Understanding one step with the Feyenoord for 32 million plus bonuses. Today I meet with the Portuguese agent, Camarda blocked

Journalist

February 1 – 00:30 – MILAN

The lights of the Rossoneri office remained on until last night late: inside they tried to order. At work only the cleaning staff, who had the task of reorganizing the rooms after a very long day of work, and the Ad Furlani. To him the task of rearranging the team. The first goal is to add new goals and today it can finally be the big day: that of Santiago Gimenez’s signature. It has been a long and full of obstacles to almost the finish line, which however now be glimpsed: 32 million euros plus bonuses easily accessible. This is the offer that almost won the resistance of Feyenoord. The Rossoneri updated their first proposal with a substantial economic effort. In fact, the millions of euros will not enter the cash that would have given the Champions League, qualifying directly among the first sixteen teams of the tournament. Today, however, it can be closed with the exchange of documents and all signatures on contracts. In addition to that of the AD, engaged at the forefront of the whole negotiation, also that of President Paolo Scaroni: for business that exceeds 20 million, the president of the president also serves. To get to their destination, Milan had to get around other difficulties. The first, in truth, of little account. A sigh of relief: the medical tests on Santiago Gimenez, who came out injured in the Champions League match against Lille, detected a light physical trouble. From the moment the negotiation will unlock, the player can get on the first plane for Milan and make himself available to Conceiçao. Nyon also tried to get on the Milan-Rotterdam axis: the UEFA draw coupled Milan and Feyenoord in the playoff for the Champions League round of 16. A sports crossing that certainly did not favor that of the market: on February 12 the Dutch will face Milan at San Siro for the first time with an extra reinforcement. Reinforcement from Rotterdam.

Man goal

So the problem of the goal is solved? Certainly Santiago will help. In the season he marked 16 goals in 19 games, including 7 in Eredivisie and 5 in the Champions League. In practice, he scored more than all the Rossoner’s tips put together: Morata and Abraham arrived at 6 per head. By the way: as soon as Gimenez is a new Rossoneri striker, Alvaro will wear the Galatasaray shirt. Tammy will remain as an alternative. Jovic is esteemed by the coach but the club would like to deprive it. Also on Camarda there is no agreement: Monza offered him a starting position for the next eighteen months, but time has been taken to reflect.

Another Portuguese

Finished here? Not exactly, the last hours of negotiations announce frenetic. After struggling in the last games to find the door, Milan can place the brace on the market. In addition to Gimenez, Joao Felix will be discussed. And it will be discussed in person: Jorge Mendes’ arrival, manager of Joao Felix, is expected during the day. An attack joker that can return unpredictability to a department that seems to have lost inspiration and imagination. The negotiation between the club to reach an agreement, necessary and demanding for Gimenez, would be much simpler in this case. Milan would borrow it from Chelsea: a formula to be descended then next summer. At 25 Joao, a great promise of Portuguese football, still looks for a definitive statement: Milan would be a new attempt after the experiences at Benfica first, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid then. Today he is a Chelsea player where, however, he struggles again to establish himself definitively: the agent, the same of Sergio Conceiçao, pushes him to San Siro. AC Milan on the attacking trocar still needs: Okafor is now on the margins, Pulisic and Leao are the still points, Chukwueze the only reliable alternative. Rafa, by the way: there was a call from Saudi Arabia. Exactly, on the other side of the phone, there was the Al Nassr of Stefano Pioli. For the 10 Rossoneri they were ready for a super offer, certainly not at the level of the termination clause: 175 million. There was no dialogue: the Ad Furlani politely gagged. Leao does not touch, the reference of the team that aims at the ascent in the league remains and which will be expected from a very February full of commitments between the championship, the Champions League and the Italian Cup. AC Milan does not deprive itself of his best player, and indeed reinforces the attack because his best games are also collected properly. With Santiago Gimenez there will be a fixed presence in the area, a weight forwarding and with a recognized sense of the goal. Joao Felix already pairs with Rafa in the national team: there is harmony. San Siro, with them, could light up again.



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