MILAN: It would have caused a sensation had Swedish strikers Hanna Ljungberg and Victoria Svensson accepted the offer of Perugia president Luciano Gaucci to sign for the Serie A club and become the first women to play in a major professional league.
But the two Scandinavians turned down the opportunity to take their place in the history books.
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