Adriano Galliani hoping to complete double signing‘We have written to Chelsea and are awaiting response’

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Milan are hoping to sign the Chelsea pair Fernando Torres and Marco van Ginkel before the end of the summer transfer window.

Milan want to bring Torres on a season-long loan following the departure of Mario Balotelli to Liverpool, while administrator Adriano Galliani has also confirmed an official offer has been made to Chelsea for the 21-year-old Dutch midfielder Van Ginkel.

Galliani said on the club’s website: “We are in the last stages of the [transfer] market and we will see if we are able to acquire an important forward.

“This is our main aim. Torres is certainly an important forward and we will see if we can sign him or another player.

“Van Ginkel? It’s possible. We have written to Chelsea and are awaiting a response. We are optimistic.”