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CM: ‘The revolution begins’ – the figures behind Milan’s possible departures

Restarting a season in January is difficult, but possible. Largely, it depends on mercato actions, and this is what AC Milan are relying on.

This season will be seen as a failure by many, despite the heroics in Saudi Arabia. Simply put, Milan have fallen well short of expectations in Serie A, and then fallen short of the back-up expectations. Reasonings can be found in a handful of places as well.

The biggest one to highlight is Sergio Conceicao’s words about the team, and now, a ‘winter revolution’ is in the works. Today, Calciomercato.com states that the ‘revolution begins’.

Emerson Royal is probably the most likely exit currently. Galatasaray are looking at a loan-to-buy agreement, whilst Premier League club Fulham are viewing a permanent deal. He earns €2.5 million per year contract and his total cost including amortisation is €8.38m. Therefore, a €2m loan agreement is required, or a €13m sale now to break even.

Noah Okafor’s exit is also quite likely, especially considering what happened with the RB Leipzig deal. A €2m loan with a buy option of €25m is being viewed by Premier League clubs and his departure would save €1.6m per season.

In recent days, Samuel Chukwueze’s potential departure has come back to light, but the club would need a sale of €15m to break even – he moved for €21.15m and he earns a gross salary of €6.32m.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek can also depart according to reports, and the club will look for a figure of at least €12m if they want to avoid a capital loss on the player. His contract is worth €5.24m gross per season, and he was purchased for €19m.

Strahinja Pavlovic’s situation is difficult, especially considering he is likely to start against Girona on Wednesday night. Despite this, an exit is still possible, but the Rossoneri must receive an offer of more than €20m.

Luka Jovic’s departure will happen this month or at the end of the season, and the club are trying to save some of the €2.6m salary. With no fee paid ‘on arrival’ in the summer, it has meant that no fee is being sought.

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23 Comments

      1. sure but his initial salary is what I mentioned. Royal even earns more than Calabria which he certainly doesn’t deserve in my book.

  1. the revolution from the squad they built? they got rid of maldinis signings who are (bar some flops) successful everywhere they go: CDK, Kalulu, Saelemakers, Adli

    1. They are not enough good for Milan

      Adli Sale And Kalulu should bring decent capital gain. Also De Ketelaere will be shown in book from next financial year, so also 7mill of capital gain.

      1. Are their replacements good enough for Milan? If the replacements are also not good enough (which they clearly are not, hence they are leaving) then your argument is false. “Not good enough” compared to what? You have no reference point. Learn to argue properly.

      2. 1-Cdk better player overall than loftus cheek. 2-saladmaker better player than chuk.3-kalulu better player than emerson( plus can play cb). Wether all these players are milan quality, it’s a different story.

        1. anyone who doesnt see this is a clown. if we sold our guys to get stars then sure it makes sense but we sold them to get more expensive worse players

    2. He certainly did a lot better job with far less means and with a lower salary cap on top of it. When that is said I’m sure that the Cardinale droids will be able to twist and turn things in the name of progress when we actually clearly has regressed.

  2. The Cardinale project in shambles after a season and a half and 200 millions spent. What a bunch of incompetent nincompoops.

    Maybe he’s just coming to a realization there’s no money to be made in this town and with this club the way he wanted.

    Just do us all a favour and sell.

    1. Right on. From that beautiful football we played when we won the scudetto to this freakshow now. Cardinale bussines. Hope he sells ASAP.

  3. Where are all the Redbird Loving LOSERS???

    You know the ones that said we had 2 amazing transfer markets acquiring all this “DEPTH”???? LOLOLOLOLOLO🤡🤡🤡

    Complete FAILURE my management – ALL should be FIRED. Period

    Pavlovic, Emerson Musah RLC Pelligrino Abraham Romero Jovic Chukuweze, Okafor, Abraham Morata etc….all BUSTS who have contributed very little or nothing at all. How much $$$ did we waste on “DEPTH” with transfer fees and salaries combined???

    Hahahahahaha!! It so atrocious you can’t but laugh at this point. And the Redbird Lovers have the balls to criticize Maldini over Origi?????? From now on pls STFU. We are in a HORRIBLE position having to off load all these players and revolutionize the squad yet again

    The people in charge no nothing about football and how to build a winning team. We went from the top to the bottom all in the span of 2 years. Why??? Decisions from Gerry. Disgusting what we are seeing.

