Milan confident of landing Ronnie, Sheva
AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani said Thursday he was confident of landing both Ronaldinho and Andrei Shevchenko during the close season.
Both players are out of favour at their respective clubs, Barcelona and Chelsea, and speculation has been rife that the under-performing Milanese giants will try to lure both in the summer.
Galliani admitted as much, although he acknowledged that both are still under contract and nothing can be taken for granted.
Barcelona's progress to the Champions League semifinals on Wednesday, without Ronaldinho playing, has led many to believe the Catalans will be more than willing sellers at the end of the season.
A month from the end of the season, the Brazilian has hit the back of the net just nine times for his club, compared with 24 and 23 goals in his previous two seasons.
"I don't know if Barcelona's progress will help matters, but I think this deal will be done," said Galliani of the proposed transfer of the former two-time world player of the year.
Galliani also revealed that Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has convinced coach Carlo Ancelotti of the merits of re-signing Shevchenko, who left for London two seasons ago in a record fee paid by an English team of 30 million pounds (59 million dollars).
He has had a miserable season, starting just 10 games, coming on as a substitute eight times and scoring a paltry five goals and would cost a fraction of that to be brought back to Milan.
"I confirm that for Sheva the door is open and Ancelotti appreciates him a lot, as much as he does Ronaldinho but maybe neither will come," added Galliani.
"However, both players are still under contract and so we can't do any more. We want them and we're sure that if they move from London and Barcelona it will be to come to Milan - you can bank on that."
Milan won the Club World Cup in December but are languishing down in fifth place in Serie A and were knocked out of the defence of their Champions League title in the first knock-out round.
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