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Longari: Bologna enquire about midfield outcast Bennacer – Milan eager to sell

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Ismael Bennacer remains on AC Milan’s exit list but with just a few days left of the mercato, it’s a difficult task. According to a report, Bologna could potentially be of assistance. 

Bennacer returned from his six-month loan at Marseille earlier in the summer and Milan have since been looking for a solution. The Saudi Arabia option never really took off, possibly because the player didn’t want to, and Marseille don’t view him as a priority.


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The situation remains very difficult for the Rossoneri, as such, and Bennacer’s annual cost of nearly €9m weighs heavily on the accounts. The hope is that one club will come forward in the final days and according to Gianluigi Longari, that club might be Bologna.

In fact, the Rossoblu have enquired about Bennacer’s situation and it remains to be seen if they will advance with their interest. The salary is likely to be a hurdle, while Milan would also prefer a permanent transfer (although they could accept a lower figure).

The threat of not playing for an entire season, especially with the World Cup scheduled for next year, might push Bennacer to reconsider his salary demands. For now, however, Bologna have only made a simple inquiry.

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64 Comments

  1. If he’s just gonna sit around absorbing wages like a leech not doing anything, he needs to go to the first buyer. The very last thing we need is another divorce situation. As much as I wish we could go back to the him of 3 years ago, it’s not realistic to hope for thay anymore. We need to move on those who aren’t gonna fight for us

    1. Ironically, this will likely be exactly what will happen in 2 years with rabiot if we’re dumb enough to sign him. It doesn’t matter if allegri wants him. If he wanted to also bring emerson back, youd tell him no. If the choice is blindingly obvious to fail, you dont do it

      1. Rabiot is a top player that can’t be displaced from the French national team for ages. They won everything with him. Juventus as well, he just chose to leave due to Motta. Almost never injured. Suddenly he is not good and he will get injured and not wanted because you don’t like him. Sure. Your subjective opinion is what matters and you know best.

        1. Funny that a “top player” was still available by mid-September last year when Marseille, far from a top European team, signed him as a free agent. I’m French, I can tell you he wasn’t a starter for France until late and French people complain about the midfield ever since. He can be good but he’s not a top player. And he has many, many red flags that you “subjectively” refuse to see.

          1. I agree with you that Rabiot is far from a top player, but remember that the competition is Fofana, Loftus-Cheek and Musah. The best of whom is actually worse defensively & offensively and started far less games with les Bleus than said Rabiot.

          2. He’s a big troublemaker but I guess it’s the best that this management can do. He could be useful as a scapegoat if the season turns bad now that Théo is gone.

          3. Which ones? You neglected to reply to the comment where I literally debunked the ridiculous lies you wrote. Do you want again? Can you tell me which midfielder has comparable numbers to him? I know, they are all top. You talk from you ass so to speak, and ignore facts and stats. Good job.

          4. And since you are French that is obviously the problem. You read your newspapers and
            stories about his mom and you project his playing quality through the lens of your subjective dislike of him. It is ok, but it isn’t objective. The guy joined a club in September and was their best midfielder by far. 10 goals 6 assists, comparable to what Reijnders did for Milan last season. Without any preseason. That is a beast of a player without a single doubt.

          5. Alright man, since you ask politely, I’ll give you some insight about Rabiot’s character. From French Wikipedia because there is too much to recall.

            – 2012, PSG: Rabiot refuses to go to Qatar for winter camp because his mom can’t go with him. Ancelotti is angry and loans him.
            – 2014, PSG: Rabiot refuses to extend with PSG and reaches an agreement with Roma. He changes his mind at the last minute.
            – 2015, PSG: Rabiot doesn’t show at practice and is absent when the team’s bus leaves. He’s suspended and fined by the club.
            – 2018, France: Rabiot is called by Deschamps as a reservist. He sends an email to Deschamps to tell him that he refuses to join France because he’s a reservist. He’s banned from the national team for two years.
            – 2018, PSG: Rabiot is in conflict with his club, he doesn’t play from December to the end of his contract in June. He likes an Instagram post about Manchester United’s win over PSG. His mom makes a fuss.
            – 2020, Juventus: Rabiot is the only Juventus player to refuse to take a paycut because of Covid.
            – 2024, Juventus: Rabiot leaves Juventus for free because he asks for 7,5M per year. Juventus doesn’t believe he’s a top player and let him go. His mom makes a fuss.
            – 2025, Marseille: Rabiot fights his own teammate in the locker room. His mom makes a fuss.

