Adriano Galliani has revealed Milan’s transfer plans for the summer after the club opted to reject Paris Saint-Germain’s bid for Thiago Silva. The Diavolo informed the French outfit last night that the Brazilian would stay at San Siro after President Silvio Berlusconi decided against cashing in on him.
“We’re happy,” Galliani told Radio Sportiva on Friday. “I’ve already said that Berlusconi was heroic for resisting more than €40m in the knowledge that the accounts are in the red and he’ll now have to balance things out himself. The decision was made last night. The President took a couple of days to think about it, but he made the choice on his own. We won’t sell anyone and that includes Zlatan Ibrahimovic.” It is the second time in six months that PSG have tried and failed to sign a Brazilian from the San Siro giants.
“With Alexandre Pato there was a triangle with Manchester City for Carlos Tevez,” the official continued. “This time we were talking about selling a player for a record fee for a defender. They were two different negotiations. Now we had to simply decide whether or not to sell the best defender in the world.” Milan are one of numerous clubs feeling the pinch in these difficult financial times and Galliani has warned fans to not expect a busy summer in the market. “We’ll bring in a fifth centre-back,” he revealed. “If Genoa sign Chievo’s half share in Francesco Acerbi then it will be him. We’ll get a midfielder too or keep Mathieu Flamini or Alberto Aquilani. We are fine in attack.”
Two weeks from now we'll play Arsenal on the Champions League and the problems for our team just grow day by day. First while transfer window was still open the board has decided to gamble with Ronaldo and Inzaghi and make a pressure to young Pato and this what's happening is a feedback and the gamble that was made just it didn't payed off. On the meantime Inzaghi, Ronaldo, Pato and even Kaka seems like will miss Arsenal match, Gilardino will be suspended because of too much yellow cards and Milan actually will have no attacker available for that highly expected match. Today Galliani made another pressure by saying Pato will return in time for Arsenal match, but I don't think it will happen. However our chances to beat Arsenal without a decent attacker and without Kaka are very slim, unless a miracle happens and Kaka and Pato to participate on that match. I wonder who's fault is this horror situation in Milan?!? To say the truth Im not suprised by this "attacking horror scene" in our squad, if we look Ronaldo starting from Real he never was fully fit and plus now he is 30+ and the continuing injuries are nothing new for him the same has to do with Inzaghi it was about time to pick up some injury. All in all, I hope at least Pato and Kaka get fit for this match...
It was tough match, with dirty challenges from the both side. Milan was mainly with no idea, Pirlo was short with creativity ideas that will enable scoring chances to Gilardino. He was average as usual, also Gattuso was missing on the midfield where Milan had no fire or whatsoever to fight for the ball. Pato got in from the bench and immediately the match got the fire that was much needed and Pato 5 minutes later scored with a brilliant Kaka pass, and also magic Pato finish. Other moments that should be mentioned are Seedorf didn't looked that happy that was substituted by Ancelotti, in matter of fact he was very angry and he even didn't shake hand with Pato while he was substituted. Pato has injured himself and that didn't look like naive injury, I'm afraid of more serious injury Pato's about to face. Let's hope for that that will not be the case, Milan already has 2 injured attackers. Thats all for now, for the latest Pato injury news after few days. Forza Milan!!! Forza Rossoneri!!
UPDATE: Pato Injury news: Latest news say if the injury's minor he will be out from 2-4 weeks, but if the injury's more serious than first thought he will be out for 2 months. This are unofficial news about Pato injury status, this is what Carlo Ancelotti said after the match: "Hepicked up a pretty serious sprai,we need 48 hours to evaluate the extent of the injury." Milan for next Sunday match will play without classical attacker, Ronaldo, Pato and Inzaghi are injured while Gilardino will miss the match due to yellow cards he collected.
First time when I was "motivated" to write something like this it was few weeks ago but I said to myself "let it go, they (Inter) sooner or later will stop bothering Pato". But here we are few weeks later Inter management keep talking craps about Pato and giving comments like : "We could have signed Pato", "Pato was hired by us", "Pato's not that good"... First this stupid jealous act was started by Inter owner Moratti and then continued by the worst coach to ever coached a team Mancini and now ended with latest comment that Balotelli (who?!?) will be better than Pato from Michele Cavalli one of Inter coaches. I just can not understand what are they trying to achieve by acting like little babies instead of leaving us and Pato to mind our own business. They think if they won Seria A (one of them was on paper by the way) they think they are on the top of the world, well wait a minute Milan's the team that won Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and World Club Championship(in one season) and that makes Milan on the top of the world Inter should calm down they only in dream will see themselves holding those trophies all in one season. Milan repeatedly acted like "gentlemen" when it comes Inter:First it started when Milan gave more cash to Cagliari for Suazo but Inter acted like kid for a toy and Milan retreated from Suazo transfer target, Second time it was now on the recent comments that Inter has referees help (which if you ask me is true) when few Milan players including Carlo Ancelotti defended Inter by saying that they are not being helped by the "men in black" but its only a transition of the referee system that needs time to adjust. Plus when Berlusconi made a comment that Milan have Pato and don't need Ronaldinho Inter launched attacks that they are ready to sign Ronaldinho in every cost. This situation started to get funny, Inter jealousy has gone to far, they should mind their own business. We rule the world, not they....so shut up and mind your own bussines....
