Samu Castillejo is a target of Milan, but Villarreal want €25m for the winger.
Tiémoué Bakayoko will not be the last signing in this mercato as the Rossoneri are also looking to get a winger (and perhaps another midfielder too).
According to Sky’s Gianluca Di Marzio, after closing the deal for Bakayoko with Chelsea (loan with option to buy, total cost of €40m), Milan have turned their intentions to Samu Castillejo of Villarreal.
Di Marzio says that the Diavolo are interested in involving Carlos Bacca in the negotiations and in fact have offered €18m plus the Colombian for Castillejo, who they’d like to take on loan with obligation to buy. Villarreal, however, rejected the offer as they want €25m and wish not to include Bacca in the talks.
Milan are at work to try to find an agreement for the 23-year-old winger who can play on the right and left sides of the pitch and can therefore be of cover for both Suso and Hakan Çalhanoğlu.
Why? This is the most Milan thing ever – talks of SMS/Rabiot, and Draxler/Martial, ending up with Bakayoko and Castillejo. Besides, weren’t the initial reports that Villareal offered 8 million + Castillejo for Bacca, how did it end up with us offering money to them…? Although Di Marzio is more credible, I take it that the initial reports weren’t that plausible but still. Even when the reports were that they offered Castillejo + money for Bacca it was a hard pass for me, even more so during these circumstances… If we are to sign someone it should be in the… Read more »
From the start Leonardo said that we don’t have the funds to go after someone like SMS, and that we needed a vice Kessie and a winger. Castillejo, according to everyone who’s actually seen him play has said he’s a talented player that would improve the team. We urgently need a winger, and just because we can’t afford the likes of Martial or Draxler doesn’t mean should just ‘not bother’.
And from those I’ve asked who follow la liga say that he’s average and above average at best = wouldn’t improve our team. We shouldn’t bother to sign anyone who is on the same level as the ones we have now as we need upgrades. In the future we’d just have to get rid of them anyways. Knowing Milan we would just give them away compared to the price we signed them for.
If Hakan gets injured, what do you think happens? I’ll tell you and you’ll see in our upcoming match as he’s suspended, Borini starts. Is that something you’d like to see consistently? We’ve heard different things about him, but Leonardo, considered one of the best directors in football, thinks he’s good enough to pay around 25m for him. We both haven’t seen him, so no point calling him bad, average or great. We need a winger so that in case of injury there’s not a huge drop off in quality. Castillejo can play on both the right and left wings,… Read more »
We can play Bonaventura there, if the right cover is bought in now for our midfield. With right cover I mean not only Bakayoko, but also SMS/Rabiot or someone like that = dont have to invest on a player for depth, and can wait to spend money on a player who will improve us.
I prefer if we go after Rabiot though,,SMS is too expensive.
Hakan and Suso were both gotten for less than 25 million and you want us to spend 25 million on their potential substitute? Really? There are many better players who would cost less. I would even take Deulofeu over him
All those names weren’t put in the papers by Milan; it is us and the media themselves who put them there.
We don’t necessarily need someone better than Jack, Hakan, Suso, we need someone at the same level at least who can compete with them and keep them on their feet.
No mate. We need better players, 100 %
Guys who is this Castillejo ????
A human, who plays football as his profession.
Mean jokes aside, he is a decent, creative player.
But still, you really shouldn’t have to ask. He is not Bargiel or Gioya.
A RW who is a bit faster but also slopier version of Suso with worse pasing/crosing ability than Suso, overall not an upgrade for sure. And for 25mil i would rather bring Berardi on the RW to compete with Suso if we are already going for a new RW. In reality we dont need a new RW we need a natural LW and as others have mention some one of Draxler, Martial, Depay, LW with pace who can score and create. In my opinion the LW position will make or break our season, so we better get some of the… Read more »
Worse passing than Suso, is that even possible?!
Good move.
I would be hoping for Loca deal to fall through at the last moment.
If Loca decides to stay then we won’t need another MF at the moment.
We don’t need covers, we need starters, Suso and Hakan are not Natural wingers to me we need game changers, wingers with pace, and those who can score goals, Suso and Hakan can’t score goals, scoring is our problem, otherwise Higuain is gonna carry a heavy load up on himself, buy depay and Primes/Martial. Leo and Gatuso should wake up.
