Marcus Thuram is picking between AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain, a report claims, and the Rossoneri remain hopeful he will choose them.
According to this morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below), Thuram is making a decision based on two different projects that have been put forward to him by PSG and Milan.
On the one hand the latter can offer him a secure starting role given Olivier Giroud is close to 37 and the department needs a new leader, with Stefano Pioli making it clear a player of the Frenchman’s calibre would be the new No.9.
There is also the belief among the management that he could form a complimentary ‘pairing’ with Rafael Leão given they both have so much speed and physical power on the counter.
On the other hand, PSG are offering him a more lucrative contract economically and the possibility of playing in a group with world-class stars.
The fact that the 25-year-old – whose contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach is about to expire – did not immediately accept the Parisians’ offer increases hope for Milan, who have Gianluca Scamacca and Mehdi Taremi as alterantives.
Change of scenario as Mbappe is likely to leave within this window. So we can’t play that first team guarantee card as much as we ‘d like to.
If Mbappe leaves they’re not going to go for a free transfer they’re psg and they’ll splash a hell of a lot of cash on a player like osimhen
PSG needs to recruit defensive players, they already needed some prior to Ramos’ departure for free and Skriniar is not enough. They need midfielders too, they are reportedly trying to lure Bernardo Silva. And they will need three offensive starters. They can’t make big splashes on four or five players, so Thuram makes a lot of sense.
And they’re not going to sign just one player. Psychological speaking, it’d be more challenging for players to compete with fellow new signings rather than the incumbent.
So, I think that helps us. Part of the allure of playing for PSG is “the possibility of playing in a group with world-class stars”, but Messi has just left, PSG want to offload Neymar, and Mbappe will leave this summer or next. Who is left? Of course they have other great players, but their flashy attack has evaporated and they will need to rebuild. Also, they fire their manager every summer. PSG is a club in perpetual crisis and I think the events of this summer will set them back further from their obvious and desperate search for a CL title.
AS Roma director Tiago Pinto will be in London later this week in order to advance in negotiations with West Ham for Gianluca Scamacca.
Roma will ask for Scamacca on loan as replacement for Tammy Abraham after ACL injury.
Roma are also set to sign Evan N’Dcka.
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First Auoar, then Ndcka. And then Scamacca. Well, if we can’t compete with the likes of Roma (with all due respect), how can we compete with the likes of PSG?
So how’s the free signing as their so-called ace strategy doin now?
Yeah, Messi left first, and now Mbappé and Neymar are on their way out too. I don’t think Ekitike is a starting caliber player for any team with high ambitions since he wasn’t that effective when he had playing time last season, and he had some opportunities.
So either Thuram thinks their project is lame and he joins us, and his father is intelligent so he can help him figure it out, either he takes the money and a starting spot for a more ambitious PSG that should recruit high profile players.
Now, seeing how Roma is attracting our reported targets, it seems like Mourinho’s influence is a strength. Old fat Scaroni said we don’t need Maldini anymore to attract players. Well…
Did you read the news? We were trying, to hijack N’dicka only after, the negotiation with Roma were at an advanced stage.. And? I don’t think, Auoar was ever a concrete target.. As for Scamacca, he is an alternative to Marcus Thuram! Please stop taking every media article seriously.. These media outlets, aren’t club’s spokesperson!
@Milan Fan you can’t have it both ways. Can’t say to not take media articles seriously and then talk about NDka and Aouar like they weren’t concrete targets when that’s also based on media articles. Besides from what I know of (again media) Aouar was a concrete target for us (and also Ndka) but we seemed to have lost out and it seemed he waited until the season was over to decide….just in case either we didn’t make the UCL or coaches/personnel changes after the season ended.
Based on media articles, I know that N’dcka, was talking to Roma.. And we made, a last attemp to hijack the deal!
As for Aouar, yes he was a concrete target.. But the question is? Did we make, any attempt to sign him? Aouar rumours, seems to have, cooled down in past few weeks..
I told not to take, media articles seriously because during transfer market, you will see hundreds of rumours like this! Some are within our limit and some a bit far fetched.. And, media publish these rumors, based on speculation, and what they learn from their sources! Clubs don’t disclose, their targets..
Ok, so there is a point about the believability of all these “news” articles, i.e., they tend to be more rumor than fact. So it’s impossible to reach any conclusions from a single source, or even a handful. The closest one can get is a probability of truth based on a preponderance of reporting that same thing. In other words, if 15 sources all say “Milan in advanced discussion with Aouar” in February or March, then MAYBE there is truth there. I say MAYBE because even then nothing is official until it’s official.
