AC Milan are interested in signing Raphael Onyedika from Club Brugge ahead of the summer after having had a previous bid rejected, a report claims.
According to Africafoot sources, Milan have opened talks with Brugge and Onyedika himself over a move during the summer transfer window, as they look to add a more defensive-minded midfielder to the department.
Milan initially expressed interest in the 23-year-old last summer but they were met with a €24m asking price which they did not pay. Technical director Geoffrey Moncada ‘is a big fan of the player’ as per the report.
The Nigeria international has a contract until 2027 with the Belgian side, and the Rossoneri submitted an initial offer of €18m. A source within CAA Stellar, the player’s agency, confirmed that have come back in.
“He (Onyedika) is high on AC Milan’s shortlist, and they have expressed their interest in both the player and his team,” the source said.
“They initially offered €18m, which will likely be rejected, as Club Bruges value him much more than that. Raphael is interested in the transfer, but it will depend on the clubs’ ability to reach an agreement.”
However, it seems as though there will be strong competition to land the player. Africafoot report that Paris Saint-Germain, Porto and Bayern Munich are all keeping tabs on the 23-year-old, who was sent off at San Siro in the Champions League meeting with Milan this season.
The Rossoneri were linked with the then-Midtjylland star in the 2022 summer window, before Brugge won the race by meeting their asking price, ironically after receiving the funds from Charles De Ketelaere’s sale.
Seems a bit excessive for a player from Brugge again but he looks like a proper DM.
We need to stop buying average African players, we need to start buying Italians, and honestly we have to many black players, I am not been racist, i am black myself , but even because of the squad limits, we need more Italians, besides we need higher calibre players, not some average player like him , just look at Chukweze….
Come on Usman😂😂 not against buying Italians but it’s not as if there’s a huge talent pool of them.
But you being concerned about the colour of a player instead of ability and competence is weird bro.
You probably judge a black player more and are ‘stricter’ when it comes to criticising them than the other races, based on your comment, I can make that assumption.
But come on Ussy, put down the colour glasses, and work on that self hate😂
Foreign nationals would have landed easier than African players. Average players can come from everywhere. Lookman, Osihmen, Weah should count for something.
Do you think the management are blind or do not know what they want!?
Oh, country you’re from there’s no player what playing for our beloved Milan?
Before you criticize a player check on the characteristics of the player then you know that Milan need Onyedika whom I believed that he can bully our bullies.
He’s not that good Jashari is better.
But why not Ricci Prati?
That really sounds racist I’m not against getting Italians but that really sounds racist
Milan started loosing it since when we lost a certain black skinned Frank Kessie, how about that?