REPORT: MILAN AGREE €18-19M DEAL WITH UDINESE FOR ZIELIŃSKI, NEED TO AGREE PERSONAL TERMS
Piotr Zielinski is Vincenzo Montella’s target and Gianluca Di Marzio reports that Milan have reached an agreement with Udinese for the Polish midfielder.
Milan are unable to officially bring any players until the preliminary agreement with the Chinese consortium gets signed (the date is now unknown and might only be at the end of the month).
However, it seems that Adriano Galliani is trying to work regardless of whether Milan can conclude the transfers and there is a report that the Diavolo have a deal in place with Udinese for Piotr Zieliński.
According to Gianluca Di Marzio there is an agreement with the Zebrette and Zieliński would cost Milan €18-19m (bonuses included in the reported sum). The next step is to find a deal with the 22-year-old who is wanted by Liverpool.
Zieliński spent the last season under Marco Giampaolo at Empoli and his performances earned him a spot in the Euro’s with Poland. In any case, the official can’t arrive for a while.
OFFICIAL: VERDI LEAVES MILAN AND JOINS BOLOGNA ON A PERMANENT TRANSFER
Simone Verdi has left Milan and will look to continue his career at Bologna.
The 23-year-old forward who grew up in the Rossoneri’s youth sector is leaving Milan again but this time on a permanent transfer as Bologna have signed him.
“Bologna FC 1909 are pleased to announce the permanent signing of Milan forward Simone Verdi,” a statement on Bologna’s site reads. “The player will be officially unveiled on Tuesday at 16:00 during a press conference at the Castelrotto media centre.”
Milan also released a statement on their site, saluting Verdi: “With Simone, who was nicknamed Verdinho in the academy, we won the 2010 Italian Primavera Cup. Goals, great ideas and enviable technique. Today Verdi has grown, he has become an important player coveted by several clubs.
“In the end, the shared solution was Bologna and on the day of his passage to the red and blue club, Milan is pleased to greet Simone with an affection directly proportional to its professionalism and its growth over the red and black years.”
OFFICIAL: SIMIC JOINS ROYAL EXCEL MOUSCRON ON LOAN, MASTOUR’S LOAN AT MALAGA CUT SHORT
Stefan Simic will look to find more playing time in Belgium while Hachim Mastour returns after virtually not playing at all at Malaga last season during his loan there.
Milan continue to move on the transfer market and yesterday they announced that Stefan Simic, 21, who was promoted to the first team during the last season, has moved to the Belgian league.
“Milan wish to communicate that Simic has been sent to Belgian team Royal Excel Mouscron on loan with the right to buy,” a statement confirmed.
Malaga have meanwhile announced that they’ve decided to send Hachim Mastour back to Milan. The Rossoneri had sent him to La Liga on a two-year loan but the Youtube sensation only featured in five minutes in the entire season and Malaga have no intention of keeping him.
“The Moroccan player, loaned out to Málaga CF in 2015/16, won’t continue his second season on loan and returns to AC Milan,” they wrote in a statement. He’s not expected to remain in the squad.