Youri Tielemans was one of AC Milan’s top targets but according to a recent report, he has agreed to sign a contract with Aston Villa. The Rossoneri will thus have to turn their attention elsewhere.
Since the sacking of Paolo Maldini and Ricky Masssara on Tuesday, Geoffrey Moncada and Giorgio Firlani had both been working on the signing of Tielemans, per Gazzetta Dello Sport. However, they will have to turn to their Plan B instead.
According to The Athletic, Tielemans has agreed to join Aston Villa on a free transfer and is undergoing his medical for the club as we speak. The 26-year-old had suitors all over Europa and Aston Villa had to overcome fierce competition, per the report.
It’s a convenient move for Tielemans as Aston Villa are another Midlands club, meaning he probably won’t have to move. In addition, Villa will be playing in the Conference League next season and have been able to offer a good salary (probably much higher than Milan).
Update: Aston Villa have also confirmed the deal.
It remains to be seen what Moncada’s Plan B is. Seko Fofana has been mentioned before but he was a target of Maldini and Massara. In short, we will have to wait and see what Milan will do in the coming days.
Not a good start for the new management
I know – Maldini would’ve signed him in a flash 🥸
You Joking right? Hahah
Yeh – so many doom mongers on this site.
Seko Fofana would be an incredible recruit, sadly Lens is playing UCL next season and is not willing to sell his best players unless a huge offer arrives. Probably even much bigger than Milinkovic-Savic’s price tag.
Does anyone see a resemblance here of the previous management in trying signing top players and losing them to Clubs that win trophies?
Please don’t tell me that this is the big strategy plan of Cardinale
LOL. Shocking!!!
I mean he is FREE and so many other clubs wanted him and offered him a much higher salary then we didn’t- so why wouldn’t he want to come to Milan???? I just don’t understand LOLOLOLOLO.
I mean a call from Furlani couldn’t convince the kid to take LESS money?? Wow. This is a surprise!!! LMAO
NEXT sheep!
‘Understand Unai Emery called Youri in the last few days to accelerate talks’ – Romano
Okay, it’s time for us to get serious. It’s time get Pioli on the other line of the phone. Everyone knows he’s the best in the world in terms of developing young talents and also is able to act as a father figure when needed.
Yes, who can resist call from padre Pioli. Or Furlani or Moncanda!?!
Ohhhh yes forgot the salary proposal was very convincing maybe 1/3 of those proposed from Aston Villa
Lmao why, cause they probably offered him 2x money that cardinale offered him, its hard to be in maldini’s place with owner like cardi,moncada will soon realize that ,free agents always want more money because you pay nothing for transfer
Lol sshhhhh you’re giving away secrets
In my view no defensive midfielder better than Sofyan Amrabat but we will continue to look for cheap and free options. God sves our Milan
Yup he’s great and all, but even Barca failed to bring him last season.
I really think that we should prepare for a really disapointing transfer window(yet again). Firstly, we do not have a budget nearly big enough to fix the holes for the first eleven(righ wing, foward, midfield) and plus squad rotating players for the bench(at least 3 quality players,NOT youngsters with potential)
Secondly, it seems that Cardinale does not want to invest any more money for club to buy players, they said that we need to sell players that Pioli doesnt count on. Great. Rebic max 6mil(if we are lucky), Origi also, messias as well… So after all that we are looking at the budget around 60mil. Still, very small amount to build a competitive squad for both Seria A and CL.
Unfortunatly, another season fighting for 4th spot.
Lucky I don’t really care about transfers….
My only hope is that we don’t lose too many players who I was supporting last season.
It’s really annoying having to go from cheering to booing players constantly.
Inter have four of our former players!
PS Do you think your 3 quality players on the bench will make much of a difference if Pioli rests the entire starting 11 against Serie A teams???
How dare you to reject 2 m per year from Cardinale 😂 He searched for you and your demands through his revolutional data analyzing and his data said you will accept it 99,99 % ! This must be a bug in data analyzing!!
Seko Fofana would be an awesome recruit, sadly Lens is UCL-bound next season and they said they are not selling their best players unless huge offers are on the table. He would be even more expensive than Milinkovic-Savic and they’re the same age. Maybe Frattesi could be an option.
I wonder if Mateo Retegui is still considered as a forward, I couldn’t find any news regarding him lately.
Nah we will probably buy Icardi
Why Seko Fofana? The guy who used to play for Udinese and could find a better move than to France? He hasn’t played a minute of Europea football. RLC would be a better option..
Do you watch Ligue 1? He was a key player for Lens and they finished 2nd, only one point from PSG. Anyway he’s way too expensive for us.
Eh, I’m not impressed. And no, I don’t watch Ligue 1. There are four leagues with better football to watch.
Damn I was trying to impress you so much. I’ll try to find sleep tonight though.
I don’t care if you watch Ligue 1, I’m not their PR, but a lot of great players came from this league, including key players from our team.
That’s fine, and you’re right, but with Fofana specifically, the fact that he was already in Serie A and technically was only able to make a lateral move from Udinese to Lens raises red flag, the fact they finished 2nd notwithstanding.
