After losing Gianluigi Donnarumma and Hakan Calhanoglu for nothing, AC Milan could look to exact some revenge by signing a free agent next summer.
MilanLive writes how a lot of clubs are struggling to agree terms with their players who are on expiring contracts as they may wish to open up an auction of sorts and get a better salary elsewhere, and this is where opportunities could arise for the Milan management.
Lorenzo Insigne of Napoli is one of the players the Rossoneri will surely have their eye on as the Partenopei do not seem willing to offer the €5.5m net per season the Italian wants, while Milan are willing to fully guarantee this amount to Franck Kessie.
Milan would also not struggle to put on the table a sizeable offer also to Lorenzo Pellegrini of Roma, Marcelo Brozovic of Inter or Andrea Belotti of Torino. Paulo Dybala could also leave Juventus but would like a figure close to €10m per season to do so.
Opportunities abroad are also possible such as Isco of Real Madrid, Jesus Corona of Porto or James Rodriguez of Everton – all expiring in 2022. Possible replacements for Romagnoli and Kessie must also be considered, and for the former Luiz Felipe of Lazio, Jason Denayer of Lyon, Antonio Rudiger of Chelsea or Boubacar Kamara of Marseille could fit.
Leon Goretzka, Florian Grillitsch and Corentin Tolisso are also options for the midfield, who would certainly represent quality depth.
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Insigne – GET HIM. 5.5M for him is nothin. Perfect for CAM as well as LW.
Pellegrini – Also very good but I would prefer Insigne.
Brozovic- Fuck. no. No Merda player.
Belotti- GET HIM. Heir to Ibrahimovic.
Dybala- Love to get him but salary out of reach
Isco- No. Injury prone. High Salary.
James -No. Injury prone. High Salary.
Jesus Corona- Preferably Berardi for RW, But won’t mind Corona
Luis Felipe- Preferably milenkovic for CB but if not then yes.
Denayer- No. bang average
Rudiger- For me top 5 defenders in the world right now. Would slot exact along Tomori. Won’t be a long term deal. but I would prefer Rudiger above all. DOn’t know if Elliot would allow. 28 yr old on 6M wages
Kamara- Perfect Kessie replacement if not Renato Sanches.
Goretzka- yes. Salary out of reach tho. Bayern would extend most likely.
Gritllisch- No. Kamara or Renato>
Tolisso – NO. Average player
I’d say Belotti and Kamara are the only two who should be of interest in that list. The others are either going to lose value over their contract length because of ago, or will be impossible to get a high wage off the books if they don’t perform.
They’re not free by any means. Also, wages don’t factor in the ‘signing fee’ their agents will be looking for in lieu of a transfer.
Better way to look at it is their cost per season compared to a purchased player.
Insigne, one of the best in his position in Serie during years, and a main part of the European champions is asking for 5.5M and Kessie is asking 8-10M for one good season, lol.
Insigne -yes.
Kamara-definitely
Corona-yes
Fairve-yes
Rudiger-yes but Chelsea will extend
Rest are not worth the money based on ability or salary demands by player. Please do not waste my time with Bellotti. Look what kind of players wore the #9 shirt for this club in the last 3 decades. It can be found in google.
I did like to see Lorenzo Insigne at Milan.