Cassano to Milan?

Cassano is good but if this is how he is going to continue to treat his coach and teammates then Milan isn't the place for him!

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Cassano has Milan option Tuesday 31 October, 2006

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Milan are ready to rescue Antonio Cassano from his Real Madrid nightmare after the enigma was frozen out of the Spanish club’s squad.

The Bari-born ace was punished by the Merengues after hitting out at Coach Fabio Capello during the 3-1 win over Gimnastic on Saturday, when the disappointed unused substitute accused his ex-Roma boss of being ungrateful.

“The club’s sporting directors have decided to fine and temporarily suspend Antonio Cassano from team training for disciplinary reasons – disrespecting Coach Fabio Capello – stemming from incidents that took place on Saturday October 28,” read an official statement on the club’s website.

Sporting director Predrag Mijatovic, who had a meeting with senior players Raul, Guti and Roberto Carlos to inform them that the former Romanista would be punished, confirmed that the club has no intention of accepting Cassano’s intemperate outbursts.

“I cannot guarantee that Cassano will return to play for Real Madrid,” stated the ex-Fiorentina man, fuelling speculation that the player could leave the Santiago Bernabeu in January.

Milan are reportedly a possible destination for the Gioiello di Bari Vecchia, as the Rossoneri look to strengthen their attacking options.

The Italian giants sold Andriy Shevchenko in the summer, Pippo Inzaghi and Alberto Gilardino have been struggling for form while new boy Ricardo Oliveira hasn’t yet settled.

Cassano moved to Real Madrid from Roma in January in a £3.5m deal and it seems likely that the Merengues will let the 24-year-old leave for a similar amount of money.

Napoli were also linked with the starlet recently, but a move to the San Paolo would only be possible once they make their expected return to the top flight.

Cassano is a first class prat.

Prat or not. I'd love him at Juve.

i think he would fit in well at milan since they have two strikers that are much alike in gila and inzaghi. cassano is very good in a striker role where he is behind the front attacker(gila/inzaghi). and he could form a good understanding with kaka allthough that would depend on him staying in milan

The main problem with Milan is that there are too many second strikers or supporting strikers, and no MAIN striker since Sheva left....

Cassano will not solve that problem, and I think he will (more often than not) only come in Kaka's way...

I would be delighted if Milan sign him, and hope to God Moratti doesn't...

supermadrid(zizou legend) wrote:i think he would fit in well at milan since they have two strikers that are much alike in gila and inzaghi. cassano is very good in a striker role where he is behind the front attacker(gila/inzaghi). and he could form a good understanding with kaka allthough that would depend on him staying in milan

who are these second strikers that you are refering to. olivera is a prima punta just inzaghi and gila is. i dont consider kaka to be one so i dont know what you mean.
imo gila and inzaghi needs someone who can create but they get in each others ways when they play together. and kaka and cassano should be able to play together, i mean totti and cassano worked out so why not.

-----Gattuso-----Kaka-----Pirlo------Cassano

----------------Oliveria---Gila

Very good attack, esp when you have likes of Seedorf etc.

Please take him Milan !!! 5-6m euros and he`s yours !

Chuck in Kaka and you can have him for free

--Cassano------Delps--
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Nice.

All 3 of these strikers will be exponentially more effective if they play off a main striker - one who distracts the defenders away either by his name (RVN, Ronaldo), or physical characteristics (Iaquinta).

By a main striker I mean someone who is capable of playing the role alone. Neither of the 3 look good as a lone striker, and seem ineffective playing with each other. I am sure about this regarding Gila and Inzaghi, and whatever I have seen of Oli so far - he seems no different.

BTW supermadrid, you sound like a salesman desperately trying to sell a carp product Cassano is a Real player, why do you care whether he fits into Milan or not??

supermadrid(zizou legend) wrote:who are these second strikers that you are refering to. olivera is a prima punta just inzaghi and gila is. i dont consider kaka to be one so i dont know what you mean.
imo gila and inzaghi needs someone who can create but they get in each others ways when they play together. and kaka and cassano should be able to play together, i mean totti and cassano worked out so why not.

