Adebayor: Attracting firm interest from AC Milan
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Milan confirm contact over Adebayor
AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has revealed he has talked to Arsenal about the possibility of signing striker Emmanuel Adebayor.
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The Rossoneri's first-choice target remains Wolfsburg star Edin Dzeko but with the German Bundesliga club remaining firm that he is not for sale, Milan are starting to look at alternatives.
Galliani indicated on Thursday that they might be interested in Adebayor and it now appears that the Serie A side have stepped up their interest in the Togo international.
"We don't have any agreement with Dzeko," said Galliani. "He is a Wolfsburg player. Dzeko has expressed his liking for a move here but at this moment there are no negotiations yet.
"We wrote to Wolfsburg and they responded that he is not for sale. If Wolfsburg change their minds we have agreed they will call Milan. If they do I am ready to immediately leave and go there.
"There's no fee yet, at the moment Dzeko is not for sale. If he becomes for sale then we will start talking sums.
"Adebayor and (Sevilla striker) Luis Fabiano are the alternatives. For Adebayor there has been a telephone call, during which (Arsenal manager Arsene) Wenger was friendly."
Speculation has been rife that midfield duo Andrea Pirlo and Gennaro Gattuso would be joining former coach Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea.
However, Galliani reiterated that no offers have been made for Pirlo, while Gattuso has offered to take a pay cut to extend his stay at the San Siro.
Galliani said: "There have been no offers for Pirlo and Thursday night with Ancelotti was just a dinner between old friends, seeing as Carletto was in Milan for his daughter's graduation.
"Wednesday night I was at dinner with Gattuso who told us that he was ready to reduce his salary.
"He still has two years left on his contract, so it will move to three years, reducing the salary.
"Gattuso is an example, a true man, extraordinary."
Meanwhile, Davide di Gennaro returns from Genoa after Milan won a blind auction to buy out the other club's half of the players' rights.
The Rossoneri also confirmed that they have beaten off competition from several other Serie A clubs to the signature of 18-year-old Treviso striker Gianmarco Zigoni.
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h_eduardo9 (Aston Villa fan)
"we need a central midfieler and we are not short on strikers, how about pirlo plus 10 mil for ade???"
h_eduardo9 (Aston Villa fan)
"NorthWestLondon (Arsenal fan)
were u saying that when he hit 30 goals in the 07-08 season? esp with that strike against spurs?"
billz1811 (Arsenal fan)
"i think we should sell adebayor to either inter or AC and get 20-30 million for him and then put the money along with wengers transfer budget to beat man u to him. he would fit into arsenals play easily playing alongside RVP, and we would have vela, eduardo and bentner to fill in when needed or even loan out bentner because he would be a good striker for us in the near future. he scores but also makes some clumsy mistakes."
slash040386 (Arsenal fan)
"i agree with arsenal-4life....i'd rather sitck with ade unless we can get a prove quality striker....i read in the paper that theres a possibility of us hijaking a bid for benzema, now i don't know if thers any truth in that, but thats an example of the quality of striker we need. If we can get someone like him at the cost of losing ade then i'm all for it."
hulk (Arsenal fan)
"toffeeadict, AC Milan IS a step down. They trade off a reputation from the 90's and are an elephants graveyard now. When is the last time you actually wanted to watch an Italian football game? I think Gullit was still playing. Italian football is horrible to watch and that was proven at the Confed cup. AC Milan were a good team but they are rebuilding now. I would fancy Villa or Everton in a game against them and that equals a step down from Arsenal, at the moment."
soeren79 (Manchester United fan)
"Abebayor clearly wants to go. Ship him off and cash in. If Arsenal wants a 30 goals a season striker, they should go for Peter Graulund. He is amazing! He'll fit right in at Emirates!"
hilang_aqal (Arsenal fan)
"sell adebayor.. and take pirlo cash & part exchange"
arsenal_4life (Arsenal fan)
"keep adebayor. i cant believe some of you fans want arsenal to buy chamakh. 13 goals in 30 something goames? thats a horrible goal scoring record. whats with you guys? earlier, you guys said you wanted a world class proven striker. now when arsenal want to buy chamakh, you guys want him? id much rather have ade than this unproven forward."
magarboy (Arsenal fan)
"OMG I thought it would never happen someone is actually interested in adebayor. Please make it happen"
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