The news emerging from Germany regarding Bayer Leverkusen’s imminent signing could well change Malick Thiaw’s future.
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The Milan-Leverkusen axis has been quite hot since the end of the 2024/25 season, especially since Igli Tare became the new Milan sports director. He began talks over Granit Xhaka, with a three-year contract worth €4m net per year plus bonuses agreed, and just a transfer fee to sort.
In the opposite direction there has been talk of the possibility of a return to Germany for the former Schalke 04 player Thiaw, to replace Jonathan Tah who moved to Bayern Munich on a free transfer. Now, though, that seems a lot more unlikely.
Quansah in = no Thiaw?
Calciomercato.com write that in the last few hours the Bundesliga runners-up have made a decisive move for Jarrell Quansah. He will require a significant investment too, with a fixed price of €30m plus €5m in potential bonuses.
Fabrizio Romano also speaks of a buy-back clause in favour of the Reds, who would thus maintain ultimate control. It is a deal that partially compensates for the sales of Jeremie Frimpong and Florian Wirtz, who headed to Anfield for almost €200m combined.
Thiaw, for the moment, is staying at Milan. The German was close to leaving after a 2024-25 season spent mostly on the sidelines behind Tomori, Gabbia and Pavlovic. Massimiliano Allegri likes him and would like to try to relaunch him at the start of his second Rossoneri spell.