Firstly our bargaining chips are the very ones we are relying on now, in the past, in the future and whenever.. these bargaining chips are the 29 Scudetto's, 2 European Cups are numerous other trophies which secco had nothing to do with. In regards to Milito, he clearly stated he would be delighted to play for Juventus and all that stopped his transfer to Juve is the 2.3million in which Zaragoza wanted, if he would have sold Miccoli for more than a bag of peanuts he could of quite easily attained the much needed 2.3 million.. and about Sissoko, he openly said Liverpool is a bigger club than us and then only once he found himself on the bench of Liverpool did he state his desire to come to Juve, this is a desperate man who would of said anything to any club stupid enough to take interest in him which happen to be us..
If I was a footballer and you came up with that I would have laughed at you. You are talking like a fan not a businessman.
You come representing a club that was relegated to serieB in utter disgrace. The whole world thinks you are cheats and that the only reason you won in the past is because your general manager was manipulating matches and you had your last 2 championships stripped of you and the best you can come up with is 29 scudettos, 2 European cups etc?
Get real, noone is gonna listen to that if you are not willing to pay over the odds and pay me a far better salary than my sorry ass is worth, why should I play for ya?
Before ppl start taking is the wrong way, its the harsh reality of how we were perceived at the beginning of the season, we were badly tainted, Italian football is badly tainted in the eyes of the world so talking about past would not help attract high calibre player when you are not playing in Europe.
I dont believe that money was the stumbling block in Milito's case as the transfer dragged on for ages, he did not wanna come is my belief. did he ever discuss terms etc?
Its easier to bargain with Empoli and Udinese for their players and Lyon were going thru a phase with Houllier leaving, Abidal buggered off to Bacelona, Cacapa to newcastle and Malouda to Chelsea so it was easy to get Tiago
@ Goggo You cannot discount the board for persuading Buffon, Nedved, camoranesi, Dp and Trez to stay as no matter what means they used they still did the job.
As far as Sissoko goes, its Ranieri that wants him not Secco so why is he getting stick.
Between Zanaetti, Nocerino and Sissoko it would be interesting to see how they pass the ball between them.
I dont understand this transfer either but hey they are 3rd in the league, 1 point behind Roma and they can use that to beat me over the head with all day and they would be right