Yacine Adli to Saudi Arabia, the deal is done. Even the last obstacle, related to agent commissions, has been cleared, and the transfer is now just steps away. Only the medical exams separate Yacine from Al Shabab, a Saudi League club.
For this reason, the player will already be in Riyadh today, ready for tests and to sign the contract. The agreement will make him much richer, with a salary of around seven million per season, almost triple his Milan wage.
Regarding big numbers, Milan will receive 8 million euros, a solid sum for a player who was never really part of the starting lineup. Since joining Milan in summer 2022, Adli has played 39 games and scored one goal. Milan bought him a year earlier from Bordeaux for 10 million, allowing the French club to keep him on loan for another season. Last year, using the same formula, he moved to Fiorentina on loan, enjoying a good first half of the season with a total of 35 appearances and five goals, not enough for Fiorentina to exercise the purchase option, as relayed via Gazzetta dello Sport.
Yacine Adli excluded from Milan plans
The midfielder returned to Milan at the start of summer but was never considered a potential reinforcement for the new era. He refused other destinations on the market, including an Italian move to Sassuolo. In Arabia, on a permanent transfer, he will reunite with another former Milan teammate and friend: Theo Hernandez, now at Al Hilal under Simone Inzaghi.
In still-open markets, Milan also found a destination for Ismael Bennacer, loaned for free with a purchase option to Dinamo Zagreb under president Zvone Boban. The Croats will pay about 40% of his four million net annual salary.
Now only the last player outside the technical project but still heavy on the budget remains: Divock Origi. Thirty-six appearances and only two goals for Milan in 2022-23, never seen again after returning from his loan in England at Nottingham Forest. He was supposed to train with Milan Futuro, but nothing happened there either. Negotiations for his contract termination continue.
