Strahinja Pavlovic underwent and passed the medical tests to become a new AC Milan player yesterday, and it was a sigh of relief for all involved.
According to what is being reported this morning by La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below), new Milan signings usually carry out their medicals at La Madonnina clinic which is not far from the city centre.
However, Pavlovic’s medical procedure ‘was not a simple formality as in most case’. This is because of what happened back in 2019, when he arrived to sign for Lazio from Partizan Belgrade but his medical showed some small cardiac anomalies.
The results forced Lazio doctors to cancel the transfer and in Italy – as seen after the Christian Eriksen case – the criteria for this type of problem are ‘more stringent’. For this reason, ‘the passing of the medical is more than positive news’ after he did checks at a clinic in Padua.
In the next few hours, Pavlovic will sign a contract that will tie him to Milan for the next five years at around €1.5m net per season, while Milan will pay €18m as a fixed fee to Red Bull Salzburg and €2m in potential bonuses.
The Serbian will not join the team in the USA but will remain at Milanello awaiting their return from the tour, scheduled for either Thursday 8 or Friday 9 August.
As Calciomercato.com report, Pavlovic went back to his city centre hotel before then having dinner with Geoffrey Moncada and his agents.
