draw and Milan were knocked-out from the competition. Squad statistics As of 22 May 2011. 1 Player left the club during the season 2 Player joined the club during the January transfer window Transfers Milan trod carefully in the early stages of the transfer window, as CEO Adriano Galliani stated that any new signing would only follow a departure. Marco Amelia and Mario Yepes joined the club to replace Dida and Giuseppe Favalli respectively, whose contracts expired. The Rossoneri went on to sign Sokratis Papastathopoulos for an undisclosed fee from Genoa, who also took on co-ownership of youngsters Rodney Strasser, Nnamdi Oduamadi and Gianmarco Zigoni as part of the deal – though only the latter actually left Milan. After the first couple of pre-season games, head coach Massimiliano Allegri lamented the need of one more midfielder. This led to the purchase of German-Ghanaian Kevin-Prince Boateng on another co-ownership deal with Genoa, who had just signed him from Portsmouth; Genoa also took on co-ownership of Giacomo Beretta as part of the deal, though he remained in Milan's youth team. As the last week of the transfer window approached, director general Ariedo Braida revealed that Milan might be interested in signing Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimović from Barcelona. Despite initially claiming that it was nothing more than a "dream", Galliani later confirmed that negotiations were actually taking place. After some days of talks, on 29 August Milan officially announced to have signed Ibrahimović on a free loan with the option to fully purchase the athlete's playing rights for €24 million at the end of the season. On the last day before the summer transfer deadline, Milan made another major signing, securing Robinho from Manchester City. The move cost €18 million plus bonuses and was hailed by Galliani as "a wonderful gift from owner Silvio Berlusconi". At the same time, three players left the club: Kakha Kaladze and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar moved to Genoa and Schalke 04 respectively, while Marco Borriello was loaned out to Roma. As the January transfer window approached, Galliani stated that Milan was in talks with Sampdoria to sign striker Antonio Cassano, who was dropped from the squad in October following an argument with Sampdoria president Riccardo Garrone. The move was later confirmed by Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi and Cassano joined the Rossoneri for their winter camp in Dubai on 27 December. His transfer was officially finalized on 3 January, the