AC Milan chief Galliani Dida remains our No1

AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has declared they will stick with Nelson Dida as their No1 goalkeeper next season.

"I want to reveal that this morning (yesterday) I called Dida," said Galliani. "I wanted to personally reassure him. I told him he should stay calm because he's one of the great goalkeepers in the world and with him we've had some of the best years of our lives. His time will come again.

"With all due respect to (Fiorentina keeper) Sebastien Frey, we go forward with our two goalkeepers, Dida and Zeljko Kalac, next season."

BERETTA 'Difficult game'

Mario Beretta spoke about Milan-Siena: "We have worked well during this week, with the satisfaction of beating Roma and winning three important points. Another big team awaits us. It's a very difficult game because Milan is trying to reach the fourth place. Pato, Gila and Kaka will be missing? Ronaldo and Inzaghi will play... We just have to mention these two names to understand who we shall face."

source acsiena.it

SIENA: Called Up Players for the match Against MILAN

Coach Mario Beretta has called up 21 players for the match on Sunday at 15.00 at San Siro against Milan:

Alberto, Bertotto, Codrea, Coppola, De Ceglie, Eleftheropoulos, Forestieri, Frick, Guadalupi, Jaakkola, Jarolim, Kharja, Locatelli, Loria, Maccarone, Manninger, Porta, Portanova, Rossettini, Rossi, Vergassola.

Milan given World Champions' badge

FIFA have awarded a special 'Club World Champion' badge to AC Milan to honour their victory at the 2007 Club World Cup.

The Rossoneri will wear the badge on their jerseys throughout 2008, until the new Club World Champion is crowned in December. Milan, concluded the website of Fifa, can show off on their shirts this badge of honour until the final whistle of the next World Cup final of Yokohama of the Fifa Club World Cup.

The new badge will also be provided to the winning club of all future editions of the competition, as well as the three previous winners of the cup - Corinthians, Sao Paulo and Internacional.

With the badge of the world champion team at club level, officially writes today the Fifa official website, fifa.com, the international Federation of football wants to award every year the winners of the world title and will be reserved, after Milan, also to the following winners of this great event. "Milan is extremely proud of being the first club in the world," declared today Adriano Galliani in Zurich, "To be able to wear on its shirt the world badge of Fifa. Milan's history is tied to the great international events, just like Fifa Club World Cup. Our triumph in Japan is considered a milestone of our activity, both from our club and from our fans."



Ricardo Kaka was instead elected as best player of the most recent edition of the Fifa Club World Cup. Kaka declared: "This badge is a great idea. This symbole will remind us all that we are the world champions at club level and that until next December, no one can take this title away from us. It would be fantastic to win the Champions League again, to be able to defend this historic title again in Japan in December."

Current Condition of Pato, Kaka, Rronaldo, Inzaghi and Gattuso

These are the declarations of the MilanLab coordinator of AC Milan, Jean Pierre Meersseman with ‘Milan Channel’, yesterday afternoon at the Rossoneri’s sports centre of Milanello:

Doctor, what is the situation of the injured Rossoneri players?

“Pato is better today. Up to yesterday he was walking with the help of the crutches, but now he manages to walk without feeling the pain. We are confident with regards to the recovery time. Up to yesterday we thought he would need two or three weeks, but now I believe that within two weeks he is recoverable for the game against Arsenal. He was surely very scared because it was his first injury, following a wonderful goal and the day after he had to reach the training camp of the Brazilian national side. He suffered a lot physically, but at the same time also psychologically, but now he’s serene.

“Kaka will surely be available for the game against Arsenal, but he won’t be available for Siena. His knee problem, which he has been carrying for the past two years, is suffering a bit of pain the day after the games. For this reason we have decided to take action in order to recover him at 100% because his pain is influencing his way of game.

“Ronaldo and Inzaghi will surely be part of Sunday’s game against Siena. I saw them in form during today’s training session.

“Today we have undertaken an echography to Gattuso and we have noted a huge progress and also he should be available for the game against Arsenal. Rino will surely need to be protected from himself because he does not feel any pain and to know the real situation we must undertake him to instrumental exams like the magnetic resonance or an achography.”

Fiorentina's Frey welcomes AC Milan interest

Fiorentina goalkeeper Sebastien Frey has sent a 'come and get me' plea to AC Milan.

Corriere dello Sport says Frey was asked about Milan's interest by Radio Montecarlo this week and declared: "It's an honour that a club of this kind would be thinking about me."

Inter's Julio Cesar urges Ronaldinho: Choose right-side of Milan

Inter Milan goalkeeper Julio Cesar has urged management to move for Barcelona superstar Ronaldinho.

The Brazil international goalkeeper said: "All those who've said he's finished, do not understand anything about football because he can always make a difference and will do so again.

"Right now, my club is courting similar players, but Dinho must forget AC Milan and choose the right side of Milan ..."

Kaká: Ronaldo Second Only To Pelé

Kaká did not shy away from expressing his appreciation for his team-mate and friend.

"Ronaldo is number one. In the history of the Brazilian soccer, he is only behind Pelé," he stated.

The midfielder was speaking after missing out on Brazil's narrow 1-0 victory over the Republic of Ireland on Wednesday and reiterated his desire to be part of the U-23 team that will go to the Olympics in Beijing later this year.

"I want to go the Olympics because Brazil has won almost everything, but have still not been able to win Olympic Gold in football. I never got the chance to play in them when I was the right age and therefore I hope to be included as one of the three players over twenty-three in the summer."

Kaká was asked about the tough regime that new England coach Fabio Capello seems keen to enforce, but did not feel that such an approach is always effective.

"In the World Cup in 2002, after each game we had one day of rest and before the departures we could tan a little in the sun. We could also use mobile phones and we were successful. We were clearly always very professional.

"In 2006, a different regime was adopted and we were only allowed out at certain times with more restrictions and the results were not positive."

Finally, Kaká was asked what being world club champions meant to AC Milan and the players.

"We are the world-wide champion of clubs and until December nobody can take that away from us.

"It would be wonderful to win another Champions League title so we can defend the trophy," he concluded.

Nice keeper Lloris emerges as top AC Milan target

Nice goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is emerging as a major target for AC Milan.

Milan chiefs are eager to find a replacement for Nelson Dida at the end of the season and 21 year-old Lloris is fast emerging as their top keeper target for the summer.

Nice FC rate Lloris at £3.5 million.

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Hugo Lloris dikabarkan menjadi target Milan sebagai pengganti DIDA di bawah gawang, Milan seperti dikabarkan sedang menjadi pengganti DIDA di akhir musim ini.
Lloris sekarang bermain untuk klub NICE di liga perancis. Lloris diberi bandrol oleh klubnya sebesar 3,5juta Pounds

Name : Hugo Lloris
Birth : 26/12/86
Height : 186 cm
Weight : 73 kg
Nationality : France

he also played for France u-21

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: "A"-LIST MADE UP OF 25 ROSSONERI PLAYERS

Milan's Uefa squad list for the Champions League 2007-08, valid starting from the eighth finals:

GOALKEEPERS - Dida, Kalac, Fiori
DEFENDERS - Cafu, Maldini, Kaladze, Nesta, Simic, Jankulovski, Favalli, Bonera, Darmian, Oddo
MIDFIELDERS - Emerson, Gattuso, Seedorf, Gourcuff, Pirlo, Ambrosini, Brocchi
STRIKERS - Inzaghi, Gilardino, Kakà, Ronaldo, Pato.

Paloschi added to the "B" squad list