Gennaro Gattuso sees his
future at Milan, but is proud to have been wanted by Manchester
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
Ahead of the two clubs' UEFA Champions League semi-final meeting on
Tuesday, Gattuso revealed his admiration for English
football.
But the uncompromising Italian, who is under contract at Milan
until 2011, admits he does not expect any further opportunities to
move to Old Trafford.
"Some contacts were made, but I see my future at Milan now,"
Gattuso told The Sun.
"But you cannot be anything other than proud when the United
manager wants to sign you.
"I once said my dream was to play in England and that the team I
liked best was United.
"I really like the atmosphere in England and I think my way is
probably more suited to English football than Italy."
The midfielder is desperate to see off United in the semi-finals as
he wants the chance to exact revenge on Liverpool for Milan's
penalty shoot-out defeat in the 2005 Champions League final.
He added: "After the final against Liverpool I wanted to quit the
club, not because I didn't like Milan any more, but because I was
so sad about what happened.
"Now I would really like to play Liverpool in the final
again."
