Official: Yoann Gourcuff PERMANENT TRANSFER to Bordeaux

Originally Posted by Maltese Charlie

GEO TAV, is this story down under true?

Gourcuff rejects Rossoneri
Monday 25 May, 2009
Milan midfielder Yoann Gourcuff has declared his intention to stay at Bordeaux when his loan deal expires.

The 22-year-old signed for the Rossoneri from Rennes in 2006 and was touted as the new Zinedine Zidane.

But after struggling to find space at San Siro, Gourcuff was sent back to Ligue 1 to play for Bordeaux on loan.

Yoann has dazzled fans this season and won the Player of the Season award and it seems that he isn't keen to return to San Siro in the summer.

“I want to stay with Bordeaux,” he stressed emphatically. “Now it's just up to the directors to come to an agreement.”

The terms of the loan state that Bordeaux have the right to make the deal permanent, but they will need to find around £12m - a sum they are unlikely to meet.

Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani has stressed that he hopes to see Gourcuff in the Diavolo shirt next term.

Yes it's true, during the ceremony, he said "everything can still happen, we never know in football, but it's clear I want to stay in Bordeaux. Now it's ..."

They have 6 days to agree.