Italy midfielder Gennaro Gattuso has signed a new deal with AC Milan until June 2012, the Italian Serie A club said in a statement on Monday. Media reports had said Premier League Manchester City were interested in Gattuso after the 31-year-old said last month he was unhappy with the amount of playing time he was getting under coach Leonardo.

Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani acknowledged Gattuso could leave but the player has now committed to the club after talks with Galliani and Leonardo.

Italian player Gennaro Ivan Gattuso looks on during the training session of the Italian national soccer team at Puskas Ferenc Stadium in Budapest August 21, 2007. Italy will play a friendly soccer match against Hungary on 22 August

Gattuso has suffered a series of injuries since the 2006 World Cup and his place in Milan's three-man midfield will come under further pressure in January when David Beckham joins again on a six-month loan from Los Angeles Galaxy.

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