After the new rejection received from Club Brugge for Ardon Jashari, Milan remain firm in their position and therefore do not intend to make further bids. Thus, the Rossoneri will not raise their offer of 32.5 million euros plus bonuses, for a total of up to 37 million, for the Swiss midfielder who has been pushing for weeks to move to Milanello.
The RedBird-owned club is convinced it has done the maximum, so either Club Brugge—who do not have any other offers in hand—accepts Milan’s proposal, or Milan will move on to other targets to strengthen the midfield, as per Milannews.it.
“We sat down with Milan. Out of courtesy. And without talking about money. Three hours without talking about money, which was a long time in this case (…) Everyone knows what Ardon has done, but we don’t think he has reached the end of his cycle here,” said Club Brugge’s CEO, Bob Madou. He added: “I’m not saying we won’t make exceptions, but at the moment there is no offer on the table that makes me think we should. We are assuming he will stay.”
In recent hours, the words of Club Brugge’s Director of Football, Dévy Rigaux, also arrived. He spoke about the negotiation with Milan for Ardon Jashari as follows:
“This is part of the transfer market. And it’s not the first time this has happened to me. Even Izquierdo, for example, at a certain point wanted to leave. One must make sure that players are aware of the reason why something is being denied to them. Is it obvious? No, it’s not. Is there no way to overturn such a thing? Not that either. We clearly told Ardon what we expect from him. Was he promised a transfer in exchange for a record fee? We never promise anyone a transfer. If there comes a time when a player has reached the end of a cycle and there is a top club making an adequate offer that matches or exceeds the player’s value at that moment, then it will happen. Maxim De Cuyper is an excellent example. Last year we rejected Galatasaray, now he’s at Brighton. And then we also work on the narrative. A year later, De Cuyper is a prominent and fully-fledged international figure. If Jashari confirms himself for another year here, not just one but several top clubs will arrive in a concrete way. Not to say that now there’s only Milan.”
