It seems Milan in particular (not Inter, not Juve) are trying to get their fans used to what is essentially a canard: we are destitute.
The fact that we can't compete with Barcelona, Real Madrid, City, and now PSG (who can really?), is patently clear. The problem is that Berlusconi is essentially a gangster, and he just doesn't sell. I don't even think this is a sentimental thing. He is just vain. It used to be that his vanity would land us Nesta, now it sees us linked with Rigoni. He just wants Milan around. Kind of like how he treated his wife. I implore Milan fans to write an open letter in La Repubblica with me
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I personally think everyone except Thiago Silva is potentially up for sale.
Galliani and Berlusconi seem intent on keeping T. Silva here, and have said he has no price. Normally when they talked about kaka like that they kept him. In the summer of 2009, when they sold him, their language changed, and the move was actually very swift (also one of the most devastating days for me as a football fan). At any rate, January 2009 and the whole City debacle was clearly a sign that Kaka was going to leave in the summer. I still get satisfaction--as Jaime will testify--that we denied the Nicholas Cage look-alike the opportunity to get Kaka for three summers.
These are the players whom I think are on the market:
1) I think
Ibra is on sale for the right price. We pay him about 10 million euros a season. He is 31 in October. He has had a spat with Allegri. And he talks too much against Berlusconi--something that Berlusconi does not tolerate. He is not exactly one who celebrates a spectrum of opinion, considering he owns a chunk of major media in Italy.
2)
Pato is only for sale if the vastly overrated Barbara Berlusconi sanctions the move. This is what it has come to. Our club is being run like the Sopranos. For Barbara read Meadow. For Pato read Finn.
3)
Robinho is definitely for sale IMO, and I wouldn't exactly shed a tear if he were to leave.
4)
Boateng could also go if the interest and offer are high enough.
IMO, Ibra is the most likely to leave this summer. We would be fools not to sell him to PSG if the offer is actually close to 40 million euros. I like Ibra a lot, but like I said he is almost 31.
Building the team around T. Silva seems to be the priority, and it is the right one. He is absolutely fundamental for us.