Quincy promes is better than this guy please…though i prefer one of Draxler or martial
Quincy Promes please..he is cheap and scores goals.. this guy is more like Suso
Even better than him, coz he can dribble, has pace and can score more goals than Suso
In the Russian league he can, yeah.
I have no doubt in my mind regarding Samu vs Pomes. Samu is better.
However, he is nowhere near Draxler ofc.
But as I mentioned before, he will be good for us in our current situation realistically.
How is your assessment on their respective technical abilities?
In yesterday’s match with Madrid we had chances but we could not convert them, If Suso and Hakan can not score 15 goals each, then we cant relay on them because at the end its the goals and the points that Will count not dribbling or holding the ball, we need pace, we need goals. Then we shall compete with the likes of juve.
15 goals each? Dude …
exactly…winger with 3 goals per season is not winger
@Ink….LOL. pardon my rethorical question..I have been hearing about this guy . I know he is a football. Just that I have preference for Depay
Hehe I know, was just joking mate.
Evenings are boring till Milan starts playing.
The previous management only ask and talk bout the arrival of Depay, Loe or Dini has never mentioned him since they came , I think that is the main reason we never herd anything bout Milan buying or taking him on loan with option
Please Leonardo, rather than this guy who is yet another gamble for such huge amount, please go and beg Watford for Deulofeu in worst case scenario.
I understand that Martial will be hard to tear away from United because they can’t get a replacement but Depay would be a step forward. Seems Draxler too seems hard to get as PSG dont want to let go.
De-ulofeu or De-pay…. Those DEs would help us better.
Don’t want Delu the headless chicken. He’s been sold to Watford for like 14 mil. Nobody was willing to offer more than that shows he’s already declining. Martial would be great. Man Utd don’t need a replacement for Martial. He’s like third choice behind Sanchez and Rasford. But of course knowing Mou the idiotic Interista, talent waster ,he will claim they can’t find a replacement.
Yes, Delu for the right price would be perfect.
Why ? Sign this guy when we can sign quincy promes or memphis depay . Why does milan always go after mediocre players . We need depay + a creative midfielder . And not this guy who plays at the RW because we need a LW . First villareal wont sign bacca after they allready agread the sum for him last year ‘ and now offer little to noting for him , and now we are offering 18M+bacca for this unknown winger that is at best average , wtf is wrong with this club . Why do we need this… Read more »
Now we are being watched by UEFA after a year we breached the ffp by 70M. We are lucky to be in Europa league. and you should be happy we are signing players at all this season. We need loan moves and not every club and player are interested in loan moves. And then you also need to consider whats on the market and who are even interested in joining this project. Now many players look at milan as a uncertanty. And some even see it as a sinking ship. We need a good season. If we qualify for CL… Read more »
I understand what you are saying and i agree with you. But signing bakayoko isnt a smart move because He’s not the type of player that this club needs right now , im not saying he’s bad but what im saying is that im dissapointed that they sign a defensive midfielder instead of a creative attacking midfielder and a left winger. That’s all , i know about the ffp and that they have to loan first players in order to sign them but we could get better players instead of bakayoko and now this RW castillejo . This club needs… Read more »
Im not sure about baka nither but he is not only there to cover for biglia but also for Kessie, as the box to box position was a major problem last year.. We have Bona and Hakan who play the “playmaker role”(Me myself think bona should stick to the wing cuz he cant pass) But I think the plan is to use hakan in the center as that creative player you want to arrive. And im very sure we will sign a winger. Castillejo is just as good on the left side as he is on the right side. He… Read more »
Hey misund, you make great sense. It’s a pleasure to read your comments.
I’m sure Leonardo and Maldini will try to do the best they can, given the circumstances that milan find themselves in currently.
You can’t just throw insults at our own legends and claim to be a milan fan. Show some respect and have patience. I think they have done good so far and are still pushing for the best possible deals available in the market.
I’m just going to have to trust Leonardo and Maldini on this one. If Bacca wants to leave then fine. But it will mean that we will definitely have to sign another striker as Higuaín and Cutrone is not enough for the season. I will strongly hope that Milan sign Depay, Rabiot (more realistic than SMS) and Martial. At least those players will make us competitive with the addition of Bakayoko. I really don’t know much about Castillejo to comment so I will just watch what happens next. Maybe he is a better option than Martial and Quincy Promes. I… Read more »
Out of topic; what happened to thiago dias?
