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Posted by: han2503 Dec 4 2006, 07:19 PM

Milan set for winter training camp in Malta.

Milan are poised to hold a seven-day training camp in Malta early next year. Well placed sources have told The Sunday Times that the Serie A giants have also agreed to play a friendly against Birkirkara, the Malta champions, during their planned sojourn here between January 2 and 9.

Rumours about Milan's potential visit began to proliferate yesterday after high ranking-officials from Birkirkara held talks with delegations from the two clubs representing Milan supporters in Malta, namely the Milan supporters' club Malta and Cuore Rossonero.

Discussions centred on how the two local branches of Rossoneri fans can contribute towards the organisation and promotion of Milan's training camp in Malta.

The Sunday Times has learnt it was John Borg, Birkirkara's international secratary and a respected memeber of the European club forum within UEFA, who set the wheels in motion for Milan's proposed training jaunt in Malta.

Contacted yesterday, Borg did not deny rumours about Milan's impending visit to Malta but refrained from elaborating further on the matter.

Further enquiries yielded more information about various aspects of Milan's trip to Malta. The friendly has been pencilled in for January 8 at the National Stadium, and the match will be broadcasted live on Milan channel.

A deligation from the Serie A club is expected here in the next few days with the aim of inspecting the facilities available.

All of Milan's star players will make the trip to Malta with coach Carlo Ancelotti and high officials from the club, icluding Adriano Galliani.

Although Milan, winners of 17 Serie A titles and six-times European champions, have in theory accepted Birkirkara's invitation, the contract will only be sealed once the Serie A club had concluded their fact-finding mission here.

The initial plan is for Milan to fly out to Malta on January 2. Four days later, they will board a flight to Italy and play Juventus in a Berlusconi cup tie. After the match at the San Siro, the Milan contingent will head back to Malta to continue their training camp. The organisers are mulling over the idea of offering a limited number of VIP seats on the charter flights taking Milan to Italy and back to Malta on January 6.

Umberto Gandini, Milan's organisational manager and European Club Forum representative, played a key role in the club's decision to consider Malta as their winter camp destination. Gandini embraces the concept of solidarity between clubs and his support for Birkirkara's proposal to host Milan next month is in line with his belief that small clubs deserve help from their bigger counter parts.

It is believed that Qatar and the United Arab Emerates were in the running to host Milan's training camp but it seems that no agreement could be reached with either of these two rich countries.

Milan are currently struggleing for form in the Serie A. Gathering a maximum of 9 points from their opening three matches, they succeeded in wipinig out the eight point penalty for their part in last summer's Italian football scandal. However, Carlo Ancelotti's side found the going tough in the following weeks, taking only 10 points from their last 10 matches. Milan who are away to Cagliari this afternoon, travel to Udinese on December 23, the last Serie A day before the Christmas break. Their first Serie A fixture of 2007 is a home match against Reggina on January 14.

Posted by: misha Dec 4 2006, 07:37 PM

You can go to watch them train

Posted by: han2503 Dec 4 2006, 07:45 PM

Yep, I'm definately excited about this. i hope everthing goes accoring to plan and the do come here.

I'll go wath the match too

Posted by: mchanna Dec 4 2006, 09:00 PM

aww I hope its true for you
I would make tons of pictures haha
and try to snag autogramms from each =)

Posted by: dst Dec 4 2006, 09:31 PM

!!

go get some milanfan exclusives...

Posted by: Rossoneri7 Dec 4 2006, 09:51 PM

V-cool !!!

Get pics han And if u get a chance to meet Gilardino, tell him I says pack up and ship out

Posted by: han2503 Dec 4 2006, 11:16 PM

If you want I could try and kill Galliani for you if he comes over.



Never

I don't know about the autographs thing because I would be lucky to get anywhere near them but I'l take as many pics as I can if I manage to get tickets. Cause from what I'm hearing at work and school their are already tons of people who want to go and buy tickets and this hasn't even been confirmed yet

Posted by: dst Dec 4 2006, 11:38 PM

If I want?? Yeah... like you had to ask!!

Posted by: han2503 Dec 4 2006, 11:41 PM

For now I'll just worry about getting tickets.

Then I'll plan the zio fester murder later

And if I do get tickets I'm hoping I won't get stuck behind him, the light reflecting off of his bald head might blind me

Posted by: dst Dec 4 2006, 11:44 PM

I say cover the forests around (if there are any) cause there's conflagration danger!!

Posted by: han2503 Dec 4 2006, 11:48 PM

nope no forests over here. But maybe I should cover his head with tin foil so that the heat would stay inside. We already have enough heat problems over here, we don't want to aggrevate anything

Posted by: X-Offender Dec 4 2006, 11:50 PM

Guys, guys, there's only one man up for this job: Agent 47



You want me to make him a call?

Posted by: han2503 Dec 4 2006, 11:52 PM

I think I can handle zio fester, but if any problem arises I'll let you know

Posted by: X-Offender Dec 4 2006, 11:54 PM

Well, since they're both baldies I think there's gonna be perfect sincronisation between 'em... until 47 slits his throat.

Posted by: berenike_10 Dec 5 2006, 06:25 AM

Don't waste that chance han, and if it comes true, enjoy !!!!

Posted by: han2503 Dec 5 2006, 09:16 AM

I definately would

Posted by: han2503 Dec 19 2006, 02:56 PM

btw this is official!!! They confirmed it on Milan Channel yesterday!

Can't wait!!

Posted by: KillerMax Dec 20 2006, 12:57 AM

Awesome!

Posted by: Portikins Dec 20 2006, 01:35 AM

han, you lucky juventini.

Posted by: arivanjj Dec 20 2006, 01:41 AM

congrats!! please take pics or if u can videos

Posted by: han2503 Dec 20 2006, 01:40 PM

I don't know about the videos but I promise pics if I manage to get tickets, cause I haven't heard anything about where they are being sold. I gues they'll have the info on the sunday paper

Posted by: misha Dec 22 2006, 08:18 PM

AC Milan will take on Maltese champions Birkirkara FC on 9 January as part of an eight-day training camp on the island for the Serie A club.

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Milan will be in Malta from 2-10 January, and the fixture was confirmed by Birkirkara FC chairman Victor Zammit. "Birkirkara FC have kept up with the tradition of bringing big international clubs over to the island," he told uefa.com. "Manchester United FC and Juventus have graced our island with their visits in recent years. Now AC Milan will be the next [and] will be playing a friendly match at the National Stadium against our club.

'Great honour'
"For us at Birkirkara FC, it is a great honour to host such a renowned football club such AC Milan," he added. "I would officially like to thank AC Milan for accepting our invitation and for offering their message of total solidarity and friendship between bigger and smaller clubs, a message which UEFA clearly transmits."

©uefa.com

Posted by: han2503 Dec 22 2006, 09:51 PM

Going to start asking about tickets right after christmas, so I'll have a chance of getting them before they sell out