AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has denied reports that Leonardo will leave at the end of the season.

Milan patron Silvio Berlusconi was quoted yesterday declaring a search for a new coach had kicked off.

But Galliani says: "It's impossible that Berlusconi has said these things."

Galliani has expressed his frustration in the past about unsubstantiated quotes emerging from Berlusconi's dinners with senators.