Forza Milan!!! Magnificent Pato magic in San Siro. It was not a promising first half for Milan, but then a total domination second half for Milan. Pato was the hero, 3 matches 3 goals for Milan plus he had plenty of chances so he could have score like 4 goals against Genoa side. Let us fans enjoy and celebrate Pato's terrific performance it was a great gift his performance for the Rossoneri.
This was Pato's first ever goal in the first official match in San Siro for AC Milan, reactions from all over football world are full of support and praise for the raising Milan star. He kept his promise to us (fans) and scored his first goal in Milan shirt. However, not only Milano left breathless with Pato's game performance, but everyone had to say a praise for him (Pato), now in few sentences will read what others said and think about Pato's first match for Milan:
Juve coach, Claudio Ranieri was among the first to react and give his praise to Pato: “There are some extraterrestrials in football and from what I saw yesterday at San Siro, Pato is certainly one of them. He played like a 30-year-old, with personality, and the headlines of all the newspapers today are just for him".
Paolo Maldini about Pato: "You can always understand the talent of a footballer, however the personality of a player can only be seen during the match.He passed this examination with distinction. There will be difficult moments ahead, however this is a football player with extraordinary ability.”
Ronaldo his teammate and Pato idol said: "I'll give him ten out of ten, considering how much pressure and expectation he was under. Playing in front of a San Siro crowd at the age of 18 can't be easy, but he was excellent."
Former Napoli and Maradona teammate also said few words about Pato: Pato will become the best player in the world. I'm convinced he will be the best player in Serie A during the second part of the season. I agree that he's similar to me,and Ancelotti's words flatter me. Pato is very quick, he decides what to do in a split second. He also sees the goal well and has the hunger for victory. He wears the number 7 shirt like I did at Napoli, where Diego wore the number 10 shirt and [Bruno] Giordano wore the number 9."
Pato-mania in Italy is still on, everybody was amazed by the perfect start of Alexandres Pato of the season. Not with the goal he score but he also proved why they think he is "the new Ronaldo", he was brilliant from the start till the end of the match. Berlusconi was on San Siro V.I.P. seats and he was so amazed that he's ready to sacrifice his dream signing Ronaldinho in order to give Pato space to breathe and space to grow as one of the best players in the future. This is what Berlusconi commented after the match about Pato and possible Zambrotta arival at San Siro in the summer transfer period: "I don't think that Ronaldinho represents a great objective for us,we must keep an eye on the balance in the dressing room, and we also have other champions. In other words, his purchase is not a priority for Milan. I can assure that Zambrotta will arrive, he has a great desire to come to Milan, and I believe that all that remains is the signature. We are confident about the end result of this negotiation."
What a fantastic match Milan had, this was match that was played with a heart. Milan started pretty well with an immediate offensive line up from Carlo Ancelloti with two attackers upfront (Ronaldo and Pato) and one attacking midfielder (Kaka') right behind them. The result of such an game came just after 15 minutes when Ronaldo scored his first from two goals on this match. The communication between Brazil trio Ronaldo- Kaka- Pato was in the highest possible level and they have played just one official match together, which means that the half season that remains should be bright for Milan. Ronaldo made fantastic comeback with two goals, Kaka was magical just like always and Pato has shown that he is the future of modern world football. Other players that should be said a word or two are Seedorf (who scored the 2nd goal for Milan) and Pirlo who was remarkable and showed why he's one of the best assistants today. A match full of emotions for our young star Pato, he was excellent at this match by scoring in his debut for Milan. On Pato's history record will be noted that on 13.01.2008 against Napoli, Pato has scored the first goal in his carrier for AC Milan in an official match. Forza Milan, Grande Milan, Superb Milan!!!!
Ancelotti congratulates Ronaldo for successfully comeback, praises Seedorf and Pato for their performances: "He has great quality. It was his first game and some mechanisms must be perfected. However he was very, very good. Pato has pace, the ability to turn and shoot. We could see that in training as well, so now we have to work on how to provide him with better service. He certainly has the talent.We had a risky approach, but that was necessary at this stage of the season to get the victory and the team responded well. Napoli’s first goal came because we were unbalanced, the second was Kakha Kaladze’s error for the penalty. Massimo Ambrosini obviously has to put even more work in with this system and it’s tough. He did a lot better in keeping his position in the second half. Ronaldo and Pato have never played together, so a few risks were bound to be taken. It is a problem we have to face in the future and it won’t be an easy decision, as we have a great midfield and wonderful strikers," responded Ancelotti. In some games we will need someone to step aside and will use those occasions so that players can have a breather to be fresh all the way to the end of the campaign.I would always like to see Seedorf play with this spirit and he was probably Man of the Match for me. He was involved in every move and we all have to be very alert to make the most of this system. Seedorf feels he is a Trequartista and played a crucial role in winning the Champions League last year. He is not the only one who must make a sacrifice for the team, but everyone has to work together for the squad"
