The former sports director of "Milan" Adriano Galliani said that the president of "Real Madrid" Florentino Perez at the time wanted to sign the Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko.
— It was the day Valencia and Bayern Munich played in the Champions League final (approx. 2001). The match was held at San Siro. Florentino Perez sat next to me and offered 55 million euros for Shevchenko. I remember that he said: "If you do not sell Shevchenko, then I will go to Turin and buy Zinedine Zidane." I called Silvivo Berlusconi, but he refused to sell, Adriano Galliani said.
We will remind that Andriy Shevchenko defended the colors of "Milan" from 1999 to 2006. As part of the Rossoneri, the Ukrainian became the winner of the Golden Ball.