WORLD'S RICHEST FOOTBALLER

1. David Beckham (Milan): £30.1m

2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona): £26.6m

3. Ronaldinho (Milan): £18.2m

4. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United): £17.02m

5. Thierry Henry (Barcelona): £15.82m

6. Kaka (Milan): £13.07m

7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter): £13.03

8. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United): £12.56

9. Frank Lampard (Chelsea): £12.10

10. John Terry (Chelsea): £10.89

£35 MILLION FOR ADEBAYOR?

AC Milan are hatching a plan to lure Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor to Italy, according to reports. Il Corriere Dello Sport claims Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti, who also has Gunners left back Gael Clichy on his radar, is devising a master plan to convince Arsene Wenger to part with the £35million-rated Adebayor.But the striker signed a long-term contract with Arsenal last summer after fervent transfer speculation, which was reported to have doubled his wages to £80,000-a-week. Adebayor, 25, is currently in Accra, Ghana, with the Togo squad ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Cameroon. Togo coach, Jean Thissen, risks sparking a club versus country row with Wenger by playing Adebayor in the match, as the striker has been out of action since the start of February with a hamstring problem. 

Thissen said: 'Ade did not come here for nothing, he is here to play against Cameroon. 

'He is the main man for the national team. He is my captain, the nation can count on him. 

'He has always given his best for the country so he will be a boost to the squad. He is a wonderful player.' 

Milan are poised to launch a spectacular £12million summer swoop for Clichy - after the Frenchman hinted he could be interested in a move to Italy.Ancelotti is understood to have identified the 23-year-old as Paolo Maldini's long-term replacement.Although Clichy insists he is enjoying life at Emirates Stadium, his appreciation of Milan's interest has left the door open for a bid.

'I am very happy at Arsenal,' Clichy said. 'It is true AC Milan are a great club. It is flattering to know you are followed by such a team.'

Clichy would join former England captain David Beckham at the San Siro if the France star completed the move to Italy. Former Manchester United hero Becks has secured a bizarre 'time-share' loan agreement between U.S. club LA Galaxy and AC Milan which has allowed him to remain in Italy.The Gunners, who lost Mathieu Flamini to the Italian giants last year, may also have to fend off interest in midfielder Amaury Bischoff, who has struggled to break into the first team following his move from Werder Bremen last summer.Pascal Granier, Bischoff's agent, said: 'We have clubs interested in Amaury, there are plenty of clubs in Europe interested in my players. I have links in France, Germany and even in England for my players. We just need to wait a bit and sit down with Bischoff and we will decide his future.'

KANOUTE FLATTERED BY MILAN RUMORS

Sevilla striker Fredi Kanoute admits he is flattered to be linked with a possible move to AC Milan.

Reports emanating from Spain suggest Milan have lined up Kanoute as a potential transfer target in the summer.The 31-year-old's current contract with Sevilla expires in 2010 and the Spanish side are thought to be keen on extending his deal.Milan are in the market for a new striker and Kanoute has admitted he would find it hard to turn down a move to the Italian giants.

"I am aware of all this transfer talk," Kanoute toldskysports.com.

"My ambition has always been to play for a big and quality team and to be linked to Milan is a fantastic feeling.

"I always said I like Sevilla, the quality of life is fantastic and I love the place.

"I feel very good here, but you never know.

"I am 31 years old now so who knows, but the link with Milan is fantastic.

"This is one of the biggest teams with so many wonderful footballers.

"When you think about the chances you will get in games, you can just dream, we should wait until the end of the season."

WE STILL AT THIRD PLACE(FOR NOW)!

Napoli had a valid goal disallowed in the first half and came the closest to breaking the deadlock in a tense encounter at the Stadio San Paolo, but they remain without a win in more than two months now.

Meanwhile, Milan can almost certainly now write off their hopes of lifting the Serie A title as they now trail Inter by 14 points with nine games of the season remaining.

Napoli had Daniele Mannini back in their team after his two-year suspension for reporting late for a doping test was overturned this week.

And he was the star of a very tight opening, creating the only chances for Napoli.

He had the first shot of the game in the 23rd minute, but missed the target from 20 yards.

Milan rarely threatened, although Nicolas Navarro had to be alert to push David Beckham's cross away from Filippo Inzaghi before tipping a curling effort from Clarence Seedorf over the crossbar on the half-hour mark.

Dida, who was back in the Milan goal and starting his first league game in 14 months, replied with a similar save to deny Ezequiel Lavezzi.

From the resulting corner, Zalayeta's goalbound header was touched in by Marek Hamsik, but the goal was incorrectly ruled out for offside.