Cassano... Talented player no? But i remember as Target Man correctly said, he could line up as a left sided midfielder. However i think he would get in Kaka's way and would inevitably caUse some sort of problem. Best to stay away?

It was only a matter of time before there was another "Cassanata". If there is someone who wants him then we should sell him. We're better off with Reyes, Robinho, and Raul.

bluenine wrote:All 3 of these strikers will be exponentially more effective if they play off a main striker - one who distracts the defenders away either by his name (RVN, Ronaldo), or physical characteristics (Iaquinta).

By a main striker I mean someone who is capable of playing the role alone. Neither of the 3 look good as a lone striker, and seem ineffective playing with each other. I am sure about this regarding Gila and Inzaghi, and whatever I have seen of Oli so far - he seems no different.

BTW supermadrid, you sound like a salesman desperately trying to sell a carp product Cassano is a Real player, why do you care whether he fits into Milan or not??

supermadrid(zizou legend) wrote:who are these second strikers that you are refering to. olivera is a prima punta just inzaghi and gila is. i dont consider kaka to be one so i dont know what you mean.
imo gila and inzaghi needs someone who can create but they get in each others ways when they play together. and kaka and cassano should be able to play together, i mean totti and cassano worked out so why not.

hehe you should have read what i said about ronaldo when milan fans were talking about signing him. no its just i think cassano is such a misunderstood player. i mean he wants to play thats all and he prob thought that this would be his season because he played well in preseason and because cappello was coach. i wont mind if we keep him because i have faith he will turn good but i suspect that he will leave soon.

about what you about the strikers you might have a point. gila i think could play as a lone striker as he did often for parma.

Every player wants to play. But matured players take things like these in their stride with minimum drama (Del Piero is an excellent example) and brats like Cassano make it into a soap opera.

I have seen guys like Vieri giving the coach a stare at being substituted or kicking something in disgust, but thats in good spirit. cassano is a brat, his talent is NOT in doubt, if he stays calm, he can become Real's new Raul. But staying calm is expecting way too much from that spoilt brat.

If he hadn't acted like a total brat at Roma, Cassano would have been a world champion right now!!!

supermadrid(zizou legend) wrote:

bluenine wrote:All 3 of these strikers will be exponentially more effective if they play off a main striker - one who distracts the defenders away either by his name (RVN, Ronaldo), or physical characteristics (Iaquinta).

By a main striker I mean someone who is capable of playing the role alone. Neither of the 3 look good as a lone striker, and seem ineffective playing with each other. I am sure about this regarding Gila and Inzaghi, and whatever I have seen of Oli so far - he seems no different.

BTW supermadrid, you sound like a salesman desperately trying to sell a carp product Cassano is a Real player, why do you care whether he fits into Milan or not??

supermadrid(zizou legend) wrote:who are these second strikers that you are refering to. olivera is a prima punta just inzaghi and gila is. i dont consider kaka to be one so i dont know what you mean.
imo gila and inzaghi needs someone who can create but they get in each others ways when they play together. and kaka and cassano should be able to play together, i mean totti and cassano worked out so why not.

hehe you should have read what i said about ronaldo when milan fans were talking about signing him. no its just i think cassano is such a misunderstood player. i mean he wants to play thats all and he prob thought that this would be his season because he played well in preseason and because cappello was coach. i wont mind if we keep him because i have faith he will turn good but i suspect that he will leave soon.

about what you about the strikers you might have a point. gila i think could play as a lone striker as he did often for parma.

Target Man wrote:Chuck in Kaka and you can have him for free

what do you know? TM CAN be funny. I had to laugh about that one.

toon h wrote:

Target Man wrote:Chuck in Kaka and you can have him for free

what do you know? TM CAN be funny. I had to laugh about that one.

Ill take that as a compliment.