News of the former England captain's possible loan switch to the Rossoneri in the January transfer window emerged on Wednesday although Beckham's current club, the Los Angeles Galaxy, insist nothing has been finalised.

Milan fans are reportedly delighted at the news but Moratti feels that in Beckham, as with other players the Rossoneri have signed in the past, the club are getting a player past his best whose only real benefit will financial.

Moreover, the Inter chief believes his club's arch rivals are going down the wrong path and should instead be looking at creating a long-term project, as the Nerazzurri are doing.

"Milan think that what has already happened will happen again in the future and so they might do things differently (from Inter)," he said. "They're not thinking about a project.

"Milan had their own history. Now they're looking at the past, which could be the right way to make money, even if they have to pay these players of course.

"However, I don't want to pass judgment. We are in another situation, which I don't deride because it doesn't seem bad to me.

"We have many young players and so we are looking to build also for the future.

"There's a general downturn and football is not excluded from the economic crisis."

Moratti was more forthcoming a few hours earlier, claiming the Rossoneri have a trend for signing veteran players such as Christian Vieri and Ronaldo - who both turned out to be flops in the Milan shirt.

"It's a philosophy that Milan started when they bought Vieri and continued with Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and now, Beckham," said Moratti. "It's a path one can opt to go down, which could be fun for the fans.

"For us, having chosen a different path, doing both would be impossible. We'll see what is the best way at the end of the year."