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Italian Serie A News :: Newspapers Report : Flamini signs for Milan

Posted on 2008-05-03 by Gooner

According to various reports in Italy this evening, Mathieu Flamini has put pen to paper on a Milan contract after rejecting Arsenal’s terms.

The midfielder’s future has been up in the air for some time, as his contract with the Gunners expires at the end of the season.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger extended the deadline for Flamini to give an answer to Monday, but that probably won’t be necessary as according to Sky Italia, the French star has already signed a four-year contract worth £4.3m per season.

Juventus had also been in the race to snatch up Flamini, but Milan appear to have secured his signature or at the very least a promise (which means little) but there is no official word as yet from either Arsenal or the Rossoneri.

"It will be sorted out over the weekend, and will he stay or not is down to him" said Wenger. "But we cannot afford not to keep our wage structure. We have a £360m debt and we have to respect the structure or we will go bust.">/i>

Flamini had been offered a contract worth in the region of £55,000 per week (£2.86m a year) to stay in London.