Ismael Bennacer’s performance against Atalanta was yet another display of his importance to AC Milan, which comes at the perfect time for the midfielder given his contract situation.
La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanNews) note how Bennacer’s dominant performance – topped off by a beautiful goal – was a perfect display of his all-round game both from the point of view of quality and work rate.
The Algerian almost won the battle for the midfield on his own while Sandro Tonali appeared a bit sluggish, and Bennacer was the Milan player to have played the most balls (101 – Calabria second with 88). In addition, Bennacer recovered 9 balls, second only to Calabria who had 11.
Bennacer hopes to resume being part of a formidable pairing with Tonali who has yet to find his best condition. From this point of view, the discussion relating to the renewal of his contract cannot go without mention.
The former Empoli man has a deal which expires in 2024 and is one of the names at the top of Paolo Maldini and Ricky Massara’s list in terms of an extension.
The tight deadline and some interested Premier League clubs put pressure on the Rossoneri who, however, know that the €50m release clause is no longer exercisable this summer.
His agents’ demand will only go higher if this continues – which we all hope obviously. But that also means M&M should act FAST.
Bennacer has been Milan best midfielder since his arrival, it’s just that many Milan fans can’t see.They keep up praising kessie and tonali over him. So Milan should give him what he’s asking for and extend his contact
Yeah. And it’s not like he’s asking for the moon from the sky as certain LW… The difference between supply & demand is so minimal that M&M really should just “show him the money”.
I also rate this guy very highly.
When fit, he is class and so crucial for our team.
I really really hope we find an agreement with him because replacing him might only end up costing more, for an inferior player.
ForzaMilan
actually i feel like tonali was instructed wrong he was told toattack meaning both dms would attack he should have been told to defend which hes better at
This should have already been done. Don’t nickel and dime this guy. Pay him the 4-4.5M and sign him asap. We do NOT have the luxury to replace him. No guarantee if we sell him for his release clause (50M) these owners will use that $ on a replacement – most likely they will pocket the $ as they did with the majority of our CL and League monies. By failing to get a player like Enzo or Sanches and letting Kessie leave for free – and our weak transfer budget – we have no leverage (more so if his performances continue like this). Pay this man now
bro yea he seems like world class 5m come on dont make another mistake just give him 5m
He wants 4M€ so it would be absolutely insane (and bad business) to give him 5M€. Real life – not FM.