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Ibrahim Ba Makes Surprise Milan Return - Report

Reports In Italy suggest that midfielder Ibrahim Ba has just signed a one year contract with Milan.


French midfielder Ibrahim Ba, 34, has supposedly agreed a one year contract with Milan. There are some details that need to be ironed out, including Ancelotti's final approval, following which he will undergo a medical, and sign on the dotted line.

"I am very happy," said 'Ibou'. "I always got on well at Milan, remain close to everyone there, and have worked hard in these months hoping to have another chance."

"I would be so pleased to come back, but it has to be good for everyone and not cause any problems for the coach.

"I hope he will want me in the squad."

'Ibou' has already spent four years as a Milan player, between 1997 and 2003, interrupted by two loan spells. The first was at Perugia (1999-2000) and the second at Marseille (2001-02).

He joined Milan from Bordeaux in 1997 as a great talent, but never quite lived up to his promise. He finally left for Bolton Wanderers in 2003, at the age of 30.

The right-sided midfielder played 56 games for the Rossoneri, scoring one goal.

This current move comes as a big surprise, given that he was playing with Serie C side Varses last season.

It is seen as a goodwill gesture from the club, a chance for him to go out on a high, after he agreed to a 'token' contract worth just 200,000 euros (Andriy Shevchenko earns that money in a week, to put it into perspective).

It does bring to the fore, once again, Milan's soft spot for ageing players.

Some call it loyalty, other fear potential suicide! Goal.com invotes readers to suggest where they stand!
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He could be our big signing this summer.

Originally Posted by Milancelotti

Eto - Who clearly has declared his love for Barca and wont leave,
Henry - Im not sure what happening about him, however if Wenger gets Trez then we can forget about Henry as im sure he would stay and partner him.
Sheva - Its a step backwards if you ask me but its still a striker and I doubt RA would let him come back.

With the likes of Inter getting Sauzo we get urmmm?

Eto'o, declared his "love", just like Sheva did and see what happened.

Is there any chance of Frank Lampard coming to AC Milan????
Has there been ever any English player as a hit in AC MIlan????

Fat Frank. No thanks.
Yes, check the history of Milan. Quite a few have played for us.

Originally Posted by zlatanov

I will just give you the whole box ... let me know WHEN you need more

No worries guys, I think a LB is in the making - either Abidal or Zambrotta - plus Emerson/Edmilson and amother mid and an attacking player - one of Etoo, Dinho, Henry and even Trez, if my Gila prediction turns out yo be right

Please let this be true That would make a perfect squad.

thanx to "AC_Milanista" from goal.com forum I've found out this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXpPD3FpxIg

I've heard he plays as a RB, so in 10 years we know who will be our captain...

Originally Posted by mrki

Please let this be true That would make a perfect squad.

thanx to "AC_Milanista" from goal.com forum I've found out this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXpPD3FpxIg

I've heard he plays as a RB, so in 10 years we know who will be our captain...

hahaha thats brilliant! thats daniel Maldini? seedorf got pwned by a 5 year old

The kid is only 5. You have high hopes to have as the rb in 10 years time.

You're right, 15 then...

i dreamt about milan signed ibrahim ba!
is it better for milan to buy tiago rather than emerson?
etoo doesnt seem keen to join milan, maybe we should go for saviola?

Originally Posted by Rando

i dreamt about milan signed ibrahim ba!

congrats, your dream has come true ... now please dream that tomorrow I find 100 mil in a truck parked across the street

is it better for milan to buy tiago rather than emerson?

should Brocchi leave, why not both

etoo doesnt seem keen to join milan, maybe we should go for saviola?

Saviola seems to have signed with Real M already, although truth-telling Ramon is still denying it

http://www.calciomercato.com/index.php?c=21&a=45766

According to French newspapper l'Equipe, Henry to Barcelona is a done deal (Eur 30m).
They dont exclude the possibility of Eto'o going the other way, to Arsenal, because he's always been one of Wenger's favourite players ( this i doubt will happen)

Im so bored right now, its too hot to study right now. We need a chat in here!!!!!

our management even doesnt have a b plan,when sheva left last summer,they should have had plan b and briging another top class yet they signed a clown at the end of transfer season.

just because of that,i have milan future fear.

i doubt these guys in our management can manage to sign eto'o even if barcelona puts him on the market,since chealse,pool and arsenal has been his admirer too,they can pay more than us to eto'o and barcelona,in premier so many african plays so racism wont be a problem for him as well,considering this all,eto'o is very unlikely.

if i believe in galliani and berlusconi,we had signed ronaldinho 100 times and totti 200 times.

what do you say on our attack?

we have ronaldo

we dont know what happens with him,he can injure himself anytime.

pippo cant play with regularity since he is too old.