Mannini continued to provide the most dangerous moments for the home team with his ball into the penalty area tempting an acrobatic volley out of Zalayeta, but he failed to direct the ball goalwards on the stretch in mid air.

Zalayeta then received another ball from Mannini, but was thwarted twice by Dida, who failed to keep hold of the Uruguayan's first effort, but recovered to block his follow-up.

Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti threw Ronaldinho and Kaka onto the field to try and add a new dimension to his attack, but the front three remained lifeless.

Pato found himself having to retreat into a position where he could never be a threat to the Napoli defence while Beckham was not seeing enough of the ball out wide either.

He was becoming increasingly frustrated and took it out on Napoli midfielder Manuele Blasi as the game risked boiling over in the final five minutes.

Beckham almost had the last laugh, though, as he made Navarro work for practically the first time in the game with a free-kick in stoppage time which seemed to be heading just inside his near post.

But Milan could not find the winner as they recovered only a single point on league leaders Inter and second-placed Juventus in the race for the Scudetto which now seems to be reduced to just two teams.

Napoli remain winless since January 11, but coach Roberto Donadoni will have seen more positives than negatives from this goalless draw.

Dissapointing for game for us and to make things worst,Genoa is just 4 point behind milan.I think all of you milanistas have heard about the cut in the next season change,if we can called it reconstruction.Milan have continue to keep the third place but for how long?

WHO'S HOT AND WHO'S NOT AT MILAN (VITMAVER)

CHOOSE WHO'S HOT AND WHO'S NOT @ MILAN

We all have many suggestions on which star players to bring into Milan this summer in order to improve our club into the world-beating superpower it was before. However, another side of proper player management is also the transfer of players who are under-performing or unfit to wear the prestigious AC Milan colors.

to keep everything simple, we would like you to choose which 3 (three) players per category that YOU think DESERVES to WEAR the AC Milan jersey.

again. pick the 3 players out of 5 choices per category who you think SHOULD STAY with AC Milan. The other 2 that you did not chose, do not deserve to be at Milan.

the categories are:

DEFENDERS: Kaladze, Bonera, Antonini, Favali, Senderos

DEFENSIVE MID: Emerson, Gattuso, Flamini, Pirlo, Ambrosini

ATTACKING MID: Kaka, Ronaldinho, Gourcuff, Beckham, Seedorf

STRIKERS: Pato, Inzaghi, Shevchenko, Borriello, Paloschi


pick 3 out of 5 to who are "HOT" and should stay and the other 2 you don't pick are "NOT" and should leave. We look forward to everyone's choices!

Forza Milan!

*Maldini, Nesta, Zambrotta, and Jankulovski are exempted because they have no "real/true" replacements currently. Viudez, Cardacio, and Darmian are also exempted because of a lack of play time and it would be unfair to judge them presently.

please list your answers as:

DF: 1, 2, 3
DM: 1, 2, 3
AM: 1, 2, 3
ST: 1, 2, 3

AC MILAN 5-1 SIENA

Filippo Inzaghi scored a pair of goals, including the 300th of his career, to lead AC Milan to an easy 5-1 win over Siena at Artemio Franchi on Sunday.
Andrea Pirlo scored from the penalty spot after seven minutes and Inzaghi scored goal number 299 right before halftime to put Milan up two goals at the break.
Pato made it a three-goal game in the 55th minute before Massimo Maccarone pulled a goal back for the hosts, but Inzaghi's historic goal in the 71st minute restored Milan's three-goal lead, while Pato added another with 12 minutes to play.
The result helps Milan move to within five points of second-place Juventus, while the Rossoneri owns a six-point lead on fourth-place Genoa.
Milan didn't create a ton of chances in the first half, but they made the most of the openings they had.
Mathieu Flamini drew a penalty six minutes into the game on Siena's Jardim Brandao, and Pirlo stepped up and drilled the spot kick into the bottom left corner for his first goal of the season.
Siena had more chances in the half, but it was Milan that doubled its lead right before the break when David Beckham's corner was volleyed home by Inzaghi from the top of the six-yard box.
Pato then scored a wonderful goal from 35 yards as he found the bottom right corner, but Maccarone gave the hosts a bit of hope when he took a pass from Juan Camilo Zuniga at the top of the box and created enough space to roll the ball inside the right post.
However, Inzaghi snuffed out any chance of a comeback with his milestone goal, taking a pass from Pirlo inside the box on the right and turning the ball past goalkeeper Gianluca Curci at the near post.
The scoring was then capped off in the 78th minute when Ronaldinho's long pass was touched around the keeper by Pato and rolled into the empty net.
Problems for Christian Abbiati. During the match against Siena, the AC Milan goalkeeper crashed into teammate Favalli and suffered a knee injury. Dida replaced him.
His season is probably over. Abbiati had a distortion in the right knee with involvement of the ligaments. He will have another check up soon, but it will be difficult to see him on the pitch again this season.


