AC Milan looks to the upcoming summer transfer window with clear objectives in mind: to complete the squad and return to being contenders for the title both in Italy and in the Champions League.
To do this, the Rossoneri will need a decent budget, but they will have to allocate more money with the sale of some players, such as the loanees. Let's start with Charles De Ketelaere.
The Belgian playmaker, now transformed by Gasperini into a stable second striker, was the most expensive signing of the summer of 2022 and could now represent the highest income from a transfer in 2024, with a capital gain already studied at the time of the operation built with Atalanta.
Today, Milan has already received 3 million euros for his loan, but Atalanta has a buy-back clause set at 22 million euros, plus another 2 million in bonuses and 10% on future resale. From this amount, the percentage fixed at 12% of the profit on the capital gain to be given to Club Brugge will be deducted, but Atalanta is already intent on redeeming him.
The other big name at stake is that of Alexis Saelemaekers. The Belgian winger is experiencing a positive time while on loan at Bologna under head coach Thiago Motta, with sporting director Sartori securing a buy-back clause set at 10 million euros with Milan during negotiations. Here too, the performance has convinced the Bologna club to redeem him, but these 10 million euros will be part of a broader context in which Milan will negotiate for Zirkzee, Ferguson, and Calafiori, all three under contract with the Emilians and all three targets for the summer.
Special mention goes to the young talents from the Milan youth sector such as Daniel Maldini and Lorenzo Colombo, both currently on loan at Monza. For Paolo's son, Monza's CEO Adriano Galliani has already expressed the desire to keep him at the end of the season by purchasing his contract outright, with Milan setting his valuation at a fee from 4 to 5 million euros. Higher, also because he is a year younger and in a more sought-after position, is the valuation of the left-footed number 9 who had already been proposed to Torino in January as part of the Alessandro Buongiorno deal, and for whom the valuation is set at no less than 10-12 million euros.
There is Rade Krunic. The Bosnian midfielder plays in Turkey for Fenerbahce, which has a buy-back clause set at 3.5 million euros. It's unlikely that Nottingham Forest will redeem Divock Origi for 5 million euros, but he will immediately be put back on the market with a similar valuation and only one year left on his contract.
It will be more difficult to find a lucrative buyer for Fodé Ballo-Touré, who will return to Milan with only one year left on his contract. Finally, a definitive decision will need to be made regarding two talents who have struggled at Milanello, Luka Romero and Marco Pellegrino. Both are on dry loan respectively at Almeria and Salernitana, but they have a lot of market value given their young age. The valuation exceeds 5 million euros for the Argentine-Spanish player and does not exceed 3 million for the Argentine-Italian.
For a total, conservatively estimated, of at least 50 million euros, an extremely important sum that alone would be enough to cover the planned expenditure for just one big central striker. Just think, for example, that the aforementioned Joshua Zirkzee starts with a valuation of 40 million euros.
AC Milan can raise important money in the summer with just the exits of the loanees, and some transfer moves could heavily depend on these sales.
Source: Calciomercato.com
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