The back of the full back to Madrid is the great case of the evening. At one step the agreement for a transfer of 20 million, then the rethinking of the Spaniards

Journalist

12 June 2025 (modification at 23:31) – MILAN

“Don’t say cat, if you don’t have it in your sack,” he would commemorate the trap. The saying so dear to Giovanni Trapattoni is even more valid when it comes to the transfer market. Milan and Atletico, in the afternoon they seemed to have found an agreement for the transfer of Theo Hernandez to Madrid on the basis of around 20 million euros. But in the evening, here is the backfront that you don’t expect: the Colchoneros suddenly pull back. Thus, the French full -back, who refused Arabia only a few days earlier, risks staying in Milan, with all the problems of the case.

Theo of Theo at Atletico

Theo in recent days had said no to the cascade of millions of the Al Hilal in the hope of finding team in Europe, given that the relationship with Milan is now running out. At 27, a legitimate position, if not even commendable. Behind Hernandez (he had?) The strong interest of Atletico Madrid, the club that launched him in great boyfriend. AC Milan, however, after having missed the opportunity to collect 30 million from the sale of a player who will expire contract in 2026, does not have the intention of making excessive discounts. So the first discounted offers of the Spaniards had been sent back to the sender. Until today, when the square has been found around the round figure of 20 million. The French agent, Manolo Garcia Quilon, in the meantime Lima in the morning – in the Metropolitan belly – the latest details on Theo contract with Atletico agreeing a salary between 5 and 6 million. All done? The first confirmations arrive from the Rossoneri club, but late in the evening, here is the unexpected. Atletico blows the counter. Deal blocked for a rethinking on the figures that arrived from the upper floors of the Madrilena company.

And now what happens to Theo?

From Spain they speak of an operation now skipped, while AC Milan hope to keep a glimmer open. Also because in Hernandez the devil made a clear speech: either there will be an offer up to par in the summer or will remain until the expiry, but without the possibility of renewal and almost separated at home. In a year that leads to the World Cup, not the best possible perspective for a national team. Even if the summer is long and yet another twist it is not to be excluded.



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