Christian Pulisic bagged his 10th league goal of the season for AC Milan this afternoon, showcasing his importance once again. According to a report, the Rossoneri are already thinking about renewing his contract.
Pulisic was indeed one of the protagonists for Milan in today’s 3-0 win against Lecce, handed a 7/10 in our player ratings. He opened the scoring with a lovely effort and could have got a second goal minutes later, but his header was saved.
According to Daniele Longo of Calciomercato.com, as reported before the game, Milan are very happy with Pulisic’s performances this season. So much so that they are already thinking about exercising the one-year renewal clause in his contract, having initially signed for four years (from 2027 to 2028).
At €4m per year, Pulisic is one of the best-paid players in the team and he’s currently loving life at the club. Exercising the renewal clause early would be another sign of Milan’s belief in the American, having made the gamble in the summer by spending a little over €20m.
Pulisic has certainly repaid the trust and he will be hoping to play an important role on Thursday as well, as the Rossoneri will take on Roma in the Europa League quarter-final.
For the first time in his career, @pulisic has scored 10+ goals in a domestic league in a single season. pic.twitter.com/T70B1gam0Z
— MilanData📊 (@acmilandata) April 6, 2024
Sure, like they’d officially do that before they needed to, what would be the point?
To spread out the amortisation and to avoid reaching a point where he might be tempted by other clubs (and potential suitors could swoop in and get a good deal). Also just to show their faith, really
To clarify (my own edification) “spread amortization”. I have a ton of questions about this, so please only the effort you want to make Isak!
His $20m capital cost would be today $5m a year ($20m / 4 yrs) amortized. With the fifth year already activated that would go to $4m a year ( $20m / 5 yrs). Do I have that right?
I _think_ this would increase our ability to spend in the mercato by $1m each of those years then?
This needs to be considered due to Financial Fair Play?
When I see articles talking $100m or more in this summers mercato I wonder that $1m is really not that big a deal against the risk of something like a big injury, etc. So I think I am missing some of the dots here. What might they be?
Maybe fodder for an article?
Thanks for any light you can shed!
Yeah exactly, so he would cost a little bit less every year. Obviously a one-year renewal doesn’t make a huge difference, but still worth considering. By the way, it’s not necessarily to spend an extra €1m, but to be able to add an extra €1m to the balance sheet per year (so, in effect, a €5m transfer fee over 5 years). A substack piece will drop on the budget very soon so would advise checking that out
I’ve only seen these renewals actually happen in the last year.
The temptation can happen whether he has 1 year or 4 years left in the contract.
The risk of a player not performing in year 5 (Brozovic and Rebic come to mind) is much more relevant than spreading amortization
I think with American ownership and Puli’s marketability Stateside, Milan won’t be letting him go in the foreseeable future unless he absolutely bombs it.
He isn’t even one full season into his 4 Year Milan career and we’re already trying to extend him and potentially boost his wages, amortization and all?
You don’t have to wait into his final year to extend but seems hasty.