Massimiliano Mirabelli, Milan's sporting director under Yonghong Li, revealed in an interview with 'calciomercato.com' a secret meeting that he had with the Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic, who he wanted to convince to move to the Italian club. At the time, Rakitic was in talks over a new deal at Camp Nou.

'I was in Ivan Rakitic's house to sign him for Milan' (leer noticia)