From Ibra and Tonali to Bakayoko, Maldini puts Raiola at the forefront of events: a competitive Milan around Donnarumma | First page

The one that is about to conclude It has been a week that has said a lot about Milan’s desire to once again look to the future with ambition and the legitimate desire to return to the good halls of European football by regaining a place in the Champions League. The renewal of Ibrahimovic, two perspective shots but immediately important as Tonali and Brahim Diaz, to get started. Then the speeches started to bring the Rossoneri back Bakayoko and the well-trodden paths to give Pioli a new right back in the event of a departure from Calabria and an extra alternative in central defense. It is not just a shopping list, but also a list of facts and quasi-certainties that will appear in the eyes of Mino Raiola when starting negotiations for the renewal of Gianluigi Donnarumma’s contract.

THE MOTHER OF ALL NEGOTIATIONS – This would be the perfect closing of the circle, of a market that Paolo Maldini and Frederic Massara Until now they have managed to move forward without hesitation and with excellent tactical sense, considering the tight deadlines and the scarce financial resources available. Always regarded as The “mother of all negotiations”, the one that can best define the true scope of the Elliott fund project, remains by all accounts the thorniest issue, the most difficult solution and which is destined to remain firm in the coming weeks. Because, if on the one hand there is a boy who has repeatedly reiterated his strong bond with Milan and the desire to be part of it for a long time, on the other there is a prosecutor who knows his job very well and, one year after the expiration of the contract, wants to know what economic and career prospects the AC Milan club can bring.

MALDINI WANTS TO CLOSE SOON – At age 21 and after a year in which he expressed himself as a champion, Donnarumma is effectively one of the references in his role and next summer – unlike in the past – he could offer you several possibilities if he decides to change his shirt. The best European clubs, or Juventus itself to stay on the national stage, would immediately try to exploit even the smallest hole left by Milan. Who has perhaps guiltily decided to take the matter too far, but who trusts to start arguing with Gigio and Raiola before the end of this market window?. So as not to waste any more precious time, while at the same time continuing to build a team that wants to give themselves and their extraordinary number one a place in the Champions League. The certainty of ideas and a future marked by stability, concepts perhaps even more important than the size of the next commitment or the termination clause that Raiola hopes to insert.