Pippo Inzaghi was delighted with his brace in AC Milan's thumping of Siena yesterday.
“I feel as happy as a kid at Christmas, as I'm celebrating an achievement that fills me with pride,” he told Sky Italia.
“I thank all my teammates in every squad I've played for. Titles with your club are important, but these individual records also make you feel very special.
“Destiny is extraordinary, as I hadn't remembered until I read it in the papers this morning, but my first goal was also at Siena.”
Inzaghi has scored 300 goals in all competition during his long career, 110 of them in the Milan jersey.
“The most important goals were the ones in Athens for the Champions League Final against Liverpool. They are special along with the Club World Cup goals and the 2007 European Super Cup.”
Inzaghi also wished to thank Carlo Ancelotti and hopes he will remain with the Rossoneri for another season.

“I don't want to keep repeating myself on Ancelotti, otherwise it'll get pathetic, but the directors are wonderful and will make the right choice.
“We know that with him we have reached three Champions League Finals and have seen how difficult it is for teams to get there.
“As for today, we proved that when Milan get their players back from injury, this is a very competitive side.”

1st half is pretty much bullshit from us,although we score 2 goals we failed to play with conviction and seeing the creativity usually provided by Kaka faded is something very painful.2nd half is a different situation with much more creative move when the 2 creative head is being introduce by carletto.
Pato,Pippo,Kaka and Ronnie plays a vital part to secure the biggest win of the season.
Abbiati injury could harm us but seeing Dida's performence in friendlies and Uefa Cup this season,we can probably rely on him to guard the goal but he let in one goal thats symbolysed we have to prepared for a disasteres last part of the season with him at goal.The 2nd half form is much more convincing with Kaka and Ronnie introduction.Convincing at 2nd half but sleepy at 1st.

AC MILAN HEADLINES

FEDERICO MARCHETTI COULD JOIN MILAN IN THE SUMMER.



Cagliari goalkeeper Federico Marchetti, currently on loan from Albionleffe, has been targeted by AC Milan as their future custodian.The 26-year-old has been scouted by the Rossoneri and is seen as the long term replacement for Christian Abbiati. Marchetti began his career at Torino and has been in impressive form this season.IMScouting’s network of scouts in Italy describe Marchetti as a "reliable goalkeeper between the posts, has great reflexes and has very good one on one ability. Needs to improve his aerial ability in order to really become a top goalkeeper. Season 2008/2009 is his first season as a first choice goalkeeper in Serie A with Cagliari and he made a great impression with some excellent performances.
"Marchetti is contracted to Cagliari until the end of the season and to Albionleffe until the end of the 2012/2013 season. Video evidence of the custodian can be seen on the video below.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWpEQbzb9To&eurl=http://www.imscouting.com/global_news_item.aspx?id=1534





MEXES IS WANTED AT SAN SIRO

Olivier Jouanneaux, agent of Roma’s central defender Philppe Mexes, spoke to calciomercato.com about the situation of the player after the rumors about Milan:
"What I can say is that the relationship with Roma is very good. I speak to Daniel Prado on the phone every week, and not just about Mexes but also other things. This confirms the excellent relationship I have with the club. And I do not see what interests or means I could have to put pressure on the director Giallorosso and the club for the transfer of Philippe to Milan and other clubs".
"I never put pressure and I have not looked at another club. Things that have been suggested by an Italian national sports newspaper. Since Philppe arrived at Roma there have been constant rumors on his likely transfer. Even last year it was said that he would go away and instead it is 5 years that he is at Roma. I do not know where these assumptions come from because they have no foundation.
To clarify: neither the player nor I have had any kind of relationship with the Lombard club. To conclude: "The arrival of Philippe to Roma was made by mutual agreement with the club, as was the contract renewal. So, all that happens will be with the joint agreement of the Giallorossa leadership, as it has always been.

