The Rumour Commode XLI: Ragnarok

[papaberlu]

Moretto confirmed Brahim leaving, he's been on the money for Milan

tears in my eyes

Give the 10 to Leao, our own R10

 

[gioiuzza]

hope Brahim gets a nice ovation from the curva because he's been so passionate the whole time he's been here

wonder if any of the others will get farewell minutes

 

[Balo45]

We are going to be so good next season

 

[AC Kid]

I like Diaz a lot.. i like his personality and mentality and also his love for Milan.. and i will love him even more for leaving

 

[Mr. Tea]

We are going to be so good next season

looks like the squad may be assembled early as well

 

[papaberlu]

Excited for Loftus Cheek

Physically he made Tonali and Pobega look like children

And he already has the best ball control out of all the Milan midfielders

 

[Ash-ish]

I love Diaz and his attitude. Wish him luck. That guy played for our jersey but we need an upgrade.

 

[MilanMB]

probably for the best but I'm grateful for how much he seemed to love being a milanista

are you as grateful to me for that reason?

 

[DonSilvio]

I wish.
Bellingham is an insane talent.

Like Sancho was?

 

[Alo88]

One thing I'm perceiving from commoders these days is the fear that players arriving now or deals being brought to near completion even before the last match day would freeze out options or pretty much close our mercato in certain positions.

I don't feel that way. We're in front of a huge revolution, even if it's only for numerical reasons, because many bodies are leaving, not extending their contracts or most probably being sold. Especially from midfield upwards.

Midfield:
- Vranckx most probably won't be redeemed.
- Bakayoko won't be renewed.
- Diaz will most probably return to RM.
- Bennacer is out until after Africa Cup.

That's four CMs.

Attack:
- Rebic seems to have broken with the club.
- Origi seems to have mercato and could be a possibility for Plusvalenza.
- Zlatan most probably won't be renewed.

That's three attackers.

Questionnarks:
- Adli
- CDK
- To a certain extent even Messias and Saele

Make no mistakes gentlemen, there's a shit ton to do on the mercato for Maldini, and money is tight. Securing deals like Kamada - who scored and assisted more than Leao BTW and under other circumstances, Eintracht would be asking for 30M easily - for zero is great business. RLC for 15-20M is great business. Sportello for 0M is great business.

And the current season has not even ended.

Those are moves who give as a great headstart while leaving a lot of maneuverability for the actual Mercato. Clever moves. Moves that even increase the quality of our current team without barely putting significant weight to our current squad costs.

Just to put some perspective: Even after Kamada and RLC we still need at least another CM and/or AM numerically speaking given how many bodies in midfield leave. Furthermore, as it stands, Giroud could be the only striker from this season going into the next season. Getting Arnautovic, hypothetical speaking, would still mean that we'd need another CF - and a vice Leao.

Damn there's so much to do this summer and looking closely at huge opportunities like Sportiello, Kamada and RLC and securing them even before the current season ends is stuff to het hyped about guys.

 

[Master Smurf]

Like Sancho was?

We talk about Benfica hype jobs but Sancho may have been the greatest flash in the pan.

People were led to believe he was fast like Sane, determined like Mane and could score like Kane (yeah that doesnt rhyme but completes the written symmetry) and he was none of these things

 

[ForzaMilan2]

We need the right players for playing triangles and developing the passing game. We have trash passers. I don't blame pioli. I will reserve my judgement till he gets better players.

Was going to make a similar point. I truly appreciate managers that evolve their plans to get the most out of their players, and I believe Pioli does that. He has built a (mostly) winning team with the limited resources he had, and developed a strategy that worked for a while. Problem is other teams have adapted, and he has not found a way to evolve. Bottom line, probably the right coach for our last few years, not the right coach going forward. We are probably going to see him one more year, and hopefully the squad will improve. Longer term, I hope we can do better.

