Charles De Ketelaere is just one step away from packing his bags and joining the nearby league rivals Atalanta. An agreement has been reached between the latter and AC Milan for a loan with an option to buy, reports claims.
De Ketelaere arrived for just over €35m last summer and this price tag came with high expectations, as you would expect. He failed to live up to the hype, though, and Milan opened to the sale already at the start of this summer.
As reported by today’s edition of Gazzetta Dello Sport (see photo below), an agreement has been reached between Milan and Atalanta with the following formula: a paid loan worth around €6m with an option to buy. Only the player’s yes is missing.
Daniele Longo has added that the loan should cost Atalanta €5-6m and they will also cover De Ketelaere’s entire salary of €2.2m net. There should not be a buy-back clause, as confirmed by both of the above sources.
Anto Vitiello, on the other hand, claims that the paid loan will be worth merely €3m and that the buy-out clause will be set at €23m. In the coming hours, more details should surface on the matter.
Update: All credible sources are now saying €3m loan plus €23m buy-out clause.