Given this, I’ve seen nothing to indicate that Aouar was a real target. On the other hand you have Kamada, who was reported on only a month ago, and then suddenly had agreed to join us verbally. Cleary, it indicates that either A. Aouar was not a serious target or B. They took a look at him and decided against it. Aouar is rendered moot because we have Kamada, so I don’t see why anyone would continue to cry about this player.
As to N’dicka, I never saw any articles that said we were seriously negotiating for him until AFTER reports stated he was close to signing with Roma. Of course we’ve been linked to him and he’s been mentioned by articles because he’s free and they looked at him last summer, but then we need to use logical inference to help determine the truth. And that is: we signed Thiaw last summer, not N’dicka, Tomori is a Maldini/Massara signing, Kalulu is a Maldini/Massara signing, we have Kjaer and Gabbia and thus what are the chances they were looking for a CB? Very small I say. Suddenly we’re making a move for N’dicka. Why? Because M&M were fired and now there is a new direction, possibly involving signing N’dicka on a free and selling Tomori or Kalulu. Thus it’s hard to believe we were negotiating for N’dicka prior to Malini and Massara’s sacking.
So I’m not really seeing Aouar and N’dicka as “losses” because we were never seriously interested in the first, and only moved too late for the latter after a change in management. And that’s that.
Ok, so there is a point about the believability of all these “news” articles, i.e., they tend to be more rumor than fact. So it’s impossible to reach any conclusions from a single source, or even a handful. The closest one can get is a probability of truth based on a preponderance of reporting that same thing. In other words, if 15 sources all say “Milan in advanced discussion with Aouar” in February or March, then MAYBE there is truth there. I say MAYBE because even then nothing is official until it’s official.
Given this, I’ve seen nothing to indicate that Aouar was a real target. On the other hand you have Kamada, who was reported on only a month ago, and then suddenly had agreed to join us verbally. Cleary, it indicates that either A. Aouar was not a serious target or B. They took a look at him and decided against it. Aouar is rendered moot because we have Kamada, so I don’t see why anyone would continue to cry about this player.
As to N’d!cka, I never saw any articles that said we were seriously negotiating for him until AFTER reports stated he was close to signing with Roma. Of course we’ve been linked to him and he’s been mentioned by articles because he’s free and they looked at him last summer, but then we need to use logical inference to help determine the truth. And that is: we signed Thiaw last summer, not N’d!cka, Tomori is a Maldini/Massara signing, Kalulu is a Maldini/Massara signing, we have Kjaer and Gabbia and thus what are the chances they were looking for a CB? Very small I say. Suddenly we’re making a move for N’d!cka. Why? Because M&M were fired and now there is a new direction, possibly involving signing N’d!cka on a free and selling Tomori or Kalulu. Thus it’s hard to believe we were negotiating for N’d!cka prior to Malini and Massara’s sacking.
So I’m not really seeing Aouar and N’d!cka as “losses” because we were never seriously interested in the first, and only moved too late for the latter after a change in management. And that’s that.
• We were trying to hijack, N’Dcka, after Roma were already, at advanced stage in negotiation..
• We were never, interested in Auoar, it was just a rumour! Especially given that, we are targeting Kamada.. Where will Auoar play? In double pivot, or behind Giroud?
• Scamacca is just, an alternative target to Thuram..
Stop taking every media article seriously, and as if it’s end, of the world if we fail to sign our target..
It already happened many times that a free agent almost signed decided to change his mind at the last minute. It’s not allegations to say that Maldini has more influence on players than Furlani the banker or Pioli.
You imply that I speculate af but you’re doing the exact same thing. Unless you work inside Casa Milan, how can you state that confidently that we were not interested in Aouar or that Scamacca is an alternative target?
In the end I’m like you, a Milan fan hoping that we will sign reinforcements and that Milan will thrive, but for now it’s all about cheap chat and nothing concrete, just a bunch of clowns who started their mercato by firing the only two guys in the building with influence.
“You imply that I speculate af but you’re doing the exact same thing. Unless you work inside Casa Milan, how can you state that confidently that we were not interested in Aouar or that Scamacca is an alternative target?”
It has been clear, since January that Aouar, was going to leave for free.. So if we were ever interested? Why did we not sign him in January itself? Or agree a pre contract with him? Even then, I haven’t seen any new article, about “Aouar to Milan” since past few weeks..
As for Scamacca; well no club with ambitions will sign him, to be their starting CF.. Simply he isn’t, a lethal striker, that can guarantee 15+ goals per season.. So interested clubs, are only willing to entertain a loan spell, for him! A point to be noted: Roma are trying, to sign him on loan, only because of Abraham injury..