    Now we have to pray someone takes our trash. But sides really matter. Nothing will change unless we clean house and that means firing the entire management team and selling the club.

  4. So basically management is having to swallow their ego and take losses on literally every transfer they claimed woupd improve the team. Absolute imbeciles. Paovic and Jovic should stay, Jovic the only striker we have who knows how to score a goal anymore, and Pav has barely had any time to adapt at all but has still shown promise if he’s coached right. The rest we have to take losses on and move on. Rlc and emerson in particular have been abysmal wastes of money, chuk and Okafor just aren’t up to scratch or able to stay fit

  5. Unpopular opinion: Maldini was the best sporting director Milan have had in over a decade…he made alot mistakes like ballo toure and origi, sure…but he made alot of good choices too, many of which culminated into a Scudetto a few years back… and he should’ve never left. Now Milan is in a deeper hole than when he left. If you look for a sporting director who doesn’t make any mistakes, you’ll never find one, the trick is getting one who is at least competent and can admit they made a mistake and fix it early on before it becomes a huge problem further down the road

    1. Yes he was. It’s not only Scudetto but the deep connection he had with certain players. I remember when Spaletti attacked Theo in tunnel and Paolo stepped in and showed Spaletti where his place is. He was at Milanello everyday supporting these lads. Had serious talks with them, chill with them, mentor them. He’s one of the most respected and stand up guys in football. It took him and his colleagues 3 seasons to win Scudetto although they had a 5 year plan. He presented Cardinale new, detailed plan on how to continue in winning ways and stay healthy and profitable. But they didn’t even consider it. They were like no, we’re fine. Now get out. Embarrassing and sad.

    2. This isn’t an “unpopular opinion” – this is FACT

      FACTS are we were so much better off with Maldini than we are with the trash that is Ibra, Moncada and Furlani. That isn’t opinion, that is a FACT

      M&M lead us to a Scudetto and a UCL semi finals. Maldini was 💯 right after we lost to inter to say we needed to spend more money on 2-3 proven players and we could compete and win it all against the best – that was also a FACT

      But nah, instead we have an EGO driven owner who’s feelings were hurt and who doesn’t want to spend $$ and thinks of his INVESTORS First (his words not mine) – also a FACT – so we sold the heart and would of the team for $$$ in Tonali and fired the GLUE that every player in the dressing room respected and trusted and the man who convinced them to come to Milan – Maldini. That is also a FACT. No club that wants to win TITLES and with a YOUNG team that goes to the semi finals of UCL breaks up that team a year later. Serious clubs would build off that success, not destroy it. FACT

      FACT is now we are a cluelessly run club with inexperienced idiots running the show and an absent owner that could care less

      What a DISGRACE. Also a FACT

  6. I think there’s hope for RLC. In my opinion, we need to be rotating more in midfield and up front, to keep our stars fresher and avoid injury (see Pulisic). So I’d like to have RLC play in midfield or at the 10 sometimes. He can even play right back, so maybe we should ship Royal and try RLC out there. I just like the flexibility. I don’t know what’s wrong with Emerson Royal. He’s been bad and somehow Calabria has been worse. I kinda like Pavlovic, but he needs seasoning and he’s not going to get it at Milan with 4 ahead of him on the depth chart. So that was not a good signing unless we’re going to play more back 3. I think he’d be best as left of a back 3. I personally like the back 3 idea as a way to maximize this team’s success, especially in UCL knockouts. It fixes our defensive problems on both flanks. So maybe I’d keep Pavlovic if we’re going to try more of that. Gabbia in the middle, Tomori or Thiaw on the right and Pavlovic on the left could work well. Then put Musah at RWB, Theo LWB, Reijnders and Fofana in the pivot, Leao/Nine of the Week/Pulisic up front. I think that team can defend and counter and beat the best teams in the world (like winning at Madrid).

    I think Fofana has been a good signing. He plays solid football and you need players to battle in midfield and make good choices. I can’t see getting rid of Chuk. I’d rather we get Chuk going again and share minutes amongst Puli/Leao/Chuk.

  7. Realistically RLC is the most useless. 191 guy that can’t jump, hit the ball with his head or be physical and not let someone get past him. He has 1 good characteristic (running forward with ball at his feet) and 90 bad ones. That is why Chelsea sold him easy, and I doubt they were expecting over 10-12M but Milan overpaid. Same for Emerson Royal – 5-7M player, Milan paid 20+. It is not a good deal when you get scammed 😅

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