CM: Why €17m+ deal between Milan and Spurs could be postponed a few days

Today was meant to be the day that Emerson Royal to AC Milan from Spurs was fully agreed, and yet the handshakes reportedly have not arrived.

As Calciomercato.com report, there was were new talks between the Milan directors and their counterparts at Tottenham via a conference call that – as per the plans – should have finally unblocked the operation so that a medical could be booked in and documents could start being exchanged.

However, the closing of the deal could now be postponed by a few days. Milan have put forward an offer of €15m fixed which is what Spurs wanted, but only €2m in bonuses and not the €3m being demanded.

Therefore, some details still need to be sorted out relating to the amounts and the structures of the overall figure between the fixed part and bonuses, a topic on the table during today’s conversations and evidently not completely resolved.

Despite this, Milan expect to unlock and close the deal by the end of this week, so as to allow Paulo Fonseca to start working with the Brazilian in view of the start of the new season at San Siro on August 17 against Torino.

The Brazilian full-back has pushed so hard for the move and agreed terms with Milan a while ago over a five-year deal with a salary of €3m net per season plus bonuses.