One more transfer rumor

WE WILL TRY

8/25/2010 8:23:00 PM

Adriano Galliani has been speaking from Barcelona on the negotiations to bring Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Milan which are ongoing.

(In the photo: ADRIANO GALLIANI IN BARCELONA TODAY)

MILAN – Speaking to Milan Channel from Barcelona, Adriano Galliani takes stock of the situation on the meeting with Barcelona and the negotiations that are underway for Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

“Negotiations will continue tomorrow. Tomorrow at noon I have an appointment with the president of Barcelona. Let's see. The negotiations are very complex, very difficult, very expensive, but the relationship with Sandro Rosell is really good and he is very nice. The will of Barcelona is to sell the player to Milan, the availability of the player also like that. There is a lot of money to overcome and this is the difficulty.

“But I would point out that there are not any other moves being made by Milan. There is Borriello, there is Huntelaar. I often see in the papers that they are part of the transfer, but there is no truth in that. We are here to try to take Ibrahimovic to Milan, that’s all. There are other hypotheses on the table.

“I will not deceive anyone but I will not even say that we do it for sure. I will try and that’s why I am here, I do not move, even it means not going to Milan against Lecce on Sunday. I do all that is in my ability and capacity to try to bring this great champion to Milan. It is very difficult.

"What effect has made me to see Ibra at the stadium? The effect is as great as always, a great champion who has absolutely given his willingness to come to Milan. Now we must solve the problem.”

AC Milan 2009-2010 Season Statistical Highlights

Here are the statistical leaders for AC Milan during the 2009-2010 Serie A season:

Most games played: Ronaldinho (36)

Most games started: Ronaldinho (34)

Most minutes played: Andrea Pirlo (2952)

Most minutes played without scoring a goal (goalies excluded): Andrea Pirlo (2952)*

Most goals scored: Marco Borriello (14)

Most yellow cards: Massimo Ambrosini & Mathieu Flamini (10)

Most red cards: Massimo Ambrosini & Mathieu Flamini (2)

Fewest minutes played (of players who appeared at all): Rodney Strasser (7)

*Pirlo's amazing goal against Real Madrid came in the Champions League.

Below: Gennaro Gattuso received eight yellow cards this season. Here is a picture of the last one.

Match report: Milan 2 - Catania 2

• Goals scored: Maxi Lopez 12', Ricchiuti 43', Borriello 48', Borriello 81'
• What happened: Milan played a terrible first half and a much better second half. Inzaghi almost scored the game winner in stoppage time.
• Ways to tell how desperate Milan were to win this match: The large number of fouls committed by the Milan players; the large number of players who fell down in the penalty area in the hopes of earning a penalty kick
• Milan players who received yellow cards: Ambrosini, Pirlo, Thiago Silva, Borriello
• Milan players who fell down in an attempt to earn a penalty: Huntelaar, Borriello (twice), Ronaldinho (twice), Ambrosini, Inzaghi (twice), Pirlo
• Number of penalties awarded to Milan today: Zero.
• What this match teaches us: Milan will probably not win the Scudetto this year.

Highlights are below:

Here are the current Serie A standings. Notice that Inter are no longer in first place.

LEAGUE TABLE

• • GER
  • SPA
  • ITA
  • FRA

• 		Pl	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
  1	AS Roma	33	20	8	5	23	68
  2	Internazionale	33	19	10	4	33	67
  3	AC Milan	33	18	10	5	21	64
  4	Palermo	33	15	9	9	8	54
  5	Sampdoria	33	15	9	9	3	54
  6	Juventus	33	15	6	12	2	51
  7	Napoli	33	12	13	8	4	49
  8	Fiorentina	33	13	7	13	7	46
  9	Parma	33	12	10	11	-6	46
  10	Genoa	33	12	9	12	-1	45
  11	Bari	33	11	10	12	-1	43
  12	Cagliari	33	11	7	15	-1	40
  13	Catania	33	9	12	12	0	39
  14	Chievo	33	10	8	15	-5	38
  15	Udinese	33	10	8	15	-6	38
  16	Lazio	33	8	13	12	-5	37
  17	Bologna	33	9	8	16	-14	35
  18	Atalanta	33	8	7	18	-12	31
  19	Siena	33	7	8	18	-22	29
  20	Livorno	33	6	8	19	-28	26