One thing for the AC Milan management to keep an eye on in the final months of the season is how loanees are getting on, and how their future looks subsequently.
As Calciomercato.com recall, the current squad has been overhauled by 55% compared to last season. As part of this, several players packed their bags and were sent out on a loan spell, and there have been mixed results so far.
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Money to bank on
The departures of Tommaso Pobega and Alvaro Morata permanently are certain. Bologna, after paying €1m to the Rossoneri for the loan, have an obligation to buy the midfielder for €7m.
For the Spaniard, after paying Galatasaray €5m to terminate his loan, Milan will receive €15m from Como for the striker’s permanent transfer. Thus, considering a residual value of €9.75m, the Diavolo will record a capital gain of approximately €5.25m.
Lorenzo Colombo is very close to becoming a Genoa player on a permanent basis for approximately €10m, which represents a full capital gain. With 23 appearances and five goals to date, the striker has already met the first two conditions that trigger an obligation to buy. The last is avoiding relegation.
Fulham are very satisfied with Samuel Chukwueze’s performance and there’s a strong possibility he’ll exercise his option to buy at the end of the season for around €28m.
Finally there is Filippo Terracciano. Cremonese, after paying the Rossoneri €500,000 to sign him on a paid one-year loan, have an obligation to buy for €3.5m if they stay up, and at present they are six points clear of the drop zone. So, in total, around €65m should come in from loan fees and full sales.
Up in the air
The most complex issues for the Rossoneri are those involving Yunus Musah and Ismael Bennacer. Atalanta paid a €4.5m loan fee fo Musah will have to decide whether to complete the acquisition by exercising their €20.5m option. Given his limited usage, the chances are not very high at present.
For Bennacer, the deal with Dinamo Zagreb was finalized on a free loan with an option to buy, set at around €10m. It’s also worth noting that Bennacer’s salary, €4m net per season, is 40% covered by the Croatian club.
If all the buy-outs were to materialise, Milan would collect a whopping €94m, which could represent a nest egg for the summer. Around two-thirds of that, as mentioned above, already looks to be nailed on.
What about Jimenez deal? 20 mil split with Real Madrid.
Also Bondo, not sure if Cremonese have an option to buy.
Also Okafor?
He was sold last summer, not loan.
Ok thanks
Bondo is dry loan without option of buying
If we can get near 20 mil for Samu, that’d be such a business.
It actually mentioned 28 mil which would be quite the impressive feat if we actually has made that the option and Fulham actually does activate it. I thought they had an option of around 10-15 mil but just now checked the original loan article and it did actually say 30 mil so seems to be the case.
That nest egg will go someway to covering the deficit from no CL football this season estimated to be 80m to 100m in revenue we had the previous season, a season where we still needed to sell Tiji to post a profit of a couple of million
that fiscal year is over… what are you talking about?!
LOL
Yes the fiscal year ended last June!!
“For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, AC Milan reported a record-high revenue of €494.5 million, a 10% increase over the previous year. The club achieved a net profit of €3 million, marking its third consecutive year of profitability—a first in the club’s history. This growth was primarily driven by record commercial and sponsorship income, which reached €152.3 million, alongside significant capital gains from player sales, most notably the transfer of Tijjani Reijnders to Manchester City”
“The financial outlook for the 2025/26 season is expected to be more challenging due to the club’s failure to qualify for European competitions in the 2024/25 season, which could result in a revenue loss of approximately €80 million. To mitigate this, the club has continued a strategy of high-value player trading, including the summer 2025 sales of Theo Hernandez and Malick Thiaw. Progress also continues on the new stadium project at San Siro, which is viewed as essential for long-term revenue growth. “
€94m nest egg to blow over the next 3 windows on stop gap 9s instead of taking all of it and buying a true world class striker that we deserve.
Most of this would go towards our transfer market. It’s not going to make up for revenue. This team is financially stable despite missing out on the CL.
Have you any evidence to prove your point? Because all the hard numbers say otherwise
Maybe a big sale is not needed after all.
From a sporting and financial point of view, it is only good for Milan to sell Rafael Leao this summer!
I’m not sure about the sporting point of view, Tonali and Reijnders come to mind as examples of good players being sold. Leao is a WC player and also the most valuable, which = the most likely to be sacrificed. I’m only speculating though.
Forgot to mention the €12.25m Milan get for Alex Jimenez (already deducted the portion going to Madrid).
So basically €75m assured.