AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani insists the Italians will sign only one of Emmanuel Adebayor and Ronaldinho - which could spell good news for Manchester City.
The pair have been linked with switches to the San Siro this summer, with Galliani claiming Arsenal have sent him a letter saying they are willing to discuss a deal for Adebayor but remaining tight-lipped regarding Barcelona's Ronaldinho.
However, the 64-year-old insists any deal for one would end interest in the other, with the possibility of two big-name new signings having a negative effect on the Rossoneri - and Adebayor, who scored 30 goals in 48 games for Arsenal last season, appears to be Galliani's first choice.
If Milan do turn to the Togo striker, it would therefore leave City as the only bidders for Ronaldinho.
"Let's be clear about this: Adebayor is the alternative to Ronaldinho and vice-versa," Galliani said in a statement on the club's official site.
"We consider Kaka and (Alexandre) Pato first-team players. Having two players of the calibre of Adebayor and Ronaldinho would create a lot of problems in the dressing room."
On Adebayor, who the Gunners value at around £36million, he added: "If Adebayor decides to leave Arsenal, we are certainly interested.
"The English club have told us they are available to be contacted to negotiate for the player. This is a step forward, but the road is still long."
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ron is @#$% ade is well better.what did ron do last season NOTHING ade at least scored view goals for arsenal
ron is beter ady is @#$% here me @#$% ron is better here me better as i am Galliaini i say ron i just pretent about adi
I would take R10 over Ade. in a heart beat. Ade had one good season thats it. He also misses to many chances that would be nessicary to make in the Serie A. Yeah Ade is 4 yrs younger than R10, but R10 on form is 10* better than 90% of the players in the world. + hes not F***in 35+E which is a joke.
may ac milan please take ronaldinho and leave adebayor at arsenal. i do not think it will help adebayor much if he moves with all those grand dads playing for acmilan. no wonder kaka is frustrated. arsenal for life.
Ronnie myt as well go to Arsenal but at 100 000 a week......otherwise he can rot somewhere else where there is no champions league football
Please !!!!! pls, take Ronaldiho to play in Milan.
We prefer Ronaldinho in Milan. not Adubayor???
His great and best player in the world!!!!!!!
We want you Ronaldinho come to Milan we are waiting for you here!!!!!
As a Milan supporter i want Adebayor we need a pure goal scorer more than we need a guy to create thru dribbling since we have kaka. Also, lets not forget Adebayor is four years younger than Ronaldinho is and does not have the fat cat syndrome that ronaldinho suffers from. What ever we do we must take away the title next year from those inter pricks and send Maldini out on top the way he deserves to go.
Ronaldinho
Galliani is sure making a tough choice
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