AC Milan have several players out on loan at the moment, but two midfielders are almost certain to return once the season ends.
La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that the potential €100m or more in takings from loan deals with permanent clauses is set to dwindle. Ismael Bennacer and Yunus Musah will not be bought out in June by Dinamo Zagreb and Atalanta.
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A total of €40m is at stake (€15m for the Algerian, €25m for the American). In a couple of months, Milan will find themselves welcoming the pair back, two players who aren’t part of the project and will have to find new accommodation.
However, considering their less-than-stellar performances in recent years, it won’t be an easy task, also because of the costs involved.
Uncertain fates
At Atalanta, Musah has always been a third-choice option, first under Juric and then under Palladino. Out of his 26 appearances, he’s only started five. He scored two goals, including one in the Coppa Italia semi-final first leg against Lazio, which earned a 2-2 draw.
Atalanta will not spend the €25m agreed for his buy-out, and in June Musah will return to Milan, where he also started the 2-0 win against Lecce in August. Under Massimiliano Allegri he could have been a useful all-rounder, but the American has never truly been central to the project.
The Rossoneri will try to sell him again, but it won’t be easy. The Premier League could be an attractive option, perhaps to a mid-table team. Or a return to LaLiga, perhaps to Valencia, where Musah had excelled and convinced the directors to spend €20m.
Bennacer will likely lift a trophy in a month before returning to Milan. Dinamo Zagreb are dominating the Croatian league and, with seven games remaining, hold a 10-point lead over Hajduk Split, led by ex-Milan man Ante Rebic.
Bennacer has played 13 games this season, scoring one goal and providing two assists. In August, he wasn’t included in the UEFA Europa League squad, and in February he missed a month due to injury. Overall, he has never been convincing.
Dinamo Zagreb will not use their €15m option, and the Algerian will return to base in June. Milan will have to sell him, but the mission won’t be easy, for two reasons. First, Bennacer’s salary is €4m net per year. Second, the demand for him isn’t booming.
One scenario could be Saudi Arabia, where some interest has emerged. It’s more complicated for him to stay in Europe, also given his inconsistent performances in recent years. He wasn’t bought out last summer by Marseille, Allegri didn’t even take him on tour, and he will return again.
I can’t believe there are people still supporting this clown. Furlani and him need to leave the club asap.
I would fire both, but how is it Tare’s fault that teams don’t want to buy players that he didn’t sign?
Also, its Furlani that does the transfer negotiations.
Stop writing stupid lies. No, Furlani is not negotiating.
They both do, fulani likes to make deals behind tares back sometimes.
The loan of Mussah was the deal I was most worried about las summer; how much would Atalanta want to take him off our hands?
So how ac milan transfer strategy works ?
You have year per year generated income from capital gains. And than there is potential income from europe competition. Europe competition is not fixed base because there is no warranty for team to get certain position.
So thats why Milan buy “opportunities ” and players to be developed for… to gain from plusvalenza – players sales.
You buy 10 players in 1 season or 2 seasons etc… theirs total transfer spending budget is croosed over through years of contract, so even if player is not good at Ac Milan or sent out of loan, gives Milan big opportunity for capital gain.
Milan now have probably fixed income around 350to 400 millions without europe and capital gains. So missing gap to keep fluctuating this kind of business is from 50 to up to 100 million from capital gains.
For example you have now Chukwueze on books who will from next season be worth 8.5 million just like musah.
So in the books sale from 10 million of each shows you small capital gain.
Now calculate plusvalenza from 25 million sales.
Raising revenues Milan put bigger bar on ammortisation and salaries like Nkunku and Jashari purchases.
Jashari is kind of prospect for plusvalenza jus like Ricci is.
Nkunku was more of give result this season player.
Thats why Milan have these kind of buy type of players. 10 mill, 15-20 mill, 25+. And 30 to 35 max.
Flop players are those who cant be sold later easily like Morata, Royal or now Bennacer.
Chukwueze and Musah are still not.
Welcome home, Ismael.
Benacer will keep getting loaned out until his contract runs out. Musah I’d be curious to see under Allegri. Otherwise also keep loaning out with option.
Interesting point on Musah. Me too. Musah could learn a lot from Rabiot. They strike me as a similar profile, though of course Musah is raw and unaccomplished compared to Rabiot. But they are both ball carriers, physical, and can slice through the midfield with the ball. If Musah could learn from Rabiot to deliver it to our forwards in stride, he could be useful.
Musah will be sold to England, maybe even Championship.
Bennacer Saudia
Hopefully we’ll have 25-30 millions from both
We have people here supporting Furlani/ Redbirds (they don’t like Maldini etc),
And, we have people like Royale from yesterday
We have people like Estupido from today
We will have people like Musah tomorrow.
Those are the “best” fans here. lol
Never been a fan of Musah, but I’m curious to see him under Allegri. He can be one of the alternatives in the right wing back post. And we know how much Allegri loves this kind of physical player.
For Isma, well I don’t think he’ll ever put Milan shirt again as the bridge had burnt down with his Marseille move. The best case is to offload him with zero to minimum transfer fee just to write off his high salary.