Serie A - Real reach Huntelaar agreement

Eurosport - Thu, 06 Aug 17:36:00 2009

Milan have agreed a deal with Real Madrid to make Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar their first major signing of the close season.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 La Liga Real Madrid Klaas-Jan Huntelaar - 0

Huntelaar, who has become surplus to requirements at Real following the Spanish club's massive spending spree, will join Milan on a four-year contract.

"The Dutch footballer will undergo medical checks tomorrow after which he will sign a contract that will bind him to the club until June 30, 2013," read a statement on the club website.

According to media reports, Milan have agreed to pay Real 15 million euros (£12.8m) for the forward, who only joined them in January, for an inital fee of 20 million euros, after a prolific stint at Ajax.

He is no longer needed at the Bernabeu following the arrival of players such as Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka.

Huntelaar, who turns 26 next week, will be Milan's first major investment so far in the close season.

The club will be hoping his arrival will allay fan unrest about their inactivity on the transfer market after they sold Brazil playmaker Kaka to Real for around 68 million euros.

The announcement comes a day after Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi said funds would be found for a "great goalscorer" and that Chelsea target Andrea Pirlo was staying.

Until now, Milan's only significant reinforcements were American defender Oguchi Onyewu, a free signing from Standard Liege, and Brazilian Thiago Silva.

Silva moved from Fluminense in January but could not play the second half of last season because Milan already had their full quota of non-EU signings.

Reuters

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  1. To half a brain. I understand he was bought before­ perez, but the least you can do is give the guy a­ chance. Lassana Diarra was bought before perez as well­ and he really is a donkey. I think we should have got­ rid of him first.

    From Raimo K, on Fri 7 Aug 6:03AM
  2. Kaka for Huntelaar and 44 million euros. Not­ bad.

    Drenthe to somewhere where fans will allow him to­ play well. Great player, gives his all when he has­ support. Too bad he had to deal with so much racism in­ Spain.

    From E, on Thu 6 Aug 10:43PM
  3. Raimo K, you should come out of closet more often. The­ guy was bought by the previous management in the­ previous season. The new ones had different ideas and­ wanted a team of their own. That is why he became a­ surplus.

    From Half A Brain, on Thu 6 Aug 9:33PM
  4. Raimo K, you should come out of closet more often. The­ guy was bought by the previous management in the­ previous season. The new ones had different ideas and­ wanted a team of their own. That is why he became a­ surplus.

    From Half A Brain, on Thu 6 Aug 9:33PM
  5. This deal makes no sense at all. Why the hell did Real­ sign him in the first place??? the guy has been there­ for 6 months, scored 8 goals, most of them as a­ substitute. And then real madrid sell him again. I am a­ madrid fan but this transfer makes us look like idiots.

    From Raimo K, on Thu 6 Aug 9:01PM
  6. Its unimaginabel that Wenger missed out on this guy.He­ would have made a great addition to any team.

    From Dotun, on Thu 6 Aug 8:04PM
  7. thank f*uck hes off huntelaar is 1 of the worst­ strikers i have ever seen at madrid, 20m for 8 goals at­ least we get 15m back im glad perez is back he knows­ what madrid class is and is getting rid of the s*hite­ mijatovic and calderon signed. this season should be 1­ of our best

    From Alan, on Thu 6 Aug 8:02PM
  8. What again do we need.Real madrid is going to move­ foothball all over the world,so we dont need more­ players now,we got Alonso finally,so what we need right­ now is to offload some players to aviod surplus,cause­ every players need to be on the field,even cutting down­ some of there price tags.
    He smile
    alenjohn.malaga

    From ALEN JOHN, on Thu 6 Aug 6:25PM
  9. Real madrid is going to be the best in the world,so­ please come and be real man

    alenjohn

    From ALEN JOHN, on Thu 6 Aug 6:01PM
  10. He will make AC Milan better.

    From Silver N, on Thu 6 Aug 5:40PM
  11. # 37.. Kaka didnt bow to money. If he wanted money he­ would have joined mancity but he joined Real madrid­ because he has always loved Real. His salary in Real­ madrid is far less than what he was offered by man­ city. Also Huntelaar didnt bow to money because its­ logical for someone to go for a team which has the­ higher percentage of winning trophies. You have to­ consider all these factor.

