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Berlusconi: Bring me Adriano!
Saturday 30 June, 2007

Milan President Silvio Berlusconi admits Andriy Shevchenko is too expensive, but publicly asks Inter for Adriano!

The patron has never disguised his fondness for Sheva, even after the £30m move to Chelsea leaving the door wide open for a surprise comeback.

“Shevchenko is always in first place for me, but Roman Abramovich is asking too much. Shevchenko would have no problem in returning to us and I am convinced he would be the ideal partner for Ronaldo.”

“Our fans must relax. We will get a great player, but without rushing it, as it is important to have patience,” said the patron after missing out on David Suazo to rivals Inter.

“Cagliari offered us Suazo, then when we discovered it was not possible to sign him, we stepped aside and refused to put obstacles in Inter’s path.”

The good rapport between the two ‘cugini’ could also see a shock summer transfer, as Suazo’s arrival pushes Adriano out of the Nerazzurri squad. Could Milan swoop for the unsettled hitman?

“If only! I have always liked Adriano a great deal and think that he would be at ease at Milan among all the Brazilians we have here,” smiled Berlusconi.

“Milan are a huge family and being here would give him the opportunity to express himself at his best, just as Ronaldo already has.”

This is not the first time that the thought of Adriano wearing the Rossoneri jersey has crossed the front pages, but Berlusconi takes it a step further.

“With what happened recently I’m not sure if it will be possible, as I called Massimo Moratti to organise a friendly match so Milan and Inter could celebrate their success together, but we haven’t been able to find a date yet.

“Having said that, I repeat that I would very much like Adriano at Milan if we could reach an agreement with Inter.”

Other candidates for the forward role include Samuel Eto’o and Ronaldinho, but Barcelona have stated the pair are not for sale.

“I also want to remind fans that we already have an important new player – Ronaldo can now compete for us in the Champions League.”

Meanwhile, Milan are closing in on former Juventus and Roma midfielder Emerson, who will not be needed at Real Madrid after Fabio Capello’s dismissal.

The Brazilian, known as ‘Puma’, has reportedly already been in negotiations with the Rossoneri for some time and finally got the all-clear to leave Madrid.


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[Fillipo Simone]

I really dont know what are you fighting about,..we all know how things work with Milan, the discover and buy one or two players (like they did with Kaka, Boban, etc.) and mix it with the other two components in our team - home-made players (like Albertini, Baresi, Maldini, Billy, etc.) and players who had the luck to join Milan.

That knid of players should also be considered as Milan discoverys, or better, Milan projects, yes we turned them into gold.
@dst is right with Dida, remeber his first app., against Leeds in the CL (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) ?
Or Pirlo,...yes, he`d probably waist his time at Lazio or Fiora right now,...but these things have allways be the same - Pirlo = Eranio or Donadoni, Rino = Carletto, Gila = Massaro (only we didnt pay that much),...

The only thing I wanted to say is, that it is really much harder these days to discover, locate and sign a young talented defender who will probably turn into something than for any other position,...

[kurtsimonw]

The only thing I wanted to say is, that it is really much harder these days to discover, locate and sign a young talented defender who will probably turn into something than for any other position,...

I was kinda, trying to say something like that in some sort of way. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

It's hard to locate great young players full stop, in my opinion.

UNLESS you're willing to pay stupid amounts of money, like Real and Inter are.

P.S. I'm not entirely sure why we were fighting, I think we completely missed what each other was trying to say. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)