          6. Bartholomeo when he was a kid, irrelevant. So 2018 and onwards. I mean let’s check some other players and compare. Is De Jong a troublemaker at Barcelona? He also didn’t sign the paycut? Also for 2024, Juventus offered 7.5M but he wanted more.

          7. So asking for money you think you are worth is being a troublemaker? What I won’t read here. That is really ridiculous. Any human should do that, on any job on the planet.

          8. “Rabiot’s current deal runs out in June 2019 and he told the club last week that he was not going to sign the lucrative new terms offered to him. Instead he wants to leave on a free in the summer.”

          9. Ok I was “Sure” that you would decide in the end what is relevant or not. Ok then let’s hire the man who just fought a teammate and who is on the transfer list of the only club that gave him a chance last year when he was free. I’m not here to win the ego contest of the comment section, suit yourself.

        2. You are just to allegri what K was to Fonseca: blind allegiance with no common sense. Rabiot has literally been ousted from every club he’s been at for being an underperforming cancer in the dressing room. You simply refuse to see that because youre blindly backing allegri on his every move. He’s literally on the market right now, yet again, because his current team is sick of his antics. So was PSG, so was Juve, he didnt even have a club for about 3 months after juve until Marseille took a chance because nobody wanted him. He’s an exiled outcast right now, Again, for a reason. And nobody mentioned injuries. He’s about as top of a player as Jordan Henderson. Your biased favoritism doesn’t matter here in reality. Even Guendouzi would be a better signing

          1. Which blind allegiance? How about you explain from where was he “ousted”? Because from what I know every single club offered him a new contract and he refused to sign and moved on. That means ousted? You literally made it up and I am refusing to see something? Facts are facts, not what you think. At PSG he wasn’t playing enough, he wanted to be a starter. They offerd him a contract and he left. Ousted? At Juve Motta came and HE DIDN’T want him. He was supposed to stay? They still offered him a renewal with the same wages and he asked for more to stay, and left. Ousted? De Zerbi plays it down a day after, do you say he is lying? Lets read his statement that came after a day or two from the incident: “ As for Rabiot, I said it yesterday, and even though I haven’t spoken with (club president) Pablo [Longoria] and (sporting director) Medhi [Benatia] yet, I hope that, and it’s not based on the quality of the player but on the quality of the man, and even if he made a mistake, there’s a chance to fix things.” What based on the quality of the man is some joke? Or I don’t understand? Or you made things up to sound better? They got rid of the kid that begun the fight and aren’t really that mad at Rabiot anymore. Did I make this up? De Zerbi made another statement I won’t look for now, and said THE SAME THING. How he values him as a man and wants to resolve this. Ousted? Wtf arr you actually talking about? Is there a single fact in what you wrote? No.

            If you hire a manager you get the player the manager asks for. This is basic common sense.

          2. Should we go and find news articles about all the clubs where he was ousted from offering him new deals? Another liar. You are clueless, talk out of your ass.

          3. Did you say the same thing when Fonseca begged for Emerson Royale?

            Facts dont bend to your liking because you want them to. Youre clearly desperate for everyone here to see you as this great footballing elite analyst, but youre not. Suck it up. Bartho literally just gave you all of it in 1 list, cant get any easier. Ignoring it does nothing. Reality won’t change just because youre sensitive. So be an adult already

          4. And did you just ignore that you made up a bunch of lies about Rabiot? Can you tell me from which club was he ousted? You said all of them, in fact it is none. He chose to left all. They all offered him contracts and huge ones? Why?

          5. “Rabiot’s current deal runs out in June 2019 and he told the club last week that he was not going to sign the lucrative new terms offered to him. Instead he wants to leave on a free in the summer.”

