Lokomotiv squashes Milanovic reports

Yesterday, the Italian media (in particular spotmediaset.it and skysports 24) reported that Juventus pulled off a coup by signing Lokomotiv's prospective defender Milan Milanovic for a paltry sum of 400k euros. The website portal even stated that the reason for such a small fee is due to the fact that Milan Milanovic's contract expires next March.

However hours later Lokomotiv Moscow correspondent Andrey Bubnov squashed such rumours and stated that there was no formal contact between Juventus and Lokomotiv. He continued by outlining the fact that to date, the only formal approach was made by AC Milan. Moreover, unlike what appeared in the Italian media, Milan Milanovic's contract expires in 2013 and not next year. And unlike what appeared on the Italian media, this is a fact. If you log on onto Lokomotiv's website and view Milanovic's profile, you can read the following sentence "Milan Milanovic joined Lokomotiv in March 2008 and signed a five year contract". This means that the contract will expire in 2013.

Although for long time Milan Milanovic have been deemed as one of the best defenders at his age, Milan has yet to make his debut for Lokomotiv. Obviously it's a pity to have a reputed defender who fail to make it to the first eleven but I never saw him play and I can't say what he's capable of. All what I can say is that even his reputation is worth more than 400k, let alone his believed talent.

Finally, an advise to Milos Krasic...please stop pretending to be a scout and recommend players from CSKA's Moscow rivals. If there is a player whose good as, or even better than Milanovic, that is Uros Cosic and currently he plays for his former side CSKA Moscow. Moreover like Milan, he is Serbian too. Milos Krasic should concentrate on playing fairly rather than diving and scouting and try to lure a good player away from us for a pittance. As vice-president Yury Belous said later, Lokomotiv may let the player leave if we receive a good offer. So dear Juve if you want the man, show us the money.