Dragan Stojkovic, former Red Star player, told tuttomercatoweb.com, that he was close to Milan:
"Have I ever been close to the Rossoneri? Yes, but in 1989 I signed a pre-contract with Marseille. I think, after two hours that I had found the agreement, Adriano Galliani calls me and he asks me, between Italian and English: 'You, contract Marseille?'. I denied. Bernard Tapie, president of OM, had already spread the word around, saying he bought Maradona of the East. I couldn't say no to the French, after all Tapie had arrived at my house with his private plane offering me a contract as a top player."
"Later, in 1991, Milan invited me to play a friendly tournament in Madrid: I trained for three days at Milanello but the Federation did not give permission because I'm not a Milan member. Regrets? That's life. But Milan has left me with good memories and two watches. Silvio Berlusconi gave them to me, for my wife and for me, during my season at Verona, on loan from Marseille. It was his way to greet me. He evidently thought that the following year I would go to Milan. Unfortunately I had problems with the knee, and nothing more was done. Then they took Savicevic ".
