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Gattuso: I’m not joining Rangers Tuesday 17 October, 2006
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Gennaro Gattuso has reassured Rossoneri fans that he doesn’t want a Rangers return. “I will end my career at Milan,” declared Ringhio.
The world champion was strongly linked with a sensational return to his former Scottish club over the weekend.
But the former Perugia and Salernitana man has insisted he won’t play for the Ibrox club again following his brief stint there in the late 1990s.
“This is all my fault, I should learn to keep my mouth shut and not release any statements,” the midfielder told the Milan website.
“The journalists wrote the exact opposite of what I had said, that is the problem,” added the 28-year-old.
“I only declared that Rangers gave me the opportunity to play as a professional on their side, but my will is to end my career at Milan – as everyone knows.
“If this will not happen it will only be because I am no longer able to offer 100 per cent in my performances.
“As long as the club will continue to treat me as they do and the supporters show their affection to me as they have done until now, there is no reason for me to leave the strongest side in the world.
“You all know that I like Scottish football, but after eight years at Milan I don’t really see any other possibilities than ending my career here,” continued the World Cup hero.
“I want to reassure all the Milan fans that there will not be another Andriy Shevchenko case.
“I told Adriano Galliani that I would have stayed even in a lower Division that I cannot even manage to pronounce, I want to keep on fighting for this jersey.
“This is a club where you win every other year, I cannot forget what Milan have given me in all these years,” concluded Gattuso.
The ball-winner made his 300th appearance with Milan in the Champions League 0-0 draw against Lille in September.