Talks between AC Milan and Monaco over Youssouf Fofana are at risk of breaking down as the owner of the Ligue 1 side has been left unhappy, according to a report.
Last night, Di Marzio reported 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 obviously a huge rise in the demands for a player who has 11 months left on his contract.
This morning’s edition of Corriere della Sera (via Radio Rossonera) have lifted the lid on why the Ligue 1 club changed their demands, and the protagonist of the story is the Russian oligarch Dmitrij Rybolovlev, who has been the owner of Monaco since 2011.
Rybolovlev ‘reacted angrily’ for ‘not having been immediately involved in the negotiations’ with the Rossoneri, refusing Giorgio Furlani’s offer of €14m and raising the asking price quite substantially.
This ‘outburst’ regarding his demands is indeed because of the interest from United and Atletico, and the paper confirm that Rybolovlev is now asking for €35m to sell.
The gap between what Milan are willing to offer and how much the Ligue 1 club want to sell remains very wide therefore, and at the moment it seems most likely that they walk away.