AC Milan could enter the race for Hellas Verona full-back Jackson Tchatchoua, but they face some competition it seems.
The news broke late on Monday evening that Milan have wrapped up a deal worth €17m plus €2m in bonuses for Pervis Estupinan with Brighton. Therefore, the left-back position should be sorted once he lands, does his medical and signs.
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Tchatchoua for the right?
Following interest from Inter, Napoli, and Nottingham Forest – who are ready to offer €12m, after previously offering €10m – TMW report that the Rossoneri are keen on signing Tchatchoua from Verona.
Given their difficulties in finding a full-back for that side (interest in Marc Pubill has been cooled, Guela Doué is being held up by Chelsea), the directors could accelerate their pursuit in the coming hours.
So far, however, no acceptable offer has arrived on Verona’s desk. Inter are monitoring the situation, while Napoli are focused on Juanlu Sanchez who they could sign for around €15m plus bonuses.
In the background, there is also interest from several clubs in the Belgian, such as Torino (where he would be reunited with coach Baroni) and Fiorentina, although the choice would be for a big club.
Last season, Tchatchoua performed well, with 36 league appearances, two goals and three assists. Galatasaray and Olympique Marseille are in the picture too, the latter having already inquired during the January transfer window but not yet made any progress.
Would rather play saelemakers than jackson talk tuah
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Not great, not terrible. He can develop to be good player, but it’s not a guarantee of quality. I’d prefer someone better, proven.
Lucas Vazquez is out of contract with Real Madrid. Him with Saelemakers could be a solid duo for right back. Of course if he is willing to accept reasonable salary.
Lucas Vázquez is a decent right winger but a terrible right back. The reason he was used so often in that position especially last season was because of Carvajal’s injury and Real Madrid’s lack of options (they spent all their money on forwards but none on defenders).
We quickly went away from “becoming more Italian”, that didn’t last long.
Well you can “technically” say that this player is at least from serie A, so while not Italian but at least not foreign to the league.
If this guy wasn’t born in Belgium but in Cameroon I would have said he was 30 years old, not 23 😆😆