Sorry for disappointing you guys but Milan will back to square one if we sell players like Leao. Sell him then what? Theo next? Tomori? And then buy another 18 yo player and hope him to become another Leao one day? This is Milan not a fucking Benfica. A player of this caliber cannot be sold easily. You think under any circumstances would Real sell Vinicius? I put him and Leao on the same level.
Act like a big club for once ffs, it’s been too long already. Give him what he wants, keep our core players at all cost. Milan is the club that splash money to buy core players from other teams, not the other way around.
Act like a big club and give him what he wants? Easier said than done unfortunately.
As of right now, in terms of revenue, we’re the 30th biggest club in the world.
If we’re not careful and start just giving players “what they want” other players will demand even bigger salaries. This will certainly put us back to and beyond square one.
The new trend in the market is players running down their contracts to get bigger wages and sign-on fees. We’re already way too familiar with this trend, but it’s gonna continue like this unless FIFA/UEFA introduce some sort of wage cap.
We can’t offer big wages like the clubs we like to compare ourselves to, but what we can offer is something that is (or at least should be) of much higher value to a young player: guaranteed playing time and lots of it.
That + CL next season makes me believe we’ll be able to strike deals with Leao, Theo etc. that are reasonable for all parties involved.
And if we can’t? Then sell them. Better fucking that than them leaving for free.