Forgot to say, Montella renewed till 2019.

PS Milan opened talks with Dembele. 27M figure being mentioned.

Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund?

Too much for an SPL player (no offence Danny), anything above 20 for him would be ridiculous


No way, the one from Celtic. The Dortmund Demebele will go for close to a 100m when he's sold

GdS | In Cardiff, Fassone and Mirabelli met super-agent Jorge Mendes, agent Ramadani and colleagues of Barcelona and Manchester United.

GdS | Milan does not want to sell De Sciglio to Juventus, but Allegri wants him at Juve. There could be important news soon.

GdS | Fassone and Mirabelli have also discussed Benfica fullback Nelson Semedo with Jorge Mendes.

Morata to Cadena Ser: "My wish is to stay here [at Real Madrid] but I cannot say for sure that this what is going to happen."

Florentino Perez: "James & Morata? We want everyone to stay, also because they have a contract, we'll have to speak."

None taken. You're too kind on the SPL. It's not even a backwater league. As for fee - Celtic don't need to sell, they're in Monaco's shoes. If Milan want him we'll need to pay what they want. Because Marseilla, Dortmund and Sevilla to name just three also want him.

Morata has confirmed today not only does he not want Milan, he doesn't want Italy period. So that's a bust. All the stories in the press were just that - stories, and lies at that. Don't know why I'm even surprised.

And I am still torn on Dembele. I know what he can do, but that was in the SPL. It can make many players look better than they are. There are next to no success stories of Old Firm players managing to assert themselves in top 5 English sides. Victor Wanyama at Spurs is the only example I can think of in the past 20 years.

As for Dembele, neither of the Milanese clubs have ever directly signed an Old Firm player. This would be a first. I remain very conflicted. Morata is gone, and no other striker appears linked.

La Stampa: The only two clubs on the road to Belotti are Milan and Man United. The rossoneri offer 80m euros plus one from Lapadula, Bertolacci or Niang. But the same offer is also from the English team.

Keita Balde wants Juventus, but the pressure of Milan and Inter continues. [GdS]

Fabrizio Romano: Jorge Mendes proposed Andre Silva to Milan, but the rossoneri are focused on getting either Morata, Aubameyang or Belotti.

Il Messagero : Lucas Biglia to Milan is a done deal for €21M + €4M in bonuses.

Il Tempo | Biglia to Milan is a done deal for €18M + €4M in bonuses. Agreement with Biglia at €2.5M + 500K in bonuses. Announcement next week.

CorSera | Milan are offering Donnarumma €4.5M/year in wages, but have rejected all of Raiola's requests for clauses that don't benefit Milan. Milan have sent Donnarumma a clear message: He needs to choose (quickly) between the line of his agent and that of Milan.

Fabrizio Romano | Mirabelli and Fassone discussed Fabinho with Jorge Mendes, who assured them he is almost impossible to sign due to his €60M price tag.

I don't want Belotti. I'm alone on that, but I think he's a small team striker. I think he'd struggle at the expectation of Milan.

Yup. Not sold on Bellotti either. No idea where else we go for a reasonably good striker that will not eat up most of our transfer budget.

I personally don't think the door to Morata is anywhere near closed. This is what he said



So basically it's just a lot of mixed messages.

Think 'certainly I won't return to Italy' is pretty much door closed Han?

If you only look at that sure, but then he goes on to contradict that in the other statements. I personally think it's the usual talk from players, usually the exact opposite of what they repeat in the press ends up happening

The whole situation with Donnarumma is getting ridiculous. I'm slowly getting increasingly mad with Raiola if what the papers say are true. The offer is more than good enough IMO.

Yup. I have been saying all along that Raiola would be a problem.

Linked with Modric. I think he could make an impact on the team.