Milan drop Pato interest

Milan have pulled out of the race for Internacional's Alexandre Pato, paving the way for Chelsea to sign the highly-rated 17-year-old.

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Pato - full name Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva - is rated at £10 million, which is too much for Milan to gamble with for a prospect who has been touted as the new Kaka but is effectively untested at the highest level.

"[Carlo] Ancelotti tells me that Pato is a very talented youngster," admitted Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani. "But he is young and I believe that certain amounts cannot be spent on a young player because it's not written that he will become the next Kaka."

Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United have been linked with the teenager, whose agent claimed last month that a £18 million deal had been struck with Chelsea before withdrawing the comments.

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