Zubizarreta: Milito staying at Barca
Reuters - Sunday 16 January 2011, 22:31
MADRID - Argentina defender Gabriel Milito
will not be leaving Barcelona in the January transfer window,
the La Liga club's sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta said on
Sunday.
"He is staying," Zubizarreta said in an interview with
Spanish television after the 30-year-old was linked last week
with a loan move to England or Italy and coach Pep Guardiola
said he would not stand in the way.
"He told us he had thought it over," Zubizarreta added. "We
are delighted because we wanted him to remain in the squad."
Media reports said Milito wanted to secure first-team
football to boost his chances of holding his place in the
Argentina squad.
He rarely starts for the Spanish champions and has been
plagued by injuries, most recently a thigh muscle problem.