Gila fails fails fails misses misses misses.

Oliveira is the joke of the year

whearas just look at what inter has now,Adriano,ibrahimovic,crespo,cruz and now they added suazo to their attacking department.

compare their attack with ours?our only striker who scores with regularity is ronaldo who is a mystery,we cant predict his future,with injuries or with goals everything can happen.

juve signed grygera,milito,saliahmidzic e.t.c.

while we signed ba,how come you expect it that im happy?

Sheva-Milan, linea interrotta

Era il nome più gettonato alla vigilia della finale di Atene, poi qualcosa si è inceppato, forse per inseguire Eto'o. Ora l'attaccante è in vacanza alle Barbados e attende notizie

MILANO, 14 giugno 2007 - Dopo Didier Drogba, ecco José Mourinho: “Il Chelsea non funziona più come prima e questo ha fatto sì che si veda in maniera diversa il mio rapporto con Abramovich”. L’attaccante aveva scelto i giornali inglesi per raccontare quanto gli piacciano l’Italia e il Milan, mentre lo Special One ha scelto lo spagnolo Marca per far capire che le inquietudini dei blues non riguardano soltanto i giocatori. Una scelta non casuale, visto che il suo nome viene spesso associato ai grandi club di Spagna.
MOSSE - Tutto il Chelsea è in fermento. Il proprietario Abramovich voleva la Champions e non ha avuto neppure la finale: questo ha creato una serie di scosse che potrebbero mutare il volto del club di Londra e influire sul futuro di Andriy Shevchenko. Un futuro che sembrava deciso in tre settimane da raccontare: il 2 maggio Silvio Berlusconi dichiara che la porta per Sheva è “spalancata”, una settimana più tardi l’amministratore delegato Galliani aggiunge “gli terremo il posto da extracomunitario libero per due mesi”, il che fa pensare che, al di là dei passaporti, l’amore per Samuel Eto’o non sia più forte di quello per l’ucraino che ha nostalgia del suo vecchio club.

SENTIMENTI - Poi, a poche ore dalla finale di Champions, va in edicola sul settimanale Chi (rivista Mondadori, quindi di casa Berlusconi) un’intervista con Kristen, la moglie di Shevchenko: “Milano è la nostra casa, più di quanto lo sia adesso Londra”. La strategia dei sentimenti sembra vincente, tanto che la notte di Champions dovrebbe portare un incontro risolutivo fra Berlusconi e Shevchenko. L’incontro salta ufficialmente perché il traffico aereo nel cielo sopra Atene è troppo intenso, in realtà perché si è pensato fosse meglio evitare di indispettire Abramovich. Una delicatezza che sembra confermare un accordo vicinissimo, con il presidente del Milan pronto a riprendersi, con la Coppa, anche l’attaccante al quale ha sempre voluto bene. Lo Special One, almeno a Milano.
INTERROGATIVI - Ma da allora, e in pochi giorni, tutto è cambiato. Il Milan ha buttato a mare l’ipotesi Ronaldinho e si è messo alla caccia di Eto’o, che un anno fa era stato nominato erede naturale di Shevchenko. L’accordo sfumato allora potrebbe essere raggiunto adesso, anche perché di mezzo c’è un altro allenatore: Frank Rijkaard non piace affatto a Eto’o e il camerunese lo ha ammesso in maniera inequivocabile definendolo “una cattiva persona”; sarebbe questa incompatibilità la spinta principale a lasciare Barcellona. Nel frattempo, Andriy se n’è andato in vacanza alle Barbados dopo essere passato da Milano senza incontrare nessun dirigente. La versione dei fatti più accreditata è che il manager del Chelsea Peter Kenyon abbia sparato una cifra troppo alta per la sua cessione, e l’ipotesi di consentire a Sheva di tornare al Milan in prestito non è mai stata presa in considerazione né dal Chelsea, né dallo stesso Shevchenko. Il telefono, in questi giorni, è rimasto muto: forse soltanto Mourinho può convincere Abramovich a cedere Shevchenko, ma al momento sembra più intenzionato ad andarsene lui stesso e in ogni caso il Milan sembra distratto da molti amori. Amori nuovi, sembrerebbe.
Alessandra Bocci

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