The pieces may be falling into place for AC Milan to get Jean-Philippe Mateta, was Crystal Palace seem to have found his replacement.
La Gazzetta dello Sport spoke this morning about the time pressures when it comes to getting the Mateta deal done. He will either arrive before the 20:00 CET deadline tomorrow or in the summer, but a replacement is needed for the green light to come.
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Pieces falling into place?
According to The Athletic‘s David Ornstein, Wolverhampton Wanderers have now accepted a bid from Crystal Palace for Jorgen Strand Larsen. It is an offer of £43m fixed plus £5m in bonuses, so a total package potentially worth €55m.
The report adds that ‘Milan remain working on a deal to sign Jean-Philippe Mateta’ before the transfer deadline on Monday. He is not pat of the Palace squad to face Nottingham Forest, with Oliver Glasner stating he is ‘not in the right place to play’.
Ironically, Larsen is actually a former member of Milan’s youth academy, having played up to Primavera level in the late 2010s. Now, it could be that he helps his old club land the No.9 they seem willing to invest in.
In a separate article on Mateta, The Athletic write: “A deal for Mateta rests on whether the clubs can agree a fee and the timing of any move, as well as potential departures from Milan before the window closes. Palace would also seek to replace the Frenchman, and have been in talks over a deal for Aston Villa’s Evann Guessand.”
Jorgen Strand was our player in Primavera couple of years ago. Another talent from our backyard that we took care of, knowledge and patience to develop him, to grow and to be able to use him in the interest of the club… as we did with Aubameyang, Kerkez, Simic , Bellanova and others wich I don’t remember wright now…
He cannot be more useful to us now than to help us acquire Mateta. That’s all that matters
Not sure how they managed to sell him for that price. Lol. He has one goal in 23 league games this season. Mystifying. I wouldn’t want him at Milan.
Why we don’t go all for moise kean
He is better than mateta
And yet Moise Kean can’t help Fiorentina. How can he be better than Mateta while he can’t even help his team?
“so you’re telling me there’s a chance…”
Mateta to Milan is a done deal he is flying to Milan now
Lol, the 14th placed EPL team spending 55M on a player. Someone on anothet thread was trying to tell me how football economics haven’t changed.
It’s unreal to think Palace are selling us their castoff to upgrade, a player who used to be ours.
It’s amusing
Mateta lebih baik dari Moise Kean,dan dia akan membawa milan mengalahkan Inter
How is that guy worth 55 million? He has never had a consistent run and so far this season only has one goal in 23 games.
Well not our issue as long as it gets us Mateta.
He isn’t! Poor in the air and average holding the ball up. Can finish if he gets decent supply but a bit lightweight for a bigish guy. Least we got some cash for him after a poor effort this season.
Mateta is much better! All the best.
Wolves aye we!