MADRID (AFP) — AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has said his club will be first in line if Barcelona decide to sell its under-fire midfielder Ronaldinho, but that he will never part with his fellow Brazilian star Kaka, in an interview published Wednesday.
"If one day Barcelona decides to sell Ronaldinho, Milan will have priority and will be first in line to secure his transfer," the former Italian prime minister told the Spanish newspaper Marca,
"We just have to wait for Barcelona to decide to put the Brazilian up for sale," he said.
The 2005 Footballer of the Year "would feel good and would be very happy in Milan for numerous reasons."
The Brazilian midfielder has struggled for form this season, and had missed three matches for Barca before coach Frank Rijkaard recalled him for Tuesday's Champions League match at Stuttgart, which the Spanish team won 2-0.
Barcelona's official line is that a calf strain has kept the 27-year-old off the pitch but Spanish media claim the club are tired of his relatively poor form.
Berlusconi also said that "there has never been any possibility" that Milan would sell Brazilian playmaker Kaka, who has been a target of Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon.
Kaka, the highest earning footballer in Italy, "has never wanted to leave and I believe that he will never do so... Kaka is the symbol of Milan."
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