The rumours circulating which claim that Malick Thiaw is close to joining Newcastle United have been denied by his agent, and he wants to stay at AC Milan.
A report from HITC in England earlier today claimed that Newcastle are close to agreeing a £35m deal – which is around €41m – for Thiaw after talks were held over the weekend. Meanwhile, Strahinja Pavlovic is set to join Milan from Red Bull Salzburg.
According to Patrick Berger of Sky Germany, the aforementioned report is in fact not true, and his agent Gordon Stipic confirmed this in a comment that he made to the journalist.
“The current reporting about my client Malick Thiaw in connection with a possible transfer to Newcastle United is false and incorrect. Therefore, I will not comment on any further rumours,” he said.
Berger adds that Newcastle are still ‘very interested’ in the German centre-back and have presented their project but no decision has been made yet and there is no agreement so far. Thiaw can also imagine the idea of staying at Milan because he is ‘very happy in Italy’.
Milan may well also be open to the idea of keeping Thiaw given that he is still young and has potential to grow, while the exit of Simon Kjaer means the squad is already one centre-back down.
So HITC is unreliable then.
I would prefer if he stays to be honest. Thiaw has a lot of potential and room for improvement under a good coach like Fonseca who is better with developing young players like he did with Lenny Yoro.
So I believe Thiaw will improve under
Always trust an agent’s word. Always. 😶
This. Absolutely true every time. 🙂
I think I trust Tony Blair’s evidence for “weapons of mass destruction” more than an agent’s interview during the mercato. Hopefully we’re still going to be saying ciao to Thiaw.
Hahahaha
Fabrizio ROmano has already covered it. so it might be true!
I understand 40mil is a big return on him.
1. The issue is then that when we go looking for his replacement, other clubs will know we have the money and will inflate the prices.
2. After Pioli’s defensive mess and injury ravaged season, Thiaw hasn’t really shone in a functional system with proper coverage. Offloading him now seems premature.
3. If he is drumming up 40mil now, imagine how much money he would have thrown at us after a good season with Fonseca…
This will eventually come to realisation because we have no transfer funds to conclude crucial deals such as for Fofana.
After all speculations who will be sold to generate transfer funds, Thiaw is this season’s sacrifical lamb. Hope that’s it for this summer.