According to Sportitalia, Milan could get Renato Sanches from Lille for €20m, but the problems are related to personal terms including a clause for Premier League clubs.
It was reported the Rossoneri had made a late bid for the midfielder in the January transfer window and only failed to complete it because there wasn’t time to work out the personal terms.
Now Sportitalia transfer pundit Rudy Galetti explains just how complicated that would’ve been and still will be if they want to do a deal in the summer.
He suggests Milan could agree a fee with Lille worth just €20m, a bargain for the 24-year-old, whose contract in France runs to June 2023.
The big problem is that agent Jorge Mendes wants a salary worth €6m per season net as a starting point, plus his own rather large commission to broker the agreement.
Another element that does not sit well with Milan is the request to include a release clause that is valid only in case Premier League clubs come calling.
Sanches has 32 senior caps for Portugal already, in which he scored three goals.