 

[Master Smurf]

One thing I'm perceiving from commoders these days is the fear that players arriving now or deals being brought to near completion even before the last match day would freeze out options or pretty much close our mercato in certain positions.

I don't feel that way. We're in front of a huge revolution, even if it's only for numerical reasons, because many bodies are leaving, not extending their contracts or most probably being sold. Especially from midfield upwards.

Midfield:
- Vranckx most probably won't be redeemed.
- Bakayoko won't be renewed.
- Diaz will most probably return to RM.
- Bennacer is out until after Africa Cup.

That's four CMs.

Attack:
- Rebic seems to have broken with the club.
- Origi seems to have mercato and could be a possibility for Plusvalenza.
- Zlatan most probably won't be renewed.

That's three attackers.

Questionnarks:
- Adli
- CDK
- To a certain extent even Messias and Saele

Make no mistakes gentlemen, there's a shit ton to do on the mercato for Maldini, and money is tight. Securing deals like Kamada - who scored and assisted more than Leao BTW and under other circumstances, Eintracht would be asking for 30M easily - for zero is great business. RLC for 15-20M is great business. Sportello for 0M is great business.

And the current season has not even ended.

Those are moves who give as a great headstart while leaving a lot of maneuverability for the actual Mercato. Clever moves. Moves that even increase the quality of our current team without barely putting significant weight to our current squad costs.

Just to put some perspective: Even after Kamada and RLC we still need at least another CM and/or AM numerically speaking given how many bodies in midfield leave. Furthermore, as it stands, Giroud could be the only striker from this season going into the next season. Getting Arnautovic, hypothetical speaking, would still mean that we'd need another CF - and a vice Leao.

Damn there's so much to do this summer and looking closely at huge opportunities like Sportiello, Kamada and RLC and securing them even before the current season ends is stuff to het hyped about guys.

Much to do, hopefully real talent arrives and not just more numbers.

 

[Kmoney]

"Real Madrid wants to bring Brahim Diaz back home, decision now almost certain. Renewal with Madrid very close, Brahim will take Asensio's place"

probably for the best but I'm grateful for how much he seemed to love being a milanista

Diaz leaving is like a new signing

 

[Swagotelli]

This closes one topic

 

[gioiuzza]

are you as grateful to me for that reason?

 

[SuperPippo]

One thing I'm perceiving from commoders these days is the fear that players arriving now or deals being brought to near completion even before the last match day would freeze out options or pretty much close our mercato in certain positions.

I don't feel that way. We're in front of a huge revolution, even if it's only for numerical reasons, because many bodies are leaving, not extending their contracts or most probably being sold. Especially from midfield upwards.

Midfield:
- Vranckx most probably won't be redeemed.
- Bakayoko won't be renewed.
- Diaz will most probably return to RM.
- Bennacer is out until after Africa Cup.

That's four CMs.

Attack:
- Rebic seems to have broken with the club.
- Origi seems to have mercato and could be a possibility for Plusvalenza.
- Zlatan most probably won't be renewed.

That's three attackers.

Questionnarks:
- Adli
- CDK
- To a certain extent even Messias and Saele

Make no mistakes gentlemen, there's a shit ton to do on the mercato for Maldini, and money is tight. Securing deals like Kamada - who scored and assisted more than Leao BTW and under other circumstances, Eintracht would be asking for 30M easily - for zero is great business. RLC for 15-20M is great business. Sportello for 0M is great business.

And the current season has not even ended.

Those are moves who give as a great headstart while leaving a lot of maneuverability for the actual Mercato. Clever moves. Moves that even increase the quality of our current team without barely putting significant weight to our current squad costs.

Just to put some perspective: Even after Kamada and RLC we still need at least another CM and/or AM numerically speaking given how many bodies in midfield leave. Furthermore, as it stands, Giroud could be the only striker from this season going into the next season. Getting Arnautovic, hypothetical speaking, would still mean that we'd need another CF - and a vice Leao.

