Final Recap of a Very Busy Deadline Day for Milan | OneFootball

Milan ended their January window with a series of moves in both directions, adding Santiago Gimenez, Joao Felix, Riccardo Sottil, and Warren Bondo and partying ways with Alvaro Morata, Ismael Bennacer, and Noah Okafor. Besides the ex-Feyenoord star, the Monza talent was the only one to transfer permanently, while all the others did it on loan, Tuttomercatoweb points out.

The Rossoneri will disburse €5M to have the Portuguese attacker from Chelsea for the next six months. Instead, they spent €10M plus €2M bonuses for the midfielder. They’ll have a €10M option to redeem the winger from Fiorentina.

Bennacer departed Milan on a €1M loan with a €12M purchase clause. Instead, Napoli paid €2M right away and will have to add €20M to retain Okafor permanently. Samuel Chukwueze stayed put, at least for now.

The Rossoneri also bid farewell to Davide Calabria down the stretch after onboarding Kyle Walker. Instead, they held onto all their center-backs despite receiving solid offers for Fikayo Tomori and Strahinja Pavlovic. They weren’t keen on leaving. The missed income didn’t deter the management from investing nearly €30M for a new marksman.

Our Take on the Last Moves from Milan

The real surprise is that their execs got a move on, as their negotiations usually last forever. The whole picture will be clearer only after the summer decisions about all the options to buy. In the meantime, their priority was clearly to seek more goals, as Felix was the only pure addition role-wise. He’ll give them flexibility and class if he adapts quickly. Bondo and Sottil aren’t necessarily a lot better than those they are replacing, but they’ll bring a healthy dose of energy.