The Milan full-back and centre-back will play from the 1st minute in the Champions League despite the offers. And they remain outgoing, unless there are exploits

Journalist

January 22 – 06:26 – MILAN

Half of tonight’s starting defense could play at the weekend with other shirts: the market that is intertwined with championship and cup commitments is making strange turns and could take Emerson Royal and Pavlovic from San Siro to Turkey or England in the space of a few day. Certainty is the starting point: Milan, both on the pitch from the start in this evening’s Champions League match against Girona. The destination, however, has to be planned, as long as a one-way trip is booked in between.

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Likely in Emerson’s case: the imminent arrival of Kyle Walker would end up putting him in a corner. The Brazilian, first with Fonseca and then with Conceiçao, is requested by Galatasaray: between the onerous loan and the right to buy to be exercised in the summer, the Turks would guarantee a sum of just over ten million. Something less than the purchase price, around 15. In the Premier League, where they know Emerson from his previous experience at Tottenham, Fulham and Everton would like him back. In fact, there is a planned trip: tomorrow the player’s agents will be in Italy to find out his wishes and define the situation in person. Emerson also risks the Champions League place, given that Walker will enter the list. Thus, it is likely that after just five months with the Rossoneri he will decide to open up to the possibility of a new phase of his career: Emerson played in Brazil, in Spain with Betis and briefly with Barcelona, ​​then he was in England and at San Siro. He knows the English championship while Turkey would be a discovery. In the meantime, however, the market can wait: despite Calabria’s availability (Jimenez no, he is not on the list) he will still be in charge of the right wing.

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Likewise, Pavlovic will play at the center of defense: the absences of Thiaw and Tomori and the tests in training lead to this solution, despite Conceiçao’s dribbling attempt, which on the one hand confirms the esteem for the player, on the other “feint ” of wanting to cover themselves with an extra midfielder. «Pavlovic is available to the group. It’s not his fault that he hasn’t played yet, he’s trained well, even with an incredible desire: sometimes, however, he gets out of position and I don’t like it so much. We have two central defenders but I can also put a midfielder to play in that position.” A role in which Walker himself may be useful in the future. In the 90th minute Milan will decide what to do: could a convincing performance change the club’s mind? Fenerbahçe’s proposal is a heavy one: over twenty million euros. In essence, for ten games as a starter for the Rossoneri, they would pay more than what the club paid to Salzburg in the summer (18). In the event of a double transfer, Walker would not be enough: a second addition is also ready at the back.



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