Hakan Calhanoglu obviously loves money and the city of Milan. How else can he explain the decision to leave AC Milan and sign for their biggest rival – Inter? The Turkish international refused an offer from his current club, but despite having offers from other European clubs (Juventus, PSG), decided to stay in the city of Milan and play at the same stadium for the next three years, but for the bitter rival. And if you ask how much money he got to commit a “treason”, it’s actually only 129 million Ksh more than what Milan offered to the player.???? | #WELCOMEHAKAN@hakanc10 ⚫???? pic.twitter.com/2Dpxnnfy70— Inter ???????????? (@Inter) June 22, 2021 Rossoneri bought Calhanoglu for 3 billion Ksh in 2017 from Bayer Leverkusen, and he has left the club as a free agent. The Turk has logged 32 goals and 48 assists in 172 appearances. Certainly, Calhanouglu is not the first (and won’t be the last) to do this. The last transfer from Milan to Inter was for the famous Antonio Cassano in 2012 (fee was 707 million), and in total, there are 26 players (Calhanoglu will be 27th) who moved from Milan to Inter and vice versa, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic being the most famous in the couple of years.Pirlo, Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic, Balotelli, Bonucci and more…Hakan Calhanoglu is the latest player to have played for both AC Milan and Inter ???? pic.twitter.com/se3wUigkjy— Goal (@goal) June 22, 2021 Hakan Calhanoglu released a video showing some of his highlights and thanking Milan ahead of his transfer to rivals Inter. It was not greeted kindly by fans. The message reads: “Thank you for everything Milan”. This is the second first team player from Milan which left the club this month on a free transfer, with the keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma being the first. Milan refused to cave to requests they considered too high. They did it even at the cost of losing players for nothing.“We have put a limit to the wages of our footballers. We made an offer for Calhanoglu, if he found a place where he earns more, good for him, he is a professional. He had an excellent season and always behaved correctly with us. Everybody has the liberty to make their own choices, we have no regrets” President Paolo Scaroni recently told Rai Gr Parlamento.Rossoneri have identified Amine Adli, Cengiz Under, James Rodriguez, Thomas Lemar and Adam Ounas as potential replacements for the Turk, but their current No.1 target is Chelsea’s Hakim Ziyech. The Moroccan winger will only be an option if he comes on loan, as Milan is not in financial position to pay huge transfer fees this year.
