Milan market, Mateta yellow: fans with bated breath

Jean-Philippe Mateta’s transfer from Crystal Palace to AC Milan can now be said to be skipped. According to reports from Sky Sport, in fact, the French striker did not pass the medical examinations and, therefore, will not arrive in Milan as it seemed until a few hours ago. Mateta therefore remains in England, waiting to see whether another club will try to negotiate in extremis with the London club or whether Mateta will continue his adventure in the Premier League at the club with which he won the FA Cup last year.

This is not the first time this season that the transfer of a striker to AC Milan has been skipped at the last minute after medical examinations.

It had in fact happened in the summer with Victor Boniface, who after his experience at Bayer Leverkusen was ready to wear the Rossoneri jersey, before the tests he underwent showed physical problems such as to cancel the agreement between the two clubs. As with Boniface, by the way, the condition of his knees is unconvincing for Mateta, according to sources close to the club.

Francesco Lucivero

A.C. Milan, which this year has had to deal with the physical problems of Santiago Gimenez, whose ankle injury forced him to a long period of stop, does not want to take any further risks, knowing that it has nonetheless reinforced the attacking department with the’arrival of German Niclas Füllkrug, who has impressed well in his first month in Italy, even proving decisive in last Jan. 18’s match against Lecce, with the winning goal scored in the 76th minute, four laps of the needle after he entered the field in place of Christian Pulisic.

The Rossoneri management is hard at work in the last day of the winter soccer market also with an eye on the upcoming league commitments, with the away match in Bologna scheduled for Tuesday, February 3, and the long break (complicit in the postponement of Milan-Como due to the Olympic Games) before the next game, on February 13 again at home to Pisa.

The Rossoneri will return to play in front of their own public on Wednesday, Feb. 18 in the rematch against Como, a match that has been in the center of public attention in recent months for the’hypothesis, then dashed after a thousand controversies, of disputing it in Australia, in Perth, taking advantage of the unavailability of the Meazza.