AC Milan has suffered some heavy blows in the last month. From the departure of the legends Paolo Maldini and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the death of the legendary owner Silvio Berlusconi, to the ‘slap in the face’ at the transfer market from the city rival Inter, who snatched Marcus Thuram right in front of their noses and Sandro Tonali’s transfer to Newcastle United. But there will be good news for Rossoneri fans in the coming days. At least that’s what the Americans at the head of the club think, who finally started doing something in the current transfer window.The expectation is Milan and Chelsea will strike a deal for Ruben Loftus-Cheek tonight. Loftus-Cheek happy to move and has already agreed personal terms.🔴⚫️ pic.twitter.com/CHatWmj1No— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) June 26, 2023 Today, Milan agreed all the details regarding the transfer of Ruben Loftus-Cheek. The English midfielder from Chelsea has been a desire of Milan for a long time, even when the directors Maldini and Massara were in the club. Now the new management fulfilled their old wish. Milan will pay 16,000,000 euros fixed plus 4,000,000 through bonuses for the transfer. The only unclear thing is will it be a full transfer with this sum, or a year-long loan with a mandatory purchase option for 2024. The English midfielder would come as a replacement for Sandro Tonali, who is moving to Newcastle. It is very possible that this also means the non-arrival of Japanese midfielder Daichi Kamada, whose contract in Frankfurt has expired and with whom Maldini and Massara previously agreed.Cardinale determined to establish an American sports culture in AC Milan, wants a club modeled after NBA franchisesMilan has the right to register two players with non-EU passports who do not play in Serie A. With the arrival of Loftus-Cheek, the first slot will be filled. And that means that with Kamada, the other would be filled as well. And that probably won’t happen… And the Japanese turned down a great contract in Dortmund because of his promise to Maldini. Milan’s management have other plans involving two Americans, Valencia’s Yunus Musah and Chelsea’s Christian Pulisic. Pulisic also has Croatian citizenship, so he does not take the place of a foreigner, but Musah would take it. The Valencia midfielder costs around 30,000,000 euros and the question is whether the American owners would want to allocate so much money to their countryman and fill both places for foreigners. As for Pulisic, the Americans are ready to pay Chelsea around 20,000,000 euros for one of the biggest failures in the history of the London club.Tears that prove that Americans know absolutely nothing about footballMilan’s target was also the super talented Fenerbahce midfielder Arda Guler, whose buyout clause is only 17,500,000 euros. The Rossoneri were willing to pay that (as half of other clubs around Europe), but then the player’s father came out with a request to pay him another 18,000,000 euros in commission and Milan gave up. Alkmaar’s midfielder Tijjani Reijnders is also on the radar, but the Dutch club is asking for 18,000,000 euros for him, which is too expensive for Milan.From red-and-black to blue-and-black: Inter stealing Thuram from MilanA center forward is also wanted. An option is Alvaro Morata, whom Atletico would let on loan, but his salary is too high for Milan’s standards – 9,000,000 euros per year. Gianluca Scamacca from West Ham and Noah Okafor from Salzburg are the remaining alternatives, and there are rumors about the shocking return of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after ten years. Concrete reinforcements like Sergej Milinković Savić, Davide Frattesi or Lazar Samardžić are very far away for now and will probably end up in rival clubs like Inter, Juventus and Napoli.##NAJAVA_MECA_7340259##
