Villa scores his first for Barca
August 27, 2010, Friday
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DAVID Villa scored his first goal for Barcelona in a friendly against AC Milan on Wednesday, while behind the scenes the two clubs prepared to continue their negotiations over Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Barcelona won the Nou Camp friendly 3-1 on penalties after the game finished 1-1, with Villa's close-range effort cancelled out by a stunning strike from Filippo Inzaghi.
Villa flicked in the opener at the near post after good work down the left from his fellow new arrival Adriano Correia.
Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani met Barcelona president Sandro Rosell and Ibrahimovic's agent earlier in the day and they will reconvene on for further talks.
"Negotiations will continue tomorrow," Spanish media quoted Galliani as telling the club's television station.
"I have an appointment with Barca's president at midday.
"It is very complex, very difficult and very costly... At present, Barca are willing to sell (or loan) the player, he is willing to come to Milan but we are talking about a mountain of money in the middle of a crisis."
Villa, signed from Valencia before his heroics in Spain's World Cup triumph in South Africa, started up front alongside the Swede, despite the doubts about his future.
Ibrahimovic had a spectacular goal ruled out for offside in the first half and was substituted at the interval.
"I don't know what the problem is," Ibrahimovic told Italian television after the game. "The directors have told me they don't want to sell me but I don't know what the coach thinks because he doesn't speak to me. We've only spoken twice in the last six months. I'm happy here and I'm not a problem."
Barcelona won the Nou Camp friendly 3-1 on penalties after the game finished 1-1, with Villa's close-range effort cancelled out by a stunning strike from Filippo Inzaghi.
Villa flicked in the opener at the near post after good work down the left from his fellow new arrival Adriano Correia.
Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani met Barcelona president Sandro Rosell and Ibrahimovic's agent earlier in the day and they will reconvene on for further talks.
"Negotiations will continue tomorrow," Spanish media quoted Galliani as telling the club's television station.
"I have an appointment with Barca's president at midday.
"It is very complex, very difficult and very costly... At present, Barca are willing to sell (or loan) the player, he is willing to come to Milan but we are talking about a mountain of money in the middle of a crisis."
Villa, signed from Valencia before his heroics in Spain's World Cup triumph in South Africa, started up front alongside the Swede, despite the doubts about his future.
Ibrahimovic had a spectacular goal ruled out for offside in the first half and was substituted at the interval.
"I don't know what the problem is," Ibrahimovic told Italian television after the game. "The directors have told me they don't want to sell me but I don't know what the coach thinks because he doesn't speak to me. We've only spoken twice in the last six months. I'm happy here and I'm not a problem."
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