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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MILAN (AP) -- AC Milan signed Sulley Muntari on loan from Inter Milan, which completed a deal for Colombia midfielder Fredy Guarin on the last day of the winter transfer market on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As clubs, players and agents gathered at a somewhat chaotic ATA Hotel in Milan, where the Lega is holding the last two days of the transfer market, the most surprising deal of the window involved a player not even in the country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Muntari is currently on duty at the African Nations Cup and he will link up with his new teammates at the end of Ghana's involvement.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Muntari, who will remain at Milan until the end of the season when he becomes a free agent, will provide much needed midfield cover for the Rossoneri after Alexander Merkel joined Mathieu Flamini, Gennaro Gattuso and Alberto Aquilani on the sidelines.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Inter signed Muntari from Portsmouth in 2008 in a deal worth ?14 million and while he initially impressed, scoring the winner in his first derby match against Milan, he has slowly slipped down the pecking order.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Muntari spent last season on loan at Sunderland but failed to earn a permanent deal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Milan also completed the signing of teenage striker Philipp Prosenik from Chelsea.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Milan, along with Juventus and Bayern Munich, tried to sign Prosenik in 2009, but the young Austrian opted to join Chelsea's academy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prosenik started well in England but has had lengthy spells on the sidelines because of serious injuries. The 18-year-old striker is the son of former Austria midfielder Christian Prosenik.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Guarin moves to Inter from Porto, intitially on a loan deal, but the Serie A giant can make the move permanent in the summer and the player has already signed a contract until 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I think he will give us a huge helping hand,'' Inter coach Claudio Ranieri said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Guarin, who has 36 caps for Colombia, has won nine trophies with Porto including two league titles and last season's Europa League.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Elsewhere, World Cup winner Vincenzo Iaquinta moved to Serie A struggler Cesena on loan from Juventus, which signed Atalanta midfielder Simone Padoin on the last day of the winter transfer market on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Iaquinta joined Juventus from Udinese in an ?11 million ($14.5 million) deal in 2007 but has struggled with injuries over the past two years and has not played since last March.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I'm happy, now I have to prove myself again,'' the 32-year-old Iaquinta said. \"I can't wait to start, I want to relaunch myself. I've had a lot of injuries in my career, I've been unlucky.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I want to thank all at Juventus, especially the fans, as they always treated me like a great footballer. I have no regrets.''&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Iaquinta won the World Cup with Italy in 2006.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Midfielder Michele Pazienza also left Juventus. The 29-year-old Pazienza returned on loan to Udinese, the club he last played for seven years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Padoin completed his move to Turin, signing a five-year deal with the Serie A leaders. Juventus has paid almost ?5 million ($6.6 million) for the 27-year-old midfielder.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, Bologna has signed France under-19 international Ishak Belfodil from Lyon until the end of the season and Valeri Bojinov has returned to Lecce on loan from Sporting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bojinov started his career at Lecce - making his Serie A debut at 15 - before moving to Fiorentina in 2005.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 25-year-old Bulgarian had been suspended by the Portuguese club following his actions in a cup game against lower-league Moreirense.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With the game at 1-1 in injury time, Sporting was awarded a penalty and Bojinov - who had not scored a spot kick in nearly six years - pushed aside usual penalty-taker Matias Fernandez and placed the ball on the spot. Sporting fans booed and Bojinov's effort was saved.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Italian transfer window closes at 7 p.m. local time (1800 GMT).&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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