            “According to reports from Italian transfer reporter Nicolo Schira and La Gazzetta dello Sport , Juventus have offered Rabiot a two-year contract (with a potential option for a third) to remain at the club through 2026. And it seems like that number isn’t going to be changing all that much with this new contract offer, with Juve reportedly willing to pay him €7.5 million per year once again.”

            “De Zerbi on Adrien Rabiot: “I have hope. Even if he made a mistake, I hope there’s a possibility to set things right… I’m not someone who slams the door in anyone’s face, Rabiot is a good person.”
            “If I can help resolve this issue, I’m ready to do anything. I think it’s important, for everyone’s sake, not just from a football perspective, but also on a human level.””

            Bartholome can write his subjective opinion as much as he wants. Facts are pretty clear. Every club wanted him to stay. Even De Zerbi wants him to stay after this fight. Stop lying.

          6. “Facts are facts, not what you think. At PSG he wasn’t playing enough, he wanted to be a starter. They offerd him a contract and he left.”

            Le 28 octobre 2018, lors du Classique à Marseille, son entraîneur le place sur le banc ainsi que Kylian Mbappé, à la suite d’un retard du joueur lors de la causerie d’avant-match[53]. Le 18 décembre 2018, en raison d’un conflit avec son club, il est mis à pied par le PSG et ne rejouera plus jusqu’à la fin de son contrat mi-2019[54].

            Suspended for being late before a game. Then in conflict with PSG and banned from December to June, before leaving for Juventus. Your facts are only in your head.

          7. Can’t believe im about to side with a nothing troll account, but im starting to see why Niño said you couldnt read… bartho gave you an entire list, Sure. Read it or dont. Your failed grasp on reality means nothing to me or anyone else. Just a word of advice, antics like this is why everyone dumps you into the same “just ignore them” category as kids like Boulden and his precious Krunic

          8. I don’t care. You ignore that all those clubs offered him a new contract and keep lying. Of course you resort to saying I can’t read. And the problem is you lying. 🤣

            Bartholomeo just connected 2 events that have nothing to do with each other to prove a point. 🤣🤣🤣

            Let’s try again Bartholomeo:

            “Thomas Tuchel, fidèle à sa réputation, ne plaisante pas. L’entraîneur allemand du PSG se passe de Kylian Mbappé et Adrien Rabiot au coup d’envoi. En cause : le retard, selon Canal+, des deux joueurs à sa causerie dimanche après-midi dans une salle du Pullman aéroport, où le club de la capitale a pris ses quartiers pour une courte mise au vert.“

            AND

            Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Antero Henrique has told Yahoo Sport France that wantaway midfielder Adrien Rabiot will not play for the French champions again unless he signs a new contract.
            The France international, who rejected the chance to be a reserve for this summer’s World Cup squad in Russia, has rejected numerous approaches from PSG to tie him down to a new deal since coach Thomas Tuchel’s arrival but none have succeeded.
            As revealed last week when sources told ESPN FC , the Ligue 1 giants intended to make Rabiot one final offer, but Henrique appears to have confirmed to Yahoo that those hopes are now over.
            “At this point, no [discussions will not continue],” said the Portuguese . “The club decided this after a meeting that I had with the player.
            “The player informed me that he will not be signing a new contract and that he wants to leave the club as a free agent at the end of the season [also the end of his contract].
            “For the player, the consequences are clear — he is indefinitely benched.””

            You can’t even Google in your own language. That is another fact.

          9. Bartholomeo are you joking? You can even google in your own language, fact. Let’s try again liar.

            “Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Antero Henrique has told Yahoo Sport France that wantaway midfielder Adrien Rabiot will not play for the French champions again unless he signs a new contract.
            The France international, who rejected the chance to be a reserve for this summer’s World Cup squad in Russia, has rejected numerous approaches from PSG to tie him down to a new deal since coach Thomas Tuchel’s arrival but none have succeeded.
            As revealed last week when sources told ESPN FC , the Ligue 1 giants intended to make Rabiot one final offer, but Henrique appears to have confirmed to Yahoo that those hopes are now over.
            “At this point, no [discussions will not continue],” said the Portuguese . “The club decided this after a meeting that I had with the player.
            “The player informed me that he will not be signing a new contract and that he wants to leave the club as a free agent at the end of the season [also the end of his contract].
            “For the player, the consequences are clear — he is indefinitely benched.””

