Frattesi, Lukaku, the Inter and Milan market derby after Tonali at Newcastle- Corriere.it

The rain of money arriving in Milan’s coffers after the sale of Tonali in the Premier League has, as a side effect, the not so cold war between the two Milan clubs.

Tripping, teasing, provocations. It’s the transfer market, beauty. The Rossoneri accept to lose a symbolic player, indicated as future captain of the club in the face of an economic proposal that not only makes him the highest paid Italian player ever but also the most profitable Rossoneri sale of all time. To give an idea Kakà was transferred to Real Madrid in 2009 for 67 million and Andriy Shevchenko in 2006 to Chelsea for 43.8.

Sandrino Tonali favors his company with revenues quantifiable at 80 million, 75 of a fixed base and 5 of bonuses. Details are being finalized in the last few hours while the player will undergo medical examinations in Romania today after his agents, Giuseppe Riso and Marianna Mecacci, joined him in Cluj yesterday evening. In the afternoon in a hotel in Brera the definitive agreement on the contract with the Newcastle managers had been found: five-year agreement, with an option for a sixth, and an engagement of 10 million including bonuses. I wonder if Sandrino, before accepting the English proposal, thought back to the advice he gave him one day, his point of reference, Rino Gattuso. «Remember that when you stop playing and draw a line, underneath you will find the number of trophies won and the amount you have earned».

If Tonali is preparing to wear the shirt of an ambitious club, Milan need to make the piazza digest yet another painful farewell of the last two weeks. Ibrahimovic, Maldini and now the midfielder who until the last few hours had made attachment to the shirt his signature style. But everything passes. Therefore it is no coincidence that Davide Frattesi, betrothed to Inter, unable to launch the decisive attack on Sassuolo in the absence of resources from the preventive sales of Brozovic and Gosens, is now in the orbit of the Devil.

Milan has the necessary cash to satisfy Sassuolo’s demands, as long as they are not out of the market. And he also enjoys the favor of the agents, the same as Tonali. It doesn’t end there, though. Also motivated by the desire to expedite a decision of Marcus Thuramwho has been leafing through the margherita among the proposals from Milan, PSG and Leipzig for weeks,
CEO Giorgio Furlani probed Lukaku’s entourage. Namely the Roc Nation agency, world leader in the field of entertainment and with whom the Rossoneri have had a partnership in terms of merchandising.

Provocation or market strategy? At first glance, the Lukaku affair does not appear to be part of RedBird’s strengthening policy. The Belgian is 30 years old and the fund intends to focus on young people, to be found through scouting. He earns 12 million at Chelsea, where he returned after a year’s loan to Inter, and the Devil has just guaranteed Leao a 5-man contract as a permanent basis. It represents an Inter flag and therefore after having greeted a symbol like Tonali it would be unsettling for the fans to accept the possible arrival of a player who 18 months ago when asked if he had ever contemplated joining Milan or Juve replied «never, never never, never, never.” The lawyer of the Belgian Ledure summed up the situation as follows: “There are no negotiations with Milan, we have rejected Arabia and the ball is now in Inter’s field”. In fact, the interference complicates the Nerazzurri’s plans in any case who, after the official farewell to Dzeko and imminent Correa, find themselves with an attack limited to only Lautaro. But now Chelsea have one more argument to reject Inter’s loan renewal request.