Massimiliano Allegri has asked AC Milan to try for Giorgio Scalvini and Igli Tare is readying a bid, according to a report.
According to Claudio Raimondi on SportMediaset (via MilanNews), Milan are going to try for Scalvini on the advice of Allegri who would really like the 21-year-old centre-back to add to the Italian core at the club.
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The road to signing him however is an uphill battle because – even though he played little last season due to various injuries (only eight appearances in all competitions) – the Atalanta value him highly. The Rossoneri are reportedly ready to offer Malick Thiaw plus €15m.
There are no formal negotiations yet, but Scalvini is the new name for Milan’s defence. Napoli are also reportedly interested in the player, having offered €35m plus €5m in bonuses. Manna has already spoken with Percassi and has therefore put the Beukema option on hold.
Left-back target switches
There has been much talk in the last few hours about Archie Brown but the Gent full-back who has chosen to move to Fenerbahçe. Mediaset claim the English player was never really close to Milan, who only tried to get involved quite late on.
Two options remain for Theo Hernandez’s replacement, both from LaLiga: Sergi Cardona of Villarreal, and Miguel Gutierrez of Girona. With the team leaving for the preseason tour in one week, time is of the essence.
Lets do this!!
Scalvini is a good player, a decent prospect. But his last year was atrocious with bad injuries. Too much money to invest for a high risk business…
They’d e less open to sell to a domestic rival had he stayed healthy.
Scalvini + Leoni in, Thiaw (or Tomori) sacrificed. Lets do it 😉
We guess the management get High enough to fly signing him.
Agreed….best summer transfers
Hope he doesn’t go Caldara’s path.
Okay so we’re trying to sign two of the biggest CB prospects in the League. Damn I will be impressed if we get both i think we can get Scalvini but Leoni I think we need a big offer for Tomori and Inter aren’t faster
Leoni price it’s too high, that’s why they hunting another Italian CB. Hope it’s not like Caldara 2.0 😂😂🤣🤣
Bad decision if true. Exchange healthy CB with injury prone CB that already got ACL. Leoni ? Comuzzo ? Both more healthy than scalvini. Pioli are fio headcoach , why not try swap deal his ex player with comuzzo ?
Let’s get a CB after an ACL… Brilliant. Not enough healthy ones out there…
That’s the leverage they want to lower the price (half the price and they bet gamble on players ( remember we bought Caldara almost 38M, Conti 25M, Diego Laxalt 20M, Leo Duarte 11M) and where are they now.)
Exactly lol.
AND let’s add a player valued at 25M on top of it. So Scalvini is worth 40M now????
Great business by Atalanta as usual and terrible business by us as usual.
Perfect match
The ACL is fixed now. He’ll be back to his level in no time.
More often than not, they do not come back the same player.
Let’s see what Copilot has to say about footballers with ACL fixed:
🏆 Legendary Comebacks After ACL Surgery
Ruud van Nistelrooy Injured just before his move to Manchester United, he returned a year later and scored 150 goals in 219 games for the club2.
Alan Shearer Tore his ACL in his debut season at Blackburn Rovers, then came back to become the Premier League’s all-time top scorer with 260 goals2.
Alessandro Del Piero Sidelined in 1998, he adapted his style and went on to win the 2006 World Cup and play into his 40s2.
Xavi Hernandez Injured in 2006, he returned in just 5 months and continued to dominate midfield for Barcelona and Spain2.
Roy Keane Missed most of the 1997/98 season, but came back to lead Manchester United to their historic treble in 19992.
Radamel Falcao Suffered three ACL injuries but still led Monaco to a Ligue 1 title and had successful stints in Spain and Turkey2.
Zlatan Ibrahimović Tore his ACL at age 35, returned in just 7 months, and kept playing at the top level well into his late 30s.
Virgil van Dijk Injured in 2020, he returned to anchor Liverpool’s defense and remains one of the best centre-backs in the world.
Francesco Totti Came back from an ACL tear in 2008 and continued to lead Roma until his retirement at age 402.
Robert Pires Missed the 2002 World Cup due to ACL injury but returned to help Arsenal dominate the Premier League2.
All of them were crap, right?
Good player but had one serious injury after another. As we age we are actually more prone to injury. So take that in acaunt he looks like the next Caldara.
“As we age we are actually more prone to injury. ”
LOL. You realize how old (young!) the lad is???!!! 😀 😀 😀
Let’s do this.
Buy an injury prone player, get maybe one good year out of him. He spends the rest on the sidelines getting paid on the treatment table, while you sell a healthier player to a team with a knack for polishing gems? Awesome!!!
Great deal, for both parties maybe. We can only hope something like this gets done, but still sounds unlikely
No Atalanta players please
No for injury prone player. Milan must get Luka Vuskovic from Tottenham.
Scalvini at Milan 😂😂😂😂😂 We cant bring any midle players at club and we talk about super star player 😂😂 We not good anymore
We talk a lot of high profile players, but I think o ly in our dreams. As all the players we mention never arrive. For one exception Ricci.
They leave us in dreamland.
This is very dumb transfer… I would give Pobegba away instead and cash in on Thiaw to further reinvest in proven wing back and not some unknown players from lower leagues
Parma wouldn’t sell his CB
Stupidity in transfer. Someone who played less game and less experience. Leave thiaw alone please.
Last season we sent kalulu away and brought in Royale. Now cannot sell Royal after underperformance
Scalvani is a player I greatly admire and believe he have the talent. His injury problems is a problem. But I think nothing will come of this, he was worth double this before his injury. Atalanta will probably want to keep him for another year to see if he can regain that value
Scalvini, you dumb f
remember we bought Conti for 24m from them, and then 40m for Caldara (from Juve but he was at Atalanta the season prior) and they all became glass… now we want to spend 40m on Scalvini who already is glass smh
Right idea but the time to buy Scalvini was when they bought Thiaw.
Atalanta will laugh at any offer for Scalvini that includes a player.
Why would Atalanta sell its most valuable asset for cash and a player when it could just take the cash and sign the CB it wants?
I’m getting Caldara and Conti vibes. I’m not seeing a vast improvement over Thiaw or Gabbia or Tomori. Bastoni, Calafiori Cambiasso and maybe DiMarco are the only Italian defenders that will improve Milan’s backline, and none of them will be available to Milan. Can we just sign some decent defenders regardless of nationality?