Milan are understood to be lining up a series of late swoops should they beat Red Star Belgrade in tonight’s Champions League tie.The Rossoneri have been relatively quiet on the market so far, but that may all change should they qualify for the group stages of the competition on Tuesday.
Reports suggest that a positive night in Belgrade will see club officials fly to Madrid to start talks for Ronaldo.
The Brazilian striker has been associated with the Via Turati club recently even if Inter may try to hijack the deal by offering Adriano to the Liga club in exchange.
Milan are still in need of a striker to replace Andriy Shevchenko and have also eyed Udinese’s Vincenzo Iaquinta, Carlos Tevez of Corinthians and Internacional Porto Alegre’s Rafael Sobis.
However, the latter is now understood to be on the verge of moving to Spain with Racing Santander.
There is also speculation that Milan are still interested in Gianluigi Buffon given that Nelson Dida has not yet renewed his contract which expires in 2007.
The World Cup winner has committed his future to Juventus, but a tempting offer may see a change in his future plans.
It is also understood that defender Edu Dracena, currently contracted to Cruzeiro, is on Milan’s shortlist too.
The South American, who has an Italian passport, has been targeted by Roma recently and is valued at £5m by the Belo Horizonte club.
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