Roman Abramovich continues to test Milan for strength

The London Chelsea is waiting for an answer from Milan regarding the secondary proposal to sell Ukrainian striker Andrei Shevchenko. This time, the amount that Roman Abramovich is ready to spend on a football player is known - 35 million pounds.

Recall that the striker extended the contract with his club for four years. The current Shevchenko agreement with Milan expires in 2005. The amount that Abramovich offered Italians for the former player of the Kyiv Dynamo amounted to 20 million pounds. Last the Italian championship, the Ukrainian became the best scorer with 24 goals, reports Soviet Sport .

Earlier, the vice-president of Milan, Adriano Galliani admitted that Real Madrid offered 160 million euros for striker Andrei Shevchenko. The proposal was received in 2001, but the owner of the club Silvio Berlusconi refused to even discuss the possibility of selling a star football player. Last summer, Roman Abramovich offered 50 million euros for the transition to Chelsea Shevchenko or Nona.

In anticipation of the current offseason, Galliani noted that Milan has the most balanced composition, and the leadership does not want to think about transfers during the off -season. According to Galliani, Milan does not need a significant strengthening. "If we can achieve what we were systematically going to be systematically during the season, we do not need anyone. At the end of last season, all the players deserve to stay in the team. So it happened. Next year," Milan "will be almost the same as the current one. Our players may not worry, even those who play less often, they all deserve to be in the season at the end of the season," Galliani said.