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Brazil and AC Milan star Robinho (Wikimedia Commons)

AC Milan midfielder Robinho is not ruling out the possibility of leaving the club when his contract is up as reports of interest from Flamingo have begun to surface.

Robinho joined AC Milan from Manchester City in 2010 has enjoyed a decent bit of success in his time in Serie A.

"IF anyone doesn't think we (Barcelona) can win, they should give their membership card to a friend who will come and support us," were the feisty words of Barcelona's Gerard Pique from last night. That's right Pique has a refreshing "take it or leave it" approach in football (we've witnessed it first hand) and you'll never get any sugarcoating from Shakira's boo.

The level of awkwardness from Robinho in this photo is absolutely epic, but that's what you do when your teammate happens to be Mario Balotelli! To celebrateAC Milan's inspiring 2-0 win over stalwarts Barcelona in the Champions League first leg (with last-minute goals from Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari), Balotelli planted a smacker on his girlfriend, Fanny, from the stands last night.

Before Christmas, AC Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani confirmed that both Robinho and Alexandre Pato have handed in transfer requests.

Yesterday, Milan President Silvio Berlusconi said that he hoped to "lose only one" out of Alexandre Pato and Robinho, but he also went on to reveal that he had turned down a €40m offer for Pato.

Mario Balotelli of Manchester City (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

According to Football Italia, AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi has ruled out a move for both Mario Balotelli and Didier Drogba after the Rossoneri were linked to January moves for the two strikers. However, Milan are notorious for toying with the media and though Drogba looks to be moving to Juventus, a San Siro return for Balotelli could be in the cards.

It has been a miserable first half to the season for AC Milan, who where thrashed 4-2 by Roma yesterday.

Despite qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages, the Rossoneri will begin the new year in seventh place, nine points behind second place Lazio, and a massive 17 points behind leaders Juventus.

Pablo Daniel Osvaldo (C) with his teammates Erik Lamela and Alessandro Florenzi (L) of AS Roma (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)

The last big clash for 2012 in Serie A sees AS Roma and AC Milan at Stadio Olimpico on Saturday at 2:45 p.m. ET. Both teams feel comfortable playing attacking soccer pushing the opponent back in the own half creating trouble for the defense.

After a painful year of sitting out training sessions, key matches and the Euro 2012, David 'El Guaje' Villa is back and thrilled to be available for selection by Barcelona's Tito Vilanova!

The striker posed for a photo in the midst of playing a game with Pedro and Xavi on Xavi's iPad.

Robinho scored and had an assist as AC Milan defeated Olimpia, 3-1, at Gillette Stadium. (Photo: Walter Silva)

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Italian giants A.C. Milan cruised to an easy 3-1 victory over Honduran champions C.D. Olimpia at Gillette Stadium in an international exhibition on Saturday evening.

If the traffic and the crammed parking on the way into the AC Milan vs. Olimpia match at Gillette Stadium was any indication, the Razor should have been rocking and loud as a tremendously entertaining match between two heavyweights of their domestic leagues ensued. Only half of that came to pass; the match was entertaining but the crowd was unusually sparse as Milan dusted up the Honduran champs 3-1 behind masterful goals and creative play from Robinho and Antonio Nocerino.

At half-time here at Gillette Stadium it is 3-0 AC Milan as they have totally outplayed and outclassed Olimpia.

Milan started with Robinho, Cassano and Ed Shaarawy up-front and the Honduras sides has not been able to cope with the movement and interchanging of the three Milan strikers.

Milan earned an impressive 2-0 win against Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie in front of an overjoyed home crowd. The very best reaction came from Mario Balotelli (who couldn't play as he was cup tied to Man City), Robinho (who couldn't play due to injury) and friends as they stood pitchside and watched.

Mario Balotelli had his third goal in two matches for Milan to salvage a 1-1 draw against Cagliari, but he nearly had a great winner in stoppage time. In the 82nd minute, Balotelli scored his second important late penalty in as many matches for Milan and shushed the Cagliari supporters after he did so.

Back in the go-go days of August 2008, when Man City had just become the big-spending richest club in the world and were still four years away from winning the Premier League title, the club was desperate to buy big-name players who could make an immediate impact. They ended up spending a British record £32.