Chew on this
By: Gianfranco | July 3rd, 2007Just in case some of the snubees are reading this right now, I would like all of you to realize that AC Milan has sold 28,000+ season tickets. This is a ridiculous number of season tickets even for a club the size of AC Milan. There usual number is around 9-10K, so as you can see this is quite a jump. This totals about 8,854,637 Euro in revenue which in America money translates roughly to a SHITLOAD. What this means basically is that when Galliani mentioned that Pato was a bit on the pricey side, he could have meant that he either does not like Pato as a player and wanted him to still feel OK about himself, or the club have bigger and MORE EXPENSIVE things in mind.
With the cash flow en route Milan may actually retain Kaka, much to the chagrin of my last post and make a move for a one of the few available strikers left, David Villa anyone?? Then again with that much cash coming, who is to say they will not make a bigger splash and steal a Mr. Didier Drogba (a boy can dream can’t he.)
Much of my last post was done is a sleep deprived haze, we all know very well that Milan will use this huge influx of cash to either buy Ronaldinho for no apparent reason other than trying to assemble the starting eleven of the quarterfinal losing Brazil, or throw huge sums of money at Sheva so he comes crawling back to the San Siro. In the process they will inexplicably link themselves with tons of very attractive players who will turn the club in the end…the saga continues.
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Uh are you aware of the conversion rate? thats only 12 million dollars. Thats nothing, and definitely not enough for Drogba.
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Are 28,000 season tickets a lot for a stadium with a capacity of 85,000? It doesn’t seem that it is to me.
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Fred, Milan, like many other Seria A clubs either operate in debt or close to it. I do know that Milan did make a profit last year but they typically only factor in about 5M euro for season ticket revenue. So as you can see when a club has surpassed that number in only early July there is a lot of excitement and buzz around the club which can lead the front office to be more generous for a signing. I do agree that 12M dollars will not cover a Drogba transfer fee, but a rise in fan attendance and money may make Milan a better place for any player.
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JT, great spot on the Beasley photo the other day, I do not if you are from CT but that photo was taken at a great bar for watching any match. As for the 28K it is a big number becuase those are guaranteed to be there for every home game, this is a huge number in county were attendance is not neccesarily all that great. They average around 45K last year with only around 9K as season ticket holders so you can see why the increase will be so drastic and profitable.
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drogba is over 28, and is just finishing his third year at chelsea. under fifa rules, you can buy out the rest of his contract for the same amount of money that chelsea would give him over his contract. if, for example, he has 4 years left, and hes making 4 mil a year, thats 16 mil to get drogba in the bag…
but still, i dont want him. we should go for ronaldinho or if that fails, david villa..
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Shehan, do you really believe Dinho would fit the current style of play? Milan is teams that attacks from the flank with crosses to point, ie Drogba or Eto. Occasionaly they break out runs with Kaka but ‘Dinho and Kaka would mug each other like they did in Germany…I just don’t see how it can work
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dinho and kaka’ had 2 strikers in front of them, and only 2 DM’s behind them, it was a suicidal strategy by their coach (whose name ive already forgotten).
but in the games that brazil have played under dunga, theyve had their fair share of dominance, they gel really well, especially vs. england where they were combining amazingly and blowing the english midfield to bits.
ronaldinho would simply fill into seedorf’s boots, some call it a christmas tree formation, but it actually is a 4-3-1-2 with kaka’ playing as a support striker and seedorf as the trequartista. ronaldinho could fit into seedorf’s boots quite well; he can hold the ball and wait for teamates to get into position and then pass it away, or he has enough quality to take it up the flank by himself and send the ball away. exactly as seedorf always does.
and then dont forget his marketability
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Nice point, I do agree with you on the suiciadal strategy of one Carlos Alberto Parreira, but I am not sure that Dinho will fill Seedorf’s utility role, he is a more creative player than Clarence and also less industrious. Donati would have filled Clarence’s shoes nicely, to bad he will be peddling his wares for Celtic now.
Dinho is EXTREMELY marketable but I am still VERY VERY apprehensive on this one.
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