Pato hits glory trail

Alexandre Pato has set himself no limit to what he can achieve at AC Milan.

The teenage sensation burst onto the Serie A scene in January and has already scored eight goals in 15 appearances for the Rossoneri.

The striker, who the World champions paid a club record €22 million for last summer, revealed he was aiming for double success at both club and national level in order to become the world's number one.

He said: "I want to win with [AC] Milan, lift the World Cup with Brazil and become the best player in the world."

Even though the 18-year-old scored on his debut against Napoli, the 18-year-old admitted that he has needed to adapt to the close attention from Italian defenders.

He said: "As soon as you receive possession here two or three defenders leap on you straight away, but luckily my team-mates help me out by offering various options."

Despite averaging a goal every 60 minutes for Carlo Ancelotti's team, the player who wears the famous number seven shirt is not resting on his laurels and the former Internacional forward claimed he was learning how to cope with the more complex nature of the Italian game.

He said: "Slowly but surely I'm getting to grips with this tactical awareness and I'm content to have already made some progress."