AC Milan are being forced to look into alternatives given that they have not yet made the decisive breakthrough in negotiations over Youssouf Fofana, according to a report.
As La Gazzetta dello Sport report this morning, Emerson Royal should be the third signing of the summer for Milan after Alvaro Morata and Strahinja Pavlovic, but then attention must turn to completing the midfield.
The main target remains Fofana but Milan have been locked in negotiations with Monaco for weeks, and at present there are no signs that an agreement between the clubs is imminent. That has forced the directors to look at other routes, such as Manu Kone.
The 23-year-old plays for Borussia Monchengladbach and also the French Olympic team who will go for the gold medal against Spain tomorrow. His asking price is fixed at €15m, well below what Monaco want for Fofana who has less than 11 months left on his deal.
There had been previous interest in Kone when he was at Toulouse and the club even made an offer but he chose to join Borussia Monchengladbach. Now the time has come for him to take another step in his career, and it might well be to play in the Champions League at San Siro.
“His asking price is fixed at €15m”
No it isn’t
“His asking price is fixed at €15m”
Suddenly it will come out they demand 30 (it was already reported it’s their demand) for him and we’ll all be shocked and point fingers towards Gladbach for being bad and greedy and excessive in their demand while we lose more time and will be left without a DM.
Yup..it was 30M a few articles ago.
And the performances at the OL are only gonna cement that price tag
We’ll probably end up with like a throwback rumour signing near the end of the window like a Grujic, or a Lo Celso. Maybe Dominguez comes back into fashion, a swap for Adli even 🤷♂️
15M???? LOLOLOLOLO
Ya right.
Try 30M.
Even if we was 15M we would offer 7M and then be pissed and blame BM for not accepting.
How embarassing. May as well just bring back Flamini out of retirement at the rate we are going lol. Gross
Kone, whoever, just pivot please and plug the gap. Whoever it is will need time with the rest of the team before season starts.