I'd like to note that Cutrone's 22m transfer last year, which was pure profit, funded our entire transfer campaign last summer, because of how accounting works under FFP.
So the 24m that came in for Suso will probably be the source of funding for our transfer campaign this summer. Which was 97% profit.
I bring this up because I see reports of "Suso sold... Szobo...?"
Cutrone's sale funded everything last summer, and Suso would have funded this summer's sale if there wasn't Covid impacting FFP regulations and the market. I also think that, as I've said a million times, we really don't know how Rangnick does business.
Under Maldini and Boban, we were linked with X and Y, and it never happened, and then out of no where, Theo is the target. Bennacer's transfer became a thing because he was away at a tournament, but no one knew he was a target beforehand. Maybe Rangnick doesn't want Tonali? Maybe he doesn't want Luis? Maybe Schick is just linked because he's a Red Bull kid? I don't know what is true and what isn't, and I don't think we can really figure it out, because he doesn't even have the job officially yet.
Kjaer being redeemed, to me, isn't some grand illustration of Rangnick not really being in charge yet. Musa is seriously injured, Duarte is coming back from a serious injury, and Gabbia is the next in line for CB. Kjaer, for 3.5m, is an easy transfer to make. He's done really well for Milan, and he's been an upgrade over Caldara. I wished Caldara became the player we saw for that one Coppa game against Lazio, he would have been a monster partner for Romagnoli. Watching him against Brescia, he doesn't look good. He was actually pretty poor.
Whether it is Rangnick or Pioli, redeeming Kjaer doesn't mean we don't seriously need a new CB. I hope that Duarte recovers from his injury and does well, and that Gabbia turns into the second coming of Baresi, but until then, Kjaer provides some certainty so we don't have to panic when shopping for a CB partner for Romagnoli.
