Repubblica: Milan agree terms with Lille defender – work ongoing to bridge €7m gap

By Oliver Fisher -

AC Milan have agreed personal terms with Lille’s Tiago Santos over a potential move during the summer mercato, according to a report.

We were the first to report Santos’ name back in April, stating that the management are looking for a new right-sided defender and that the Portuguese was seen as an ideal profile due to his age and potential.

Since then, confirmations regarding out story have followed from various sources, such as yesterday’s report from Calciomercato.com which claimed that the arrival Paulo Fonseca as the new head coach will accelerate things and that a bid of €10m plus bonuses is ready.

Now, La Repubblica are claiming that the Milan management have agreed terms with Santos over a prospective contract, which he would of course sign if a full agreement was reached between the clubs over a transfer fee.

Geoffrey Moncada and his team are wanting to close the deal for around €8m but Lille are asking for €15m and at the moment they are showing no signs of dropping that asking price.

Nonetheless, Santos has already chosen: he wants to join the Rossoneri. The 21-year-old’s entourage are working on the operation and there will be more talks in the coming days with the hopes of striking a meeting point.

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24 Comments

    1. Yeah Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich are working hard to try to steal him from us. Fingers crossed!

      1. Looks a good player to me.

        Imagine what you et al. would say if we spent the summer chasing those clubs’ actual targets and lost every time (which we reasonably would because we are simply not in their league any more)! Your keyboard would be on fire

  1. Another RB to add to our ever growing list of RB’s, great move and another import to add to our ever growing list of international players, it really amazes me how much we hate our Italians

        1. Bellanova is dumped by milan. This guy have compliment from maldini but the management say no. No he already improve with torino. Last match with milan, he give some assist for 2nd torino goal. If im not mistaken..

    1. I tire… Dis Tiago Santos is not bett r than bellanova… We definitely need more Italians in dis team… This Cardinale is just an idiot…thank God d nonsense growth decree is abolished… How can the Italian team not have a single player from Milan..it’s appalling

    1. We already have 3, and I for 1 am happy with all 3, our captain, Florenzi and Terraciano. I personally am more than happy with all 3, Terraciano needs to be given a proper chance and not be vilified after 1 mistake.
      Other than that Di Lorenzo or Bellanova wouldn’t be a bad addition

  2. 2 days after now santos agent demand more fee, milan wont accept it and the searching of new player started again n again with the same result, n we gonna start the new season with mediocre addition…
    Its already in our veins, its now how it work in this club thnks too american’s money ball

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