Donnarumma and Ronaldo, the time of goodbyes. Not even the time to metabolize the Serie A verdicts that it's already market timeand big names too. The first is that of Gigio, destined, barring sensational twists, to undress the Rossoneri colors very soon. There is no news on his renewal, but on the other hand yesterday evening, at Milan's Linate airport, he landed Mike Maignan, French goalkeeper of Lille, ready to undergo medical examinations and become the new AC Milan goalkeeper.
The 25-year-old transalpine, fresh French champion with Lille, arrives for 15 million euros (including bonuses) and is close to signing a three-year contract worth 2,8 million per season: important figures, certainly not from number 12, which smacks of a sentence on the Donnarumma front. Gigio, moreover, never accepted Maldini's offer, who had gone as far as a maxi salary of 8 million per season and today, just over a month after his contract expires (June 30), he can in fact consider oneself free, although the market can always offer surprises.
Of course, it seems unlikely that Milan bought a 15 million goalkeeper just to put pressure on Raiola, especially since the renewal rumors have been going on for at least a year and the person concerned, like his agent, has never done anything to silence them, to the inevitable disappointment of the Rossoneri who, once they won the Champions League, decided to make their move. We'll see if it will have an effect on the player, who however now seems to be projected towards other shores. Which? Impossible to go overboard with certainty, though the Juventus track, all the more reason after Sunday's results, it is taking off in an important way.
Even the bianconeri, however, are grappling with an increasingly concrete farewell, namely Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese, surprisingly on the bench in Bologna, flew home in a hurry, however finding the time to post rather indicative phrases on social media. “I achieved my goal of winning everything in Italy – wrote CR7 -. I'm happy for the Italian Cup, the Italian Super Cup and the title of top scorer. Thank you to everyone who took part in this journey." Phrases that taste like goodbye, also because they add to the transfer of cars last week, to the Bologna bench and to the many, too many, long faces of the last few weeks, perhaps a prelude to what many knew but that no one dared to say openly.
At Juve, however, these are hectic hours not only on the Ronaldo front: the future coach needs to be established, but also the technical director. Pirlo, after winning the Italian Cup, also grabbed an unexpected qualification in the Champions League, but its quotations, although on the rise, remain weak. Paratici, when asked specifically, spoke of "thoughts to begin" and, more generally, there is the feeling that the games are already done, with Allegri and Zidane playing their respective cards. Max would be the safe used car par excellence, but relations with part of the club (Paratici and Nedved in primis) are not good, Zizou on the other hand, while enjoying everyone's esteem, has the problem of hiring, given that in Madrid, where his farewell seems obvious (and in race there is Allegri), receives 12 million plus bonuses.
But also the management, as mentioned before, could change: Paratici's contract is about to expire and trust, around Turin, is questioned by many, so much so that there is already talk of promoting Federico Cherubini, currently Football Director.
Situations in the making, just like that of Conte to Inter. The eagerly awaited meeting with Zhang, initially scheduled for yesterday, has been postponed again to a later date, although it is reasonable to expect it to take place today or, in any case, by the end of the week. There is a future to decide, in the sense that the coach wants to know exactly what the Nerazzurri's project will be, struggling with above-average economic difficulties.
The fixed point of the coach is the permanence of all the top players, a sine qua non to continue together: on future signings, however, the guidelines are more malleable, unless there is some European top club behind it, ready to guarantee him a killer project, even if this doesn't seem like a very likely scenario at the moment. Napoli is not wasting time either who, after the flop against Verona, gave the sack to Gattuso and an almost welcome to Sergio Conceiçao, highly favored to become the new blue coach. In Portugal they are sure that it will be like this and decisive confirmations are also arriving in Italy: the Lusitanian coach, capable of eliminating Juve in the round of 5 of the Champions League, will sign a two-year deal worth XNUMX million in total, even if Porto do not seem inclined to let him go without compensation . A post fire championship in short, from north to south: because the market, moreover, knows no borders, especially in the few days preceding the European Championship.
