Moretto responds to rumours Vlahovic has agreement with Milan: “This is nothing new”

Matteo Moretto has responded to the idea that AC Milan have an agreement with Dusan Vlahovic over a pre-contract, denying the news.

Over the past few weeks, there have been a number of sources reporting that Milan are hoping to land Vlahovic having pursued him in the last summer transfer window. Moreover, there might be a more tempting opportunity, given a transfer fee would not be needed.

As MilanNews recall, on Tuesday night TeleLombardia journalist Cristiano Ruiu claimed that a source had told him that Milan had signed a preliminary contract with Vlahovic, whose deal expires at the end of the current season.

The news stated that the Rossoneri management had secured the approval of the Serbian striker on the basis of a contract worth €8m net per season, which would make him the highest-paid player by some distance.

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Moretto’s denial

In their latest YouTube video, transfer market journalists Fabrizio Romano and Matteo Moretto provided their version of the story, also highlighting the limits within which Milan usually operate from an ownership perspective.

“That Allegri likes Vlahovic, that there is respect, that Milan wants and has been pursuing him for a long time, this is nothing new. With all due respect to other sources, what we know and what we understand is that Milan does not exceed certain salary parameters,” Moretto said.

“Offering a fixed base salary that exceeds €5m net per season, in short, is complicated. Theo Hernandez earned €5.1m, Leao with bonuses reaches €7m. Milan are very careful about certain financial parameters, exceeding €7m total with bonuses is not an option.”