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Ancelotti keeps Henry hanging
Saturday 9 June, 2007
While Thierry Henry admits he’s glad to hear of Milan’s interest, Carlo Ancelotti is keeping his options open. “He’s very good, but he’s not the only one.”
The reports of a summer bid for the Arsenal hitman started last week when Ancelotti himself confessed in a Press conference that Henry was “one of the strikers we are interested in.”
The Frenchman responded with undisguised glee at the opportunity to make a switch to the current European Champions.
“That is great to hear,” said Henry to ‘The Sun’ newspaper. “How can it be anything else?”
Yet on Saturday the Rossoneri boss put the brakes on talk of an agreement with the former Juventus hitman.
“Henry is a very good forward, but not the only forward. There are other good strikers,” he was quoted as telling ‘Sky Sports News.’
“Henry has a contract with another club and it is difficult to buy players who have a contract.”
Milan do have other options on the table, most notably Barcelona’s Samuel Eto’o and the possible return from Chelsea of the unsettled Andriy Shevchenko.
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channel4.com - Football Italia
What's interesting is that Milan actually mentioned Henry on their official website. Not sure what it "means" as far as Henry's potential transfer goes, but it's unusual because Milan only rarely mentions transfer rumors on their site:
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ANCELOTTI: 'Difficult for Henry to arrive'
6/9/2007
LONDON - Speaking to Sky News in the UK, Carlo Ancelotti played down the arrival of Arsenal's Thierry Henry: 'Henry is a very good forward, but not the only forward. There are other good strikers. Henry has a contract with another club and it is difficult to buy players who have a contract.'
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AC MILAN - Sito Ufficiale - Official Website