The future of Charles De Ketelaere remains in the balance with one of AC Milan’s Serie A rivals waiting at the window, a report claims.
According to this morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below), De Ketelaere’s future will have to be assessed once he returns from the U21 European Championships with Belgium which followed the same disappointing theme of the league season.
To date, the management have not changed their mind as the plan remains for the playmaker to stay. However, if offers arrive the club are ready to listen to them.
At least €28m would be needed to avoid a capital loss given the €35m paid out to sign him from Club Brugge a year ago, but a loan with obligation to buy would be evaluated too.
Atalanta are at the window and are admirers of De Ketelaere but it has not gone beyond that yet. If Milan were to open to a loan deal with an option to buy, La Dea would be willing to negotiate.
Watch how a real coach like Gasperini can get the best out of players.
And what has ‘the real coach’ Gasperini won in his managerial career?
At least put some respect to our own coach. He IS the coach that being us improvement after many banter era coaches and won the scudetti the season before.
He is not yet able to improve De Ketelaere but Theo, Tomori, Bennacer, Tonali, Brahim, Thiaw all showed sign of improvement under his coaching. Or are you saying they all improved only because of their own talents and Maldini and Pioli not have anything to do with them?
Pioli isnt perfect and he have many bad side but at least give Credit where it’s due.
Which means Pioli deserve more time to bring the best out of CdK, 1 season is not enough.
Yes, that’s my opinion. I still think CDK can still be good for us, what’s needed is patience.
Agree with you. The same that happened with Pasalic for instance
Was just thinking about CDK ideal position and concluded that Atalanta system would be perfect for him. Sadly he’s not a 9 or a 10 or a real winger. He needs those half spaces of wide forward/playmaker.
Even the likes of Guardiola, Mourinho, Klopp, Tuchel, Conte have problems integrating certain players and they buy top shelf players. So chill. Pioli is doing great imo.
Are you implying that integrating a player into a system and developing a young player are the same thing?
I’m just curious.
People will be howling like wild dogs when he then succeed at a different club even though they wanted him out to begin with. Keep the kid he will come good.
I reckon €25m plus CDK for Hojaland would be a great deal for us, otherwise keep CDK and use him.aa a striker or a false 9
I like the fact that management are being decisive and not like M&M and dragging things and everything is in the public domain.
Great deals are done ‘swiftly a d silently’!!!😀
As a dane i would like to see højlund in ac milan but i think atalanta will sell him at a higher fee combined than what you suggests.
Well a main reason why the mercato was messed up last summer was because redbirds aquisition kept dragging out. I have no respect for the new ownership but ill wait and see how the mercato pans out but i see no way back for them to change that as they burned down too many bridges in how they acted this summer and a good mercato wont really change that for me but i obviously still hope the club will have a great upcoming season.
I still believe with CDK