AC MILAN 1-2 SAMPDORIA (GUYS WHERE DO YOU THINK WE'LL END UP)

Antonio Cassano and Giampaolo Pazzini scored a goal apiece as Sampdoria added to AC Milan's troubles in a 2-1 home win on Sunday. Milan, who like Samp were eliminated from the UEFA Cup in mid-week, remain third in the Serie A, with Fiorentina failing to draw level as they drew 1-1 at bottom side Reggina. Milan suffered against the Genoa hosts, whose inspired playmaker Cassano threatened with a free kick, scored a 33rd-minute header and set up Pazzini for his second-half goal. After bravely parrying the free kick, goalkeeper Christian Abbiati was stunned as he deflected Cassano's effort with his feet behind the goal line. Milan's equalizing efforts after the break had no effect and Abbiati was beaten again on 51 minutes, when Pazzini scored his fifth goal in as many games after transferring from Fiorentina in January. The red-blacks pushed forward desperately, but only managed to pull one back through a great header from the young Brazilian Pato off a cross from veteran Giuseppe Favalli.A miserable week for AC Milan ended with a 2-1 Serie A defeat at Sampdoria.Carlo Ancelotti‘s side was knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Werder Bremen on Thursday, while Sunday‘s defeat all but ended the team‘ s hopes of winning the title.But Milan president Silvio Berlusconi, speaking from Brussels, gave a calm response following Milan‘s defeat. “Unfortunately we have an entire team in the treatment room and when you can’t play winners like Kaka, everything is more difficult,” said the Italian Prime Minister. The only good thing for the team coached by Carlo Ancelotti was that both Fiorentina and Genoa (fourth, fifth at the standings) drew at their respective matches, allowing the "Rossoneri" to be a little bit quiet. A win over Sampdoria was the only possible medicine for ailing Milan after the UEFA Cup failure; but Ancelotti's stay at the team is also in danger.

The only positive things is we still at 4th place,Pato is playing fine but the supply is not helping him at all.Cassano is the engine for Samp with a Pato like position,it's very frustrating to see Pirlo and Seedorf playing really hard but constantly giving away the ball.Pato didn't look as comfortable when for a long periond in the 1st half he can't really shows his ability all because of good man marking strategy by Samp's defenders.Flamini got a good chance but it hit the side netting while the crosses for Pato have been unbelievebly poor,Antonini shows various weaknesses and Cassano capitalysed on that with a goal and what so we get?Yes a yellow card for Abbiati for arguing with the Ref.I started to doubt some of our stars and youth players so far this season,Antonini,Becks,Pirlo and as usual Seedorf is not doing what we expected from them.When you wear the red and black of Milan you have to be a worldclass players but no wonder why Sampdoria is tearing us apart.I don't know how many times I have said this,im tired restraining my eyes from completely close and when i open it the woeful display of nightmare is right infront of me.All my friends is sleeping their butt off and leaving me alone watching the horror show from Carletto side.There's a rumors about Ronnie is for the fact 100% fit but Carletto decides to favor Seedorf than him,Who score more goal?and more providing?another fact that i have shouted for so long is Pato wasn't going to be a good lone striker,Pippo and Sheva is available why won't stupido Carletto use either of them?Its like Carletto hear my shout this time and bringing in Pippo but we need both of them from the start to ease the marking suffered by Pato and let him free a lil bit.Some of you might argue that Pippo is unable to play for 90 minutes and thats why Carletto bring him in after half of the game but I feel all great players have a good enough stamina to last the entire match.Pazzini completed my awful night without my cat besides me and scores leaving us with no hope for next season of UCL,Cassano in other hand have been the best player on the pitch.Sanderos wasn't in great form and for me we still in big trouble eventhough Kaka is playing.With slow players that i don't have to mention on the pitch we have no real penetration and attacking quality.How many shot on target and on goal does we have?haha the console of the night come from Pato with great cross from Favalli,finally they delivers a good cross.Good form shows by Emerson with a goal from him,oppss..nah..we lose the game.What else to say?

AC MILAN HEADLINES

NO MORE MISTAKE CARLETTO ( GALLIANI )

AC Milan is in a corner, this is crystal clear. There was a meeting today at Milanello with Adriano Galliani, the team and coach Carlo Ancelotti.
It lasted only a few minutes, little words and a lot of bitterness. One thing is now sure: AC Milan’s only objective is to get at least the third place in Serie A to avoid the Champions League preliminary.

No threats by Adriano Galliani, an order, the club will not accept anymore mistakes. After eight years, the relationship with Carlo Ancelotti will come to an end. The Uefa Cup was an important goal and now AC Milan cannot afford (especially for financial problems) to stay out of the Champions League for the second year in a row.

AC MILAN WILL QUALIFY FOR UCL NEXT SEASON ( CARLETTO)





Ancelotti is not rushing into any conclusion after the Uefa Cup defeat: "I think it is too early to judge. I see AC Milan in the Champions League and I see the coach on the bench. Our elimination still hurts, but we must concentrate on the championship and on the remaining target which is very important for our and the club’s future. We can’t afford to loose concentration now.

The only thing that matters is focusing on the next two matches, which are very important. We have some injured players and it's a very delicate moment. Tomorrow we must play with great attention and application. It's an opportunity for putting things right”.