There is now just 20 days until the 2022-23 season gets underway as AC Milan host Udinese at San Siro, and the management still have work to do.
La Gazzetta dello Sport report that Paolo Maldini and Ricky Massara are still looking for three signings to be done before the visit of the Friulians. Starting with the centre-back, Japhet Tanganga of Spurs is an active negotiations.
Tottenham want a loan with obligation to buy while the Rossoneri are pushing for the Tomori formula, i.e. a loan with option to buy. The alternative is Evan N’Dicka from Eintracht Frankfurt, a Europa League champion due to expire in 2023.
Looking at the midfield, the name of Renato Sanches has never gone away. Milan had struck an agreement with the Portugal international at €3m net per season but then PSG’s competition complicated things, with the situation to soon be resolved one way or another.
The latest name is Carney Chukwuemeka, an 18-year-old who plays for Aston Villa and has a contract expiring in 2023. He would be a Pierre Kalulu style signing, to grow slowly and without pressure.
Finally, the attack must also be reinforced and Charles De Ketelaere is the number one target. An offer of €32m bonuses included has been put forward but Club Brugge want €35m, but the fact he has been excluded from the squad for today’s season opener might well be a big sign.
The most concrete alternative is Hakim Ziyech of Chelsea, while Piotr Zielinski of Napoli is in the crosshairs but they are asking for at least €40m to sell the Poland international.
I have a deja vu with the February window
I believe you meant January as there is no transfer window in Ferbuary.
Finally someone is seeing things right.
The management will shut us up saying we bought adli, messias, origi and florenzi.
We need to really keep our expectations to the minimum..
300 million my a$$
😀 Seriously if you ever believed we would have a 300 mil transfer kit available this summer then you only have your own naivity to blame as anyone with the slightest understanding of the ffp would have realized that it was never gonna happen enither with investicorp nor with redbird.
My friend it was very much possible with investcorp a hosts of firms locally were willing to join in the bandwagon of sponsors for Milan just like psg or man City you would have seen some airlines being fringe sponsors…..about ffp nobody gets banned from competition its the fine which they pay…. 300 million were pumped in Milan accounts to shore up its looses and support transfer business one marquee signing was lined up…..i dont know why ffp keeps popping up have they ever banned any club from participating except fines. Lastly when takeover happens a LEVERAGE is given to new ownership to raise their income for few YEARS its in rules I am nkt making up. That being said ffp in play was never in question….why elliot went for it because its about profits elliot wants to squeeze every penny out of Milan no wonder inspite of not having sufficient funds red bird opted for a bridge loan from elliot at certain rates and then there was a hue and cry on 300 million as collateral on Milan brand by investcorp…..these singers are shrewd businessmen no doubt that’s how they pulled a deal out of no where like this…..I said then said and saying let transfer market opens you will get to know the result……don’t worry in three years time Milan will be for sale again Mark my words….
Hey there meer, well we was banned from europa league as we made a deal with cass otherwise we would have been banned the following year where we qualified for cl due to lee yonghongs overspending,. The fact that we are still to have an upciming meeting with cass should tell us that every potential issue isnt completely gone as we are kind of under administration if that is the right word to use here.
Psg exploited a hole in the ruleset and inserted great amounts into the club via overinflated advertisement deals so it was set for years to come that later on has been closed to my understanding.
