On the move: On-loan Alberto Aquilani is set to join AC
Milan from Liverpool on a permanent basis
Liverpool fans can finally wave goodbye
to £17million flop Alberto Aquilani this summer with the midfielder
set to extend his stay at AC Milan in a cut-price
move.
The Italy international has been a regular at the San Siro
this season and there is a clause in his loan terms from Anfield,
which states a permanent deal, in the region of £5m, can be struck
after he makes 25 appearances.
The 27-year-old, who spent last season at Juventus, has
featured 22 times so far for Milan this term and his agent Franco
Zavaglia expects the player to bid farewell to Merseyside for
good.
'As it was agreed, a permanent deal will automatically be
struck once he makes 25 appearances,' Zavaglia told Italian website
Milan News.
'I do not think that Milan will pass up on Aquilani. There
is no problem about this, a permanent deal is something we all
expect.'
Aquilani arrived at Anfield in 2009 and managed just 28
appearances in a nightmare one-year spell in the Barclays Premier
League before returning to Italy.