AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has been encouraged in their pursuit of Manchester City rebel Carlos Tevez.

Yesterday, Galliani took the opportunity to again encourage Manchester City to lower their asking price, in light of Tevez' reported declaration that he wants 'only Milan'.

"His words are good news," reflected Galliani. "The closing of the deal, however, depends neither on us nor on him, but on City. The will of Milan and the player are clear, but not enough.

"In principle too, both [Lopez and Tevez] cannot join. In fact, I would say that it is not possible. A striker will come, he will be Argentinean and his name will end with a 'z'."