THE SAGA is over! Ibrahimovic is a Milan player!
AC Milan have signed FC Barcelona player Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
After long days of negotiations, AC Milan CEO Adriano Galliani has made it and he brought the 28-year-old Sweden to Milan!
Galliani and Raiola reach an agreement!
Ibra and Robinho to land both in San Siro?
21:45: More from Galliani: “With Ibra, Pato and Ronaldinho, our team is not inferior to no one in Europe.”
21:36: Ibra: “I’m glad the situation. It was not easy, but it all worked out for the best. Why AC Milan? Because it is one of the strongest clubs in the world, with a great tradition. Ronaldinho and Pato? It’s a great attack, depend on us. Fans of AC Milan will enjoy. Supporters of Inter? I do not what they think now that I have won everything there. Dreams? I want ton win the Champions League and all that we can win.
21:31: acmilan.com confirmed Galliani’s words: “A.C. MILAN announces the acquisition of the player Zlatan Ibrahimovic from F.C. Barcelona, through a free loan with the option to purchase the athlete’s playing rights for €24 million at the end of the season 2010-2011. The Swedish champion will go through the medical exams tomorrow morning, before signing the contract that will tie him to the Rossonero club for four years.”
21:25: Galliani revealed to Sky Sport 24 the nature of the transfer: “We defined acquisition loan with right of repurchase for €24 million. Zlatan Ibrahimovic will undergo medical on Monday and will sign a four-year contract.”
21:15: Speaking to Milan Channel, Milan new striker, Ibrahimovic said: “Barcelona are fixing the last things, and then there will be the announcement. I am very pleased, I can’t wait for tomorrow. “
20:42: Silvio Berlusconi has left Milanello, and the official announcement will come soon from the mouth of Vice President Galliani directly from Spain.
20:38: Raiola, Ibrahimovic, Galliani and Rosell left the office of the Barcelona President. Meanwhile, Berlusconi is talking to the players in Milanello.
20:30: Here is the program for tomorrow: Ibrahimovic will arrive tomorrow at Milan’s Linate Airport around 12:30pm. The player will then speak to Coach Allegri and understand what the project of the team is. At 19:45, there will be a press conference at the San Siro, followed by a walk around the pitch before the Lecce match.
20:20: Ibrahimovic is an AC Milan player! There is still no official announcement but the player is now a Rossonero.
20:02: Ibra has signed a four-year contract with AC Milan! The official announcement will come in few minutes!
19:56: Zlatan Ibrahimovic has arrived to the Camp Nou to sign the termination of his contract with Barcelona and his new deal with AC Milan. However, before entering he joked with the press: “I’m here to sign a contract renewal with Barcelona, Guardiola asked me to.”
19:35: Mr. Silvio Berlusconi has arrived to training center Milanello and he will probably announce on the purchase by himself.
19:16: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has not been called-up for tomorrow’s match against Lecce and it appears that he will now move to German side Schalke 04 for 12 million.
19:00: The official announcement will come in 30 minutes on both club’s site. The deal is a loan with an obligation to buy for €25 million.
18:55: In few minutes, the official announcement should come according to reports. Zlatan Ibrahimovic looks on verge of becoming a Rossonero.
18:17: The meeting between Galliani, Rosell and Raiola has started two hours ago. More news are expected soon.
17:05: More from Raiola: “The press? I do not understand why they are resentful. Barça is free to think what you want, I express my views. My only duty is to represent my player. The negotiations for Zlatan? We will see, for the time nothing is decided.”
16:30: Adriano Galliani and Mino Raiola have reached the Camp Nou. Raiola: “We are still in the eighth month. We still lack all the agreements. Ends today? The important thing is to make it closed by August 31.
16:23: Allegri spoke about Ibra during the press conference ahead of Lecce game: “If president Berlusconi will acquire Ibrahimovic we will be all very happy because he is important player, he is a champion who goes to complete a very strong attack.”
16:20: Negotiations are expected to be long; Barcelona want to discus first with Ibra’s agent Raiola.
15:50: Rosell has arrived to Barcelona’s headquarters at the Camp Nou. The meeting should begin shortly.
15:40: The meeting is about to start, there are few journalists in the Camp Nou already waiting for Galliani, Raiola and Rosell. Sky Sport’s Alessandro Alciato reports Galliani will use a credit card to pay Barcelona €30 million.
15:48: Barcelona President Sandro Rosell has returned from Ibiza, where he spent the weekend, in order to take part in the decisive meeting on Ibra along with Milan Vice President Adriano Galliani and the player’s agent Mino Raiola.
14:15: According to the Spanish news agency EFE, the meeting between Adriano Galliani and Mino Raiola has been brought forward in half an hour. It will start on 16:00 Spain time. The reason for this change is to close the deal in daytime.
13:20: Still waiting for the decisive meeting between Raiola and Galliani. Meanwhile, Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri will hold a press conference ahead of Lecce game, which takes place tomorrow night.
12:44: As reported in the Spanish daily El Mundo Deporativo, Milan tried to offer players in exchange for Ibrahimovic, but the only man Barca were interested in was Alexandre Pato. Adriano Galliani of course, did not accept that.
12:05: Pep Guardiola: “I am tired of the Ibrahimovic situation, we will see what happens in the coming hours. I am not happy with the way this situation has been managed. For now Ibrahimovic is a Barcelona player. We will see what happens.
“I am the boss here, and I decided not to pick him [for Sunday’s clash against Racing Santander]. In a normal situation he would have been picked. But in this situation, it was best not to select him.
“In any case I am staying calm and will make team decisions. Raiola? I am surprised that he knows me so well. I have ever only spoken to him once in my life. I thank the club for defending me after they published the statement. That has not affected me as I can defend myself. I said okay to the statement and now it’s with the legal team.”
