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DAiDEViL

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Feb 21, 2015
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Im not sure Napoli staying the same as last season is neccesarily a good thing for them, new players always bring in lots of enthusiasm, it's a fresh challenge for them, Napoli will lack that breath of fresh air. Look at Milan post-calciopoli, they had a lot of continuity and a lot of quality players still, but they just couldnt get it together mentally
But Napoli players didn't win anything, they still hungry, unlike old ass milan players.
 

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pitbull

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They might be hungry, Im just saying that routine isnt a good thing, staying the same for 2 seasons is like staying the same for 76 league games, makes it kinda hard for the team to not have any fresh influence around imo
 

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Report: Bank rejects Milan guarantees
By Football Italia staff

It’s reported Banco BPM has rejected Milan’s guarantees to access financial bonds, so Leonardo Bonucci and Lucas Biglia still can’t be registered.

The Rossoneri signed both players last month for €42m and around €17m, but while their contracts have been deposited with the Lega Serie A, they haven’t been properly registered yet.

CEO Marco Fassone assured that the requisite bonds would be deposited on August 11, but Calcio e Finanza reports that the club is struggling to access funds.

The website reports that Milan approached Banco BPM, one of their sponsors, but the bank refused to issue any guarantees.

It’s common practice for Serie A clubs, whose budgets often run at a deficit, to obtain bonds from banks; offset against assets, future revenues, property or other things.

The problem for the Rossoneri and their owners is that almost all of their assets are collateral for the loan granted by US hedge fund Elliott Management, which effectively financed the takeover.

These are said to include intellectual property rights - i.e trademarks -, next season’s television money and 100 per cent of the company Milan Entertainment S.r.l.

Banco BPM has therefore told the club that they must either remove some of those assets from the Elliott deal and turn them over to BPM, or find an international bank to provide guarantees.

The FIGC’s COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 175/A states that any guarantees must come from a company holding an A3 rating with Moody’s, an A- with Standard & Poor’s or a Good rating with Agenzia A.M; or an equivalent rating from other global agencies.

In addition, bonds for transfers completed by July 31 must be deposited by August 11.

Failure to deposit the bonds would not mean Bonucci and Biglia will return to their previous clubs, Juventus and Lazio, but they can’t play until the situation is resolved.




Nice :tup: #Wearesorich
 

tosh_rose

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Lazio were able to sign Felipe Caicedo as a non-EU player thanks to a little administrative sleight of hand with an ex-Milan youth talent. There are limits on the number of non-EU players that Serie A sides are able to sign and one has to be sold abroad before he can open up that spot for a newcomer.

However, the rules are slightly different for non-EU players who move between Serie A sides. Lazio therefore got around the issue by this morning signing Lo Ameth for free from Milan. Within hours, they had sold him on to Naxxar Lions FC, a club in Malta, therefore creating a non-EU player spot. This is why the Aquile were able to register Caicedo as a non-EU player when he arrived from Espanyol.


Shady business... One question however pops up, dont know what Lo ameth is, but with removing him from their squad to another Serie A team, Milan does not frees up additional non-EU spot for themselves (according to the rules), and they are letting Lazio take him for free? So, what is Milan`s gain here? They help a direct rival for Europa League spot, and they do it for free...?! Yeah, right, there`s more to this story...
 

zebrettino

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Aug 4, 2012
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Napoli can't defend, therefore they won't win the Scudetto no matter how many goals they score. No team whose best options at CB are Koulibaly and Albiol is going to go all the way to the top in Italy.

Anyway, in unrelated but highly hilarious news, the umpteenth overpriced Inter bidone wants out. Football Italia:

Geoffrey Kondogbia has reportedly asked to leave Inter, who are demanding around €30m for the midfielder.

According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Kondogbia believes he needs a change of scenery after two “difficult” years, in which he scored just two goals in 56 appearances.

Despite looking rejuvenated under Luciano Spalletti, his own goal from distance against Chelsea was “yet another sign of an unlucky marriage” between him and Inter.

The 24-year-old also wants regular football so he can be called up to the France squad for the World Cup next summer, although he has not played for Les Bleus since September 2015.

The newspaper notes Inter will be looking for a fee in the region of €25-30m, having paid €40m to sign him two years ago.

The Nerazzurri need to recoup such a figure in order to break even, but they are also trying to raise funds for “a stormtrooper” in the middle of the park, that player being Bayern Munich’s Arturo Vidal.

Gazzetta concludes “the most interesting offers” will come from Premier League clubs.
I know loads of teams will be dying to shell out €25-30m for Kondogbia. After all, what other player in world football is capable of this:


Anyone remember all the talk about how he was supposed to make everyone forget about Pogba?:sergio:
 

zebrettino

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Aug 4, 2012
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Report: Bank rejects Milan guarantees
By Football Italia staff

It’s reported Banco BPM has rejected Milan’s guarantees to access financial bonds, so Leonardo Bonucci and Lucas Biglia still can’t be registered.

The Rossoneri signed both players last month for €42m and around €17m, but while their contracts have been deposited with the Lega Serie A, they haven’t been properly registered yet.

CEO Marco Fassone assured that the requisite bonds would be deposited on August 11, but Calcio e Finanza reports that the club is struggling to access funds.

The website reports that Milan approached Banco BPM, one of their sponsors, but the bank refused to issue any guarantees.

It’s common practice for Serie A clubs, whose budgets often run at a deficit, to obtain bonds from banks; offset against assets, future revenues, property or other things.

The problem for the Rossoneri and their owners is that almost all of their assets are collateral for the loan granted by US hedge fund Elliott Management, which effectively financed the takeover.

These are said to include intellectual property rights - i.e trademarks -, next season’s television money and 100 per cent of the company Milan Entertainment S.r.l.

Banco BPM has therefore told the club that they must either remove some of those assets from the Elliott deal and turn them over to BPM, or find an international bank to provide guarantees.

The FIGC’s COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 175/A states that any guarantees must come from a company holding an A3 rating with Moody’s, an A- with Standard & Poor’s or a Good rating with Agenzia A.M; or an equivalent rating from other global agencies.

In addition, bonds for transfers completed by July 31 must be deposited by August 11.

Failure to deposit the bonds would not mean Bonucci and Biglia will return to their previous clubs, Juventus and Lazio, but they can’t play until the situation is resolved.




Nice :tup: #Wearesorich
Funny, none of the Milan fans raving about their supposedly amazing mercato have mentioned this. The funniest part about it is that Bonny and Biglia are their two best signings of the summer and they're the ones they haven't registered. This is what you get when you deal with hedge funds, Milan will be bankrupt before long at this rate.
 

xGenius

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Aug 30, 2014
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Funny, none of the Milan fans raving about their supposedly amazing mercato have mentioned this. The funniest part about it is that Bonny and Biglia are their two best signings of the summer and they're the ones they haven't registered. This is what you get when you deal with hedge funds, Milan will be bankrupt before long at this rate.
Both are registered.

He's not coming back :D
 
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