De staight talking Galliani from AC Milan

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Galliani rues 'unrealistic demands' Wednesday 2 July, 2008

Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani has explained that Arsenal’s £35m price tag on Emmanuel Adebayor is beyond the club’s financial capabilities.

The Diavolo are desperate to lure a big-name marksman this summer and after a number of possible targets had been ruled out they seemed to have found their man in Adebayor.

However, the Rossoneri would be unlikely to match Barcelona’s reported bid of £25m, let alone the additional £10m the Gunners seem to want.

“There are continuous requests for Adebayor, but Arsenal are demanding £35m and that is impossible for clubs in Italy,” Galliani moaned.

“That’s why the top footballers in the world don’t come here anymore.

“When big clubs like Barcelona and Chelsea arrive it is impossible to compete because they are in a very advantageous fiscal situation.”

Adebayor remains unsettled at the Emirates Stadium and has demanded a pay rise of almost 400 per cent to stay in London.

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I agree with this fan, I would sell Ade for 27million pounds

Silly money
Emmanuel Adebayor reportedly has an 80 per cent chance of joining Milan, but Richard Godden reckons that the Rossoneri are better off taking their business elsewhere



"What are the chances of Emmanuel Adebayor coming to Milan? I’d say today we are between 70 and 80 per cent." Those are the words of agent Vincenzo Morabito, who claims to be acting on behalf of the Arsenal striker. Considering that a fee of £30m has been mooted for the Togolese ace, fans of the Rossoneri should be praying that the other 20 to 30 per cent prevails.

Don’t get me wrong, Adebayor is a fine striker who should have a very bright future in the football world. He is big, strong, quick and has two decent feet. But a clinical finisher he is not. In an Arsenal team which is probably more creative than any other side on the continent, a tally of 23 League goals seems decent enough. But when you consider that he scored six of them against Derby County – nine in total against the three relegated Premier League clubs last term – it becomes less impressive.

Aside from the fact that there are probably better strikers out there than Adebayor who Milan could sign for less than £30m, it is also money which could be better spent elsewhere – namely on a goalkeeper who can catch more than a cold. Christian Abbiati is not the solution to the problem which has plagued the Rossoneri in recent times and he should be back-up to someone such as Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc. The Pole might not be a superstar, but he has shown on enough occasions that he is a top-class custodian.

Let’s say that it takes £10m to prise Boruc from Celtic Park. That leaves the Rossoneri at least £20m to spend on a striker to join Alexandre Pato, Marco Borriello and Pippo Inzaghi. Adebayor would be correctly priced for that sort of money – in the current football climate, of course – but there are plenty of other possibilities. Another couple of Premier League stars, both of whom are arguably better equipped to life in Serie A, are also allegedly available for a similar expenditure. I think you’d struggle to find too many fans who’d pick Adebayor over Dimitar Berbatov and Didier Drogba at £10m cheaper.

And if Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani is hoping to get the former Monaco man at a more realistic price, then he certainly hasn’t gone the right way about it. By declaring that it’s Ade or no one, he’s basically told Arsenal that they can demand whatever they want for a player they apparently have no desire of selling. If the Rossoneri really want to compete for next season’s Scudetto then the money men had better smarten up fast…