Milan talisman Rino Gattuso insists the club must invest in new defenders this summer if they are to challenge for honours next season.The Rossoneri are down to their bare bones at the back after injuries to Alessandro Nesta, Kakha Kaladze and Daniele Bonera.
Paolo Maldini is set to retire this summer and Milan are not expected to take up the option to buy Philippe Senderos from Arsenal, making the defensive line look even more threadbare.
The Rossoneri have already signed two young Brazilian defenders, Thiago Silva and Felipe Mattioni, but Gattuso is not yet satisfied.
“Some reinforcements in defence will have to arrive,” Gattuso said, before making a case for Senderos to stay at Milan.
“He is a good lad and I am happy that, on some occasions, he has proved decisive,” Gattuso explained.
“We have had seven big injuries this year in all departments. Every department has suffered from this situation, not one has been excluded. The defence needs reinforcing,” he added.
Gattuso was then drawn on the abuse Inter Coach Jose Mourinho continues to hurl at Carlo Ancelotti.
“I neither want to argue with him, nor with anyone else, but just close your eyes and try to imagine what it means to be a protagonist in five Champions League Finals,” he said, referring to Ancelotti.
The 31-year-old later tried to play down talk of a rift between Milan and Kaka, who recently complained about the treatment he received for an injury at the club.
“The argument over his injury came from Dunga, not from him,” Gattuso concluded. “I know players from other teams, who come to heal at Milan Lab.”
Gattuso is currently recovering from a serious knee injury he suffered against Catania on December 7 2008.
Having undergone surgery on said knee, Gattuso recently started training again and could be back in time for the end of the season.
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