AC Milan want to sign midfielder Ismael Kone from Sassuolo and it is possible Francesco Camarda could be involved in negotiations.
Milan are already focused on the upcoming summer transfer window, one in which Massimiliano Allegri’s instructions will be crucial. The stated goal is to build a deeper squad, one that reflects the footballing vision of the coach and his staff.
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Calciomercato.com report that Leon Goretzka is the main target for the midfield, but the German’s possible arrival does not exclude another addition to the department, considering that both Youssouf Fofana and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are expected to leave at the end of the season.
Kone for Camarda?
Sassuolo’s Ismael Koné is very popular with Allegri, who mentioned his name in the last two meetings held with the management at the Casa Milan headquarters. He is young with a low salary and plenty of room to grow further at 23, plus six league goals already to his name this season.
Sassuolo officially announced the signing of Koné from Marseille on February 2nd. The Neroverdi – clearly pleased his performances – decided to bring the deal forward, paying the French club approximately €13m.
The sporting director Palmieri and the CEO Carnevali are delighted with yet another transfer deal that could lead to a significant capital gain, because Koné’s current valuation is approaching €25m. Milan have already held initial exploratory talks with his agents to understand their plans for next season.
The Canadian international has a long list of suitors, both in the Premier League and in Italy, with Inter and Atalanta also keen. The youngster’s focus is on finishing the season strong and preparing to play a top-level World Cup with Canada.
In the meantime the connection between Milan and Sassuolo could also be expanded with the name of Francesco Camarda. He will return to the Rossoneri after his loan spell at Lecce, but Sassuolo are interested in a new loan deal, as well as Fiorentina.
loan to Sassuolo would be amazing, even more if there is Comotto as well after a fantastic loan spell in Serie B…
not so much at Fiorentina, I don’t think he benches Kean
Unless we buy Moise Kean from Fiorentina, but I don’t see management buying him because of some injury reports
Even then idk if Camarda would get in over the backup then have now.
I’d say loan or sell with a low buyback option to Sassuolo or a team abroad. Teams like Ajax, Club Brugge, and Frankfurt have a knack for developing young talent, especially young attackers.
A loan for carmada is a non starter. Will sassuolo rely and play an 18 year old all through the season? As usual in Italy, trusting talent is a crime. He will go and rit on their bench and be pushed out. Let him stay, play some games, in Coppa Italia, or some respectable minutes in the league. Give him all the confidence. After all, nkuku and Gimenez have played to no effect.
How about Serie B for a year in which he plays at least half of the games? In my opinion as he is the ‘Great Italian/Milan Hope’ he is being pushed, and pushing to be in situations that he is not ready for. No team is going to play a player just to play him. Even with Lecce, they did not see him as being a better option to help them win. Getting a few minutes in scrub time at the end of games is meaningless. Also, you want to risk losing a cup to play him?
As always. I am watching PSG vs Bayern and Zaire Emery is playing. That boy at 18yrs taught us a lesson some time back in UCL. if he was in Italy, oh, it will be as u want, loan him to serie b, only to flop. Even fofana Is playing for Milan, what exactly does he offer? All I am saying is, if Milan appreciate his talent, then keeping him at home is the real deal. Did leave do him any good!?
Imagine if a top law firm hired a top young lawyer and then ‘loaned’ them to a mid-tier law firm to get ‘some time being a lawyer’?
Or a rugby player or any other player in any other team sport was ‘loaned’?
This is a unique thing to football, and in Italy especially players are loaned out multiple times in their career.
And it almost never works.
In the last 15 years the only youth players to become established at Milan never went on loan.
De Sciglio, Donnarumma, Calabria, Locatelli, Cutrone and now Bartesaghi all became established without ever going on loan.
Locatelli’s loan ended his career at Milan (and now he’s captaining Juventus).
Gabbia is the exception but his Milan career is mostly accidental. The club tried everything to force him out by signing CBs and loaning him but injuries eventually forced their hand.
Loans simply don’t work.
You can’t take an elite athlete who is used to a certain type of environment, training, team mates, tactics, diet etc, and move them around multiple times to different environments with completely different raining, team mates, tactics, diet etc.
The loanee club is not interested in developing a player they don’t own, and are only loaning in the player as part of some other wheeling and dealing that gets them a deal somewhere else, or to move money around like some dodgy money launderer.
Mark my words, if Camarda is loaned again that’s it for him. He will join the thousands of other former Milan youth players who became journeymen playing for over 10 clubs by the age of 30.
It’s not like we have world class strikers up top. Right now we have nothing to lose. Just play the kid
keep him as 3rd ST.
Osimhen/ Sorloth/ Vlahovic, Gimenez & Camarda.
to be bench warmer in another serie A club or play in serie B isn’t big diff than play for Futuro in serie C next season.
Futuro plays in Serie D and won’t earn direct advancement to Serie C, this season. There is some chance of doing it via playoff but that’s a really small chance. Most likely Futuro will remain in Serie D next season.
Apparently there is an alternative route, if a sufficient number of Serie C teams flop economically and fail to meet requirements, but the last I heard is that Milan wouldn’t want to put Futuro back in Serie C if they don’t earn it on the pitch.
Let’s not pretend the Futuro is a serious endeavour to develop youth players.
It’s another opportunity to launder assets.
Osimhen is a good shout.
The club needs to sign one striker and back them and Camarda rather than multiple strikers who end up failing like the vast majority of strikers signed in the last 20 years.
Osimhen is a potential game changer. Him and Leao and Pulisic or all three, with Camarda coming in.
Sell the rest of the strikers.
Camarda please left Milan and go at club were you play.Move from Italy.This country dont know anymore how developed young players.
Football is slow and boring.You should go at better league if you want be great player.