Sportitalia: Milan to meet Club Brugge CEO in Switzerland to conclude De Ketelaere deal

Today could be a crucial day in AC Milan’s mission to sign Charles De Ketelaere as a meeting will take place in Switzerland, a report claims.

According to reports from SportItalia, this afternoon Milan will have a meeting in Lugano with the CEO of Club Brugge to close the De Ketelaere deal. Paolo Maldini and Ricky Massara will in fact have a summit with the management of the Belgian champions to try and fully define the operation.

It seems therefore that there are decisive hours coming up for the possible closure of the deal to see the 21-year-old attacking midfielder finally join the Rossoneri after weeks of negotiations and haggling.

The man that Maldini and Massara will meet is Vincent Mannaert, who joined Club Brugge as CEO in 2011 having held the same role at SV Zulte Waregem from 2007 up to then. He is widely praised for the work he has done with the Belgian side, and is a notoriously tough negotiator.