AC Milan are looking to complete their defence with a centre-back before the window closes, and according to a report, Manuel Akanji is their primary target.
The season opener against Cremonese highlighted Mian’s flaws at the back and since then, they have been evaluating the centre-back options on the market. Akanji was quickly mentioned as an option and talks have already been started with Manchester City.
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According to Fabrizio Romano in his latest YouTube video, there are ‘no problems’ between Milan and the English side in the negotiations. The starting price is £15m (pounds, mind you) and a slight discount could be obtained, for a final cost of around €15-17m.
Salary the only obstacle
However, as the journalist continues, the main obstacle in the negotiations is Akanji’s salary, which is very high by Milan’s standards. The 30-year-old is open to the move but it remains to be seen if he’s willing to accept a sizeable pay cut.
As an example, Christopher Nkunku (who arrived for his medical tests this morning) agreed to lower his salary to €5m per season to join Milan. Just in case, as Romano concludes, Arsenal’s Jakub Kiwior is being monitored as an alternative since his move to Porto hasn’t been closed yet.
The upcoming hours should tell us more about the situation as Milan don’t have much time, with the window closing on Monday night.
so he has to half his salary basically… 10.8M early salary is insane…
5.4M hopefully is the magic number
then Valhovic also max 6.5M, matching Leao
Rabiot will for sure rob us
but these 3 are a must at this point
In Italy, reported salaries are always net.
In England they usually report the gross salary. So not sure how this is reported.
It is gross amount.
Not true. He has 6M net + bonuses.
We need BOTH Akanji and Kiwior!
That would be perfect, been hoping for that to happen
This is interesting. But that salary is monstrous. Hope he can choose game time in front of money. It’s not like he will become poor if he does move…
Leao is paid more than Akanji at City.
Yet another “swiss”. Let him go to Turkey & get an Italian defender, ffs!
Maybe if there was a single italian defender better than akanji…
Can we bring some older?? we are joke
LOL!!!! There’s always some clowns who still haven’t figured out in general the best defenders out there are older, more experienced ones. 30? CB? Old? Btch, please! 😀 😀 😀
He’s half way through his prime!!!
It’s not football manager where the 20 rated 16 year old Brazilians are the best players in the world.
Not everyone can be a project. We’ll get 2 brilliant years out of him and a couple more decent ones.
A 30 year old CB that was playing for one of the top teams in Europe is too old? Are on you crack? Akanji is probably the best name we’ve been linked to out there. And CBs can easily play to 35-36 yrs old, and no doubt he will.
Well said, mate. Best name we’ve been linked with so far, defensively. Tare, please, bring him on board.
Heard of Acerbi, Inter signed him ar 34. 2 CL finals with him in the team.
do u know how old Barzagli prime? & recently Acerbi is still better than all our CBs
Akanji is a maths genius so he will know if we’re ripping him off even by a penny🤣
Seriously, hope this happens though.
Unrelated, but I’m sad for the Jimenez transfer to the prem… boy could have been useful. I like talented players, and he has shown his talent, and he can still improve. Let’s see if this Swiss RB will make us forget.
Forza Milan
this is current management job. Jimenez for Athakeme. it sounds like big joke. we bought no name and lost great talent. big joke. no management in the club. no future.
this club going to the dogs. Akanji, Nkunku, Athekame and who else? it sounds like transfers to Parma or Lecce, not to AC Milan. disaster. and we lost first game with Cremonese. current managment is terrible.
Sounds like a transfer to Parma or Lecce?
You do realize that Akanji plays for ManCity where he won the UCL and the Premier league as a starter.
Nkunku has been a player of the year and top goalscorer of the year in the Bundesliga.
Athekame is a young player.
don’t be silly. everyone know that these players already finished. no any clubs even want them.
Everyone knows? By everyone you mean you, that obviously knows nothing?
LMAO Akanji was a starter for Manchester City you putz. And is considered a top caliber defender. Nkunku while having some injury problems, still played for Chelsea and before that RB Leipzig.
Lecce couldn’t afford either of them.
I only wrote about their current level. it’s the same like Leao. pernament injury or lazy perform.
Where is your clown nose? Akanji played 45 games last season. He’s starter.
@Goku stop educating that fool, leave that to his mom that abandoned him and followed her juvenile lover.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 hahahahahaa
Are you trying to become the top clown? You are doing great.
Overdramatic comments, lel.
Kiwior is not what we need. Trust me I am Polish and I have been following Kiwior’s career since he played in Slovak league, and then as DM under Motta in Spezia, and in the Polish national team. He will never become our first choice starting CB, he is OK for depth, but he is not good enaught to be long-term starging CB.
He has 6M net + bonuses. Milans idea is to reduce his wage? He isn’t stupid, Fing Galatasaray is not offering below that, he will go to Tottenham.