AC Milan fullback Massimo Oddo rejected a host of offers from Premiership clubs this summer.
Mediaset sources say Blackburn, Stoke City, Panathinaikos and also West Ham all made offers to Oddo, but the fullback knocked them back.
Then, on deadline day, Atletico Madrid came in with a loan bid after selling Johnny Heitinga to Everton, but Milan were forced to turn it down with only hours left to find a replacement..
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