There seems to be some movement at last regarding Tommaso Pobega after the midfielder was told by AC Milan to find a new club, with Bologna advancing in talks.
As Calciomercato.com report, the injury suffered by Nicolò Cambiaghi against Udinese (which is a cruciate ligament problem) has forced Bologna to look for a winger, but they are also after a central defender and a midfielder.
There is an added difficulty for their management to navigate and it is one Milan are familiar with, because at least one of the three must have come through an academy in Italy and another one must be under 22.
The under 22 player is likely to be winger Benjamin Dominguez for Gimnasia La Plata, who will help cover for Cambiaghi’s absence. Bologna will pay €4-5m for him and the Argentine side will have a 20% resale clause.
Pobega is the name that they want for the midfield. After missing the entire second part of last season due to a hip injury, he wants to play regularly and feels that he can do so under Vincenzo Italiano at Bologna, given he was the coach at Spezia when he had probably had the best season of his career.
The 25-year-old is reflecting on the best destination for him because several other Serie A clubs are keen, but Bologna seem to have secured a preferential lane with Milan after the sale of Demirel Hodzic, who will join the Futuro for €300k. He would also tick the Italian-trained box for Bologna.
They have UCL money coming in and the Califiori + Zirkzee transfers out. So hopefully can afford to pay a sensible market rate for Pobega. We’re a bit overstaffed in midfield with the Ajax kid Vos arriving so selling Pobega and Adli seems sensible
Even if theres no more arrival we still need to sell players.
Origi, Ballo Toure, and at least one foreign player. Maybe Adli?
If Pobega is to be sold we still cant add other foreign player as he is homegrown, if Manu Kone is to be bought then we need to sell one mpre
Yeah I’m also a bit confused how we seem to ignore the squad limits on homegrown and league trained players, given Locatelli ticks the box I’d take him and Chiesa , then sell Saelamakers /Adli /Pobega/ RLC
Origi and Ballo Toure need to go irrespective.
But this is all too much to manage with barely a week left of the window. It’s strange the management don’t consider needing some Italian players for the quota, as like you said we can’t replace them with players bought abroad.
We are generous and the strongest in the league, we have the strongest squad,we will help juve giving them loan on kalulu because they need him, we will give pobega on loan to bologna to help them cause we are generous and we love to help people,we dont need money from them,we can pay sallary for them to,anybody need adli too ? Genoa? Monza?
Strongest in the league? Not even in the city unfortunately.
He’s being sarcastic
Exchange him with Giovanni Fabbian if they can strike a deal like that