Samuele Ricci looks more and more likely to get a big move in the coming months, and AC Milan are gearing up for a battle with Manchester City.
Calciomercato.com report that Ricci’s future is ‘yet to be written’ but what is known is that he ‘continues to arouse great interest at an international level’. Manchester City (and in general the City Group) have been probing for several weeks, as have other English clubs.
The midfielder is a talent ‘in the take-off phase’ and it is easy to foresee a move to a big club in the near future. In the meantime, Torino are struggling after making a brilliant start to the season, and they are sliding down the league.
This is why a January move is becoming more and more unlikely for the Italy international. Torino president Urbano Cairo has no intention of selling the ex-Empoli starlet before the end of the season, and he has made that clear to the suitors.
For Milan, this might be good news. While City are looking for a midfielder with urgency given Rodri’s injury, the Rossoneri directors were always planning to put the groundwork in ahead of June rather than the next few weeks.
The report adds that the managements of Milan and Torino appear to be on good terms after recent deals like the Tommaso Pobega one, but Napoli are also back in the mix and have shown ‘fairly concrete interest’.
It’s a one way ticket to premier league.
They will pay the money. We won’t.
Torino are also at fault for stigmatizing this… I understand that smaller clubs are trying to see profit, but we can’t have our best talents always be shipping to EPL…
No sane management in the world will accept less money. Football is a business.
hence why we need similar chemistry how other leagues have with top and mid table teams…
make it easy for them to buy youngsters and old players, but in return get fairer deals… Ricci isn’t worth 35M, even more when his contract runs until 2026… is he more quality than Fofana? I don’t think so… the over inflation is a serious problem imo…
Why? He’d be a sub there. At Milan starter.
If he’s smart he goes to Milan
He looks decent on youtube, and in the few games I’ve seem him. Can’t believe he can fix the Rodri problem city has though. They need someone better, much more ready for the top level
The difference is City won’t wait and will make an attempt in January.
If Acmilan can’t sign Ricci Let’s sign Warren Bondo to support Fofana in the double pivot this January
Battle? LOL. Milan will not battle for anyone. They roll over and surrender. Just like against any smaller clubs in the Serie A.