The situation between Paolo Maldini and Gerry Cardinale is not exactly perfect after the owner rejected the idea of making extra funds available for a January signing, a report claims.
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Today’s edition of Tuttosport (via PianetaMilan) talks about the Nicolò Zaniolo situation and how his potential move to Milan broke down. The Roma winger will not arrive at Milan as Maldini hoped, even though he asked the owners for some extra funds to make it happen.
That request was rejected for three main reasons, with the current stance of RedBird being that Maldini and Ricky Massara used the budget that was available for 2022-23 autonomously in the summer window, so Milan had to withdraw from the race.
The rejection that Maldini received from Cardinale has in fact generated a climate of tension between the two, as per the newspaper. The owners would rather try to sign Hakim Ziyech as opposed to helping Roma solve a problem (Zaniolo is no longer wanted) given they are a direct rival for a place in the Champions League.
