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AC Milan have signed an Italian defender on loan from Russian side Spartak Moscow until the end of the season.

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Spartak Moscow have  agreed a deal to loan Italian international defender Salvatore Bocchetti to struggling AC Milan, subject to a medical the club have confirmed. Bocchetti, who has won five caps for Italy, joined Spartak from fellow Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan in January 2013. In a statement on their website Spartak said that the two clubs had reached 'an agreement in principle' on a 'loan agreement until the end of the current season.' Spartak Moscow defender Salvatore Bocchetti (right) will join AC Milan on loan until the end of the season . There was no word on whether the deal includes a clause allowing Milan, currently 11th in Serie A, to make the transfer permanent. Bocchetti is the third player to leave Spartak on loan this winter after Russia captain Roman Shirokov, who moved to FC Krasnodar, and Argentinian midfielder Tino Costa, who has been loaned to Genoa. Bocchetti (right) has won five caps for Italy and is the third player to leave Spartak on loan this winter .