AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani admits he's disappointed to have sold Yoann Gourcuff to Bordeaux.

"We were accused of a bad buy when we got him, now we made a bad sale," mused the transfer guru.

"It's a shame he has gone, although we did pay £2m for him and sold for £13m. I tried to convince him to return to Milan, but he was not sure of a starting spot here and really wanted to play regularly in the year leading up to the World Cup.

"In any case, I'd have preferred to keep Gourcuff and forego the £13m."