Friday, January 18, 2008

Fiorentina And Milan Consider Gilardino-Frey Swap Deal

Despite Sebastien Frey's recent protestations that he's pleased to be at Fiorentina, AC Milan are still said to be keen on landing the French goalkeeper.

With this in mind, and with Pato recently blazing a trail at the San Siro, a swap deal for striker Alberto Gilardino could be on the cards.

Italian daily La Repubblica claims that AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani met with Fiorentina supremo Andrea della Valle over dinner this week to mull over the prospect of a part-exchange.

However, any such move would not take place until the end of the season, with Nelson Dida set to continue as the rossoneri's number one until then.

The Brazilian has come in for heavy criticism of late, with Milan repeatedly being linked with new goalkeeping targets - not least Frey - to replace him.

Gilardino, meanwhile, is slipping down the pecking order at Milan, but could find Firenze a tough nut to crack due to the presence of the likes of Adrian Mutu and Christian Vieri.


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