The Joshua Zirkzee saga continues to rumble on and his agent Kia Joorabchian’s presence in Milano will certainly fan the flames.
According to Calciomercato.com, Milan are not giving up on Zirkzee. The Dutch striker remains the Rossoneri’s first choice to take Olivier Giroud’s No.9 shirt and they are willing to pay his €40m release clause which became active on Monday 1 July.
Manchester United are in the race too and they authorised coach Erik Ten Hag to speak directly with Joorabchian, the Anglo-Iranian who looks after Zirkzee’s interests, but it remains to be seen whether the English club are willing to give the green light to all the economic aspect.
Zirkzee has verbally agreed a five-year contract with Milan with a salary of €4m net per season but rather the €15m in commissions requested by Joorabchian have stalled things, as have the player’s involvement at Euro 2024.
The 23-year-old is in no hurry and is focusing on the journey with the Oranje, postponing the decision until the end of the tournament in Germany. He dreams of Milan, but is not completely closing the door on United and is waiting to understand how the dialogue between the parties will evolve.
Kia Joorabchian’s presence in Milan is making waves as he has just arrived in the Lombard capital. This does not absolutely guarantee any new contact with the Rossoneri management because he could be working on other deals, but there could also soon be key developments.