The Rumour Commode XLI: Ragnarok

[brk]

I'm trying to will this deal into existence.

 

[BaniCPT]

None of us said that Inter were going to go bankrupt this season or anything like that.

That's an imagined argument that none of us made.

Whilst waiting for oaktree to take over

 

[Cloren]

fucking pirlo

yeah thanks gerry for firing his ass

The meltdowns in getting Pirlo would have been insane

 

[Wild]

I'm too lazy to dig up posts but you really did a 180 both on Maldini and on faction allegiance

I started to criticize Maldini for more than one year.
But i dont insult him & i didnt want him fired.

 

[vB9]

I dont get y all are againt Pirlo as manager... you guys know how celebrated his thesis was... does pioli even have one?

 

[MilanFan89]

We can forget about Thuram if Psg is involved.
They have then Mbappe - Thuram - Asensio and Neymar behind.
Openda going to Leipzig.

We probably end up with someone like Scamacca, Cabral, Nzola or something

 

[vB9]

pioli the fecking orphan, he's not gonna make demands... funny thing is he will still get fired, probably later in this very season.

 

[nekky]

pioli the fecking orphan, he's not gonna make demands... funny thing is he will still get fired, probably later in this very season.

If we keep struggling against those lower sides he will definitely get fired

 

[Deep Fried Pizza & Chips]

I started to criticize Maldini for more than one year.
But i dont insult him & i didnt want him fired.

He wasn't blameless, and it's healthy to criticize and have opinions... Buying Messias, giving Origi such a high wages, fucking Baka...

There were definitely other contributing factors, cash available etc... But Maldini isn't blameless.

He deserves respect and appreciation for the good he did do.

Pioli is 100% under the microscope for me now!!!

 

[brk]

I'm open to see what they can do, but I'm not hopeful when I see that trio and the rumours about possible low budget that is going around. The fact that Gerry hired freaking Billy Beane makes me think that there is some truth to it. We renewed Leao while we still had Moncada and Massara, if we are going to give MM shit for origi and cdk, we should give MM cred for extending Theo and Leao as well. Imagine if Leao was a player from another club and was about to run out his contract. Would you be confident he would come here ? Would he even be offered the same salary we managed to extend him on with the current managent? I wouldn't be so sure, he probably could get more elsewhere and with the new management pulling the strings and the possible low budget. Even with Elliot, we were spending reasonable amount of money considering how much money Mirabelli and Fassone threw around. We bought Theo for 20M, Leao for 30M (maybe more, I'm not quite sure), Tomori 28 M, Tonali 25M, paid an old Ibra 7M wage while nobody could imagine how much he could help the team improve at this point. I hoped that we would keep on with the same track, but seeing the changes in the management and all these reports about moneyball just makes me less optimistic about our future as a fan and I think we definitely lost a lot of attraction power after losing MM. But we will see I guess

Gerry didn't hire Billy Beane.

 

[Deleted member 24225]

September couldn’t come soon enough.

Transfer window has become more and more my least favorite part of the game.

Just BS for 2-3 months.

Same here, it's sooo fucking boring. I miss Milan. I don't care at all about these rumours, I want to see Milan play. Can't wait for pre-season to start (only 1 more month), at least there'll be some training videos and friendlies to watch, more interesting content.

Just remembered, there will be some NT games, I'll probably watch France, it's the closest to Milan I can get now.

 

[Pigeon]

The meltdowns in getting Pirlo would have been insane

and you guys were dreaming of de zerbi and italiano it was always going to be a fodder replacement like pirlo

patosheva would not have made it through june

 

[taura]

Just remembered, there will be some NT games, I'll probably watch Giroud, it's the closest to Milan I can get now.

fixed that for you

 

[vB9]

Chelsea starlet Casadei wins Golden Ball and Golden Boot for Italy at U20 World Cup ​

they are offering koulibaly + others for inter's goalie. we shud offer tom for this kid.

 

[Deleted member 24225]

fixed that for you

LOL, no I don't watch France just for Giroud, I also love Theo and Mike and seeing them all play together is a bit like watching Milan.

 

[vB9]

Savicevic on Maldini axe at Milan: ‘Americans don’t understand football’​

Lol! Love this guy.

