AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani
insists his club remains in the hunt to bring Chelsea striker
Andriy Shevchenko back to the San Siro.
Shevchenko:
Still wanted by Milan
The Milan club have kept tight-lipped about
transfers since completing the signing of Mathieu Flamini from
Arsenal at the end of the season.
But Galliani insists his club are not talking because as yet they
have nothing to report.
"It's not that I'm not talking to the press, it's just we've got
nothing to say," he told Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport.
He continued by explaining that the Rossoneri are also attempting
to land Barcelona defender Gianluca Zambrotta, but are finding
negotiations with the Catalan club hard going.
"The difference is the same today as yesterday: two million
euros," he explained.
"The player wants to come to Milan, the Barcelona directors know
it too and I hope that the deal will be done.
"But Barca is an expensive place to shop: you go near them and
they start asking for 30, 40, 50 million which are figures which
just aren't compatible with anyone's budget."
Galliani went on to reveal Milan are still in pursuit of former
player Shevchenko, who they see as a replacement for Alberto
Gilardino should he move to Fiorentina.
"We're looking for an attacker. If Gilardino goes, we'll be
looking for two," he said.
"Today I'll meet with the administrator delegate of Fiorentina
about Gilardino."
On Shevchenko he added: "We are in constant talks with Chelsea and
also with Shevchenko, but it also depends on them.
"If they let him go on terms we're willing to accept then we'll
take him, otherwise we won't."
