Negotiations between AC Milan and Monaco over Youssouf Fofana seem to have ground to a halt, but the French club are in a hurry to get his future resolved.
Di Marzio reported las night that Manchester United and Atletico Madrid have entered the race for Fofana and this has complicated things. The Monegasques are now asking for €35m to sell, which is nearly double the €18m demanded a few days prior.
According to Monica Colombo of Corriere della Sera (via Radio Rossonera), this is not the case at least as per Monaco’s version of events. They specify that they have not raised the price in the last few hours, but rather that they immediately clarified the demands for the player from the beginning.
Is the price fair? Monaco have seen that Khephren Thuram has just moved to Juventus from Nice, a club less prestigious than Monaco, for €20m plus bonuses and he is not even a regular for the French national team. Manuel Ugarte, coming off an up and down season, is worth €70m to PSG.
Thus, Monaco are going to hold out for what they believe is fair value. However, the 25-year-old has a deal which expires in 11 months and this does not give them a lot of leverage in negotiations with any club.
In addition to that, the Ligue 1 side would like the situation related to Fofana to be clear before August 1st. That is the day on which he is expected to arrive at the training camp having been granted a post-Euros vacation.