GdS: ‘Already a derby’ – Milan and Inter’s strategies to land €40m centre-back

AC Milan are acceptable to contention a fierce mercato derby with Inter to onshore Giovanni Leoni from Parma, a study claims.

As La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) recall, the past fewer derbies connected the transportation smiled connected Milan. On the market, however, it’s a antithetic story, it starts again from 0-0, and Inter are determined to get the precocious manus successful the conflict for Leoni.

Born successful 2006, Leoni has amassed conscionable 17 appearances successful Serie A with Parma, but successful the eyes of galore helium is ready. Massimiliano Allegri agrees and gave Igli Tare his sanction and surname, should determination beryllium an summation needed to the centre of the Milan defence.

Everyone likes Leoni – wanting to broaden the treatment determination is besides Juventus – but the Milanese teams are the ones who person moved with the astir determination close from the start. None, however, person made the decisive move.

Inter would similar to bash truthful soon, having set speech €30m to connection to Parma. From what is filtering through, the wealth is not yet capable to person the Emilian nine to springiness in.

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Parma’s plan

Parma are clear: Leoni has tremendous country for growth, which is wherefore helium shouldn’t beryllium sold successful 2025, unless determination are immense offers. “There is besides involvement from overseas successful the boy,” explained the Gialloblu CEO, Federico Cherubini, to Sky Sport yesterday.

“In our opinion, his way should proceed successful Parma. And to day we person not had immoderate signals successful the other direction. We are convinced helium tin stay, but thing tin happen.” In the market, successful fact, noes are definitive lone astatine the closing gong of the session. And determination are galore variables.

With Milan, for example, the script tin also alteration based connected departures. Like that of Malick Thiaw, for whom determination is already a basal statement of €25m with Como. The German centre-back, however, is inactive hesitant astir the transportation to the lakeside, contempt the €4m nett per twelvemonth wage offer.

In his mind, a instrumentality to Germany would beryllium preferable, perchance to a large club. Bayer Leverkusen had shown involvement successful him, earlier closing the woody for Quansah from Liverpool. Bayern and Dortmund, connected the different hand, are presently acold away.

For their part, Milan bash not request to merchantability Thiaw astatine each costs, but without a farewell successful defence, it becomes hard to deliberation of specified an costly purchase. Allegri’s squad already includes 4 centre-backs: Thiaw, Gabbia, Tomori and Pavlovic.

Numerically, the Rossoneri are fine, until idiosyncratic frees up abstraction (also support an oculus connected Tomori sought successful the Premier League). But Leoni would besides beryllium an concern for the future: helium is considered by everyone successful the Rossoneri absorption to beryllium the heir to the large contented of Italian defenders.

Of course, successful immoderate lawsuit an connection overmuch higher than the €15m positive Colombo’s terms tag that was thought of until a fewer weeks agone astatine Casa Milan would beryllium needed. How much? From Parma’s existent perspective, €40m.

Leoni’s stance

In each this, however is Leoni experiencing the moment? With tranquility. Despite being conscionable 18 years of age, the lad from Rome already has an antithetic maturity for his property and successful the meantime helium has healed the wounded helium suffered astatine the extremity of the season.

He knows that sooner oregon aboriginal the clip volition travel for the large leap, whether it beryllium to Milan, Inter, Juve oregon elsewhere. But if it isn’t already this summer, nary large deal. In the maturation process, playing different Serie A play with Parma – this clip arsenic an immovable starter – tin marque him much ready.

Both astatine Milan and Inter, helium could instantly number connected important supporters: connected the reddish and achromatic side, arsenic mentioned, is Allegri, who has already spoken astir him with his person Cherubini. On the different broadside of the Naviglio, Cristian Chivu was his past manager successful Emilia.

In the meantime, the marketplace derby has already started. And if it ends 0-0, the instrumentality lucifer would astir apt beryllium successful 2026, if not already successful January.