In the last few hours conflicting news has been bouncing around the future of Renato Sanches, with media from different countries reporting various angles.
In both Portugal and Italy there is talk of a general agreement reached between Lille and AC Milan over a transfer fee, but there are also rumours from Sanches’ home country and from France that Paris Saint-Germain are concretely interested. Our colleagues at SempreMilan.it provide the latest news.
PSG: bluff or reality?
The Portuguese newspaper Record speaks of a clear stance by Sanches who – in order to go to PSG – is strongly rejecting the contract offers put forward by Milan. In Italy, on the other hand, Tuttosport speak openly of bluffing by PSG, set up by the player’s entourage in order to get as much out of Milan in salary and commissions.
The situation
The economic power that PSG have means that sealing a deal potentially worth less than €15m for Sanches should not represent a major hurdle, especially given it represents a quarter of what they Parisians invested over a week ago for Vitinha.
The player was signed from Porto for the same role as Sanches would play, which underlines how their sporting directing Luis Campos is evaluating other options without showing any real interest in accelerating for his former Lille pupil.
Milan have always been keen and have an agreement with Lille, a club they share good relations with. Meanwhile, Renato Sanches visited Milanello in May to view the facilities up close.
What happens now
Now things seem to have changed also due to the greed of Jorge Mendes, in stark contrast to Milan’s policy which is still reluctant to heed to the demands of agents. With Mendes, however, the Rossoneri will have to maintain as peaceful relations as possible because the negotiations for the renewal of Rafael Leao beckon.
The future of Renato Sanches and Leao therefore remain nebulous but Milan are not giving up: in the next week the ‘status quo’ should change, one way or another.
