For Milan, the Youssouf Fofana operation has officially entered the heart of the matter. After the very clear message from coach Paulo Fonseca at yesterday’s post-“Trofeo Berlusconi” press conference (“The midfielder? It’s Fofana, we all know that”), the Rossoneri club has moved on to action and in these hours has re-established contact with Monaco to try to reach a definitive agreement for the 1999-born midfielder. According to what has been learned by calciomercato.com, a further increase has arrived at 19 million euros of fixed part, plus one in easily achievable bonuses and two more less simple ones. The Principality team would like to obtain 25, but the feelings are oriented towards growing optimism. NOW ON THE MARGINS – The player, who for several weeks now has given his clear preference for a transfer to Italy and who has long been in talks for a contract until June 2028 and for a salary of 3 million euros net per season, is now on the fringes of Monaco, to whom he has communicated that he does not want to consider the proposal to renew the contract that expires in June 2025 and, after missing the match against Barcelona at the beginning of the week, he is training separately from his teammates. His call-up for the first matchday of Ligue 1 against Saint-Etienne is highly unlikely, also based on the recent statements of the Monaco general manager Thiago Scuro: “If he has no intention of staying, there is no point in him being part of the preparation. He clearly expressed his desire to leave the club during the summer. We must respect that and it makes no sense, in such an important season, to try to hold on to a player who is not fully involved with us. Now it is a question of getting the right agreement, the right transfer, which is what we are focused on”. THE MOST IMPORTANT MOVE – For their part, Milan is leveraging the boy’s unshakeable desire – who also rejected a rich offer from West Ham – to put on the table rather clear economic conditions that will not exceed the threshold of 20 million euros of fixed base for a player who, in the event of remaining in Monte Carlo beyond this transfer window, would be bookable on a free transfer, 6 months in advance of the natural expiry of the contract, from next February 1, 2025. After Morata, Pavlovic and Emerson Royal, the Rossoneri are at the last corner to give Fonseca the fourth move of the summer. Tactically probably the most important one in the construction of his new Milan. All the UPDATES in REAL TIME! Join the CALCIOMERCATO.COM WHATSAPP channel: click here
