AC Milan are growing in confidence that they can sign Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna this summer after a new meeting with his entourage, a report claims.
According to Sky, Milan and Zirkzee are a little closer to being united. On Saturday, new talks were held between the parties in London, with the Rossoneri’s hope of being able to close the deal quickly remaining intact.
To get to that point however, the player’s entourage’s request for commissions must be smoothed out, which the Dutchman’s agents put at around €15m. Although the Milan management considers the figure to be too high, they will work in the coming days to lower it.
Geoffrey Moncada and his team are in a hurry to complete the operation for two reasons. Firstly they know how important it is to sign a new striker after the exit of Olivier Giroud, and secondly they want to avoid the involvement of Premier League clubs and Juventus in the race.
Milan have been following Zirkzee since the end of last year as we reported at the time, so it is a long-standing interest that the directors hope will lead to the finish line, though a bit more negotiating will be needed it seems.
If the management is willing to pay the 15M agent fee, it would be a slap in the face of the renewal talks with Theo and Mike, amongst others.
Doubt they will
No, it won’t. Zirkzee is a FW, they’re always more expensive. If they don’t pay the agents fee and get the deal done by the 15th of July, the release clause ends and Bologna can ask for however much they want.
It’s stupid to pay agent fee of that percentage. 15m for 40m transfer is 37.5%, it’s crazy high.
Most transfer require less than 5m/10% for agent… For example CDK agent get 2.8m from 32m transfer. RLC agent get around 1m from 20m transfer.
I think the same idea. it’s stupid!
Agent fees happen, but 15 million is ridiculous for a player that would cost 40 million. Outrageous even.
Please no… idiotic fee is just one thing… luka scored 9 this season in obe tenth lf total minutes played by zirkzee for 12
Meaning that Arsenal is no more in contention for Zirkzee. What a pain.
Arsenal not being in the race is a good thing?