to Newcastle in 48 hours. How did it go – Corriere.it

Milan was able to keep Leao against all odds but now one step away from saying goodbye to Sandro Tonali. Not just one of the Italian midfielders who represent the future blue and one of the pillars of the semi-finalist team of the Champions Leaguand but above all the emblem of Milanism. The player who has made his stylistic hallmark of his attachment to the shirt with the reduction of his salary to propitiate the redemption from Brescia.

Now for Sandrino and Milan they have been overwhelmed by a proposal which, as Marlon Brando says in The Godfather, cannot be refused. Newcastle after a sly courtship, like that of Chelsea and Manchester United, has accelerated the negotiation with the midfielder’s entourage in the last 48 hours. The richest club in the world, owned by the Pif fund, whose wealth is almost capable of dwarfing the resources of the Manchester City sheikhs, after having approached the Interista Barella, valued at 50 million, and probed Milinkovic-Savic, has identified in Tonali the possible new star of the Premier League.

The sporting director of the clubDan Ashworth, landed in Milan to try to close the most unexpected deal of the summer. First he got the player’s s with the offer of a five-year contract with an option for a sixth from 10 million net per season. Numbers that would make any flag player waver. Then he negotiated with Milan the amount for the transfer of the midfielder, now engaged with the Under 21 team: the English started from a 70 million offer but the Devil expects to close today at 80. A figure which, if confirmed, would make Tonali the most expensive Italian footballer ever, ousting Jorginho for whom Chelsea paid 57 million into Napoli’s coffers. Incidentally, 8 million would end up in Brescia’s coffers for an old agreement.

Milan, now Frattesi, Thuram and Guler

Milan is therefore ready to turn the page by reinvesting the resources to tighten up with Thuram, on whom Giroud is persuading in France’s retreat, with the eighteen-year-old Arda Guler of Fenerbahe and above all Frattesi. Inter were on pole for the Sassuolo midfielder but without the resources from the sale of Brozovic to Al Nassr they lose their advantage. The fact that Riso is Tonali and Frattesi’s agent at the same time favors the inclusion of the Rossoneri. Milinkovic-Savic also likes it, for attention to Juve.