Franck Kessie’s agent reveals they had originally intended to extend the contract with Milan and has no intention of leaving Barcelona for a return to Serie A. ‘He’s never been happier.’
The Ivory Coast international left over the summer as a free agent after refusing to sign a new deal, instead putting pen to paper with Barcelona at Camp Nou.
That move has so far not delivered what he wanted, struggling for playing time with reports his entourage are trying to shop him about to Milan and Inter.
“Franck has never been as happy as he is now,” agent George Atangana told Calciomercato.com.
“He achieved an objective that for many remains only a dream, that of being able to play for Barcelona. I challenge anyone to say otherwise.
“This opportunity arrived after Franck proved himself over seven years in Italy. Franck has grown and matured, earning praise, so the call from Barcelona was a consequence of all that.”
Kessie received relatively little playing time so far this season, leading to links with a return to Milan or even for their arch-rivals Inter.
“We had predicted it would take a while to settle and get into a different playing style he was not accustomed to, but this certainly doesn’t frighten me. It is motivation to keep doing better all the time,” continued Atangana.
“When I read certain stories, it feels like science fiction. Franck is not a player offering himself against any club in Italy or elsewhere.
“I also want to clarify once and for all that there is no planned departure from Barcelona, so consequently a return to Milan is unlikely.”
Kessie was one of several players who left Milan as free agents in a tense situation, with negotiations dragging on and failing to find a new deal.
“Hakan Calhanoglu, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Alessio Romagnoli left the same way, so evidently Milan have problems negotiating contract extensions. I don’t understand why people always go on about Franck’s exit.”
However, Atangana does admit that Kessie seemed a lot closer to signing an extension with Milan than the other players.
“It’s true, the intention was to remain, but you can’t sign a one-way contract. We refused offers from important clubs in January, because we wanted to reach an agreement with Milan.
“However, it seems strange that before Kessie left, the club said the salary cap could not be broken, whereas now that is no longer true.”
Fans have been particularly focused on Kessie because of reports he signed on for Barcelona with much the same salary agreement that he had turned down at Milan.
Yes, thanks to you he will never be welcomed back.
Maybe if he dumps you!
Franck Has never been as happy as he is now to be a bench warmer. Maybe Barca will let him be a ball boy too sometime. His agent would never say anything otherwise. Useless.
Milan don’t want him back. He wouldn’t make the midfield any better. And he will never become a regular at Barcelona. But he and his agent will be happy collecting their fat paychecks.
When you actually stop your anger taking over though, we would all welcome him back, lets be honest. Not that it’s happening, this is yet another BS story to keep sites busy during the WC.
overrated player, he might as well pimp himself to dortmund, probably best club he can get into, or even maybe old lady 🙂 – we can sort of get around the £££ talks 🙂