Doesn’t sound good. I wouldn’t be surprised if they can’t reach an agreement.
I wish we could just keep Chiesa and Soule, sell some other fringe players like Gatti and Barrenchea, then sign Calafiori and Koopmeiners. Just those two players alone would help a lot under Motta’s system. But instead we’ll probably end up missing on them both and signing Luiz, Berardi, and Di Lorenzo.
Transfermkt has him valued at 30m which I think is fair. On the one hand, his season was fantastic and looks super confident on the ball. On the other hand, its one season so you don't know whether that was sustainable. But the fact Motta is our coach gives us more confidence he can continue in that vain.
From Bologna's perspective, they know they are going to lose Zirkzee too. To be honest, I think inserting Kean into the deal would make sense. Kean +20m. Then use Huijsen = Miretti to get Koopmeiners. Just an idea.
Kind of crazy, but I totally forgot he was that Roma youth player with that severe knee injury back in 2018. Still wonder how that is going to impact his knee long term.