The AC Milan leadership are still at loggerheads with Mino Raiola over the renewal of goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, a report claims.
After his early error of judgement in the game against Udinese a week ago, the 20-year-old has been absolutely faultless and was arguably the man of the match in Friday’s win over Brescia as he kept his eighth Serie A clean sheet.
As Calciomercato.com note, Donnarumma is the emblem of a young team, inexperienced but strongly determined to grow to lay the foundations for the construction of a new cycle, in which the goalkeeper of the national team can be a pillar.
However, his future with the Rossoneri appears uncertain at present, as his contract runs until the end of next season (June 2021) with no reports suggesting an agreement over a renewal is close.
A lot will depend on the ability of Milan to launch a truly ambitious and competitive project, the report claims, something which Mino Raiola warned Elliott Management about on Friday.
Raiola has also done his bit to fuel rumours of a potentially controversial move to Juventus, as he said: “Who doesn’t like someone like Gigio? I wouldn’t understand Juve if it were the other way around.”
Difficulty arises from the fact that Elliott’s goal is to get Donnarumma to lower his salary from the current €6m net per season.
This is an idea that his agent is understandably not willing to consider, and the reply may instead be the request for a pay rise due to his importance to the team.