    From Alex, on Thu 6 Aug 5:35PM
  12. agree with Dale A we need good wingers now ambrosini­ and gattuso just won't do (even though gattuso is a­ legend) we need proper wingers!!!!!!! then we will be­ able to challenge inter domestically and still be able­ to thrash them in europe

    From AnthonyW, on Thu 6 Aug 5:08PM
  13. SERIE A BACK ON IN THE­ UK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

    thank you ESPN!

    From justin, on Thu 6 Aug 4:58PM
  14. I'm an Arsenal fan..NOW the dreaming fans who kept­ shouting Huntelaar this and Huntelaar that, Wenger­ bring Hunter in...You can now come back to earth, I­ knew AW and the Board won't sign him. To those who­ said Chamakh isn't as good and he sucks, well, he­ is more like a player we sign, so you need to come back­ to earth and hope Wenger signs him, we need depth and­ hey, he is welcome, he wants to come to Arsenal and he­ isn't that bad, at least not injury prone and a­ hard worker. I'd like Huntelaar in an Arsenal­ jersey, but i'm a realist, and I knew Chamakh had­ more chance of being in Arsenal than Huntelaar, plus­ the guy didn't even want to come to Arsenal. Get­ behind players who want to wear the Red and White and­ play in N5!

    From Dale, on Thu 6 Aug 4:52PM
  15. What does this say to Fabiano who was available for 18­ M? Guess he wasn't that important to Milan if he­ was rated only at 12 M by them. Something else needs to­ change, because the team as assembled just wasn't­ getting it done last year. A midfield of Ambrosini,­ Ronaldihno, Pirlo, Gattuso just doesn't excite me.­ Either Gattuso or Ambrosini has to be replaced.­ there's not enough creativity there to create the­ offense they need. Nesta, Zambrano, Onyewu, Jankulowski­ for defense is ok if Nesta is truly recovered. This­ doesn't have the feel of a champion though.

    From Maxx92, on Thu 6 Aug 4:47PM
  16. Bobby, Bobby Bobby, u sound like ya mama pissed on u at­ birth and u call someone a muppet! So you do not like­ cold weather, so you do not like rain, so he must be­ paid over 150k pounds a week, big stars are leaving the­ prem (never knew Stevie is not a big star or Torres, or­ Berba, Terry, Lamps, Drogba, Anelka, etc) The prem is a­ biz more like the stock exchange, you make money you­ stay. Leeds went burst and other clubs replaced it so­ ge real. The rate at which spanish clubs have spent has­ not made them part of the pple going burst as it? If u­ wanna make a decent arguement, think of both sides will­ you? Dafty! One way mind thinking goose. Now I knw u do­ not watch nothing but empty stadia in serie A! By the­ way Inter will win the league again cos of the ageing­ stars in Milan cannot! Oh, watch Juve too. With the­ likes of Gio and Melo in the team, we can wait to see­ what ya daft, poverty striken club.

    From olaseniosikoya, on Thu 6 Aug 4:40PM
  17. Now get Hernanes and a full back and Milan will be­ pretty strong next season

    From martin.mitevski26, on Thu 6 Aug 4:23PM
  18. Klaas Jan Huntelaar was very good for real madrid he­ scored 8 goals in 20 appearances and will do well at­ milan but higuain was better because he had a­ staggering 24 goals in 42 appearances not to mention 9­ assists and he scored 4 times against malaga in a 4-3­ win but now real madrid has to get rid of lassana­ diarra and royston drenthe...

    From Lorenzo, on Thu 6 Aug 4:16PM
  19. I was sure (praying and hoping) that Hunterlaar will be­ a Gunner come begining of the new upcoming season. Is­ Arsenal still interested in winning trophies or are we­ happy and content in just being a football academy for­ the likes of Barca, Real, Inter and other top clups in­ Europe??? I love Wenger but he's seriously losing­ the plot here. We have lost two major players and have­ sign none thus far..wtf!!

    From colmaluleke, on Thu 6 Aug 3:57PM
  20. hunterlaar style will fit perfectly with Italian­ football.

    From DW, on Thu 6 Aug 3:55PM
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