AC Milan were aware of Inter’s pursuit of Marcus Thuram and the fact that they had offered him a higher salary but decided not to match it, a report claims.
MilanNews have provided the background on how Milan went from frontrunners in the race to sign Thuram to missing out on him entirely with a move to Inter now seemingly on the cards.
The Rossoneri management were waiting for an answer from the striker who they had identified as the right profile to strengthen the attacking department.
After he said no to PSG and RB Leipzig there was an optimistic feeling, with Moncada and Furlani feeling that they had done everything possible to be able to convince the player in terms of salary and the plans for him.
However, Inter moved strongly as they need to replace Edin Dzeko and Romelu Lukaku. Their economic proposal was around €6.5m net per year for five years, plus commissions and a hefty signing bonus too.
Milan were informed of the bid from the Nerazzurri, but chose not to go back with a higher offer than the €5m per year they put on the table, deciding not to go beyond the ‘value’ that was initially decided by the sports area
The fact remains that Milan have missed out on another target, and they are already working on other names of which several are on the list.