Damn there's so much to do this summer and looking closely at huge opportunities like Sportiello, Kamada and RLC and securing them even before the current season ends is stuff to het hyped about guys.

Good analysis. Only correction I would make is at least one of Messias and Salad is pretty much guaranteed to leave. Maybe both.

 

[Ryo]

I don't like this. Let's ban them starting next season. It's much better to waste their time and energy playing in a shitty competition instead of banning them.

As opposed to not letting them play and thus they cannot attract decent players to their club to play in "Just Serie A"?
I want this to be a 2 year ban because I want to watch all their best players leave in search of European competitions, whilst new recruits won't come knowing they cannot play in Europe.

 

[nefremo]

Didn't Bennacer have meniscus/cartilage damage? 6 months is a long time and a bit weird weird for that kind of surgery. Aren't those injuries typically a lot quicker to recover from? 6 months seems more like an ACL recovery, but from what I've seen ACL is not mentioned anywhere

 

[MilanMB]

Didn't we have an option on Diaz?

We're letting him go, Real is not "keeping" him.

 

[Kmoney]

i;m torn... i followed him for a while and wanted him here all of last year. he comes, starts well, and then it all just flatlines.

pioli seems clueless. and the ENTIRE team bar maybe krunic took major steps back this season. everyone. even our best. so it's safe to be worried about cdk here, because pioli truly has no idea what to do with most of these guys.

I think Pioli has no idea with how to integrate his AM into the build up. No matter who plays there, they seem to struggle

His wings are all about winning 1v1, which is another area CDK isn’t great at

Honestly with Pioli at the helm the chances of CDK succeeding are minuscule

 

[justiface]

This closes one topic

10m wage for Assenseehole. I wonder who's the clown running transfers for PSG. I mean, I get it if you're willing to splurge for good players, but why are you paying a mediocre sub 10m/year?

 

[Gennaro8]

Hello my friends, after long time I am here

Fuck you Diaz

 

[Kmoney]

Will MM/Red think that Kamada/CDK is enough for amc perhaps? I live in constant fear that we wont take SMS.

Any news around the lad? Something? Even fake is appreciated

I think SMS comes only if CDK leaves… which honestly makes sense

 

[Kuroha]

Is it too late to start my anti-Leao agenda again?

 

[Casualista]

There's no point celebrating diaz leaving until we see his replacement bought and integrated.

He is just a continuation of the hakan problem.

I expect marquee signings for our number 10 and 9 roles. I am having to do with free agents from 7th place Bundesliga teams.

 

[mrki]

No.10 shirt is now free for a guy we all know by the name of Sergej!

 

[Pingu]

Brahim is a true Milanista, sad to see him go.

I really don't see him breaking through in Madrid, though I wish him all the success in the world.

 

[Kmoney]

Moretto confirmed Brahim leaving, he's been on the money for Milan

tears in my eyes

Give the 10 to Leao, our own R10

I think Leao takes 7, given Cristiano and all

Just waiting for this before ordering his jersey

 

[Cloren]

Yeah okay now that Diaz leaves, I’ll stop the criticism about his game.

He’s a great lad and I hope he can explode under Carlo instead. Pioli wasn’t gonna be that guy for him because he kept miusing him for so long to the point even Milan fans got tired of Diaz.

In a way I do feel bad for Brahim because Bennacer’s injury put him in a really bad spot and that match vs Inter showcased his worst qualities which put the final nail in the coffin for all of us.

I’m not gonna lie, I’m quite happy that Madrid are getting him back because I really think he wasn’t a right fit for Pioli but I do wish him all the best with his new club and I’ll admire and respect the passion he showed to Milan and the great guy he was around the locker room to our players, especially Theo who I’m sure will really miss him a lot.

Thanks for the first goal Juventus in 2021, the goal vs Spurs and that brilliant assist to Bennacer in the CL QF.