AC Milan are reportedly keen on signing Ruud van Nistelrooy as a replacement for Andriy Shevchenko.
The Dutch international has fallen out of favour at Manchester United and Milan chiefs see him as the perfect successor to Chelsea bound Shevchenko.
"Van Nistelrooy is the man we want," an AC Milan spokesman is quoted as saying in The Sun newspaper.
"He is one of the few players in the world who could replace Sheva."