It would definitely be fair to label Divock Origi a flop at AC Milan, even a mega flop, as the Rossoneri ended up paying a whopping €6.8m per goal scored by the Belgian (!).
After the Scudetto season, i.e. 2021-22, Milan felt that they needed someone who could alternate with Olivier Giroud up front given the Frenchman’s age. And so, Paolo Maldini identified Origi as the target and secured him on a free transfer, putting a four-year deal on the table.
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However, the first season was ruined by physical issues, rarely being in top condition despite missing just eight games on paper. He found the back of the net twice in 36 appearances, though only ten of these were from the first minute.
Milan subsequently agreed to send him on loan to Nottingham Forest for the 2023-24 season, but that’s when the real downfall began. Featuring just 22 times, he only got one goal and returned to the Rossoneri in even worse condition.
Nightmare-inducing costs
Given these struggles, Milan pushed for a departure but as the player refused to leave the club earlier than first agreed, he was excluded from the squad for the 2024-25 season. It wasn’t until just a few days ago that the parties finally agreed to terminate the deal.
As compiled by Calcio e Finanza, despite it being a ‘free transfer’, Origi ended up being very costly for Milan as they agreed to a €4m salary (net, per year). The Growth Decree luckily brought the gross cost down to €5.24m, but that’s still very high for someone who barely plays.
Considering that Milan paid his salary for the 2022-23 season, the 2024-25 season and half of the current season, the total wages amounted to €13.1m. To that, we must also add the agent commission of €700k.
If you do the math, Origi cost Milan €382.2k per game, €11.5k per minute and a whopping €6.88m per goal (!). Mega flop? Very much so.
Can you count how much we pay per goal for nkunku until his contract expires also. Will it be mega or ultimate outcome above him
In addition to Gimenez.
Of course, it’s unrealistic to calculate that for Nkunku and Santi right now. They’re still Milan players. And if they were to be sold for a good price any day, who knows? We could do the same calculations as Origi’s above for Nkunku and Santi if they both eventually leave.
If Nkunku stays untill his contract expires then roughly 41 mil + 45 mil gross in salaries + whatever sign on fees the player and agent recieved.
Yup that is mind boggling.
Worse than oroghi and caldara.?
Caldara is probably currently the alltime worst transfer considering he only played 1 Serie A match and 1 Coppa and 1 Europa league match and I believe earning in between 2.5 and 3 mil a year and basicaly made a swap worth 40 mil considering Bonucci was the counterpart. Obviously it was down to unfortunate injuries but he was also brought in from a 3 man cb team which we didn’t play with ourselves.
I don’t believe that Origi is even near that transfer regardless of how big a flop he was for us. Nkunku could very well become the biggest expenditure and flop if he doesn’t get up in gears but I assume he will be shipped out if he doesn’t find his form again before the summer.
It was a bad signing but also he shouldn’t have been frozen out just after 1 poor season, unless he was creating problems in the locker room that we don’t know about.
Another player who was signed that didn’t fit the style and system the coached ran. As fans we put all the blame on the player, but its actually the people that signed this players that are to blame.
Origi wasn’t a fit for what Pioli wanted in a striker just like CDK wasn’t a fit for what Pioli wanted in an attacking midfielder, just like Nkunku is not a fit for what Allegri wants in a n9. In a role more suited for them, all 3 players would have performed and perform much better.
Origi Ac Milan player flop all times.
Thanks Maldini.
Yes Maldini made a mistake signing him. But he is not the one who handled him so poorly. Resulting in him being stuck on the books for 2 extra years after the Nottingham loan.
I can’t understand why there was such as intentional humiliation (and devaluing) done to Origi and F Balo-Toure.
Surely it is easier to sell players that you take on preseason tour. Putting them on display in soft games. Than dumping them into the Futuro setup with kids and Serie C.
All of that came after Maldini was sacked.
balo toure is prolly better than athekame
Maldini propose Messi & foolani accept origi cz it’s cheaper, both is free that year
you mean for scudetto w/ less budget by foolani?
Move on. Not all signings are successes. I’m afraid Milan fans are some of the whiniest I’ve ever come across – how about a bit of positivity for the new year?
Beside Giroud, We did failed to find a good striker like Sheva and Inzaghi
Well, you can’t score if you don’t play or if management doesn’t want you in the team, right?!
Relegating a player to Serie C and not playing him in friendlies to get buyer is not on him.
Right now at 0.12 goals per 90 minutes he’s better than both Giminez and Nkunku this season LMAO 😂😂😂. In hindsight this was a bad transfer and yes it panned out that way. But it’s just odd to me that this is made out to be worse than many signings that came afterwards and are much much more expensive on a per goal and per 90 basis. But Paolo’s one of greater than the many after, right? (Sarcasm included) Whole Christmas was article after article about the topic.. give it a rest
Lol that is what you get for a transfer window with cap of 30 million lol Free players with massive salaries. Furlani is doing the same to Allegri and Tare and yet Maldini is still the one to be blamed.