AC Milan’s management held a meeting with the agent of Chelsea forward Armando Broja on Tuesday to help facilitate a move for the Albanian, a report claims.
As has been reported by Calciomercato.com, Milan technical director Paolo Maldini and sporting director Frederic Massara met with Cheikh Fall and the rest of Broja’s entourage at Casa Milan.
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The 2001-born striker was on loan from Chelsea at Southampton last season and was very impressive. He has since returned to Chelsea but is not a regular starter for the Premier League side.
Milan want to sign a younger striker in the summer to accommodate for the fact that Olivier Giroud and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are ageing. The futures of Ante Rebic and Divock Origi will be evaluated in due course but as it stands, the club are exploring other young options.
His age and physical profile fits perfectly with Milan’s current transfer strategy which is why they are taking action.
Ziyech agent at Milan today, now Broja agent at Milan today, Leao skipps contract meeting (or it was cancelled) fk im not so confident of a renewal now, looking more like players plus cash deal from chelsea, this is crap man.
That agent probably has 20 other clients so media just picks one of them to write a story about it.
He is most likely there to offer Milan some players for the primavera
No way Milan accepts cash plus player exchange when they already had a cash only offer from Chelsea at the end of August.
Also Chelsea refused 30 mil pounds offer from west ham for Broja and they extended his contract few weeks ago till 2028
That cash deal was for 80 on. In January Leao will have 1.5 years left on his contract, meaning that next summer Milan basically lose complete control of the the narrative. Broja renewed? So? Chelsea have the money to tie down a talent, unlike Milan, even if they’re not using him so that they can precisely use that player as a bargaining chip, or keep loaning and sell for max value. Atalanta does this all day. So yeah, Broja plus cash for Leao, or even Broja and Ziyech plus cash for Leao is not a crazy thought, and possibly not a terrible solution in January. Good old Rebic at LW to finish the season, Ziyech at RW (or even CAM), and Broja at ST. Then we’ll also have another 40m (guessing) in cash to spend on a new young LW in the summer or for another position. This is how you build squads, not putting all your eggs in one basket (that sometimes plays at 50%). Frankly, I don’t care what ultimately happens with Leao, as long as he doesn’t leave for free. If he does, I will for the first time seriously question Maldini and Massara.
Throw in another 40-50m from the regular transfer budget and you could say we’d have two positions where we need A LOT of help covered plus 90m to spend in the summer of 2023. With that we could replace LW, strengthen CM (with the famous Kessie replacement), and add proper back ups for Theo, Mike and Calabria. Then we will have a squad with quality and depth enough to fight on all fronts, like Napoli.
If Milan is forced to sell Leao i don’t want any Chelsea attacking players.
Broja will not come in for less than 35 and he is unproven.
Ziyech will not come for less than 20, has a 6 mil salary that I doubt would wanna cut 40% and even though Chelsea has changed 3 coaches while he has been a Chelsea player the only constant is that they all thought he isn’t worth playing.
There are plenty other players out there that can be purchased with money of supposed Leao sale. Chelsea can keep their inflated, overvalued overrated players.
Renew Leao but if you have to sell CASH ONLY
Fair points. But I think you over estimate the ability to just go out there and get some kind of start for nothing. A striker “guaranteed” (I use quotes because nothing is guaranteed) to score 20+ goals per season will not arrive for less than 50m, and probably request a salary in the 4-6m range. Similarly, you you replace like for like on the left wing, what are we talking about? Leao is being valued at 150m (realistically more like 120m) and is asking for at least 7m in salary. So obviously he is not just going to be replaced. There has to be a happy medium out there in finding productive players who cost something but don’t break the bank. Otherwise you’re spending 35m on a 19 y/o again and hoping that in 2-3 seasons he’s doing something. Meanwhile the club will struggle to finish top 4.
That agent probably has 20 other clients so media just picks one of them to write a story about it.
He is most likely there to offer Milan some players for the primavera
No way Milan accepts cash plus player exchange when they already had a cash only offer from Chelsea at the end of August.
Also Chelsea refused 30 mil pounds offer from west ham for Broja and they extended his contract few weeks ago till 2028
Broja is not worth it… there are lots of young talents out there !