Report: Milan fear missing out on De Ketelaere

Charles De Ketelaere

Milan are beginning to grow concerned they will miss out on No. 1 midfield target Charles De Ketelaere, according to reports in Italy.

The Belgium international was the subject of a meeting between Rossoneri directors Paolo Maldini and Ricky Massara and their Club Brugge counterparts.

Reports from the meeting suggested it was positive, despite failure to strike a deal and Milan had set Friday July as a deadline to find an agreement.

However, with that date having passed, Il Corriere della Sera report their are concerns they will fail to land their target.

According to the report, Brugge want €35 million while Milan will not go above €32m and, despite the gap not being huge in football transfer-fee terms, neither side is willing to budge.

The Rossoneri have now extended the deadline to Tuesday, the report adds, and should they fail to have an agreement in place by then, will move on to other targets.