During the second day of the Workshop in Sardinia, Adriano Galliani this time spoke to the journalists about football matters and the chief executive outlined the strategy for next season, the relationship with Carlo Ancelotti and Silvio Berlusconi's return as president.
KAKA' QUESTION. On reports that Real Madrid were interested in signing Kakа, Galliani said: 'There doesn't seem to have been any contact with the player, but we need to verify that. Anyway, it's an honour that a certain type of club admire our players. I have to say that it's easy to buy a player for 40-50 million euro and it looks good: it's another thing to bring in a 19-year-old lad into the team when you have Rui Costa and Rivaldo, and then manage to bring him along in a short time. This is the sort of thing that gives you a lift, the beautiful thing about football.'
PLAYERS RETURNING. Looking ahead to next season, a number of players out on loan could come back: 'Abbiati, Borriello and Foggia are 100% Milan. The players who want to return will probably return, Forentina have not held Brocchi. Some will stay, others will go on loan while we have more players coming through the youth ranks. If next season two go (we have Maldini and Costacurta) then the following three and then four go, I have compiled a list for the upcoming years.'
THE GOALKEEPERS: 'We have five in fact: Dida, Kalac, Fiori, Abbiati and Coppola. The Brazilian is without doubt confirmed, two from the other four will be.'
THE DEFENCE: 'Cafu is staying, he's in good shape as always. Dario Simic is another element we want to keep ... he'll stay if his wife is happy in Milan! I have requested Oddo but Lotito came back with an incredible reply so I won't follow that up. I don't intend to annoy other clubs by naming players as Real Madrid have. We will report any club making an approach to FIFA. Gallas has a contract with Chelsea and they know that we will respect that, if he doesn't renew it we will be free and can decide on his future.'
THE ATTACK. With Shevchenko leaving for Chelsea, Galliani said: 'This is the third year the London club have asked for him and we have always said no, but this time the player asked. We aren't doing badly in attack: we have Inzaghi, Amoroso and Gilardino, we are confident in them all. Pasquale Foggia is one of our players and we are negotiating for Gourcuff. We have a good relationship with Rennes. Shevchenko will be replaced but we won't bring in a big name because it mightn't work.'
THE NUMBER 10. The question of who will wear the number 10 shirt after Manuel Rui Costa left has been resolved, with Clarence Seedorf taking it: 'When Rui left Milan, I called Clarence and asked him if he would wear the 10 shirt. I had no problems with him saying yes, which also proves that Clarence will not leave Milan.'
TRANSFER MARKET. It is a delicate time as Galliani admitted: ''Drogba and Van Nistelrooy are two main attackers so they can't substitute Shevchenko. I said no about Ronaldo as it's not possible to win over a Real player while the real dream was Henry who decided to stay at Arsenal. I tried after the Champions League when I saw the tears of his fans. I want him because of what he does as a player, but he's not available anymore.'
At the end of the interview, Galliani confirmed that Juventus would be the opposition once again for the L. Berlusconi trophy.
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