Better late than never. After spending the first few weeks looking at others, Milan he decided to get serious. And so the week that had opened with the sensational an about-face by André Silva, back on the market after the refusal to Monaco, is closing with three important blows, almost unexpected, given the beginning of summer. Let's start with the new name: it's about Rafael Leao, the 20-year-old Portuguese striker from Lille, who according to the French press is now close to wearing the Rossoneri. Overall 35 million deal (25 cash plus bonuses and the young Djalo's price tag) with Mendes, ça va sans dire, a great more or less hidden director, along the lines of what happened with Silva (although then, as mentioned, he jumped everything) and, shortly, with Cutrone.
Maldini therefore decided to rely on the plenipotentiary Portuguese agent to shake up the market, especially since the question Correa it is still open, indeed very open. The Rossoneri continue to negotiate with Atletico Madrid (there are 8-9 million bonuses), meanwhile his agent stopped in Milan, waiting for the longed-for white smoke. And soon Giampaolo could also welcome Leo Duarte, 23-year-old Brazilian defender of Flamengo: cost 11 million, definitely less than the 40 asked by Juve for Demiral and Rugani. In short, the new Milan is taking shape and the feeling, in the light of the numerous transfers still in the pipeline, is that the revolution has just begun.
The others however, after a crackling start, seem to have run aground. It is the case ofInter, blocked both incoming and outgoing. The various Dzeko e Lukaku in fact, they inevitably depend on Icardi e Nainggolan and the plot ends up involving too Juventus e Roma, closely linked to Marotta's moves. And then the transfer market, as we know, is nothing more than a projection of the championship, associated rivalries. And so the bianconeri have decided to enter the Lukaku question, so much so that the English press, after the meeting between Paratici and the prosecutor Pastorello, tells of a Lady ready to put that Dybala evidently not appreciated by Sarri in order to convince Manchester United. Whether it's real interest or only a way to convince Inter to think about Icardi we will know soon, but in the meantime Conte continues to work without strikers, also because there Roma, in the meantime, does not give discounts on Dzeko.
Marotta, however, has no intention of having the Belgian robbed, especially by his rival par excellence, which is why he is ready to raise 70 million plus bonuses: will they be enough to convince the English? Waiting to know, the CEO is also working on other typical tracks Pilgrims, young attacker of Monaco, already in the crosshairs for some time. With the Monegasques we reason by virtue of some outings such as Dalbert and Joao Mario, in an attempt to set up an interesting operation for both. But if Suning in Europe is forced to look at the balance sheets (the Financial Fair Play does not allow exceptions), this is not the case in China, where the rules are very different and investments, consequently, decidedly higher.
In Spain they are sure that it Jiangsu, owned by the Zhang family, will soon have Gareth Bale, ready to leave Real Madrid to sign a mega three-year contract worth 22 million per season. A sensational blow for the Chinese, also because the Welshman is certainly not a player at the end of his career, but a 30-year-old who is still strong, albeit downloaded by Zidane. Instead, later Asensio's injury, has decided to block James Rodriguez, thus destined to definitively leave the radar of the Napoli. De Laurentiis can thus breathe a sigh of relief given that, after all, he had never really wanted to close the operation: too many 45 million for a 27-year-old player, better to focus on a young prospect, perhaps more expensive as a card but with a lowest salary.
The sketch corresponds to Pepper of Lille, valued at 80 million (60 cash plus Ounas), with whom the negotiation is now very much underway: once the agreement has been reached with the French, the whole question is with the attacker's agents, who are asking for a 5 million salary against the 3,5 ,XNUMX (plus bonuses) offered by Napoli. The parties are discussing more and more frequently, so much so that the white smoke could already arrive in the next few hours, except for twists and turns that cannot be excluded.
All done instead for De Rossi to Boca Juniors, as testified by the midfielder himself in a social video: "I fell in love with this stadium and with you fans - the words of DDR - Here I make a dream come true". The Roma managers have the task of alleviating, as soon as possible, the disappointment of the Giallorossi fans, still mourning a farewell that, in the capital, very few have understood.
