Sergej Milinkovic Savic’s contract with Lazio will expire in 2024 and a move is expected this summer. As you would expect, AC Milan rumours started to surface again but the Rossoneri’s stance is clear.
Milinkovic-Savic has been linked with several big clubs over the last few years but Lazio have always remained firm on their demands. With just one year left on the contract, though, they could now be forced to sell the midfielder.
According to Calciomercato.com, Lazio could accept a sale this summer but want around €35m for their star. A low figure considering that the Serbian scored 11 goals and assisted an additional 8 this past season.
Milan, however, don’t intend to spend more than €30m on a single player. As a result, the Rossoneri are an unlikely destination for the 28-year-old, who also is on the radar of Juventus.
The Rossoneri’s priority for the midfield right now appears to be Youri Tielemans, as well as Daichi Kamada for the No.10 role.
Milan went from a huge multi-millions debt to debt free in a few years, so it means the club is beyond profitable. The club earned hefty money from the UCL campaign this year. Some high salaries are leaving this summer. But they can’t spend 30-35M on one of the best midfielders in Europe? Where is the money going and why such a lack of ambition?
It’s not “debt free”. The balance is still in the red. What has happened is that we’re not making money each fiscal year, not losing, i.e. we’re making net profit. So the debt is still being paid down. Also, the “profit” is a only a handful of millions. Remember to be “profitable” one only has to make more than they spend. This could mean being profitable by a single Euro. So it’s not exactly like the club is swimming in cash at this point. In fact, Milan is expected to record a profit of ~15m for 22/23, and it will be the first recorded profit since 2006. Last year we recorded a loss of ~65m. So even if you just take the past two seasons, we’re still in the red.
Preach! Sometimes, I wonder if these people have the ability to reason, read or research
its pretty evident they dont have the ability to reason, read or research.
All they see is one piece of the puzzle and think they see the whole thing. The stereotypical football fan
Yes, it is debt free. The operating income will increase with UCL earnings, sales to come, high salaries (Dest, Origi, Rebic, Bakayoko) leaving. I agree that the club is now swimming in cash, but we could hope for better than a few average free agents and cheap young players to strengthen the squad.
https://www.forbes.com/teams/ac-milan/
Now, the loan from Jerry for the new stadium will probably cost a lot of money in interests, so we also have to take that into account, but the point is that Milan could afford Milinkovic-Savic this summer.
*not swimming in cash
Problem is as a fan you overlook certain aspects as we all would love SMS at AC
If your waiting for us to be “debt free” AND “profitable” you will never see it in your lifetime buddy. Lol. Practically no club or business for that matter is “debt free” and that doesn’t preclude them from operating a business and making profit. Do you understand business at all?? LOL. Redbird have 600M debt they owe to Redbird at 7% interest (which is 42M/year) so is becoming debt free isn’t going to happen anytime soon IF EVER esp if we add a (mythical) stadium costing 1B. So you don’t make any sense. All clubs have debt and all clubs still operate and win titles. But Redbird isn’t interested in that. Profit is the ambition to appease the shareholders which is why we have wage caps and a 35M budget lol. The Redbird model is Atalanta. “Profitable” every season but win nothing. That is the road we are going down. Get used to it.
This is exactly why the new stadium is monumental to our future and how us having our own independent stadium without renting would be massive for our sustainability, problem is we’ve been wanting a new stadium since 2018
“Some high salaries are leaving this summer. ”
And the new contracts for the key players make up for that. Plus/minus zero.
The last extensions won’t cost that much, thanks to the salary cap and Maldini’s ability to keep the key players for cheap.
And yes, it is debt free. The operating income will increase with UCL earnings, sales to come, high salaries (Dest, Origi, Rebic, Bakayoko) leaving. Serie A revenues should decrease with about 15M in loss from last year, but UCL revenues are way higher than last year’s. I agree that the club is not swimming in cash, but we could hope for better than a few average free agents and cheap young players to strengthen the squad.
https://www.forbes.com/teams/ac-milan/
Now, the loan from Jerry for the new stadium will probably cost a lot of money in interests, so we also have to take that into account, but the point is that Milan could afford Milinkovic-Savic this summer.
Milan isn’t beyond profitable, rather they are on course to break even this fiscal year. They have to partially finance their own mercato and even so, with the CL money, Gerry won’t approve 30mil for a 28yo no matter how good he is. Just wont happen.
Bro, there’s no need for this, just go cheer for Inter. I can’t waste my precious time on convincing you otherwise. If you have given up on milan, no problem absolutely, I will replace you, you are free to leave.
Very silly… Just5m away from having one of the best serie a midfielder..
*What has happened is that we’re [now] making money each fiscal year….
https://www.forbes.com/teams/ac-milan/
Milan should add Pobega to the deal. I hate it when we hold on some players for too long amd at the end turn out to be worthless. We should stop wasting time on some players. Pobega cannot turn to Ronaldinho or Messi overnight.
Yet Pobega scored far more goals in a defensive role than e.g. CDK who played ~40 matches without once hitting the net.
Pobega is the safer bet here.
THIS has got to be the most ridiculous thing I’ve read on here so far…. SMH.
Unlink us from this player, find a better ine please. Let him stay at Lazio we can get better for around 25M
I think this is a mistake if it’s true we’re talking about a difference of 5 mil. It’s not like he’s an untested youngster from Belgium.
This may well be one of the fundamental differences between Maldini and the owners; the instant quality injection! We get SMS we solve a vital missing piece of the squad following Kessie departure and jump one level up.
My prediction: Juve won’t miss the chance and sadly/ finally upgrade their midfield.
Depending on the mercato I fear we may even struggle for top4 next year (I won’t even touch the matter of any UCL progress). Let’s see
Yes this is exactly what the difference in philosophy was. Maldini wanted to invest just a bit more to get the team to the next level and thereby attracting more talent to the team when they see us as perennial winners or UCL team.
I also wrote it on another post
140 m from tickets
100 m from CL prize money
100 m from TV rights due to finishing first
Plus Merchandise, sponsors etc
We can finally afford an instant upgrade in quality.
INVEST ffs…
😂😂😂bro.wtf
You do know there’s outgoing traffic for the money too? Stadium rents, player salaries, staff salaries, taxes etc.
Milan will indeed make a profit from last season. First time in ~2 decades. But only a marginal profit – thanks to going so far in UCL. Without the semi-final spot it could have been a negative result. Again.
So, yeah, let’s spend 100M€ on transfer this year to get a -100M€ financial result for the next season and UEFA can bully us again and add extra sanctions. Sounds like a plan, eh?
Sad , spending 35m euro for mediocre youngster from belgium league that cannot score goal but dont want to spend more than 30m euro for proven midfield.
I doubt the current staff would have wanted to spend the 35M€ on the mediocre youngster either.