Sandro Tonali’s departure from AC Milan to Newcastle United is now considered pretty much a reality in the Italian media.
Journalist Carlo Pelegatti today spoke to TMW Radio about the transfer, and had strong words about Tonali joining Newcastle all of a sudden.
He says the Magpies’ pursuit for the player had been going on for a while, and the last contacts were decisive.
“There is bewilderment. The news is true, the problem is that we would like them to explain the situation to us. Milan are about to lose a pillar, in a June where you have already lost Ibrahimovic, Maldini and then also the shock of Berlusconi,” Pelegatti told TMW Radio.
“It’s an unexpected thing. Newcastle had already knocked on the door a month ago, things have evolved differently. There are those who say that Tonali is faltering, who must then speak to Milan who will then sit down at the negotiating table, others say that it is Milan who are pushing Tonali. We have to understand this. What is the signal after the transfer.”
The news about Newcastle’s effort to sign Tonali was broken on Tuesday evening, and today, the Italian media has been bringing some updates on it.
It’s recently been claimed that the Magpies are reaching the €70m mark to get the player signed, and that’s why Milan may have already accepted the fact that he can leave, as long as he also wants to too.
The player, according to Sport Mediaset, makes €2.5m per year at the Rossoneri following a recent pay raise.
So with Newcastle offering him a salary worth €7m, he’s might be seriously thinking about the switch.
