Thiago Silva is still a Milan player and, given how things turned out, this is already news. The negotiation remains hot, but someone in Paris is starting to fear yet another coup de theater by Silvio Berlusconi, which in January blew up the sale of Pato, leaving the French with bottles of champagne in hand. The day that was supposed to officially bring Thiago Silva to Paris ended with the return of Adriano Galliani, who showed up at Linate without the sheikh's millions but with the strongest defender in the world still in the squad. "Let's see, let's see, we have to wait..." the CEO said to the platoon of reporters who had been waiting for him for hours outside the airport, a sign that, perhaps, the sale of the Brazilian is no longer so obvious.
In fact, now the ball will pass to Silvio Berlusconi, who will have to decide what to do. Galliani will submit to him the agreement reached with PSG, which provides for 42 million cash plus 4 in bonuses, for a total of 46. A very important offer, which would settle a large part of the Rossoneri's balance sheet liabilities, but the AC Milan president is well aware that money isn't everything. Always very attentive to the polls, Berlusconi is realizing that the sale of Thiago would create unprecedented discontent, and not only among the fans. In fact, for the first time, the big Rossoneri lined up against the club, above all Antonio Cassano, very tough in the press conference in Krakow, but also Boateng and Ibrahimovic did not hide their disappointment. A very harsh comment filtered from the Swede's entourage: "Zlatan could also ask to leave". A strong and noisy revolt, so much so that yesterday Milan Channel, a historically pro-corporate channel, broadcast a rather explicit sign: "President, we beg you, keep it!".
In short, the Rossoneri world is as compact as ever: the sale of Thiago Silva is not to be done. Will all this be enough to change Berlusconi's mind? At the moment it is not known, because if the heart says not to sell the Brazilian, his mind is already anticipating the loot, which would represent the absolute record for a defender. Certainly, however, the president is no longer so sure, so much so that Leonardo, perhaps fed up with these about-faces (the French would not forgive him yet another hole in the water), thundered menacingly: “The negotiation is still open, but this situation shouldn't last long. At this point I say that we could even give up on buying Thiago Silva". Who will probably now play an absolute leading role, on a par with Berlusconi. Because the will of the Brazilian will be decisive: will he give up the five-year contract worth 10 million net (plus bonuses) per season? We will soon know the ending of this spectacular market thriller, which has been keeping Rossoneri fans from all over the world glued for days.