            Cmon guys, you’re both a joke, I can do this with a quarter of my brain.

          10. Ian you didn’t write a single verifiable fact. Just literal lies and your evidence is Bartholomeo writing something. The guy that can’t google in his native language in 2025. What a duo. 🤣 I understand you don’t want to read that you are a liar but what is much simpler is that you just stop lying. Pretty easy. And an advice, don’t trust people that can’t google in 2025. Those are not intelligent.

          11. Another keyboard warrior insulting people on the Internet is exactly what we needed. Twist the reality as much as you want with your quarter of brain, decide what is relevant or not but Rabiot has had issues in every club he played for and is now expelled for a fight with a teammate. I guess if he was elite, he would have signed for Barcelona or Liverpool last year, not Marseille. I won’t insult you because I’m educated but everybody here can see what kind of person you are.

          12. To recap. Rabiots biggest issue is that he leaves the club at the end of his contract? Who cares? He can leave when 33, that is what we want. And no fee also, won’t be worth anything. Bartholomeo is trying hard to make up the big issues by trying to connect completely different events and present like one led to the other. And easy to check it is a lie. You two really think that idi*tic lies repeated 5 or 10 times make a truth. This has been fun but liars, you are lying. Bartholomeo, when you manufacture more “facts” let me know. 🤣🤣

          13. If you can’t even type a proper sentence, Sure, dont give someone else grief for not using English. Just because youre not educated enough to be able to figure it out is nobody else’s problem. So then, if youre so desperate to deny reality and facts, let’s do it properly then like adults, shall we? Bartho provided you an entire list of facts, and even gave you sources to make it easy for dropouts like you. So if you wanna claim the facts are wrong, prove it.

            Simple as that. Let’s go through each one, one by one, and your provide your source to prove how and why he’s wrong, just like that. Simply claiming hes wrong and not proving it means less than nothing. Thats how the real world works, so lets do it. You seem very confident the facts are wrong, so prove it. Back your words up, go ahead. We will wait right here and watch. Here’s your chance you wanted to look like a genius. Go thru each one and prove its false. The floor is all yours 🫱

          14. 2012, PSG: Rabiot refuses to go to Qatar for winter camp because his mom can’t go with him. Ancelotti is angry and loans him.

            Don’t care, he was how old? kid

            – 2014, PSG: Rabiot refuses to extend with PSG and reaches an agreement with Roma. He changes his mind at the last minute.

            Same

            – 2015, PSG: Rabiot doesn’t show at practice and is absent when the team’s bus leaves. He’s suspended and fined by the club.

            Yes, stupid, 20 year old kid late for training. Jimenez just did that and 3 times?

            – 2018, France: Rabiot is called by Deschamps as a reservist. He sends an email to Deschamps to tell him that he refuses to join France because he’s a reservist. He’s banned from the national team for two years.

            Guy has pride, didn’t want to be a backup and wait for half of summer to see if he gets in if someone is injured. His life and free time

            – 2018, PSG: Rabiot is in conflict with his club, he doesn’t play from December to the end of his contract in June. He likes an Instagram post about Manchester United’s win over PSG. His mom makes a fuss.

            Conflict is that he refused to sign a contract, easy to check, already posted a comment about it just above. Confirmed by the then sporting director of PSG.

            – 2020, Juventus: Rabiot is the only Juventus player to refuse to take a paycut because of Covid

            So did De Jong at Barcelona, is he a trouble maker? 🤣🤣

            – 2024, Juventus: Rabiot leaves Juventus for free because he asks for 7,5M per year. Juventus doesn’t believe he’s a top player and let him go. His mom makes a fuss.

