Zachary Athekame has already played his last game for Young Boys, and AC Milan expect to complete his signing this week.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) this morning, the 13 minutes that Athekame played on Sunday in Bern against Sion – a game which ended 0-0 – on matchday four of the Swiss league are expected to be his last for Young Boys.
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Milan are confident they have secured the Swiss full-back and the plan is for him to arrive in Italy this week to undergo the usual medical and then sign a contract until June 2029, with the option of a further year in favour of the club.
The deal will cost €10.5m, including bonuses, with the player’s willingness to sign having played a key role in negotiations between the clubs. Athekame, in fact, has rejected the advances of a French club for Milan.
The 20-year-old is liked for his versatility: started out as a winger, but in recent years he has steadily transformed into a full-back in a back four. Massimiliano Allegri will therefore be able to use him both on the right side of a back four or as a wing-back in a five-man midfield, as cover for Alexis Saelemaekers.
add 6-7M with resale clause and we could have had an actual homegrown RB… now he gonna go to EPL team and be worth 35M in 2 seasons…
Good move! I would have liked this done a little sooner, but now this will be done.
L’Equipe says we have the deal at 10 million euros with a 10% future resale. If it helps get the deal done.
If we play 3 5 2 we have back up options on the wingback positions. I still feel we are short in the cb position if play this formation
Honestly, I would love if they buy Aramburu, dude is tough, goes all in at every play, that’s what the team needs and he has European passport
Yep…Aramburu is awesome but I don’t think we take him. My first choice for right back position.
This guy was cheaper.
Why not Savona same price.
schizos here will call you a Juventista for that…
or he’s just not a good player…
because he is awful?
In what is this guy better? Has he even been tried in top league?
Agreed. Guy has 70 games in his career, all in Switzerland. If you sent Chukwueze, Okafor and Musah on loan to the same team in Switzerland that would be almost a guaranteed title for the team that loaned them. Chukwueze would look like black Messi.
Another foreign player. Welcome to Inter Milan Athekame!
Who is playing CD when Tomori and De Winter are injured? Magni? Fofana? 🤣 from what I see we now have 3 RWBs.
Pavlo & Gabbia while we switch to 4-2-3-1 or similar 2 CB -formation. Simple.