Milan eye move for big-name striker

AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has set his sights on securing one of Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o, Emmanuel Adebayor or Amauri this summer.

Ancelotti: Looking for a new frontman
Ancelotti: Looking for a new frontman

Ancelotti is keen to bolster his side after they finished the season fifth in Serie A, 21 points behind champions and rivals Inter MIlan.

Chelsea's Drogba has been persistently linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge after he confessed his desire to quit the club in an interview with France Football magazine shortly after former boss Mourinho's Stamford Bridge exit last September.

Barcelona forward Eto'o, meanwhile, is reportedly unsettled at Camp Nou and looks set to part company with the Primera Division club in the summer.

Amauri, however, is understood to be on the on the brink of joining Juventus, while Adebayor recently expressed his desire to remain at Arsenal.

But Ancelotti, who brought Mathieu Flamini to the San Siro from The Gunners earlier this month, insists he will purchase one of the aforementioned strikers.

"We will return next season to win Serie A," he said in Gazzetta dello Sport.

"We will sign one of Drogba, Eto'o, Adebayor or Amauri. All of those players have perfect characteristics.

"There will be new names at the club, but it will not be a revolution because the basis of the group is already solid."

Your Comments

Riaz Charania (Arsenal fan)

"Swap him for Kaka innit."

mogz (Leyton Orient fan)

"MikeMike2004, And Amauri is? Adebayor IS a great forward. "

Mbilgri (Arsenal fan)

"two things: Since Milan is heavily linked with Ronaldinho as well, I doubt they can afford both him and another super star. Add to that the issue of whether any of these three would leave a Champions League team for Milan, a team that hasn't qualified. One has to wonder as well if Flamini would have signed had he known they would mess up so badly in the last two weeks."

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