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AC Milan will not turn to the transfer market for cover for Alessandro Nesta.
The central defender is suffering from back problems and was forced to miss the Rossoneri's season debut, a scoreless draw with Cremonese on Wednesday.
However, Adrian Galliani insisted that Carlo Ancelotti's squad has enough stregnth in depth to cope with the setback to the 32-year-old, which the managing director does not regard as overly serious.
He said: "Nesta will absolutely not be replaced if he is injured becuase we are not dealing with a major injury.
"We are not getting worked up over this, the player will not have to be operated on."
"We have six central defenders at this moment so I don't understand all the clamour. As central defenders we not only have Nesta but [Kakhaber] Kaladze, [Paolo] Maldini, [Daniele] Bonera, [Dario] Simic and Digao.
"Also, [Giuseppe] Favalli can play in the middle and in my opinion so can [Massimo] Ambrosini, so I don't understand why there are calls to return to the transfer market when we have at least six central defenders."
The San Siro side have splashed out to reinforce the midfield with the likes of Luca Antonini and Matthieu Flamini, impressive in his debut in the red and black shirt against the third division side, and in attack with Marco Borriello and Ronaldinho.
Yet, despite Simic and Digao being earmarked to be on their way out at the World Club champions and both Favalli and Maldini over 35 years old, no new faces have arrived to bolster the defence apart from wing-back Gianluca Zambrotta.
However, Galliani confirmed: "Now the incoming market is closed."
The central defender is suffering from back problems and was forced to miss the Rossoneri's season debut, a scoreless draw with Cremonese on Wednesday.
However, Adrian Galliani insisted that Carlo Ancelotti's squad has enough stregnth in depth to cope with the setback to the 32-year-old, which the managing director does not regard as overly serious.
He said: "Nesta will absolutely not be replaced if he is injured becuase we are not dealing with a major injury.
"We are not getting worked up over this, the player will not have to be operated on."
"We have six central defenders at this moment so I don't understand all the clamour. As central defenders we not only have Nesta but [Kakhaber] Kaladze, [Paolo] Maldini, [Daniele] Bonera, [Dario] Simic and Digao.
"Also, [Giuseppe] Favalli can play in the middle and in my opinion so can [Massimo] Ambrosini, so I don't understand why there are calls to return to the transfer market when we have at least six central defenders."
The San Siro side have splashed out to reinforce the midfield with the likes of Luca Antonini and Matthieu Flamini, impressive in his debut in the red and black shirt against the third division side, and in attack with Marco Borriello and Ronaldinho.
Yet, despite Simic and Digao being earmarked to be on their way out at the World Club champions and both Favalli and Maldini over 35 years old, no new faces have arrived to bolster the defence apart from wing-back Gianluca Zambrotta.
However, Galliani confirmed: "Now the incoming market is closed."
