While bitter rivals Juventus and Inter are lining up bombastic reinforcements such as Lukaku, Pogba, Di Maria, Bremer and others, Milan is running out of time in the summer market, and there are still no reinforcements. More precisely, for now only Divock Origi has arrived as a free agent from Liverpool and that’s it. Which is not to say that the Rossoneri aren’t trying to step up. However, the modest budget of 50 million euros has tied the hands of directors Maldini and Massara, who are trying to bring several players for that sum. They were already waiting for some long-planned reinforcements like Sven Botman, and targets like Sergej Milinković Savić, Bremer or Nikola Zaniolo remained in the science fiction column. 📰 #Gazzetta: #ACMilan have prepared their last offer for Charles #DeKetelaere: €32M with bonuses. The club will not make any further offers. pic.twitter.com/bac50XAkhr— Milan Posts 🏆🇮🇹 (@MilanPosts) July 21, 2022 Milan threw all the cards to bring offensive midfielder Charles De Ketelaere. The Belgian from Bruges is marked in Milan’s plans as a capital reinforcement for which they are ready to spend more than half of the budget. However, Bruges is also aware what kind of ’pearl’ they have and want to earn big on him. Milan started with an offer of 20 million euros plus bonuses. And they were rejected. Then came the second offer: 30 million with included bonuses. Bruges’ answer was again negative. In the meantime, Leeds called and offered as much as 37 million euros, but the player refused because he only wants to go to Milan, with whom he reached an agreement on a five-year contract worth 2,5 million euros per season. Leeds then gave up, so Bruges were left with only Milan as an option.Renato tells PSG: Get me in the next two days, or I’m going to San SiroYesterday, the Rossoneri launched a final attack on De Ketelaere. Directors Maldini and Massara visited Brugges and presented the final offer: 32 million euros with bonuses included. The Belgians asked for 35.”How did it go? Everything is fine, we are optimistic” Maldini said shortly after the meeting. The Italian media write that the final answer from Bruges is expected in the next 48 hours. It does not suit the Belgians to make it difficult either. They showed that they were preparing to sell De Ketelaere by deciding to leave him on the bench for 90 minutes in the Belgian Super Cup match. They didn’t want to risk an injury to their asset… De Ketelaere hopes that his club will agree to a small discount and let him go to Milan. The Rossoneri are also hoping. Optimism is increasing. But it was similar with Sven Botman who agreed with Milan, but Newcastle offered more and took him away. Milan hopes to have De Ketelaere at the training camp in Austria from the beginning of the week. And then there are the missions of bringing in the rear midfielder and stopper. As a replacement for Kessie, Renato Sanchez is still the first choice, to whom PSG offers more money but does not have an agreement with Lille. The Rossoneri are ready to invest around 10 million euros in his purchase. As for Romagnoli’s replacement, Milan are considering Japhet Tanganga from Tottenham on a one-year loan.##NAJAVA_MECA_6517437##
