Gerry Cardinale will be soon in Italy and signings, contract extension and the new stadium will be on his priority list.
Gerry Cardinale will be very soon back to Italy. The AC Milan new owner has a number of issues on his agenda starting from the contract extensions of Rafael Leao and Stefano Pioli up mercato matters. Cardinale plans to stay close to the squad for the upcoming important matches against Chelsea and Juventus. Journalist Andrea Longoni reports that Cardinale has 3 important on his agenda. The American wants to start his new adventure with a couple of gits for the club.
The first is without a doubt the question of the new stadium. RedBird will gift the Rossoneri fans a brand new stadium, one of the absolutely best across Europe. AC Milan are infuriated by continuous delays from the Municipality of Milan and are looking at other solutions. If the Municipality doesn’t give a quick approval to the construction of the new stadium at the San Siro area, the club will move ahead with the plans to build at Sesto San Giovanni. Cardinale has already visited the site. He favors this solution because Cardinale wants a stadium 100% owned by AC Milan.
The contract renewal of Rafael Leao is the second topic on Cardinale’s list. AC Milan have no intention to wait for the Portuguese winger to become a free agent. The new owner has made it clear that the Rossoneri will not lose anymore players as free agents. Either a solution is found or Leao will be sold next summer. However, Cardinale doesn’t want to present himself in front of the Red and Blacks supporters by letting the best player leave. Cardinale is well aware of the importance of Leao and how many jerseys the left winger sells.
A sacrifice will be made to keep him at San Siro at all cost. The American owner will give the green light to make Rafael Leao one of the highest paid players in Serie A. The wage cap imposed by Elliott will be lifted and Leao will be given a new long-term contract with a salary of around €7 million per season. The 23-year-old is a player that helps AC Milan win games and has the potential to become a world class winger. That’s why Milan want to tie him down to a new contract despite the high price.
The third concerns the transfer market. The upcoming January window will be the first will Gerry Cardinale at the helm. AC Milan will make an important signing in attack according to Longoni, the dilemma is whether to invest for a new striker or a right winger. The important signing planned for next summer could be anticipated in January by RedBird.
The initial plan was to concentrate on the right winger but long absence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the many injury problems of Divock Origi have left Stefano Pioli to rely only on Olivier Giroud who turns 36 in a few days. Further evaluation will be carried out until December but one thing is sure: RedBird will invest much more than Elliott on the market and Maldini will have more freedom on the aames.
