[kurtsimonw]

Milan president Silvio Berlusconi says Ronaldinho will never join the club.

Berlusconi has never hidden his admiration for the Barcelona star and would love to bring him to the Giuseppe Meazza.

Milan have previously insisted they would be at the forefront to sign Ronaldinho should Barcelona ever decide to sell him.

However, Berlusconi believes that is unlikely to happen as Barcelona would never sell the Brazilian maestro.

"I've spoken with Barcelona president [Joan] Laporta and he told me that should he sell Ronaldinho, he would have to leave the country," Berlusconi told Sky Italia.

Milan are keen to bring in a new striker this summer and they have been linked with Ronaldinho's team-mate Samuel Eto'o.

Eto'o is adamant he will not be leaving Barcelona, but Berlusconi insists the club will do everything to sign a quality forward.

"We don't give limits to our targets," added Berlusconi. "We hope to find someone who can fit our needs.

"For the moment we expect a lot from Ronaldo. Then we will find a strong player who is not untransferable."

Sky Sports

Sorry if it has been posted elsewhere, I'm beyond tired to have noticed. (Porty may have posted it in Spanish or something?)

Wow, NEVER going to join?

This post has been edited by kurtsimonw: Jun 26 2007, 08:19 AM

[jbryant1]

The real joke of all this is Silvio. If this is what Laporta says why are we still chasing players that we can't sign.

You didn't hear Man United or Bayern Munich sit around and dream of bringing these big stars to club, they went out and got the players they needed which were available and possible to lure away.

If I was Eto'o or Ronaldinho and Henry was coming the prospect of the coming season looks very good that they are going to get silverware.

Barcelona had massive injury problems and still maintained a solid campaign last season. It was the players that were just injured or it might have been the fatigue of the World Cup that went against them kind of like Milan's players.