Milan and Fabio Paratici have seen each other from afar, have slowly approached one another, and are now trying to find a way to come into definitive contact. The Rossoneri club, through the figure of CEO Giorgio Furlani, has made its choice regarding the vacant role of sporting director, but now comes the most difficult part: reaching an agreement. A particularly complicated situation given some criminal developments in the Prisma investigation, for which Paratici is currently disqualified, and which are still to be fully uncovered.
Investigation knot
This morning, Corriere della Sera emphasizes that the final agreement between Milan and Paratici revolves around the criminal investigation on capital gains, on which a ruling will be made on April 15. From a sporting justice point of view, the executive will finish serving his 30-month disqualification on July 20.
As also reported yesterday by MilanNews.it, this would involve certain limitations for Paratici, who would have to start his work with the Rossoneri with obstacles.
Everything is clarified in Article 9 of the sports justice code: it is stated that a suspended executive cannot take part in federal assemblies, cannot access locker rooms, but above all cannot have contact or meetings with registered players or agents.
This would definitely be a major obstacle for the early, crucial weeks of the transfer market, during which Paratici could only contribute from behind a desk at Casa Milan. For this reason, the club’s and the executive’s lawyers have been working on it for days.
Market reflections at Casa Milan
Parallel to the matter of the sporting director, there are already reflections on some market situations. In particular, reports the newspaper, those that will be most pressing at the end of the season—namely, the loans.
The first buyout concerns full-back Kyle Walker: Milan wants to keep him and seems inclined to pay the €5 million agreed with Manchester City. The opposite fate awaits Joao Felix, who did not have a purchase clause and for whom Milan has no intention of making any move: he will return to Chelsea.
The situation of Tammy Abraham, currently Milan's starting striker and scorer of nine goals this season—is linked to that of Alexis Saelemaekers: at the end of August, they swapped shirts on a dry loan, and the two clubs could reach an agreement to keep them both.
