Milan target top-class left back

• omgukilledkenny

  31 Dec 08, 19:54

  AC Milan will target a left-back in January as they look to strengthen their squad and close the gap on Serie A leaders Inter.

  

  Managing director Adriano Galliani has revealed coach Carlo Ancelotti plans to use the versatile Marek Jankulovski increasingly in midfield, creating a vacancy on the left side of defence.

  "Our goal is to buy a major player, a player at the highest level who plays as a left-back, because we plan a move to midfield for Jankulovski," he said.

  "But I deny that we will sign a central defender as we have several players there with (Paolo) Maldini, (Kakhaber) Kaladze, (Daniel) Bonera and (Philippe) Senderos."

  Milan have already strengthened the squad with the signing of David Beckham on a short-term loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy, although he will spend only two months in Italy before returning to America.

  Milan trail Inter by nine points after 17 games, but Galliani insisted that the title race is still on.

  "Our desire now is to get off to a great start in the second half of the season," he said. "Our goals are to win the Scudetto and the UEFA Cup."

• Chris88110

  1 Jan 09, 00:13

  Evra

• haoguanghg

  1 Jan 09, 02:01

  Wayne Bridge.

  Lahm.

  Capdevila.

  Heinze.

  Gallas?

• limpper

  1 Jan 09, 18:56

  lahm is a good choice, don forget rafinha too

• omgukilledkenny

  2 Jan 09, 02:45

  rafinha is right back tho.