Lecce announced earlier this evening that they have decided to activate the buy-out clause in Lorenzo Colombo’s loan deal. However, they won’t get to keep the player as Milan will activate their buy-back.
According to Gianluca Di Marzio, Milan have decided to use their buy-back for Colombo, which means he will return to the club as expected. However, he’s not expected to stay with the first team, instead set for a new loan move.
Although not mentioned in the report, Lecce paid €2.5m for the buy-out and Milan will pay €3.5m for the buy-back. This means that the Rossoneri effectively paid €1m for Colombo’s development this past season.
This is a very common arrangement especially when a player joins a fellow Serie A side on loan. Serie B clubs are more happy to take on the youth of the top tier for free, but in the first flight something in return is standard procedure.
foolish deal since he’s going on loan why can’t Milan leave him for one or more season before buy back it will still amount the 3.5
well maybe that buy clause activated only on this summer.