page_title: 2010–11 A.C. Milan season
section_title: Transfers
hierarchical_section_title: 2010–11 A.C. Milan season / Transfers
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context_page_description: The 2010–11 season was Associazione Calcio Milan's 77th season in Serie A, and their 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. It was the first season under new head coach Massimiliano Allegri, who replaced Leonardo, and with new shirt sponsors Fly Emirates, after four seasons with Bwin.
  Milan secured its 18th Serie A title – their first since 2003–04 – with a goalless draw away against Roma on 7 May. The club also competed in the Champions League, being knocked out by Tottenham Hotspur in the round of 16, and they took part in the Coppa Italia as well, reaching the semi-finals, where they were eliminated by Palermo.
context_section_description: Milan trod carefully in the early stages of the transfer window, as CEO Adriano Galliani stated that any new signing would only follow a departure. Marco Amelia and Mario Yepes joined the club to replace Dida and Giuseppe Favalli respectively, whose contracts expired. The Rossoneri went on to sign Sokratis Papastathopoulos for an undisclosed fee from Genoa, who also took on co-ownership of youngsters Rodney Strasser, Nnamdi Oduamadi and Gianmarco Zigoni as part of the deal – though only the latter actually left Milan.
  After the first couple of pre-season games, head coach Massimiliano Allegri lamented the need of one more midfielder. This led to the purchase of German-Ghanaian Kevin-Prince Boateng on another co-ownership deal with Genoa, who had just signed him from Portsmouth; Genoa also took on co-ownership of Giacomo Beretta as part of the deal, though he remained in Milan's youth team.
  As the last week of the transfer window approached, director general Ariedo Braida revealed that Milan might be interested in signing Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimović from Barcelona. Despite initially claiming that it was nothing more than a "dream", Galliani later confirmed that negotiations were actually taking place. After some days of talks, on 29 August Milan officially announced to have signed Ibrahimović on a free loan with the option to fully purchase the athlete's playing rights for €24 million at the end of the season.
  On the last day before the summer transfer deadline, Milan made another major signing, securing Robinho from Manchester City. The move cost €18 million plus bonuses and was hailed by Galliani as "a wonderful gift from owner Silvio Berlusconi". At the same time, three players left the club: Kakha Kaladze and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar moved to Genoa and Schalke 04 respectively, while Marco Borriello was loaned out to Roma.
  As the January transfer window approached, Galliani stated that Milan was in talks with Sampdoria to sign striker Antonio Cassano, who was dropped from the squad in October following an argument with Sampdoria president Riccardo Garrone. The move was later confirmed by Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi and Cassano joined the Rossoneri for their winter camp in Dubai on 27 December. His transfer was officially finalized on 3 January, the opening day of the winter transfer window.
  Meanwhile, speculation about Ronaldinho leaving the club increased. These rumors were confirmed by Ronaldinho himself during a press conference he held in Rio de Janeiro alongside Galliani, on 6 January. The new club was unveiled five days later, as Milan officially announced Ronaldinho's move to Flamengo. At the same time, defender Oguchi Onyewu also left Milan, joining Dutch Eredivisie champions Twente on loan for the remainder of the season.
  Milan went on to complete two more signings in the second half of January, bringing in Dutch duo of left winger Urby Emanuelson and midfielder Mark van Bommel, from Ajax and Bayern Munich respectively. The Rossoneri, however, made another couple of additions in the last days of the transfer window, signing Spanish left back Dídac Vilà from Espanyol and centre back Nicola Legrottaglie from Juventus.
caption: Zlatan Ibrahimović was Milan's major signing in the summer transfer window.
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