AC Milan are reportedly eyeing up Manchester United’s wantaway striker Ruud Van Nistlerooy as a replacement for Chelsea bound striker Andriy Shevchenko.

Shevchenko told the Milanese giants this week that he wouldn’t be signing a contract extension with them and is now set for an English transfer record busting ?35m move to English Premiership champions Chelsea.

Milan have been keeping an eye on Van Nistlerooy for quite a while but following his well publicised bust ups with Sir Alex Ferguson and Cristiano Ronaldo recently, they seem ready to make an official move to add the Dutchman to their striking options for next season.

Van Nistelrooy could be available for as little as ?8m now that Manchester United seem certain to offload him and it would be a fantastic piece of business for AC Milan to sell one 29 year old striker for ?35m and get him replacement in for less than a quarter of that. Chelsea had also been interested in Van Nistelrooy but the potential Shevchenko move now opens the way for a transfer to Serie A for the wantaway Manchester United star.

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