I don’t understand Villarreal. They wanted to sign Bacca but now they don’t want him in this guy’s deal. What are they up to? And is Castilijo even worth it?? I mean we need a started not an expensive back up. I hope he’s good enough.
Villareal “wish not to include Bacca in the talks.” Sheesh, how are we going to get rid of this guy? He has no desire to play at Milan at all.
Something wrong with this report. That offer does not make any sense.
I agree. Bacca is worth like 15m. Offering 18m plus Bacca doesn’t make sense if Castillejo is worth just 25m.
The direction of the market seems to be taking a down ward troll, my major optimism now is that I hope we become like the Inter of last season where nobody expected them to perform and they made top four and we disappointed expectations .I am some what hoping that it happens the other way round this time for us.
Last season, he scored six goals with eight assists in 38 competitive games for Villarreal.
Ink is really scared right now. His bonaventura is in danger, Bonaventura shouldnt even been signed from starts. He is not even good for his old atalanta. Please make a clearance this year if you can not sign. Out with bonaventura, zapata, borini as they are not good for being starters or offering something from bench either. We have made some good signings now, the best must be LEO and MALDINI. But still, all the way back to 2007, since than we are lacking a playmaker in our midfield. Im so tired of our lumberjack midfield that we hade for… Read more »
Bonaventura, Suso and or Donnarumma plus money for SMS. That is what LeoDini is thinking about.
All these talks about Martial, Depay, Promes, Castillejo and co., what about exploring South America for talent? I’m sure there’s plenty in Brasil, Argentina or even Columbia and are not overpriced already
hey bro what about lonzano ?? did he really good?
Yeah but he’s valued at like 40 millions
That’s what i thinking dude..idk why leo never bother to search talent in south american..madrid have great talent in vinicius jr.if we’re “lucky” i think we have another kaka or neymar maybe..
Milannews are reporting that representatives from Elliot have made contact with Lotito regarding Milinkovic-Savic, where the president stated that he wants at least 120 million euros for him.
He would indeed be the dream player, but isn’t it too much money for him? 80 million tops, even with todays market climate.
Read reports too. Unfortunately those types of players are that much now. Kepa to chelsea was 75m pounds. He’s one of the most promising midfielders in the world so 120m is fair, Although i think expensive. The good thing about him is in two years he’ll prob go to 200m if he performs the way he does
Milan have seemingly offered Lazio 40m for loan and a further 70m next year for SMS with Borini going the other way also
Now if Leo pulls this off he deserves the freedom of the city award
He put Bonaventura in, not Borini
Ya I just read the same thing and another newspaper says he offered Bonaventura or Borini (I’d give both)
I would give Suso to Roma for 35m and get promes for 25m get depay and you have two Dutch flying wingers with a quality midfielder Bakayoko to replace Kessié if he hits his Monaco form we are ready to tear the league up
what if we sell suso 20m plus elsha??
Yeah, let’s sell 1 firewood for 2 other. Great stuff!!
Bona and kessie plus 60m for SMS…. Bona and kessie good but not for milan…
If Milan management go all out for a creative midfielder this Mercator, it is only then i’ll conclude that management knows what they are doing. This is regardless of all the FFP craps. After all these mess we are in today began with replacing world beaters mediocre players. SMS even if €150m, management should find a way to spread payment n seal the deal plus a high profile LW. Anything less we lead us to same we’ve been threading over 5years now
Don’t rate this guy, But my Milan team. Donna/ Reina RB – Conti/ Calabria LB – Rodríguez/ strinic / Youth prospect CB – Roma, Caldara / Youth prospect CB – Caldara / Musacchio CM/DM – Rabiot / Biglia /chalhangu RM – Kessié/ Bakayoko LM – Chalhangu / Bonaventura / youth prospect RW – Suso/ Tiago Diaz (youth prospect) ST – Higuaín/ Cutrone/ Bacca LW – Promes/ Draxler / Bonaventura Additional cost Draxler – 40 mil or Promes 25 mil Rabiot – 25-30 mil I would rather, we look for someone with potential and can increase in value, then buying complete… Read more »
He’s left footed (according to transfermarkt), and we need someone who is right footed for LW mostly. Also, not impressive enough for Milan imo.
