AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato has said that he wants to win the Olympics gold medal with Brazil at the London Olympics 2012. The gold medal is the only thing lacking from the Brazil Trophy locker. The national team has won everything from the World Cups to the Copa America titles. The closest Brazil have come towards winning the Olympic gold medal was in 1996 when they won the bronze medal with Ronaldo in the side. Even though Alexandre Pato has been struggling with a lot of injuries this season, the Brazilian has been included in the preliminary squad for the Olympics as one of the numerous under 23 players.

Clubs do not have an obligation to release the players over the age of 23. Hence, this could be the last Olympics tournament for Alexandre Pato, which is the reason for the 22-year-old Brazilian to take the competition seriously. Santos player Neymar is likely to be the starter at the Olympics tournament, but Pato reckons that he wants to help the team in any way possible to lift the Olympics gold medal. Even though this competition is not retarded with great importance by the other nations across the world, the South American teams always consider the Olympics as one of the most important.

“I’ve been working hard. After Copa America, I have only been thinking about the Olympics. I’m 22-years old, I am confident. The only way is to do my talking on the pitch. I will try to regain my best form,” said the 22-year-old striker, who has suffered numerous injury problems since joining AC Milan as an 18-year-old. The striker has six goals in 18 international appearances for Brazil. He came extremely close to joining French club PSG in the summer for € 35 million.

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Brazilian football club Corinthians have emerged as a major contender to sign Alexandre Pato in the summer. The AC Milan striker is currently having a tough time in his career after struggling with a number of injury problems of late.

As a result, many of the clubs that were initially interested in signing him – Chelsea and Manchester City – have pulled out of the race to sign the player in the summer. It was only in the summer that AC Milan rejected a £ 33 million bid for the player from French club PSG, who are managed by former AC Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti.

Alexandre Pato has often suffered injury problems during a whole season, but this campaign has been especially worse for the Brazilian. As a result, there has been growing speculation that he would be interested in moving back to Brazil in order to resurrect his career. Corinthians, who came extremely close to securing the signing of Argentine striker Carlos Tevez from Manchester City in the summer, have once again stepped in for the South American. They are likely to compete with French club PSG for his signature. Corinthians are looking at the possibility of replacing Adriano with Alexandre Pato.

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French club PSG are still trying to get Alexandre Pato from AC Milan according to their manager Carlo Ancelotti. French club PSG recently appointed Carlo Ancelotti, who was out of work after having been sacked by Chelsea in May. Carlo Ancelotti has great connections with the squad from AC Milan after having been responsible for the incredible careers players like Kaka and Alexandre Pato have been having. However, it is thought that AC Milan are keen to sell Alexandre Pato in order to raise funds to bring in Robin van Persie from Arsenal. Even though the Brazilian striker is not keen on a move yet, Carlo Ancelotti has said that he will be looking to persuade Alexandre Pato to join him at PSG.

The striker was initially valued at £ 40 million when Carlo Ancelotti tried to get him when he was at Chelsea, but the striker rejected the move then. However, his value has dropped considerably after suffering a number of injury problems during the last few years. It is now thought that a bid of around £ 25 million will be enough to persuade AC Milan to sell the player. Even though they may have to fork out an extra sum of money in order to get Robin van Persie, they’re willing to do so.

“Will Pato come at the end of the season? Let’s say that during the last market we tried to sign the attacker and there will be many other opportunities. We cannot say that we liked Pato in January but not in June, however this time the effort will be even more,” Carlo Ancelotti said in a recent interview. The arrival of Ancelotti at PSG has worked wonders for the club, as they are in a position to win the title this season.

PSG manager Carlo Ancelotti has said that there is still a possibility of the club being able to sign the stars like Alexandre Pato and Kaka in the summer transfer window. PSG recently appointed former Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti in place of the club, which now has the riches of the Qatari family.

As a result, they have been spending heavily on players in the last two transfer windows. Carlo Ancelotti expects more of the same in the summer transfer window as well, although he expects it to be on a much bigger scale. It will be due to the arrival of Alexandre Pato and Kaka – two AC Milan players with whom Carlo Ancelotti is extremely close with.

Carlo Ancelotti revealed that the club tried to sign the two players in the January transfer window itself, but were unable to do so due to the fact that the players were not willing to move in the middle of the season. However, he believes that the club has a great chance of completing the signing of both these players in the summer. The career of both Alexandre Pato and Kaka has dipped quite a lot in recent seasons, especially after the departure of Carlo Ancelotti from AC Milan.

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Former AC Milan manager Arrigo Sacchi is of the opinion that striker Alexandre Pato should have left the club in favour of PSG during the January transfer window. French club PSG are right now managed by former AC Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti, who was influential in helping Alexandre Pato settle into life in Italy after his arrival from Brazil.

Alexandre Pato directly arrive from Brazil and many players who directly do so end up as a failure. Carlo Ancelotti, however, helped Alexandre Pato mould into one of the best strikers in Europe just as he did with former World Player of the Year Kaka.

Carlo Ancelotti tried his level best to bring Alexandre Pato to Chelsea while he was at London. However, the player rejected the move by saying that he was extremely happy to stay with AC Milan. Since then, though, his career has taken a downward path after suffering a number of the problems and falling out of favour with the manager. Current AC Milan manager Massimiliano Allegri is someone who does not use Alexandre Pato regularly given the injury problems currently affecting the Brazilian. Hence, PSG try to sign the youngster from AC Milan in the January transfer window for around £ 30 million, but the player once again rejected the transfer.

“Pato? He is a great player! However, I think it would have been better for him had he left Milan last week. It seemed a bit strange to me that Berlusconi would like Tevez as a player. It’s weird that someone who likes Ronaldinho so much would prefer Tevez to Pato,” Sacchi said after the announcement that Alexandre Pato has turned down the opportunity to move to French club PSG. PSG recently signed a South American in the form of Pastore for around £ 35 million.

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Immediately after taking over at PSG, former Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has set his sights upon signing former AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato.Carlo Ancelotti tried to sign the Brazilian youngster when he was at Chelsea, but was unable to do so after AC Milan rejected a number of advances.

Back then, Alexandre Pato was an important member of the AC Milan squad, but the arrival of Massimiliano Allegri has brought about a lot of changes within the Milan team. Most importantly, Alexandre Pato has found it difficult to get regular first-team opportunities, and is thought to be open to a move to other clubs.

Carlo Ancelotti had a lot of success in bringing the best out of Alexandre Pato, and has once again showed his intent in signing the AC Milan striker. It is thought that PSG have reportedly bid in the region of £ 18 million, but that offer was instantly rejected by AC Milan. Back when Carlo Ancelotti was at Chelsea, AC Milan rejected an offer of £ 45 million. However, a number of injury problems and the lack of first-team opportunities now mean that Alexandre Pato can be secured for much less than that amount.

Now, it is thought that AC Milan will be willing to open negotiations with another club if they come in with a bid of around £ 25 million. This is an extremely small amount of money for the Qatari owners at PSG, who spent reportedly around £ 35 million to bring Pastore to the club in the summer. They are expected to once again shell out around £ 100 million in bringing new talent to the disposal of Carlo Ancelotti. The arrival of Alexandre Pato is expected to be the first among many major signings at PSG.