Chelsea's pursuit of Andrea Pirlo looks set to end in disappointment after AC Milan said the midfielder would not be leaving the San Siro.
Silvio Berlusconi, the Milan owner, met with vice-president Adriano Galliani and coach Leonardo to discuss Pirlo's future, after which he announced that Pirlo had been taken off the market. "Andrea Pirlo will stay with us and finish his career at Milan," Berlusconi said.
Berlusconi revealed that the Serie A club had received an offer from Chelsea, but that the player's importance to the team meant he would be impossible to replace. "Chelsea made a major offer for Andrea Pirlo," he said. "We spoke to the player and decided to grant Leonardo's request that we keep Pirlo.
"Galliani will have the funds necessary to buy a great goalscorer immediately to flank the strikers already in the squad."
Milan are expected to renew their efforts to lure Brazil's Luis Fabiano from Seville, while Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, of Real Madrid, and Chelsea's Claudio Pizarro are also targets.
Source:The times
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