Serie A - Cissokho move to Milan collapses over teeth

Eurosport - Thu, 18 Jun 21:59:00 2009

French left back Aly Cissokho's move from Porto to Milan has collapsed after the player failed a medical.

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Porto announced on Sunday that they had agreed to sell Cissokho to Milan but a dental problem uncovered in a medical on Tuesday prompted the Italians to renegotiate the terms of the transfer.

Media reports said the original fee agreed was about 15 million euros (£12.8 million).

The Serie A club's chief executive Adriano Galliani said that doctors had found a dental problem that causes muscular trouble and which could deteriorate.

He added that Porto had accepted the idea of loaning the 21-year-old to Milan with an option for a permanent move, but had not agreed to the fee proposed by the Italian side.

It is a setback to Milan's bid to rebuild following the departure of coach Carlo Ancelotti for Chelsea, the transfer of playmaker Kaka to Real Madrid and the retirement of captain and fullback Paolo Maldini.

New coach Leonardo does have one reinforcement for his back-line though -- Brazilian Thiago Silva.

The 24-year-old moved from Fluminense in January but could not play during the second half of last season because Milan already had their full quota of non-EU signings.

They are also hoping to buy VfL Wolfsburg's Bosnia striker Edin Dzeko.

The German club have recently given signals they may be willing to open talks after initially saying the 23-year-old was not for sale.

Reuters

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  1. its the most stupid thing i ever heard. his skin colour­ id the problem.i dont think Reberys dental formuler is­ better than his.

    From nkafu, on Sat 4 Jul 11:22AM

  2. im on my way to history by winning the uefa cup by­ myself

    From big proof 101, on Thu 25 Jun 5:33PM

  3. This is the most ridicoulus thing i have ever heard.

    From Raimo K, on Sun 21 Jun 9:03AM

  4. Is slave trade back? They check everything?? Probably­ underpants item was measured too?? Italians are­ comedians...i hope they didnt remove his pair of balls,­ so that wont be able to loiter around with bella­ bambina!!

    From eddie, on Sat 20 Jun 4:06PM

  5. plz buy darijo srna, chygrynsky, and tymoshuck..dont­ let them go to barcelona

    From Fazreen A, on Fri 19 Jun 11:12AM

  6. D R,

    Yes. Any Italians who ignore this problem is,­ like their football team against Egypt today, in de­ nile.

    From Anon, on Fri 19 Jun 2:04AM

  7. That's the tooth..the whole tooth and nothing but­ the tooth!

    From D, on Thu 18 Jun 11:11PM

  8. Bell's palsy is a temporary paralysis of certain­ facial muscles. It comes on very quickly, sometimes­ overnight. It usually affects only one side of the­ face.
    ...there you go lads just thought id help out a­ bit :)

    From don24261574, on Thu 18 Jun 10:41PM

  9. #.2 read befor you talk
    (problems with his teeth which­ cause muscular trouble, which he has and which could­ deteriorate)
    this makes sense

    {A dental problem? }
    you­ explain this part for me

    From msagheir, on Thu 18 Jun 2:47PM

  10. LOL. A dental problem? Who would care if the guy was­ toothless as long as he was half decent.

    From vulcanraven01, on Thu 18 Jun 2:19PM

  11. the transfer is officially off!!! porto did not agree­ to the loan fee. real shame because he looked a decent­ player in the champions league. maybe we can get­ dossena on the cheap from liverpool. Rosario

    From recruitmentch, on Thu 18 Jun 2:11PM
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