Milan: sprint for Kaka; talks for Balotelli about to start. Juve: ultimatum from Drogba
AC Milan major shareholder and honorary president Silvio Berlusconi stated in the last days that their team will be reinforced, and the declarations released yesterday by Berlusconi himself and by the Lombard club’s Chief Executive Adriano Galliani have confirmed that Milan’s main targets are Real Madrid 30 year old attacking midfielder Ricardo Kakà and Manchester City 22 year old center forward Mario Balotelli. Regarding the Brazil international, according the Corriere dello Sport, an agreement between the parties could be found in a short time, while for “Super Mario”, the rossoneri, as confirmed by Galliani, are waiting for a move from the Citizens, even if, as reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport, he has also assured 28 year old Giampaolo Pazzini that the club counts on him and that no other forwards will be signed. Meanwhile, the Guardian substains that the rossoneri and the Premier League defending champions are about to start a negotiation, with the English club that could low his request down to 28 million euros, will repubblica.it doesn’t exclude the possibility for the Italy international to be loaned until the end of the season.
Serie A defending champions and current leaders Juventus keep on working to sign a new striker before the end of the current transfer window: according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the agents of Shanghai Shenhua 34 year old Didier Drogba have given 48 hours to the bianconeri to make a final decision, but meanwhile, according to the same media, the Piedmontese club could officialize in the next days the signing for the next season of Athletic Bilbao 27 year old Fernando Llorente and use such operation to convince the Basque club to let the player leave immediately for about 4 million euros.