The AC Milan management are planning big moves during the summer transfer window to try and bridge the gap to city rivals Inter, and there will be outgoings to help finance it.
According to this morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below), Milan are planning to spend around €100m on three or four quality additions for each department ahead of next season.
How will it be financed? Not with the players who currently look likely to leave given that Olivier Giroud, Simon Kjaer and Luka Jovic would all leave because their deals have expired and therefore would only constitute savings on salaries.
In addition, is unlikely that those who are performing below expectations could help the cause. If Milan decided to sell one of Noah Okafor or Samuel Chukwueze after one season for example, it would rather be a question of avoiding a loss in the accounts.
That leaves two paths: the budget that the owners will allocate – recently the president Paolo Scaroni declared that the 2023-24 accounts, still in the plus, will be able to help – and the possible sale of a big player.
Looking at the past we can reflect on the future. Sandro Tonali’s farewell financed a good portion of the last summer window and in four months the same could happen. The candidates are no mystery: Bayern like Theo Hernandez and Mike Maignan, while Rafael Leao is in PSG’s sights.