 

[Fusiproe12]

 

[papaberlu]

The funny part is that Moretto (who seems to be in-the-know) gave out a list of players that management are looking at, and... DM wasn't one of them? He said that they want: a striker, a right winger, a 10 that can play as an 8 (Kamada obviously), CB, and a backup for Theo.

Moretto said something along the lines of "I would guess"

Milan will be without Bakayoko, Aster, and Bennacer, who played a role this last season. Also the club has been linked to Chelsea's Chuky and Cheeks, both DMs

All logic and reason suggests DM will be a priority position

 

[Cloren]

I dont get y all are againt Pirlo as manager... you guys know how celebrated his thesis was... does pioli even have one?

People are projecting their hatred towards Pirlo, that’s why. And I can see some merit to it.

I don’t hate Pirlo but he upset Milan fans with what he has said in his book. I had him up there with one of my favourite players of all time so I was really disappointed with his Juve twerking and Milan disrespect, but I can’t hate him.

But those who didn’t rate him as much as I did, probably now hate him.

So it’s more of that reason why they don’t want Pirlo rather than his managerial skills which by the way aren’t exactly great either. Would be a downgrade to Pioli in my opinion

 

[papaberlu]

Would almost be funny if they actually miss out on all their targets before they realise that nobody wants to join us because of Gerry's money pinching. Of course it will end up hurting the club and us fans in the end

If I had to guess, the reason they're pushing so hard for free players right now is that the result would scale up or down the remaining mercato

Getting Kamada and Thuram on a free would be a really nice bump and allow the club to use a decent budget towards RW and DM

 

[AC_Wesley]

Seems like today is the day for Thuram.

Perfect choice for our CF.

Why Teams Are Queuing up to Sign Marcus Thuram

Marcus Thuram has been linked to a move away from Gladbach. With him out of contract in the summer, could a team pick up a bargain in January?

theanalyst.com

Finally we have a CF that can do everything we need.

Ideally he is arriving as he can back up for Leao at LW. Offloading Messias and onboarding Chukwueze from Villarreal for RW with Salad understudy would largely solve our attack in my view.

 

[Cloren]

Btw you guys do know that Deschamps benches Thuram for Giroud in France right? Wouldn’t be shocking if Pioli does the same given he loves Giroud more than any manager in the world cc @brk

I’m just saying

 

[Hitchens]

 

[Hitchens]

Has he accepted? No? Maybe wait until we know we haven't been Ndicked.

 

[Hugh Janus]

Milan have offered Thuram an important contract of 4-4.5m per year and a starting position at the centre of the Milan project [Pietro Mazzara]

 

[gioiuzza]

who knows what will happen with Origi

but Leao/Thuram/Giroud/Taremi/Chukwueze/Saele looks a lot better than this year's options

I have a feeling we'll end up getting Thuram, Chuk or a similar young RW, and a bomber-type striker like Scamacca or Gimenez (I think Taremi would fit this too?)

 

[Raz]

According to MilanNews, the CEO Giorgio Furlani, the chief scout Geoffrey Moncada and the head coach Stefano Pioli are now the ones calling the shots. Among the many ideas they are discussing is the possibility of focusing heavily on free transfers.

No shit

This too is Maldini's fault

 

[papaberlu]

I'm trying to will this deal into existence.

Mazarra said Milan is offering 4-4.5m + bonus + a starting position

PSG is offering 5-6m + bonuses
PSG is also after Zaha though so maybe prioritize him

we've seen this story before though PSG will just up the offer and get their guy

 

[Cloren]

LOL, no I don't watch France just for Giroud, I also love Theo and Mike and seeing them all play together is a bit like watching Milan.

That means I’m a bigger Giroud fan than you !

I only watch France for Giroud and when he gets subbed off I stop watching

 

[vB9]

People are projecting their hatred towards Pirlo, that’s why. And I can see some merit to it.

I don’t hate Pirlo but he upset Milan fans with what he has said in his book. I had him up there with one of my favourite players of all time so I was really disappointed with his Juve twerking and Milan disrespect, but I can’t hate him.

But those who didn’t rate him as much as I did, probably now hate him.

So it’s more of that reason why they don’t want Pirlo rather than his managerial skills which by the way aren’t exactly great either. Would be a downgrade to Pioli in my opinion

All I know is he had a bad start with juve but still got them to CL at the end. Didnt watch any matches but surely his football cant be bad as pioli's