AC Milan are desiring a new right-back in the summer mercato, and they have a favourite – Emerson Royal. However, there is currently a discrepancy between the fees that the Rossoneri want to pay and what Tottenham Hotspur want to receive.
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Given how many players need to be recruited this summer, Milan must be smart with their finances, and they must seek discounts where available. Of course, this is a risk, but as with everything in life, if you don’t ask, you don’t get.
The Rossoneri are expected to spend heavily on a central defender and a striker, with any further budget being allocated to a defensive midfielder and a right-back, and then any other additions that need to be made.
With this in mind, they are now trying to get the best price possible for their favoured right-back, Emerson Royal. As Gazzetta dello Sport (via Milan News) writes, Spurs are looking for €20 million for the full-back, a figure that is slightly too high for the Diavolo.
Instead, they are looking to spend a figure of €15-18m and see it as the ideal price range. A nominal difference, but one nonetheless, and Milan will attempt to cross that bridge, with the report suggesting it is ‘not impossible’ to do so.