If a club makes advertisement deals that exceeds the value it will be scrutinised by cass,
Had it been me owning the club and that even as a milan fan for over 30 years i would defently also try to make the best deal for myself in case of selling the club as its pretty much business investing 700 mil into a club whether you support it or not,
Martin i agree with elliot making shrewd business deals thats how we all work but as far as Europa league was concerned it was a voluntary settlement the outmost we can do is pay a hefty fine which likes of man city have paid…..I will correct you on Europa league fine was the option avaliable but we opted out of it…..instead we happily agreed to participate in europa league all together and forfeited our earnings….now personally we all do commodity trading with Chinese atleast I do but tbh never heard that Lee guy from any of sources….all I can say is that since I come from middle east I saw things first hand so I comment on investcorp other than that they aren’t my relatives…..I bleed red and black since 1993 when I was 9 years old I want best for our club…..with elliot they were even guaranteed to provide some 200 million plus as a guarantor to uefa solidifying their positions as serious owner. Because uefa have every right to assess that club don’t go into administration….how deal broke apart is because once you gave a word to someone and back track at nick of time on agreed amount is what made investcorp backed away….red bird are not for long haul trust me they will sell sooner rather than later milan income won’t raise for next 5 years without Stadium.. that’s a long term project. With then we have to live with buying upcoming stars and selling some to reinvest in market…..or to put in simple terms having these types of mercato for years to come….BTW I respect you its just a mere discussion here…
Likewise meer as i also remember you from several other sites over the years as well so no issues here even if we disagree on some matters.
Yeah it was a voluntary settlement but had we not done that then we would have found us in bigger troubles down the road so it was the smartest thing to do.
Li yonghong or how ever its spelled was our owner in 2017-18 and he spend 240 mil euros or something that summer besides of bringing the club close to bankruptcy and that is the reasons why we had to agree to the settlement to begin with as we lived well over our means under his ownership.
I havent completely given up on redbird as i do feel confident that they want to develope the team further and maximize its value and get their investments back eventually but they has also gotten a rocky start so they will deffently have something to still to prove. Investicorp might have been successfull but it would be speculative to see it as a guarantee.
Well said @Meer re: Elliot/Redbird/Investcorp – couldn’t agree more and have been saying the same thing
FFP is conspiracy theory, it doest not exist if the owner invest. Thanks me later.
FFP doesn’t exist? Then how come Milan was banned from EL couple of years ago? I must have dreamt it then…
You forgot the ‘if the owner invest’ part, football is business, and we know money always decide
300M was from Investcorp. Perhaps that was possible perhaps not. Deal never happened so we will never know. But 150M would seem unreasonable by any stretch. However, What we do know if that our new owners don’t have $$ and initially said 100M – and now it’s 50M – which in todays market is comical and Embarrassing for a club that just won the title in Italy IMO. So we are lucky to get one major signing and the rest loans. It’s pretty sad but those that didn’t want “oil money” from Investcorp may be rethinking their position right about now lol.
Wouldn’t seem unreasonable*
50 mill would indeed be downright comical and ridiculous but i dont see any official confirmation on that amount so its pretty much just speculation as things stands.
I imagine that we will have more but investing a great sum on cdk while trying to get the best possible deal could also be a way to not let potential sellers believe we will just entertain whatever they might demand hence not ending up with a more expenssive mercato than necessary.
If we were to not get a player like cdk because of 2-3 mil i would find it disgracefull but i do actually believe that the player will still end up joining us.
The management still have work?? More like the management haven’t even started; nothing has been done so far; even the Origi signing was pretty much sealed near the end of the last season. Adli and Pobega were already ours and are returning from loans. Buying Messias (after asking for a discount) and Florenzi (after asking for a discount too?!) can barely be considered a transfer market. Key renewals such as Leao’s haven’t even been discussed yet. Even M&M’s renewal was handled quite poorly with that last second signing at midnight. I am confident that the management still have time to do good things and I think they will, they have good ideas and I believe in them, but that doesnt take away the fact that basically nothing has been done/achieved as of today.
milan, where the alternative cost more than unaffordable target
LOL
We need more sinnings
look at those ppl maldini and masara are you not ashame of us?who’s is Mancini you saying 18 yes old what we benefit from from him we av big challenge facing giants club in champion league, l don’t think we are going any where with those average player
Juventus inter and Rome all sign top player. Milan ony afford to sign reserve player, retire player, average young.
It’s ok. Win the scudetto and make it past CL group stage and then no complaints from me.
@JK – Only 8 clubs are €50m+ negative this window. In fact, only 20 clubs in the world are more than €10m negative this window. You don’t seem to understand the economic climate if you find €50m comical imho.