Chelsea owner Abramovich must improve offer for AC Milan's Pirlo

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich must up his bid for AC Milan midfield ace Andrea Pirlo.

Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has confirmed he's rejected Chelsea's offer this week for the midfielder: "I sent it back because we are not interested."

The proposal was for £6 million cash plus striker Claudio Pizarro in exchange for Pirlo.

La Repubblica says after last night's thrashing by Bayern Munich, Galliani knows he must cash in on Pirlo quickly in order to boost their owner transfer kitty and meet coach Leonardo's demand for new signings.

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Comments (19)

Pls & pls we dont want pirlo.he his 2 old,we hav enough midfielders 2 play dat role.we nid a rite winger & a younger striker,i believe wit these we wil win d premiership & champions league.

if we are so intent on getting a midfielder why not buy Sneijder who is younger. yet all we need is a striker and Pato is the one

Plz blues i beg u in the name of god 4get this pirlo go 4 young players,look 4 them or will i help u look 4 them