And in the end, despite what was declared on the occasion of the last league matchday by CEO Giorgio Furlani, a heavy sale did take place and concerned perhaps the best player of the disastrous Rossoneri season.
Tijjani Reijnders has left Milan after two seasons, for a figure that screams injustice, considering various factors: above all, the value of the player, the still long duration of his contract, and the financial availability of the buying club, symbol of a league, the Premier League, where hundreds of millions have been and are still being spent for players of a level clearly inferior to the Dutchman just acquired by Manchester City.
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Milan's market strategy - Capital gains and reinvesting the money:
Sources at MilanPress claim that the AC Milan club directors have managed to collect from the ‘Citizens’ about 55 million euros as a fixed base amount, to which will be added between 15 and 20 million in individual and team bonuses. The capital gain of 42.6 million from Reijnders has been fully recorded in the current financial statement, just like those from the sales of Pellegrino to Boca Juniors (a capital gain of just over two million) and Kalulu to Juventus (a full capital gain of over fourteen million). We remain waiting to know that related to Musah, from whose apparently imminent sale to Napoli Milan could earn a capital gain of about ten million. In short, around Via Aldo Rossi they are carrying out player trading “at full force,” with almost 60 million in capital gains recorded so far.
In short, a market strategy, whether agreeable or not, that is quite clear, and it is in this groove that today’s news could also be inserted, according to which next week the new sporting director Igli Tare should meet Milan’s ownership to ask for an extra budget for the market. Obviously, if these rumors were true, the former Lazio executive presumably wants to invest a considerable amount in one (or at most two) high-level players, maybe a forward and/or a central defender. A possible choice, that of spending a lot for a player, which would be in clear contrast with recent years, when RedBird’s Milan went looking for players within a certain budget limit. Has the arrival on the bench of someone like Massimiliano Allegri reversed the Rossoneri modus operandi?
Igli Tare's ambitious plans - Extra budget and targeted reinforcements:
For his part, Igli Tare seems determined to grant head coach Massimiliano Allegri the best possible team and will even reportedly ask for an extra budget from the AC Milan club ownership in order to invest in the right profiles in the transfer market.
Two players in particular who are much appreciated by the ex Juventus boss are 25-year-old Serbian central froward Dusan Vlahovic and Ayyoub Bouaddi. The first is familiar with Allegri since their time together at the Bianconeri while the second is an interesting and talented 17-year-old Lille French midfielder with Moroccan roots. It remains to be seen, however, whether the Rossoneri management will be able to land these two highly sought-after talents.
