC and a new guy for one role. Is a lot of wages.
 
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Some names that come to mind:
Nico Gonzalez
Koopmeiners
Zhegrova
Cambiaso
David
Douglas Luiz

Juventus and Milan in talks today, tight contacts between the two managements: they're studying expanded operations not only involving Tomori (Massara's favorite) and Fofana.


Yildiz. Anything else will be disappointing
 
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He's spot on with how the squad is going to look.
I agree that Rabiot will be RAM starter.

I am curious to see if Rabiot-Jashari would work but I just think Rabiot is way more impactful as an attacking player. He can do that dirty job in the middle of the park though. He can also drop deeper and be a 3rd CM when needed. I love that. As I don't want us getting outworked in the middle.

Tomori leaving unlocks a CB signing. This is the most likely signing to be made. (Solet/Tiago Gabriel)

Estupi leaving unlocks a LB signing. A defensive one. Unless they put Moreira there, though that doesn't make sense to me personally. Maybe they're happy to rock with him and then start Bartesaghi against the big boys though. To allow for balance in those games.

Musah, Fofana and Ricci all have to leave to see a CM joining. Unlikely, sadly.

I think it should be both Leao and RLC needing to leave to see a new SS sign. But they'll probably sign one if just Leao leaves. I don't particularly like that though. Rabiot, RLC and a new guy for one role. Is a lot of wages.
I hear what you're saying. I guess a lot depends on the next few pieces. ..

We can't fix everything this summer. I'm really happy Rabiot is staying, that's actually like a new signing.
 
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If we are to sign a fodder to replace Leao then just don't sign nobody.

Is the fucker though ready to sacrifice himself for the team and run run run?
 
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He's spot on with how the squad is going to look.
I agree that Rabiot will be RAM starter.

I am curious to see if Rabiot-Jashari would work but I just think Rabiot is way more impactful as an attacking player. He can do that dirty job in the middle of the park though. He can also drop deeper and be a 3rd CM when needed. I love that. As I don't want us getting outworked in the middle.

Tomori leaving unlocks a CB signing. This is the most likely signing to be made. (Solet/Tiago Gabriel)

Estupi leaving unlocks a LB signing. A defensive one. Unless they put Moreira there, though that doesn't make sense to me personally. Maybe they're happy to rock with him and then start Bartesaghi against the big boys though. To allow for balance in those games.

Musah, Fofana and Ricci all have to leave to see a CM joining. Unlikely, sadly.

I think it should be both Leao and RLC needing to leave to see a new SS sign. But they'll probably sign one if just Leao leaves. I don't particularly like that though. Rabiot, RLC and a new guy for one role. Is a lot of wages.
Solet and Gila then we are winning not one scudetto

Scudetti
Mark my words.

If this happens.

Solet is a top player. Talent wise. Only reason big club hasn’t signed him yet is cause of some **** allegations.

That’s why I feel Milan hasn’t gone for him either

Or else we would be all over him and mason Greenwood as well

They deserve a second chance though.
 
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Gotta say, it's quite amusing that you've teased orphans for celebrating a semi-final and yet you celebrate a semi-final in your signature.

I mean there is a slight difference. I'll let you work it out.
 
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On Friday there will be the meeting between Cardinale-Leao, I say that their paths will part. I wouldn't rule out the Premier route yet, including Chelsea. The Portuguese remains on the market.

 
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ya this isn’t a good take at all


He’s a pretty damn good player

before moving to Juve he was the league’s #1 dribbler

he was taking about 6-7 dribbles per 90 and beating players about 4 out of those times

he wasn’t he guy to give you the end product, he was the player who forced the defense out of shape and gave the pass to another player after he began to break the lines

I remembered a match vs Atalanta that he took about 7 successful dribbles past his defender in about 25 minutes

the dude proved he could disrupt defenses and pull them out of shape during Lille’s CL run and that was against elite competition

with Juve he’s been injured a bit

but the headless chicken with no end product doesn’t really describe the type of player he is at all.

do I want him at Milan? Meh… not if he’s injury prone

but if he wasnt, he could be a menace
I'm with @Ash on this one.

Do we really want this guy at Milan? Shaved eyebrows aside, he looks like he's missing a chromosome or two.

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In the friendly against United, where did Saele play when he came on? LWB?
Played as LAM replacing Cisse with Bartesaghi behind him at LWB. If we start with RLC-Ramos-Salad can't see scoring much, I rather play Cisse on offense.
 
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I'm not saying he fits. But let's be honest, he came out first and said he wants to leave. We didn't put him on the market first.

If the option ends up being loan with option at a low fee or something like that, I prefer to keep him and hope he can do something as a SS.

Also with international football even supersub is a possibility. Better than gifting him away.

However his pressing is also overhated. Is he great - no, but he can pull himself together enough to make a team press work.
 
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I don’t buy the need for a “defensive” wingback. We have 3 center backs for a reason. We will be in 3-2 rest defence even with attacking wingbacks

Someone like Morreira with the right instructions from the coach can do the job just fine. The fact that he has good attacking qualities I don’t think makes him this massive liability who’s going to leave the flank exposed

Just can’t see Amorim benching arguably the best player in preseason just to have Bart or Estu start
 
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Reading a long defense of Zhegrova by @General was not something I had on my 2026 bingo card
I don't want to disagree with our guru but Zhegrova was terrible at Juve when he came in for Conceicao. Would dribble passed some defender but had no end product, his crosses were bad and his shooting weak resulting in zero goals and zero assists in only19 appearences.
 
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I mean it is better than to play someone like Saele CAM than a Zhegrova. Might not look elegant but occasional output and good against the ball.

Or Leao who at least is good with the ball.
 

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I don’t buy the need for a “defensive” wingback. We have 3 center backs for a reason. We will be in 3-2 rest defence even with attacking wingbacks

Someone like Morreira with the right instructions from the coach can do the job just fine. The fact that he has good attacking qualities I don’t think makes him this massive liability who’s going to leave the flank exposed

Just can’t see Amorim benching arguably the best player in preseason just to have Bart or Estu start
First and foremost, we need a defensively dominant center-back to anchor the defense and give the team the stability it needs... along with a versatile midfielder who can play as both a number 8 and a 10 (Stojkovic from Dinamo is a good example, plus he contributes defensively, can play on either wing, and is comfortable with both feet).
 
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