Matteo Moretto has denied that AC Milan were ever seriously in the mix to sign Riccardo Calafiori from Arsenal in the summer.
Going into the summer window there was a lot of speculation about whether Milan might sell to buy in the centre-back department. In the end, Malick Thiaw left for Newcastle United in a deal that could fetch €40m, with Koni De Winter and David Odogu arriving for a combined €30m.
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However, in June it was Calafiori’s name that was floating around, albeit tentatively. Carlo Pellegatti spoke about Massimiliano Allegri’s desire to have the Italy international, who can play centre-back or left-back.
Never for sale
Moretto spoke during a video update on his YouTube channel and in addition to giving some background on Milan being close to signing a Real Madrid full-back, he addressed the Calafiori rumours too.
“There was a lot of talk about Calafiori during the summer transfer window, especially with a view to joining AC Milan,” he said (via MilanNews).
“The defender, who has a contract with Arsenal until 2029, was linked with Milan, but in reality the player was never up for sale and never considered leaving the Premier League. Therefore, there were never any grounds for seeing Calafiori leave London.”
In 2023 they have the choice between him & Pellegrino Argentine player, either them with same age same price tag 4Millions, they opted for Pellegrino, 3 years later this latter sold for just 3Millions meaning a loss, Calafiori 1year later sold for 45Millions.
Screw you Managers for the same amount you widely choose the foreign even he is way less talented than the Italian.
This, the RedBird lovers will conveniently forget this because of their anti-Italian bias. Now, he’s starting for Arsenal, the second best team in the PL.
It’s all about the Growth Decree. Milan can and will save millions by choosing a foreigner over Italians every time. Because money is all that matters. Even though they would have collected an insane profit by choosing Calafiori instead of Pellegrino but it is what it is. Milan loves foreigners and their Growth Decree.
redSh!t MONeyballCADA machine detecting.. he is Italian aka overatted & overprice, should be 10m @max, priority.. French/ non-Italian players cz their quality is triple of their price tag.. even Ricci is becoming new Terraciano