Summer
mercati always make people crazy. But this summer has got to take the cake.
Between the mass exodus of the Senatori and the theft of Ibra and Thiago,
speculation ranges from the practical and cost effective to the ridiculous and
overpriced. With the match between Milan and CD Olimpia finished, and the team
travelling to New York tomorrow to face Real Madrid on Wednesday, I thought we
could take a day off and join the ranks of Fantacalcio.
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| The mercato makes people do crazy things, like Inler wearing the lion head at his unveiling |
The
situation: You were having dinner with Berlusconi and Galliani as part
of some contest you won. Galliani gets a call and has a family emergency and
has to leave. He tells Berlusconi he is going to have to take a sudden leave of
absence and is not sure when he will return.
Berlusconi,
who has already demolished at least 2 bottles of wine on his own starts talking
business with you. As the wine keeps flowing, he turns to you, looks intently
into your face and asks you for a favor. He tells you he is impressed with your
knowledge of the mercato and asks if you will fill in for Galliani until he
returns. He has decided to spend €50m of the transfer fees from Zlatan and
Thiago, so that will be your budget. You are to meet with Braida and Allegri,
identify targets, and then plan the rest of the purchases for this mercato.
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| A tipsy Berlusconi makes your dream come true |
Remember:
your Milan transfer targets value must not exceed €50m total based on current
estimated values, you cannot count on making Galliani-esque deals. You can buy
one player or as many as you can, your only limit is the €50m. The other
stipulation is that you may not transfer anyone else out.
So
go, spend… reinforce or buy your favorite player(s). Tell us your Milan player
choices, their transfer values, positions and if you’d like, why you chose
them. You can “vote” for your favorite mercato choices by clicking the “like”
button on the one(s) you like. Feel free to make more than one manic mercato
choice, too. Whomever has the most likes at the end of the day will be Milan
Obsession’s Honorary DS for a day.
Do
your worst. Or your best. Or whatever. Show us what kind of dreams you have
that €50m would buy for Milan this year.
This post inspired by the music of The GoGos
Our next friendly is
AC Milan vs. Real Madrid
Wednesday, August 8th • 8:00 pm EDT
Yankee Stadium, New York, NY, U.S.A.