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Dan Ashforth. Newcastle DS is in Milan.

Getting 70-80M for Sandro mustache Toenails is a dailight robbery for Milan. Probably Kamada can replace him easily. And this is why Moncada gave the green light.
 

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Not good for the league.🙁
 

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Milan problem with selling tonali is that he is the only great midfielder they have, everyone else is midtable level or below. They really need to spend that money wisely or else they will be in big trouble.
 

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Milan problem with selling tonali is that he is the only great midfielder they have, everyone else is midtable level or below. They really need to spend that money wisely or else they will be in big trouble.
Disagree. Bennacer is class.
 

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Disagree. Bennacer is class.
Bennacer struggles to be in optimal shape due to his frequent injuries.
I'm surprised that the true Milanista Tonali accepts move away from his beloved club.
Anyway, I won't be mad if we get Frattesi, Milan SMS, and Jube left with empty hands.
 

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Bennacer struggles to be in optimal shape due to his frequent injuries.
I'm surprised that the true Milanista Tonali accepts move away from his beloved club.
Anyway, I won't be mad if we get Frattesi, Milan SMS, and Jube left with empty hands.
after all the shit with maldini and stuff, you cant be too surprised IMHO?
 

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after all the shit with maldini and stuff, you cant be too surprised IMHO?
Many shits happened in Inter too, but Bastoni for example refused to leave. Barella as well.( I hope he doesn't prove me wrong this summer).
 

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Crazy shit. Cardinale is cleaning house apparently.
 

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after all the shit with maldini and stuff, you cant be too surprised IMHO?

I am beginning to believe the main reason Maldini got fired was he blocked sales by setting unrealistic demands and Cardinale would have none of it. It was always weird all these years that Milan, who were run as a selling club (salary cap, investing in youngsters) would rather keep the players till the end of the contracts and lose them on a free than selling them at an earlier stage. Elliott didn't seem to care about it but Cardinale obviously disagrees with that policy.
 

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I am beginning to believe the main reason Maldini got fired was he blocked sales by setting unrealistic demands and Cardinale would have none of it. It was always weird all these years that Milan, who were run as a selling club (salary cap, investing in youngsters) would rather keep the players till the end of the contracts and lose them on a free than selling them at an earlier stage. Elliott didn't seem to care about it but Cardinale obviously disagrees with that policy.
Would seem to make sense.
 

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As much as we can dislike/hate Milan this is bad for the league…. A pilar for them and for the league… this might temp others to move abroad… this league is dead if the top Italian players decide to leave.

Tonali might be hugely disappointed with maldinis sacking… wouldn’t be surprised if theo and leao force a move.
 

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Tonali is rated disproportionately highly by Milanisti because:

- he's Italian
- he's a Milan fan
- he's young (and it's assumed that he'll improve with age)

Future captain, legend in the making, all that shit. To be fair, all fanbases do it, like us with Barella. Though I'd say most neutrals rate Barella much higher than Tonali from a pure footballing sense.

I think deep down, Milan fans are equally upset about losing someone who ticks those 3 boxes I listed above, just as much as they are to lose a footballer of his level, which IMO, is certainly very good but not a world beater.

Anyway, my point is that 70m for Tonali, let alone 80m, is an extremely good deal for Milan. They could have a great mercato while simultaneously ruining ours by using that money to sign SMS and steal Frattesi from under our noses.

They could get a huge mileage out of that 70-80m for Tonali. Compare that to our current situation with Brozovic / Frattesi. The funds we'd get for selling Brozovic wouldn't even cover two thirds of the cost for his inferior replacement. What kind of fucking trash is that?

eh. I won't laugh at Milan until we get our own shit in order.
 

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We are about to "lose" two of our most promising prospects in the last 5 years to Juve, and you guys keep talking about an overhyped dickface Tonali.
 
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