[han2503]

All Summer Transfer talk here

Let's hope it's a good one

[han2503]

Yes, but bear in mind a preliminary agreement is not final until there's the closing. Right now it's not RedBird alone calling the shots, but RedBird and Elliott together. And whatever requests Maldini might have, RedBird are not just going to satisfy him and sh*t on their partners in this project.

That being said, Maldini seems to have installed a very good relationship with Cardinale already. It's being mentioned that the renewals might finally come this week. They should be for two years with option for the third.

On a side note, Sanches just posted this comment on Twitter: "Choose the best for your soul, not your ego"... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

True but again, the Maldini-Cardinale "good relationship" story comes from the media. Who have proven that they know absolute zilch about Milan at this point

The Gazzetta interview for me is the only thing I can go off of since it's actual quotes coming from Maldini and that interview did not paint a serene picture.

Let's see what happens, we're heading into mid-week and things have not been resolved yet. The media said they'd renew this week. They also said a lot of stuff re budget, targets and other BS when the future of the management is uncertain which makes absolutely no sense

Finally some official words. The absolute silence of the last couple of weeks was becoming worrisome.

Scaroni isn't the most trustworthy person. Strikes me as the smarmy type. Until I see an official announcement I won't relax

Longo: Milan's 45-50m summer budget causes slowdown ? Maldini is 'not happy'

45-50m? What are we, Lazio? This is beyond ridiculous. I hope it's just usual journalism BS.

No way that's the budget. And it still wouldn't make any sense since the narrative of the media right now is that they're about to renew. So if the issue was that budget then that would have had to change for Paolo and Massarra to agree to new deals

Longo started this report btw, and while I rate him slightly higher than some for Milan stuff, I really do not think any of these journalists know what the budget will be

Scaroni stated that the change of ownership is the reason for the delays. He indicated that he is not worried about Maldini and Massara renewals. He also mentioned Gazidis will continue at least till his contract is up in November.

Di Marzio concurs that Redbird is the main reason for the delays. However is confident Maldini and Massara will remain, once their ccontracts are signed the transfer activity will speed up. He further goes on to mention an alternative to Sanchez, Enzo Fernandez of River Plate. Maldini/Massara prefer Sanches, however if PSG are persistent they will move to plan B and C. With regards to Enzo, Benfica and Wolverhampton have already bid for the player, but he is waiting for Milan as his priority.


What I can gather here is that the club has plan A, B and C. If one doesn't work they already identified another a while ago. Hence it is not a 'scrapping from the bottom of the barrel' or scavenging for a stop gap.


This is elevating news.

Sanches has to be closed. He's a must. We've been working on him for around 7 months FFS!! I'd rather we leave the Botman deal and focus on him. We're already strong in defence. We just need another player to round out the bench. The midfield however is high priority with the loss of Kessie. Especially if Pioli want to keep using a 3 there