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Agent: No Zambro move in Jan Thursday 6 December, 2007

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Gianluca Zambrotta’s agent has stressed that the Azzurri defender won’t join Milan in January.

The Barcelona stopper is said to be unsettled in Spain and is reportedly looking to return to the peninsula to be close to his family and at the request of his homesick wife.

Despite Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani’s insistence that the European champions won’t be signing in January, Zambrotta had been linked in the Spanish newspapers with a New Year switch.

“He certainly won’t move in January,” Zambrotta’s agent Marcello Bonetto insisted in El Mundo Deportivo.

“The Spanish Press are renowned for writing with poor information and are scarcely trustworthy.

“It’s far too early to talk about a move to Milan for Zambrotta, even though we know that the Rossoneri have high regard for my client.

“I don’t think that there has been any direct contact between the two clubs.

“He was in Como recently and even then there was no meeting with Milan as they are a club who proceed through the correct channels and they would talk to Barcelona first.

“Zambrotta still has three years on his contract and it’s not true that he has problems with Barcelona. His first priority is to win something with the Blaugranas.

“Obviously an Italian player with family near Milan would see a move to the Diavolo as a good option, but for now it is just a statement of intent.”

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