I just read from Calciomercato that Leo has met the 120M buyout clause for SMS! A gift from Elliot! We have effectively become the second best team in Seria A and true title contenders!
I pray this is true, if we now add Promes to the mix then – destruction derby begins
Haha!
Haha! is exactly my response to this calciomercato gossip
Approach has been made, onus now is on ‘crazy’ Lotito… fingers crossed.
Bloody hell, if that is true then we are surely in for a fiery season.
Make it happen Leonardo, maldini and Elliot.
An emissary from Elliot met with Lotito for SMS, he is insisting on 40M loan an option to buy at 80M. Elliot is offering 70M. Hopefully he will concede, still 50/50.
I have alot of concerns regarding this mercato? 1. The way this transfer window is going we might have to change the formation 2. If we sell bacca and get samu castellejo… The problem comes in attack wat if higuain or cutrone is injured… Is Tsadjout in the plans for that case… Or we will sign a striker as well if bacca goes… 3. This mercato should have been to add dept to the existing quality… Or adding to the quality without loosing depth… We lost two strikers with only one coming… We replaced Bonnuci with caldara but i think… Read more »
For wing we need one out of martial/depay/ draxler
For mid we need one out of SMS/ rabiot
We will be good to go for the season
Dispose off borini, bertolacci, montolivo, mauri
I actually wouldn’t mind keeping borini. He can act as a 3rd choice LB, RB, LW, RW and striker.
I read it also hope is for real because am getting tired of gattuso speech the players tried we had a good game we are behind Juventus we can’t build our team on higuain we need work on our training method all sort am tired all we need is good football and result best of luck to the rossoneries blessed week ahead and Good mercatoes also
Milan has met the 120m valuation of SMS??? SMS in my country costs only 4naira per SMS, i hope its bulk SMS we’re paying for as mediocre performances will not be tolerated with that price tag and i dont want us selling him for less should he flop this season. Milan’s telecommunication power will be pretty strong this season and it will show in our telepathy on the pitch. We have the following: SMS – Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Bulk SMS) Direct Call – Davide Calabria Skype – Suso Fater – Tiemoue Bakayoko Messenger – Mussacchio Instagram – Ivan Strinic PC –… Read more »
I hope we sign sms and Draxler and we r ready to go we need quality player it will be hard but let’s hope
On a side note, Kaka is joining our management! It will be official soon. The coming of Leo has been a masteestroke , well done Elliot.
Imagine a management team of: Leo, Maldini and Kaka. Who wouldn’t want to PLAY for Milan now? The moral of the boys will be VERY high and will make them give their all. This is the project of dreams!
Haha!
So u all automatically assume that by signing Milinković-Savić we are in for a fiery season? What gives you such guarantee?
This team is far from built
Well boohoo mister pessimistic, Gattuso is a glueer, he will manage, unlike Morontella
Isn’t it? I never put up line-ups with dream players or formations up, but let’s take a moment here, look at this: Donnarumma-Calabria-Caldara-Romagnoli-Rodriguez-Kessie-Biglia-SMS-Suso-Higuain-Hakan. With Reina, Conti, Musacchio, Zapata – yes even him, as a backup, not many players have a player of his quality as a third/fourth choice CB – Bakayoko, Bonaventura, Cutrone and Bacca ready on the bench, all of these players could be regular starters as well – with the exception of Zap. How can we not be excited about this? Not only would this the best team we’ve had on years, on paper, but also a team… Read more »
But how good is that Rabiot guy, I’ve never seen him play.
Im a fan, only downside his his monster agent, aka his mother. He is a modern midfielder, hard working, box to box, good technique passing and vision, eye for a goal etc. Young and would be an improvement to our midfield that’s for sure!
SMS is problem half solved if we can’t create chances and score goals.. The more goals we score the more Point we get to make the top 4 and qualify for CL.. We can’t put all our eggs in one basket 120m for SMS is he far better than Modric?
We need player who can give us scoring chances , This LW position has been a problem for many years and RW where e only have Suso, Borini is an athlete 100m and relay runner not a footballer.. we Need back up there too..