            Also not true, he asked for 10M, Juventus offered 7.5M and he refused. So you’re a troublemaker if you think you are worth more? What? Google it

            – 2025, Marseille: Rabiot fights his own teammate in the locker room. His mom makes a fuss.

            First time in his career, and the full story is out. He got in between their goalkeeper and Rowe to kind of defend Rowe and Rowe punched him in the heat of the argument.
            Kid got punched back. Multiple times. Wow. If someone punches you what do you do? De Zerbi is saying publicly how Rabiot is a good man and multiple times. Doesn’t really talk about Rowe. Conclusion?

            I mean do you need articles about this? It is all easy.

          15. So it is true. You cant read afterall…

            Im not sure how I can dumb this down more. YOU HAVE TO PROVE HIS FACTS ARE WRONG WITH YOUR OWN SOURCES. Your opinion means nothing here, this is reality. You proved nothing except your illiteracy. Either do it properly or stop wasting everybody’s time. Go ahead, try again. Do it right this time or dont and prove you had nothing. Youre so desperate to be seen as the genius analyst of this website, this is your chance to show it. Prove yourself or prove he was right and youre nothing but empty talk. There’s no in between, so let’s see it. Even illiterate monkeys can work miracles when given a chance. Here’s your chance, sure

          16. Did you not read what I wrote? It says if you need links ask. Remove the brackets.

            www(.)espn(.)com/soccer/story/_/id/37567640/psg-midfielder-adrien-rabiot-indefinitely-benched-contract-refusals-antero-henrique

            ?

            www(.)blackwhitereadallover(.)com/2024/5/31/24168493/juventus-adrien-rabiot-contract-extension-watch-2024-serie-a-team-news-cristiano-giuntoli

            www(.)goal(.)com/en/lists/roberto-de-zerbi-adrien-rabiot-sensational-marseille-return-pub-fight-jonathan-rowe/blt6852843449d222ad

          17. You spent hours lying about some player without even knowing the facts. That is just embarrassing. Enjoy reading the articles about him being “ousted”. You can find hundreds of similar articles easy. De Zerbi has 3 press conferences where he speaks about it, I gave you one. You don’t need to be an analyst to check this, just don’t be a little pathetic bi*ch that makes up stuff, like you 2 are.

            Bartholomeo, I suggest you try and find some Neymar stories and put Rabiots name in them. 🤣

            Oh and Ian, saying I am illiterate doesn’t make you any less of a liar. Doesn’t work like that. Nice try. 🤣

          18. Anyway I’m going to leave you 2 literate geniuses to share more “facts” that exist only in your imagination. Enjoy guys. And stop lying.

          19. Z I’ve read 3 different versions. But if De Zerbi wants Rabiot to stay and keeps saying he is a good man I don’t have any reason not to believe this version.

          20. I read De Zerbi comments that he wants to keep him giving him a 2nd chance and all that, I just didn’t know that he ended up fighting Rowe after he was trying to separate Rowe from fighting the GKer.

          21. That is how it started 100%. Geronimo Rulli going at that kid. Google it. The difference in the reports I’ve read is who threw the first punch. One even says Geronimo Rulli wanted to head-but Rowe. We will probably never know the 100% story. But you don’t keep a guy that is picking and starting fights in your team. It is stupid. I don’t think De Zerbi is an id*ot. But Rabiot is now probably insulted and wants out.

          22. 😮‍💨 I mean this was always the outcome, but somehow its still surprisinly pitiful…

            You couldve just said you couldnt prove your statements from the beginning and saved everyone’s time. Youve proven once and for all youre just empty talk, and then doubled down by trying to “run away” from the conversation after showing you had nothing to back yourself up, as if you thought that was a passable rebuttal. Do the site a favor and stop carpet bombing the comments from now on, everyone else shouldn’t have to deal with your mental angst and whilst trying to read about Milan. We’re not here to babysit a toddler

          23. Wait wait, I didn’t even read properly to be honest as I am trying to catch a plane. What? You are here to make up stupid lies, obviously. Proven. And your stupid attempt to discredit me is amazing. You got the links and all but you caught the only unverifiable thing out of how many? And I actually said exactly how it is, that it is impossible to know. So your version is the correct one? Or the re*ards, that can’t Google 2 things? Am I again being racist mo*on? 🤣 You didn’t write a single fact. Where is the evidence? You said Rabiot was ousted from every club. Ian the liar, change the nickname.

