We do not get to the 40 requested by Pozzo to sell the number 10 that Liverpool also likes and three Italian Champions
UDINE. No, thanks: it costs 40 million euros cash. More or less this was Udinese’s response to Atletico Madrid’s first step towards Rodrigo De Paul, for which i mattresses they have put 20 million more on the pot so far Nehuen Perez, 21 years to be completed next month, defender seen at work this year at Granada also in the Europa League and also loaned the previous season from Atletico to the Portuguese of Famalicão, practically a branch, considering that the president, the Israeli oilman Idan Ofer, is also a shareholder of the other footballing “soul” of Madrid.
Perez is also followed with great interest by Roma, not surprisingly given that he is a right-wing central defensive player who is already in the Argentina of the coach. Lionel Scaloni, Rome which as an alternative has also noted the name of the black and white in that position Kevin bonifazi, in the hands of Gino Pozzo who, however, must redeem it from Spal for 7 million.
Perez’s quotation? Difficult to do it, but if the compatriot Christian romero he went from Juventus to Atalanta on loan with a ransom of 16 million, one can imagine that the defender of the mattresses could be worth a little less: let’s say 12-14? So are 32-34 millions put on the plate by Atletico for De Paul, an offer rejected, also because Don Rodrigo boasts a large group of admirers.
Abroad continues to be at the center of thoughts of Liverpool who lost the Dutchman Georginio Wijnaldum, next to sign with Barcelona as a free agent. But the Italian market also offers solutions that may be of interest to De Paul, who has been assisted for a few months by Mino Raiola, not exactly a malleable attorney. So much so that it is said that Udinese has tried the card of the extension (and substantial adjustment) of the preventive contract with De Paul, precisely to guarantee a way out without assignment in case the offers are not appreciated, but the Argentine player through the his entourage has made it clear that it is time to take flight.
To play the Champions League. With Atletico, Liverpool, but also with Juventus, Milan or Atalanta, three of the four Italians in the most important cup.
Yes, even Atalanta who want to monetize the money they will collect for excellent sales, given that there is on the starting list Robin Gosens, for example. Juve, on the other hand, has a long history of purchases “in installments” with Udinese (since the days of Iaquinta and Pepe) and knows that in a climate of austerity the 3-4 million net per season that the Argentine asks are half of what a player earns Adrien Rabiot, not surprisingly on the way out.
Then there is AC Milan which is trying with the technical counterparts to lower the cash amount, a formula not too welcome at Udinese: on the plate it could put the Norwegian striker born in 1999 Jens Petter Hauge, but also the peer Matteo Gabbia, central defender. Hauge is also followed by Watford, according to the British media, but the point is always the same: Gino Pozzo would prefer all 40 million.
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