I Also Wonder Why We Are All Acting Like This Sms Guy Would Be Our Messiah Because He Is Worth Around 110mill. The Transfer Market Today Is Nothing But Massive Exaggerations. But Fingers Crossed. And By The Way, Why Has The Rumors About Quincy Promes Suddenly Cooled. I Really Hope We Get Him Cos He Will Be Really Great At Milan. He Doesn’t Just Run And Look Assist As A Winger, He Scores Too At Just 25mill. But It May Be Quite Tough For Us If He Still Decides To Remain At Spartak Cos Other Clubs Including Inter Came Knocking… Read more »
Depay promes or martial and Savic we are going for top 4 leo has 4 days to sort this out other wise no cl for another year
why is ac Milan management wasteful ,why waste money as big as 120 mil on savic,to achieve what how much is ronaldo,,ngolo kante,pogba,rakitic,mahrez,worth,while give a huge amount to a greedy club like Lazio to get a player that is not 100% established ,what do we think savic marchandise is worth compare to Rinaldo and co.trust me milanistas we are heading to a lost negotiations
Bro, first thing, we are only paying 40M loan with an option to buy, no obligation. Also, all the players you mentioned can not go for that price as their clubs will not considered that but an outright purchase which will be in the region or more of SMS evaluation. We can’t afford that for now due to FFP. Secondly, SMS knows the league, he was the best midfielder with 14 goals last season and he has the propensity to graduate to world class, and he can do that this season with us. Other players might be more established than… Read more »
with 120mil Milan can get 2 to 3 good players that are game changers not waste it on a player whose club president feel they can extort money from desperate clubs ,that’s how we almost over paid Torino for belloti
Savic is worth 120m in today’s market, no doubt about it.
Also, what most people forget is that they’re not going to give Lazio 120m all at once. It will be something like 20-40 million load with other installments in the next years.
Basically we could sign one player outright with that money or go for Savic’s loan. There’s no doubt in my mind which we should choose if we have the opportunity.
Ruskin, this is exactly the problem with Milan fans mentality. Just like you, they want top players to come but when there is rumor that Milan is willing to spend 120 mil on a player, they say it is not necessary and we should get 3-4 players for that money. 3-4 players that cost 30-40 mil each in today’s market won’t be top players. If the new owners have 120 mil to spend and are willing to do so on SMS, I say hells yeah, go for it! You need to spend big to be on top so stop complaining… Read more »
If it’s true that we have agreed a deal for SMS for 120m then who am I kidding? I don’t care about the price! Sure it’s a lot but that guy is amazing and instantly brings are midfield from good to awesome! Now wingers are covered too in bonaventura and calhanoglu. Bakayoko as back up. Look at that depth it’s bring in! We can seriously challenge for a top four spot and europa league! Let it happen
@Sheva and others like you, please dont be so ungrateful to players like Bonaventura who has served us loyally for these years of difficulty and has been a standout in his own way. Saying things like he was never Milan material or should never have been signed in the first place is quite derogatory. You should have remembered to say this all these years when he was giving us a big helping hand on and off the pitch. He should be fully respected as he has done his bit for Milan and still has a part to play in this… Read more »
This SMS report is gathering pace in the media. Football market isn’t about how much a player is worth again, its about how much the owner wants regardless if the value is realistic or not.
It sounds weird but i will pay that money for SMS if i have it because he’s a foreman in midfield, a complete dominant monster and complete quality player.
If we get him, then top 4 is a guarantee with a quality left wing attacker like Promes or Depay.
I agree, I don’t care how much he is. If you want to be the best you need to buy the best. Simple as that. Adding bakayoko and SMS would completely change our midfield and team for that matter. Now I’m not saying buying him we should win the scudetto, but top four would be a great start. You need to buy top players before you start winning and you need to have them to attract the high quality players for free too. Look at juve, they get a high quality player every year for free. Rabiot could be next.… Read more »
Bla bla bla many of you should realize that we did not qualify for champions league so even though we have the money we can’t spend because we are been watch by UEFA FFP, you think PSG will sell draxler for 25m or MAN UTD will sell martial for 25m and Lazio owner said he want 120m cash which milan can afford but the problem is FFP rules as for samu ”s deal bacca is 31yrs old and samu is 24yrs old if bacca should see his contract out he will be 33yrs old just like montolivo that know club… Read more »