Franck Kessié has already signed a contract with Barcelona and many Milan fans feel betrayed by the Ivorian star who had claimed he wanted to ‘stay at Milan forever.’
According to multiple reports in Italy and Spain, Kessié has already put pen to paper on a new contract with the La Liga giants and will move to the Nou Camp as a free agent next season.
The Rossoneri had tried to extend the midfielder’s contract, but Kessié reportedly rejected an offer worth €6.5m per season. According to Fabrizio Romano, that’s the same salary put on the table by Barcelona.
However, this is not the only reason why the Rossoneri fans feel betrayed by their star, who becomes the third player in one year to leave the club for nothing after Gigio Donnarumma and Hakan Calhanoglu.
Back in July, the Ivorian midfielder ensured that he would have signed a new deal with the Serie A giants after the Olympics.
“Now it’s the Olympics, but when I come back, I will fix everything. There will be no problems, I always keep my word. The club has always known that my will is to stay with the Rossoneri. An important season awaits us,” he told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“I only want Milan. We are a fantastic group; I can’t wait to be able to hug my teammates and the coach again. We will have to live up to the name Milan have in Europe.
“I like it so much when the ultras sing ‘there’s only one President’. I want to be here for life. At least for the duration of my footballing life.”
That’s not exactly how things have gone as Kessié will leave Milan after a five-year spell at the club. The rapport with Milan fans has also changed as the midfielder was booed in the last few games played at San Siro.
Then he got married and his wife ask for a new house in Barcelona.
Snakes 🐍
Some people said Milan should just pay him whatever he wants, but no other club will offer him more. This is the same as Dollarumma situation, agent and client lying to squeeze the club for more.
Good of Milan to call his bluff. He will be the loser of this transfer. He made his agent fat and Milan will replace him with another player, but he himself will probably sit on the bench far too much in Barcelona.
Betrayed is probably a step far, bitter is probably more accurate. I just think it’s a bit hypocritical when he said he wants to be at Milan for a life, every player says that, but I don’t see this is as enough of a forward move to warrant leaving Milan. He also references how tough people in Africa have it – I believe he said that people in Africa have to walk 40 miles a day for food and water, and he gets paid to do what he loves – so I’m not quite sure what side of that fence he sits on in this dynamic considering the only difference from the Milan proposal is he’s going to a different city and his manager gets a big pay day.
I’m a fan and I definitely don’t feel betrayed. His words are sentiments I’ve heard echoed by many players, only to have them repeated at their next destination. Fans are not as gullible as this article might suggest.
I’m with you @Milanatic certainly don’t feel betrayed. Most of us realise that words are cheap and even if he meant it at the time, things can change.
I would have loved to see him stay but I’ll also enjoy watching him for Barcelona and Milan can move on to a replacement who wants to be there.
I don’t think milan fans would feel betrayed, indeed it’s bitter because we lose him for free and that’s it, he’s not irreplaceable, he’s not kaka or sheva caliber, he is just shine for one season
milanisti crying again.
I’m a Milan fan. Been one since the Sacchi days…but fans need to get over themselves and quit acting like babies when players leave. He signed a 5 year contract and he honored it…gave blood, sweat and tears in practice and in matches. The contract is up. He moves on. This loyalty we demand from players is absurd. All these fans complaining choose what’s best for them and their families. We take and leave jobs all the time. The players have a right to do the same. Clubs don’t give blind loyalty to players…if the player under performs, the same fans ask for them to be benched or sold. Nobody ever says to give them extensions out of loyalty. Dybala/Juventus, Ramos/Madrid…the list goes on of where clubs do what’s best for them without regard to “loyalty”. I wish Kessie all the best. Milan gets someone else to replace him and life goes on…just like Maignan has been a fantastic replacement for Donnaruma, the club will find someone else. Move on!
We lost better players and we moved on. Kessie will be forgotten very soon and the same will happen to him when he enjoys the bench most of the time. Good riddance
Don’t let the door hit you on the arse on your way out. Tata
At the moment Barcelona are indeed a step up and Kessie wants a taste of that. They just clobbered Real Madrid so they are a serious and historic team. I think he meant all those things about staying with Milan, but then he changed his mind. Its sad we lose him for free that’s all and its sad his performances, until recently have suffered this year. I hope we get the old Kessie back for the remaining games at least.
I feel betrayed. He purposefully lied so that we would not sell him in the off season.
He knew exactly what he was doing.
I don’t feel betrayed. It’s business, this was his opportunity at a big pay day and to pick where he wants to spend the prime of his career. It is what it is. In retrospect he shouldn’t have said that he would re-sign and that he only wanted to play here, that was stupid of him. No need to lie in such a way.
Anyway, good luck to him, but honestly for that amount of money he is not worth it. Not to Milan, anyway, who can improve the club more using that money on other players.
I honestly think that he wasn’t part of the managements plans going forward, at least not as a fundemental piece to what is being built. I think that also would have been reflected in the offer for renewal. Even if Pioli were to switch to a 4-3-3 next season, he’d still be a rotation player and I don’t think that’s what Kessie wants. It’s unfortunate because he’s a good player that would be useful to our squad depth next season.
he said those things so now has to bare the brunt of his words. he will warm the bench at barca then be sold next summer to newCastrol GTX. he is not irreplaceable.
Milan need to smarten up. Do a Chelsea style on contracts – option for club to add a year on players contract when he has 1 year left. that way you make something.
Also we need to renew bennacer & leao asap under these conditions but remove all release clauses
Sanches will make us not care about Ke$$ie, just as Mike makes us not care about Dollarumma.
Clickbait article. Most ACM fans that I know, my self included, do not feel betrayed. Sad, a loss on the pitch and financially, but so be it.
This seems more like FI trying to create a sentement among ACM fans = clicks and activity on FI = better economy for the site.
I don’t feel betrayed by him either, I am actually more disappointed in the Milan management… You can’t be that stupid to keep believing in the words of these players right after you just lost 2 for free… Kessie came to Milan after having already established himself in Atlanta but Donnarumma on the other hand, got his chance from us and left for free, we put up with Hakan for several seasons with his bad performances and one good season, he left for free so there’s a big difference between these guys and Kessie but these 3 guys stayed longer together and they might have planned these together! I don’t blame any of them because everyone is looking for What’s best for them since the management is sleeping!