Divock Origi was a surprise visitor to Casa Milan on Thursday afternoon, as AC Milan seek a resolution to a now three-year long problem.
As La Gazzetta dello Sport report, Origi’s presence was news in itself, since everyone had lost track of him. Not just the fans, but also the club. Tare’s arrival evidently also served to re-establish contact with the ‘vanished striker’, also because there is the need to bring the matter to a close.
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No agreement found
The striker went up to the fourth floor of the club’s headquarters, where he did not stay for very long. Translated: no agreement. On the table was, and remains, the termination of the contract, expiring in a year.
The Belgian earns €4m net, or €5.2m gross with the mitigation of the Growth Decree. These are effectively millions that the Rossoneri are continuing to throw out the window. To say goodbye a year early, however, it is obviously necessary to find an agreement on the severance pay.
It is an agreement that has not been found today, so a second round is expected in the next few days. Origi, who turned 30 in April, will have to somehow find a point of agreement with the Diavolo if he wants to start playing again.
The risk, if this is not the case, is that of repeating last season’s trend: out of the project, out of the squad. A year ago he was aggregated to Milan Futuro, where he never trained or played. Divock spent a year, well paid, training alone between Rome and Florence (never setting foot in Milanello).
Milan want to avoid wasting another €5m and in the meantime hope that the Belgian wants to take back a career that was once bright.
Not a serious footballer. Will likely find it hard to get a contract next year, any longer than a season…
Yeah, UCL winner doesn’t mean winner in serie a
This guy scored 68 career goals in 360 games as a footballer is a joke. Signing this guy was the biggest mistake our club has ever made. I’d rather have Gianni Comandini again than Origi in a Milan shirt.
Yeah, and also Ricardo Oliveira or Paloschi, heck even Tomasson was better.
Comparing Tommason and that fraud is a crime, its not even close in any circumstance. JDT was a super sub for us, and scored in essential match . Better to compare him with Luiz Adriano, but still that fraud is far far worst than Luiz Adriano
Yeah JDT plating style similar to Pippo back then. And he’s actually playing better in National Team.
I believe we need to make an example of this person.
Forget the 5m, he has cost us more already.
He should be sent to the Futuro, made to train hard every day go to games and play in Serie D.
Any complaints or misbehaviour have him fined and if he really does not comply, sue him for breach of contract
I think Milan will be very careful with legals with Origi bearing in mind he could probably argue his situation is entirely the club’s fault for trying to force him out of a contract against his will. He would have been happy to train and prove his place in the first team in his second season but we never gave him a chance.
Pay the man his remaining year on his contract and let him do what he likes, he’s done us no wrong at all – the club just decided they didn’t want him after signing him.
Of course no agreement with the parasite. I’m sure Tare will find a solution though. He’s not the one to mess with.
Probably he will stay for 6 months and take half of salary, when Milan will lose him out on mutual agreement
Everyone is hating on Origi. Meanwhile, the real problem is not even him or the fact that he was signed. The problem is ego and a lack of diplomacy by the management. Milan has had history of players who took pay cuts, forfeited salary for months they were injured and couldn’t play, or even terminated their contract out of mutual respect.
Origi had a bad first season. He arrived earlier than everyone for the following season. Instead of giving him the benefit of doubt, some douchebag felt he could push him around when you have a contract in place. Just like that, you tell a grown-up UCL winner — I don’t care if he was a sub in the games. Meanwhile the lapdog who proclaims himself a lion never won a UCL title couldn’t advice that the it was wrong to treat a footballer like that. Who knows? It was probably his idea.
This same Ibra spent 80% of the time in the scudetto season not playing, collecting a fat paycheck. Yet, the egomaniac believes he’s the one responsible for the scudetto success.
Great post Nino.
Whilst he was never going to be our star striker, we never gave a fit Origi a full pre season or a decent chance.
Despite the treatment, he’s stayed professional and silent throughout and never said a bad word.
Pay him up and move on, it’s the club’s mistake more than his.
Origi is a sore loser, who’s willingly spending prime years of his career in the reserves.
Winston Bogarde had way more titles than this dud & that does not change the fact that both prefer rotting in reserves for a fistful of dollars.
No player that is passionate about the game would allow spending time on the bench. Seeing 0 games 0 goals in a seasonal statistic without being injured is a disgrace.
What a true professional would have done, is to get in touch with an agent & arrange a transfer to a team where he will be considered a first team player. Taking a pay-cut if necessary.
Absolute disrespect.
While they tried terminate his Salary last season after a miserable spell at N Forest in the EPL. Nobody came forward and asked for a loan nor does his agent tries to find solutions that’s what he faces. Maybe small club would be interested if he was free
Most players who thrive at Liverpool flops elsewhere. Mane is another example
@Nino exactly. People seem to be on about Origi taking a paycheck and not addressing the other side of that coin…in management’s unprofessional behavior. So far I have not heard Origi refusing to train or any other ill behavior. But we did hear in public Zlatan banishing him to the Futuro, a demotion if you will and doesn’t match the level of his ability (former senior team player, UCL winner) or what he was hired for. So management just upset that his transfer didn’t pan out the way the want so they threw a hissy for? What about all the others that didn’t pan out…maybe they should also be out to the Futuro. I don’t understand. They either honor the contract or find a solution. Sticking him in the Futuro is not a solution. It’s a waste of a player and comes off a petty
“But we did hear in public Zlatan banishing him to the Futuro, a demotion if you will and doesn’t match the level of his ability (former senior team player, UCL winner) or what he was hired for…”
Every club does this. Bale and Prince Boateng were sent to the youth team at Tottenham because they were not performing enough at the first team, but Boateng said, that was the turning point for Bale, he played like his life depended on it, became arguably the best LW and earned his move to Madrid.
Look, you guys who never played this sport have too many opinions that sometimes is sickening to take.
Do you really know what goes on in a professional football club?
Gosh.
Well said bro
U have said it all
And would have been better to have him last season with jovic,Abraham
Management who made this decision is another topic. I was totally against this transfer in the first place.
Statistics says everything. Origi is a striker that is just unable to score. He was never a Milan material & was obvious to many, aside from the management.
Should should have went for Belotti instead & saved his career this way. Being a club fan, he just might have found a way to rise & shine once again. I believe he was hoping Milan would snatch him up & when it became obvious that it wouldn’t happen, got depressed & signed for a place where he did not want to be. Hence zero goals in Serie A that season. Very, very sad for him.
Eh….i hate to say it but it’s not Origi’s fault we chose to give him a 20mil contract and pay way over the market.
This is on Milan. Sucks but there is no reason he shouldn’t expect to receive what he is owed.
Bad evaluation by Milan. Bad negotiation by Milan. Hard lessons are learned the hard way.
both (the management and the player itself) at fault for the current conditions.. as we all know this management often mistreat players and coaches, but the player itself is quite a headache. hope Tare can solve this problem.
Allow Origi to leave he’ll find a club and come back to be on form