Milan Stirring the Transfer Pot Again

By: Martha | October 16th, 2007

Who’s the man? Despite concluding the Emerson deal with a public assurance that they wouldn’t get back into the market again until next summer, the people at Milan are really bad at just sitting on their hands, and are already eying up new players for their giant shopping list.

Near the top of that list, at least according to his very chatty agent, is Palermo striker Amauri, who is said to be in the sights of several major Italian teams. His agent, while saying all sorts of lovely things about his client’s relationship with his club, is nevertheless headed to Milan this week for what are probably introductory talks, and is already making veiled threats of a departure if Palermo fail to secure a Champions League spot next season. Nice. Since they need several strikers, anyone who plays that position is going to end up being associated with Milan at some point, but the CL talk suggests nothing would happen until next summer. Milan sure are putting a lot of eggs in their Pato and Ronaldo-will-play-again-someday baskets, aren’t they?

While they talk about the future with other peoples’ strikers and spend a lot of time praying over the ones they already have, Milan are also apparently sparing some time to watch World Cup 2010 qualifiers, because in the wake of Juan Roman Riquelme’s fantastic goals against Chile over the weekend, they’re reportedly quite eager to add a bit of magic to their already world-class midfield. Well, they’re going to have a lot of company in that ambition, particularly if Villarreal really are going to let him go for €3 million. Hmm. I wonder what club he could join that would allow him to play alongside a lot of his international teammates …