Live broadcast, August 5th news when interviewed by the reporter of Gazzetta dello Sport, the former Milan goalkeeper coach and Ancelotti’s then coaching team member wiki revealed that he almost joined Milan Buffon behind the phone door, but at that time, Berlusconi had no intention to spend 30 million euros to introduce Buffon.
Wiki said: “Dida often had physical problems at that time. For this reason, Milan CEO Galliani entrusted me to ask if Buffon would like to join Milan, so as to avoid playing in Italy. At that time, the negotiation was very confidential, codenamed ‘safe hands action ‘.”
“At that time, Buffon refused to join Inter Milan, but they were willing to join Milan. The two sides even talked about a four-year contract with an annual salary of 6 million euros. Galliani was also willing to pay 30 million euros transfer fee to Juve. But when everything was similar, Galliani reported the situation to Berlusconi, but was rejected by Berlusconi. Berlusconi said: ‘You can’t spend 30 million euros on the goalkeeper. ‘”
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