Gianluigi Donnarumma has refused to renew his contract with AC Milan. In an interview for Il Corriere dello Sport, Mirabelli comments to situation.
Donnarumma rejecting Milan has been the top news of the weekend. Bitterness surrounded the rossoneri environment but not so much, if a player does not feel love and dedication towards the club it’s best he leaves. According to La Gazetta dello Sport, PSG and Real Madrid are in advanced negotiations to sign the 18 year old goalkeeper with Mirabelli asking for at least one player in exchange. Could it be Cristiano Ronaldo who moves in opposite direction?
Fassone and Mirabelli in a short interview for Il Corriere dello Sport, answering a couple of questions regarding the Donnarumma situation. Everybody is wandering what will happen to Donnarumma now that he announced to end his contractual relationship with AC Milan: “Nothing for the moment. The club’s priority is to not hurry a decision. We are not considering selling him because to us he has no price. He is not for sale… at least for now. We wanted to gift fans a symbol and Donnarumma had everything to become one. He would become the new captain and our renewal offer was pretty high, especially considering his young age. We offered him 25 million net for 5 years, that meant the club had to pay in total 50 million (gross) for his salary“.
Questions about agent Raiola would be unavoidable. According to Mirabelli the relationship with him is not idyllic but there is mutual respect: “At a human level we were separated badly because there was never a negotiation in the process and is not true that Thursday’s meeting was filled with tension. Both parties had understood the situation and decided to continue their paths. Everybody is free to make his own choices and now we are looking for a new keeper“.
In the end Milan sports director, Massimiliano Mirabelli, comments recent rumors about an ongoing negotiation with Real Madrid: “Ronaldo wants to quit Real Madrid due to several problems with the Spanish tax system? Beh, if Real Madrid want Donnarumma we are ready to negotiate with Perez. Naturally not starting from the 400 millions Real Madrid pretend“.