This type of news will be familiar from now till the end of the transfer window for us Milan Fans.
1. Tielemans = Aston Villa
2. Ndicka = Likely to join Roma
3. Kamada = Milan is stalling
4. RLC = ? as he is not free.
5. Similar to last season we have been linked t o several players in different positions, yet nothing concrete.
‘Villa will be playing in the Conference League next season.’
Dear God, what have we done.
Calm down. Relegation teams in the EPL can offer salaries comparable with the top of Serie A. “We” didn’t do anything. The market decided that the EPL would get the TV money and that was that.
SMS is concrete answer ffs. Just 5m away from the signing
Why would he join a club that is chaotic after maldini’s sacking send shock waves throughout the world of football. Unless crazy money is thrown at him or others, this would be tough until the waters calm down. Shitbird didn’t think from that point of view did he.
From Leicester to Birmingham is a fairly short drive – he doesn’t even have to move house. Tielemans has kids. His life will continue without major disruption, and with a higher salary than Milan were offering him. Why the hell would he uproot his whole family and move to a new country for less money???
It’s true, we often don’t think of the human side of these footballers. Perhaps he chose his kids stability.
Ya but Redbird lovers on here honestly believed we would be able to sign him and all the other free players LOL. Money talks and we have none that Redbird wish to spend. No matter who is sporting director we are in the same hole. At least w Maldini we had more clout when he called a player and tried to convince him to join for LESS $$$ – and he did – convince Leao, Theo, Mike etc…now we have Pioli or Furlani making that call LOL. Good luck
Do you ever get tired of this miserable life of yours? So annoying, keep quiet sometimes. Gosh
LOVE my life clown. Buddy you make no fkn sense lol. And nobody wants to see your ugly photo on your name “John the Baptist”. Keep on being that sheep kid it will get you far in life. good luck Johnny boy!
Oh yeah… I lost interest when you said “nobody”
Man, it’s you and I, leave the other kids out of our conversation.
I’m trying not to bully you my boy, I’m really trying, you gotta help me, I don’t wanna pounce on you fragile kid.
Oh yes I agree, Moneyball mate 😂😂😂
It’s all about stats across the aggregate…those stats being free, or out of contract or on loan 😆
Moneyball…..LoL
If only cardinale had an ex club and world legend who is revered and respected worldwide to attract these top players….
In your worldview how did we ever get anyone to join Milan before Maldini?
Banter era? We only sign rejects
Pre-banter era? Real legends still play at our club and there is Berlusconi’s money.
Tielemans was always going to chase the money, it’s why he was at Leicester in the first place – was never coming to Milan
What a owner we have
wow😭😭😆💔 even vaill are better than us now💔💔💔
Yep…Villa is better than us…let’s wait till Ndicka signs for Roma..then it will start to sink in for all of us, especially redbird sympathisers.
Calm down. Roma has been negotiating with Nd!cka for weeks. They are probably very close to an agreement. We have, JUST NOW, supposedly begun to talk to him. What do you expect? For Nd!cka and his entourage to drop everything because Furlani is calling at the last minute?
They already have agreement before we try to sabotage it.
Where is Poli? Why couldn’t Moncada secure this signing?
Why didn’t Cardinale personally join the negotiation to use his charm?
His salary and the skill new Milan management. Big name like maldini had big impact bro. don’t forget. Hehe…
Maldini already know it..that why he never target tieleman..maldini is 2 step ahead of everyone..new management coming then suddenly they target new player but are they really coming? Maybe kamada will coming, only bcoz maldini already got verbal agreement bfore he got fired
Why talking like Maldini is Michael Edwards?
Being supportive of the new management is one thing. Being disrespectful, ungrateful and blind about what Maldini did is simply stupid. Milan’s resurgence has a lot to do with him.
I didn’t know who tf Michael Edwards is, so I searched on google and there was a petition for him to be fired. I guess there are ungrateful fans everywhere.
Maldini was the sage, the genius, who could do know wrong as a director apparently because he was a legendary defender. So let’s just shut up and support the whining.
Bro, Maldini’s personality helped attract better players to the Club. You can’t deny that.
“but he was a target of Maldini & Massara”
So what if Fofana was Maldini’s target? Does being Maldini’s target is disqualifying? Ridiculous statement from the article. If he is Maldini’s target who play in France, it’s highly likely he is Moncada’s recommendation.
The article is saying that Fofana was a target of Maldini and Massara who are no longer around so Seko is probably no longer a target
However, if he prefers Aston Villa over Milan, playing in conference league over champions league and of course money, than that says everything about his ambitions.
We need players who want to be at Milan and has winners mentality!
Forza Milan!
With maldini or without maldini the main, old fashioned way or data basis mercato, the problem is the same…..money, i am a fans from the era van basten until now and i can’t believe it that we are loose from aston villa in signing player competition, f***
Most likely the management will conduct their business at the tail end of the summer with what’s available on the market. All current targets won’t be convinced by what’s on the table be it sporting or financial side.
The lure of Maldini calling is immeasurable, that’s the value and tradition and so much more than pure business..