11:22: According to rumours, the compensations the Sweden will receive from the Spanish club could be an addition discount on the amount Milan will have to pay Sandro Rosell’s club. If it’s true, Milan will have to pay €25m at the end of the season in order to bring the 28-year-old permanently.
11:01: Barca coach Pep Guardiola has dropped Ibra from the squad for Sunday’s clash against Racing Santander. These are the players Pep has called-up: Valdés, Pinto, Abidal, Alves, Milito, Piqué, Puyol, Maxwell, Adriano, Sergio Busquets, Keita, Xavi, Iniesta, Jeffren, Bojan, Messi, Pedro, Villa.
10:56: Barcelona seem reluctant to pay the player’s compensations. It appears that Raiola will now try to lower his demands from yesterday. At the moment, we are waiting for the final meeting between Galliani and agent Raiola at 16:30.
10:13: Milan CEO Adriano Galliani and Ibra’s agent Mino Raiola had a dinner last night; they looked calm and ready to for the birth of the transfer.
10:08: As reported last night, AC Milan and FC Barcelona have agreed on the loan of Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Spain to Italy. The Rossoneri will be obligated to sign the player at the end of the season for €25/30 million.
By Meytar Zeevi, Rossoneri Blog
Galliani Made it! Berlusconi made his promise and noe they delivered it! i like it alot! I hope that they bring Robinho to Milan in Januar.
Keeeeep it up, Zlatan!
Forza Rossoneri!!
Viva A.C MILAN!!!
I must say galliani is the man a free loan with an option to buy at 25 mil wow that’s just amazing
R.I.P (Ronnie Ibra Pato). Beware the dragon has re-awaken. Forza MILAN….
hahaha Finally!
PPL v really need 2 show respect to galliani n berlusconi !!!!! THEY KEPT THEIR PROMISE !!!!! LOVE U MILAN !!!!
I have no faith in this management. This was the iceing on the cake. Its clear they have no idea what they are doing. Its a great signing having him for free for a year, but he’s wages, are soo high, and 24£ million is alot of cash! We need to rebuild a squad. Players like Bonucci and Ranocchia passed us by, now we need to get on the likes of Candreva, Galloppa, Lazzari, Matri, Criscito, Isla, Bochetti. Not all at once but we need to secure some good players for the future, Merkel, Odu and whoever else we got,… Read more »
Majority of the players we have got are ether too old to cut it, or too young, there is hardly anything in between. And having a trio of Ronnie, Ibra and Pato, while Pirlo is controlling the midfield may look great on paper, but Jesus is the only one who can help us defend any counter-attack, cuz those 4 players are not gonna be bothered too much about it.
pazzini!?
isnt he only like a year younger!?
rossoneri just got 1 of the best hitman in the world. unquestionable.
i was upset with all the rumors – dzeko, ben arfa, honda, fabiano, etc …
im pleased now … lets start the season!! forza!!
attacking side has become more stronger.
excellent good u kept ur promise i really wanted a striker BUT we also need two new full-backs and would be great if robinho signs in winter transfer just excelltent
Welcome to Milan Ibra. But i’m sad to say good bye for Hunter…oh well, maybe his destiny are not with Milan.
the pressure is on Allegri now as the management has brought in Ibra, a player that (almost) everyone believes would score many goals & give some trophies for milan. let’s see whether Ibra can meet milan fans’ expectation. having compared trio xavi-busquest-iniesta in barca and ambro/gattuso-pirlo-seedorf in milan, sorry guys, i don’t think Ibra can meet the expectation. many teams have known the ways our oldies play on midfields and the weaknesses as well. if 2/3 of that oldies play together in a game, my advise to the fans remain the same : DON’T EXPECT TOO MUCH. knowing that flamini… Read more »
I don’t think Flam will leave Milan soon TWF. And Allegri already called Strasser and Odu’s name for our 1st match with Lecce. We’ll see if Allegri put those youngster in the starting line-up or just a substitute. For Ibra, i’m not expecting him too much. But a scudetto in this season will make a good impresion for him :D
Overall, i felt this season will be better than last season. Forza Milan!!!
Yaaaa..,they made it.Berlusconi delivered what he promise to milan(a top class signing)and we hope robinho will follow him as soon as january.we wish him all the best and a great success in milan colour. FORZA MILAN
overall I’m glad they bought Ibra, he is great at scoring. true that the midfield is old, but think about it we have Merkel Odu and Strasser. We don’t need to buy players just use the youngsters. Allegri likes to use young players like he did with his old team.
Ibra will do good and so will Milan.
Forza Milan.
actually we need more stonger midfielder, lass would be great! I hope on winter transfer milan make a great transfer move by signing strong midfielders to cover up ambro & gatusso. and in my opinion, we have a very stong attack if in the winter’s transfer ronaldinho excange with robinho. FORZA MILAN!
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WELL DONE, AC MILAN FINALLY IBRAHIMOVIC ARRIVED!!!NOW THE TEAM IS COMPLETE NO MORE DRAWS ITS TIME TO SCORE AND WIN I`M SURE THAT WITH IBRAHIMOVIC IT WILL BE MUCH EASIER WITH HIS IMPRESSIVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE.I THINK NEXT FUTURE TARGET WILL BE KEISUKE HONDA AS IT SHOWED INTEREST FROM SPONSOR EMIRATES WITH A BIT OF HELP WE CAN BRING HIM TOO.FORZA RAGAZZI !!!
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excellent buy…. team is ohk now… 2 good full back wud have been excellent.. but still…. ibra-pato-dino in forward.. & midfield pirlo-boetang-ambroshini wud be awesome.. but wud have been excellent if the goalkeeper was of world class level… still hoping to reach atleast the semis of UCL..