Gattuso torna in UK?

[Oli]

Gattuso eyes Ibrox return
Mark Palmer
RINO GATTUSO, the combative Italy and Milan enforcer, has revealed he intends to return to Rangers where he will take a pay cut to fulfil his ambition. The 28-year-old, who was at Ibrox for a year before being released by Dick Advocaat in 1998, has promised to move back to complete unfinished business in Glasgow after being “forced to leave like a thief in the night”.

Gattuso, who this summer added a World Cup winners’ medal to the Champions League and Serie A titles he had secured at the San Siro, told the Ibrox chairman David Murray two months ago that he is “adamant” he will return while he still has a meaningful contribution to make.

The midfielder is contracted to Milan for the next five years, but the goodwill between player and club means Gattuso is likely to be able to negotiate his release whenever he feels the moment is right to move back to Scotland, the birthland of Monica, his wife.

“I don’t know when it will happen, but it will happen,” he said last night. “I just have to go back, and it’s a promise I have made to both myself and Murray. There won’t be any problems with money; I know they’re going through a bad time financially, and I won’t go there to take a pension either. I won’t go at 35 or 36, I’ll go when I’ve still got something to offer them, at a European level as well as Scottish.”

Walter Smith signed Gattuso from Perugia for nothing in the summer of 1997, exploiting a loophole whereby the 19-year-old was still regarded as an amateur. Gattuso returned to Italy in October 1998 when Salernitana, newly promoted to Serie A, bought him for £2.8m. Barry Ferguson is the only surviving member of the Ibrox first team that Gattuso left behind.

Rangers could do with the Italian’s services sooner rather than later after a 1-0 defeat to Inverness at Ibrox yesterday left them 10 points behind leaders Celtic. The decision by Paul Le Guen, the Rangers manager, to drop goalkeeper Allan McGregor and replace him with Lionel Letizi was left open to question after the Frenchman failed to deal with a Craig Dargo shot and allowed Graham Bayne to score 20 minutes from time. It delivered Inverness’s first ever win over Rangers and left Le Guen having to defend his selection afterwards.

“It’s between us. I’m not used to speaking about it in the press,” he said. “When I have to say something to a player, I’m not used to saying it in the press. Lionel played because I thought it was the right decision.”

Shunsuke Nakamura scored a hat-trick for Celtic as they came from behind to beat Dundee United 4-1 at Tannadice, a result that leaves Craig Brewster’s side bottom of the table. Celtic midfielder Thomas Gravesen has been ruled out of their Champions League tie with Benfica on Tuesday with a hamstring problem.

Tratto da http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...3-2404955.html

[Kowalsky]

se non ricordo male lo diceva già quando arrivò al milan che avrebbe voluto finire la carriera tornando a glasgow

[Valentina_ (POL)]

Se vuole, anche qui alla Lazio farebbe comodo!

[Nirvana]

Gattuso alla Lazio non ce lo vedo proprio

[O'Rei]

Gattuso alla Lazio non ce lo vedo proprio

è il suo luogo naturale, tra i ciociari

[Nirvana]

ma se è calabrese

[O'Rei]

ma se è calabrese

tarabaralla