Torino confirm AC Milan bid for €100m star

09 set 2017

Torino’s director of football Gianluca Petrachi has confirmed that AC Milan were interested in signing the granata and Italy star Andrea Belotti. The Italian striker has a € 100 million release clause included in his contract and the rossoneri had been heavily linked with signing the 23-year-old who netted 24 Serie A goals last season.

Belotti had also been linked with a move to Chelsea but the Blues did also fail to match the player’s price-tag.

Talking to Torino Channel on Saturday afternoon, Petrachi confirmed AC Milan wanted to sign Belotti.

“They [AC Milan] wanted to include him in a swap deal with Mbaye Niang [who eventually signed for Torino].”

“It was not easy to sign Niang, it was a long negotiation and AC Milan wanted to include Belotti in a deal but their offer was not good enough. I told them that I wanted to keep the two negotiations separated.”