AC Milan are working on sales as well as signings, and there could well be some developments regarding Warren Bondo’s future.
Bondo has just returned from a year-long loan at Cremonese, but he has been told to train away from the first team because he is not a part of Ruben Amorim’s plans. While there has been talk of interest from Germany, the chance to remain in Italy could present itself.
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Udinese in for Bondo
As reported by Gianluca Di Marzio for Sky (via MilanVibes), Udinese are interested in Bondo after selling Arthur Atta to Fiorentina. In a meeting with his agents earlier this month, the Milan management stated that Bondo will not be part of next season’s squad.
The biggest obstacle for Udinese in the negotiations for Bondo is the cost. The midfielder’s price tag is around €7.5-8m, while the former Monza player’s salary is around €1m. However, Atta’s departure netted them a figure that could exceed €40m with bonuses, so they have the money to spend.
As mentioned, Bondo played on loan at Cremonese last season, who were relegated. He joined Milan in the 2025 winter window but made only five appearances for the Rossoneri (four in Serie A and one in the Coppa Italia) in six months under Sergio Conceicao.
In total, he made 28 appearances for the Cremonese (27 in Serie A and 1 in the Coppa Italia). The 23-year-old was a regular starter in the first half of the season, only to play less and less in the second half of the season.
SERIE A FIXTURE-MANAGER
Butti (Serie A schedule) to Rocchi: “Just stop sending Doveri to Inter again, he’s a total jinx.”
Intercepts between Andrea Butti, Serie A fixtures manager and Inter fan, and Gianluca Rocchi, former referee designator
At the criminal level, the Milan Prosecutor’s Office has closed the investigation into the referees’ interference with Rocchi by Inter. The case of the “knocking” on the doors of the Lissone VAR room has been transferred to the Monza Prosecutor’s Office. While waiting to see how the Sports Justice Department, which operates under a separate channel, will proceed, “Corriere della Sera” has published some significant wiretaps between Gianluca Rocchi, former referee designator, and Andrea Butti, head of Serie A fixtures, a former Inter manager and fan, as revealed by Rocchi’s questioning.
REFEREES INVESTIGATION: BUTTI’S WORDS TO ROCCHI
Gianluca Rocchi, regarding the wiretaps with Andrea Butti, spoke thus in front of the prosecutors, as reported by “CorSera”:
“Butti is a fan and I treat him as such even if he has an institutional role.” Below are Butti’s words intercepted a few weeks before Inter-Milan,
the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final:
“Just don’t send Doveri to Inter again, he brings world-class bad luck, with him we never win a damn thing.” And immediately after Doveri was actually selected for the semi-final, a couple of weeks later, Butti was again described in an ironic and joking manner: “You’re a killer, no, okay, but then you really are one of them! It’s your fault, you know that? We have a super bad record with him.”
If you think this is bad, you must have lost your sh!t during Calciopoli
He may have not been around then.
Oh, but I was, I’m probably older than most of you guys. I was even at the WC that took place that year supporting my national team, I have attended two our matches in the group stage.
*two of (our matches)
This is not bad for us so I’m still very calm about it. Correct me if I’m wrong but “Calciopoli” happened and developed very fast, this is going much slower, they sure are taking their time.