Monza owner Silvio Berlusconi says AC Milan's owners should hand the club back to him.

Milan chief Ivan Gazidis has claimed Elliott Management deserve more credit for saving a club on the verge of bankruptcy and demotion to Serie D.

“These are phrases someone should only say if he walks into the toilet and closes the door first," Berlusconi told TeleLombardia.

“As for how we get Milan back to being the great Milan of the past, that is simple, yet at the same time difficult to make happen: give the club back to Silvio Berlusconi."

Berlusconi has joked there should be a friendly between Monza and Milan, declaring his team would win 3-0.

“That was a joke… I don't know Marco Giampaolo or Stefano Pioli personally, so I don't want to comment on things I'm not involved in."