Perhaps, N’dcka thinks, that in Milan he will have to, earn his place and in Roma he can walk straight to starting eleven?
What I have said are also mere speculation, I am not a Milan insider.. But based on our, mercato rumours, we can form an opinion about which are our concrete targets! I try to form, my opinion by seeing the rumours..
Remember Tonali? Yes, we hijacked him on the last minute and advanced stage too. And guess who’s responsible for such deal. Remember Bonaventura? The bottomline, if we can do it, then we can do it. Simple.
Aouar was reported as our target way before Kamada.
Scamacca was reported before Thuram’s news.
Everything that you just stated was also based on media reports. So please, don’t act like you’re different.
It was Conte’s decision, to abandon Tonali and sign Vidal instead..
How? It was in January, when Aouar emerged as a target.. That too it was, just a rumour! I believe there were no negotiation..
If you are not new to this site and an old reader.. Then let me tell, you: Bernardo Silva, was reported as a target, to replace Calhanoglu in 2021.. Not only Silva, there were many names! So, Bernardo Silva emerged as a target, as per media sources, long before Aouar and Kamada even came into Milan radar.. Where is he today?
I don’t know, if Scamacca emerged as a target, long before Thuram.. But anyway, Scamacca is not a player, in demand.. So, why bother?
Whatever the reason, it’s possible to do last minute hijacking and it’s nothing new in football.
A simple search button on the top right will show ya on when the name Aouar first emerged. And surely it’s not in January.
‘I believe there were no negotiation..’
Okay, I’ll stop here. Once again you’re acting like you’re different from the rest of us here.
Of course all medias could come up with something, but we know better that there are tier 1, tier 2, and such. And surely that Bernardo Silva to James Rodriguez kind of news were surely not from tier 1 kind of source. That’s more believable comparing to when you said what you feel to believe.
Ciao.
@Ibrahim ba Okay! I searched Aouar, to Milan.. And most of the results are from January! Except one from November.. I am not acting, differently! I said “I believe there were no negotiation” based on media articles obviously! I didn’t read, any article that we are negotiating, with his agents! In case you have, then it’s other thing and onus is on you to refute my comment..
According to you? Which are tier 1 and tier 2 sources? Nevertheless it doesn’t matter, whether if tier 1 or 2 source.. These sources also write, based on speculation..
Last season roma got Dybala, Belotti and Matić on free.
Looks like they’re much better at this than Milan. All 3 of those Milan could’ve used.
You understand that Milan didn’t try to recruit Dybala, right? Neither Belotti, who is a Milan fan and who was waiting for a call. Matic was never a target, reportedly. There is no comparison with this year’s competition between us and Roma for some mutual targets.
im not talking to you. get a life
Who are you talking to on a public website bro? Just buy yourself a parrot if you don’t want to be contradicted. Now you made me cry, that’s rude.
I think he’s saying that Roma were better than Maldini in general at getting free agents, not that they we were or weren’t after the same targets.
Belloti is a flop.
irrelevant
Yeah, he is irrelevant.
The worst. Had to put up with people crying for us to get him for the last 5 years but so glad we never did.
@Ibrahim Ba hmmm lemme see….Roma who has no UCL as a bargaining chip outperforming us in the transfer market? 🤔 how could that be? Perhaps firing a club legend still has weight in other people’s eyes. And Roma is more flexible on the wage budget and they also have Mou who I presume have a bigger pull than Pioli.
We’re lucky that mpabbe is leaving so who’s there for him to go to the party man neymar
Where will Mbappe go? AC Milan?
Haha man I wish, he was fan of Milan when he was younger and he recently said to a fan asking him to go play to Italy: “if I go to Italy, it’s only Milan”.
But as Kendrick Lamar said, “back to reality we poor ya bish”.
Real Madrid or Manchester United. Most likely it would be United because they are getting brought by Quatar
Most likely Madrid, Benzema already gone so Madrid will need new main striker. If not then maybe one of premier league clubs.
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I’m sensing a change in approach from PSG and I think they will get both Thuram and Wahi.
Looks like Scamacca is going to Roma too.
The next couple of weeks are critical – well run clubs get most of their business done early.
Time to show us how the project works, Gerry!
I love how the “Milan needs to spend on stars” crowd is acting like Scamacca is some type of golden boy. The dude is another overrated Italian who couldn’t hack it at a PL club. A team like Roma is the best he can hope for…
Agreed, and his injury issues are his main problem imo. We don’t need another player spending half the season on the treatment table.