CM: Moncada aiming to ‘mend the rift’ with Monaco as Man Utd lurk – the situation

Geoffrey Moncada is speaking directly with AS Monaco to try and move AC Milan towards the finish line in the Youssouf Fofana saga, according to a report.

Calciomercato.com begin by summarising the overall philosophy of Milan this summer: to sign players in 4/5 roles under the best possible conditions. Timing is not considered a problem because the main objective is to bring in quality, and that is why Milan has not yet thrown in the towel for Fofana.

Despite this, there have been ‘numerous problems’ encountered in the negotiations with Monaco. Yesterday Moncada reactivated contacts with the Ligue 1 club to try to ‘mend the rift’ that arose over the past few days.

The French club did not appreciate the Rossoneri’s strategy, because they reached an agreement with Fofana before starting to negotiate directly with them. Moncada worked for Monaco before and is trying to leverage the good relationship to try to find a solution that satisfies all parties.

Milan once again have to battle Manchester United though, just as they did for Joshua Zirkzee. Now the Red Devils have also started contacts with Fofana’s agents, all while Monaco want €25m to sell but the Rossoneri are only offering €17m.

The philosophy of the directors is clear: they will only pay a fair price. A turning point is now needed though and Moncada is using diplomacy, but if that is not enough he will turn to Manu Kone from Borussia Monchenglabdach.