"Atletico" allowed Forlan to negotiate with "Inter" © EuroFootball.com

Diego Forlan was allowed by Madrid to negotiate with Milan for a move to Italy.

The Spanish team reported that the Uruguayan will not play in Thursday's Europa League match against "Guimaraes" as he asked the coach "to consider the offer to move to another team." "Atletico" coach Gregorio Manzano did not object to this.

It is said that Forlan is the main candidate to replace Samuel Eto'o in the ranks of "Inter" as Eto'o is leaving for "Anzhi" in Machachkala, Russia.

Forlan was named the best player of the 2010 World Cup, but in the Spanish championship he scored only 8 goals in 32 matches and spent a third of the games on the bench.