          24. Ian I’m glad you got the message. A lying mo*on like you should keep to itself a bit more because you’ll be found out quickly. Calling people illiterate and racist doesn’t work when facts are easy to check.

    2. Why is he a ‘leech’ if he’s simply holding Milan to the terms of the contract he signed with them?

      The speed at which ‘fans’ turn on players is really quite remarkable.

  2. Some fans talk about Rabiot like he is some bum.
    He was a starter for Juventus and has been and still is a starter for the French NT. World Cups and Euros.
    He is a very good midfielder who does a lot on the pitch.
    He is coming of a 10g 6a season.
    He’d be a major upgrade over RLC, who should be the midfielder that should leave Milan instead of Musah, who is much more useful if for nothing else but being a utility player that you can play in a bunch of different positions.
    Bennacer isn’t going to Bologna because Bologna isn’t paying him his 4m salary, unless Milan is willing to cover some of it.

    1. Great player. Last 3 seasons he was great. Has 24 goals and 15 assists from midfield. Better than a certain guy we sold, and he played in Dutch league 2 years ago.

    2. He’s been exiled from every team he’s been at for a reason. His only reported interest right now is us and midtable epl teams. What does that tell you? I won’t even acknowledge the vomit in the last comment claiming he’s a better player than reijnders currently is…

        1. My sweet summer child, if reality hurts you this much, maybe youre too young to be using the internet. Nothing I said is false. You’ve been doing everything short of doing tricks on rabiots lap on every post. Why? Seriously why? He’s nothing better than what’s already here and woupd do nothing but make the team more toxic than it already was last year. Bartho literally gave you an entire list of reasons to back that up. Its ultimately your choice if you choose to ignore it or not, no one here cares at the end of the day

          1. I’ve literally pasted from news articles disproving your lies. Let’s ignore this and take what some guy Bartholomeo wrote. Those are facts.

          2. And the problem is that you are liars. That is the issue. You dislike someone and you keep lying how he was ousted. I don’t care about Rabiot as I don’t care about Musah. But if you lie I am calling you out. And you’re a liar Ian.

          1. Sinking so far down, you’ve just ended up proving a useless troll account right about you must be a new low for you…

            Think what you want, sweety. It will never change reality, so its no skin off my nose

          2. Of course. Yet you can’t read the actual facts that are verifiable and you are pointing me to what some guy called Bartholomeo wrote. And he can’t Google in 2025. This is such a joke hahaha

          3. How is that racism? Saying someone is so stupid that they can’t google is racist? 🤣🤣 I’m starting to see you’re on Ninos iq level. Read something and then understand it in a way only an id*ot can understand it. Racism? He is French. 🤣🤣😆

          4. Telling another user to “learn to Google in english” is pretty straightforward, little man. Excuses seem to be your forte, so have at it. We’ll all take them very seriously, im sure

          5. I didn’t say that mo*on. You can’t even read. This is the third time you miss-read something simple. Can you show me where did I say that? 🤣🤣 You can’t liar. You’re pathetic.

          6. Nino is a genius for you, let’s be honest. He can read and understand half of it. You seem to be completely delusional and you make up really stupid things. You quoted something I’ve never said? 🤣 please show it to everyone so they can see how “racist” I am.

            To make it easy for you as I don’t have 3 hours for the hamster in your brain to get to speed I was telling him he can’t Google even in his language, French. He sent a french article that wasn’t about the event in question, so completely wrong. How could you even misunderstand that? 🤣 You are too stupid for the most basic tasks, that is a fact. Bartholomeo as well. Bye bye

    1. The issue is his 2 defining traits now are injuries, and not fighting for the club. Fans aren’t gonna quickly forget his last second demand to leave. Especially after putting up with his fitness record for so long

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