The Argentine World Cup hero has fallen out with his club Coach Manuel Pellegrini and has been virtually frozen out of the Yellow Submarine’s squad.

The 29-year-old, who is widely regarded as one of the best playmakers in the world, has been made available for the paltry sum of £3m.

The Rossoneri have arguably one of the best midfields in Europe but believe that Riquelme’s technique and creativity would fit in perfectly with the likes of Andrea Pirlo, Clarence Seedorf and Kaka.

Riquelme had seemed set to sign for Atletico Madrid in the summer but his transfer fell through at the very last minute.

Despite his lack of playing time for his club, Riquelme is still being picked for his country, and he scored two sublime free-kicks during Argentina’s 2-0 win over Chile in a 2010 World Cup qualifier at the weekend.

The ex-Barcelona midfielder first came to the world’s attention at Boca Juniors, with whom he won the Intercontinental Cup in 2000, after a virtuoso individual performance against Real Madrid in Tokyo.

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3 million.... we get him and gourcuff will hang himself...but we don't get him, then sure as hell the merda will.

@Tennie it is everywhere .. check FI ..

I doubt he will come .. These are just rumors. We have Seedorf (who is 10x better, and faster ) .. We have Emerson and Gourcuff who also are challenging for a first team place. Highly unlikely that he will come.

Unlike Gourcuff he can produce instant creativity and danger from the midfield. He is welcome IMO,...

Ffffooooooorrrrzzzaaaaaa (Missing Reel)lllaaannnn...

Dont like him to be honest, that and he dissapears in big games

Somebody saw Grindhouse. I was kinda hoping to catch the lap dance. Damn you quentin!

The lap dance is included in the separate, longer version of the movie, the one that was released on DVD!

Fefinately a yes from me. Riquelme is quality.

For that price are board is always interested

^^^ What about Gourcuff? And Emerson? This would cause a huge problem in the team harmony. Otherwise I'd love to have him. He'd play perfectly with the 2 DMs formation that Carlo loves.

Carlo doesn't trust Gourcuff enough. It will be better for him and Milan to be loaned to another Italian club. Emerson is playing in a different position. His place is to be a sub for our defensive midfielders. Riquelme is experienced player that can really make a difference and will be perfect alongside Kaka behind the striker.

How long will you keep loaning out Gourcuff? One season? Even he won't stick around for that kinda treatment much longer, and I know lots of clubs that would love to sign him up off us.

And I don't know about Carlo not trusting Gourcuff. Why say we won't sign any MFs otherwise?

Half season or one season and see how it goes. It's better than just keep him on the bench. The boy needs playing time. People can say that his training with Milan bla bla bla , but he's almost a year and a half here and what's the point of keeping him if he's barely playing. And how many seasons do you think he will stick around with limited minutes? Maybe if he will be playing in some other Italian team and show what he realy worth, Carlo would see him differently...

Here's a better idea, I'm sure you'll like. Buy Riqueleme and loan him out to Kiev, till Seedorf retires.

5 yrs from now

I like gourcuff but we can't be scared of buying midfielders because it will limit his playing time. If he is good he will succeed one way or another.

Onkel fester made a mistake by buying Emerson, we didn't need him he should have bought Riquelme instead.

Oh we do need Emerson very much. Just wait till Gattuso and Pirlo get exhausted.

We have Ambrosini and brocchi but we don't have any offensive midfielders except for Goucuff on the bench.

Actually sending Boban on loan to Bari was a real good decision. Same with Gourcuff,..

good signing, but if we do sign him. Gourcuff is gone 100%

How do u know that ??

IMO .. whether he goes or stays, it doesn't make much difference to Milan. There are millions of players out there that dream of playing for Milan

haha.. nice one.. in the meantime, should we loan Beckham from Galaxy?

Actually that is an EXCELLENT idea. Beckham gets his shot at the NT. We get the much needed push down the flank. And Adidas is kept happy. The season is over for Galaxy anyway.

It worked for Man U with Larsson. He made a HUGE difference to the season. One of SAF's master strokes last season.

Despite the fact that the LA management has said they will NOT be loaning Beckham out during the off season, I just.......

....at the thought of Beckham in a Milan jersey. Ick. Saw him play in MLS and he's nowhere near what he was at in the last 3 months at Madrid. It'd be a better deal for him than for Milan anyway -- he wouldn't be able to play the first few months cos of injury anyway and he'd have Milan Lab to whip him into shape. So....

No, thanks.

Really...I was under the impression he was the only guy at LA doing something worthwhile.

Pity; another career slowed down thanks to the attention-seeking wife.

Actually, LA climbed out of last place and got to within one point of qualifying for the post-season playoff (yes, MLS has post season playoffs) without Beckham playing any but part of the very last game. Credit should go to the squad players who probably make $40K/year rather than the 'stars' like Beckham or Landon Donovan.

You think Beckham is sad about moving to LA? It won't be long before we see him star in a movie maybe next to fellow scientologist Tom Cruise too.


It sucks to be a proffesional footballer in the US (compared to what their European colleagues earn of course)!

^^^

So that means you're not going to NJ Metrostars then?

i'm sure they make a good 80-100k/yr

^^^



There has to be some team, that's bad enough that even I make the first 11. DC United??

Riquelme is supposedly reached a deal with Boca. Such a waste...

Great! Europe does not suit him, I'm glad he didn't come to us in particular. So will he play in the CWC or only after January?

@misha...If I can't have Ballack, don't see why you should have Juan Roman.

So there is justice in the world.

Well, I wanted Requelme because he's a good player, but you wanted Ballack just beacause you love tall germans. Oh, and you can't have MVB as coach after Carlo either

Meaniehead!! ( I'm missin her already). I don't like tall Germans. I just find more of a sophisticated persona around Michael than Riquelme. Besides he looks la lot better too. And I don't want anyone competing with Andy P for free kicks.

But if you were to ask me seriously it is that we don't have the squad to play around Riquelme. We have too much of what do you say--an ensemble cast.

Oh MvB will come, you'll see. This is his spiritual home. His alma mater. Destiny will bring him to the Siro again. I promise you this much. Succesfull or not, I can't guarantee.

I think we have. He can be part of the system too, he just hasn't got a good opportunity to show that.

He won't come

If he doesn't come in the next 10 years, I'll wait tables at Kaladze's restaurant. If he does you do the same.

Or better, you can be Kaladze's b!tch...

Don't go there, I'll bomb it someday without warning and... I wouldn't want you to be around!

@dst If I lose the bet, you'd have to make it sooner rather than later. Maybe like on lunch break on my first day at the job. Before Ronaldo walks in for his dinner, and I gotta clean up after him!

@misha: Hmmmmm....no I wouldn't even be MvB's *****! Waiting tables it is.