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Emerson Royal wants to leave Tottenham, but it seems difficult to move to AC Milan.
Emerson is on Tottenham's release list this summer. Since manager Enze Postecoglou took office, Tottenham's main full-back duo have been Pedro Porro and Destiny Udoji. Ben Davies and Emerson played as backups.
Davis is now positioned to the extent that he has stayed at the club for the longest time among Tottenham players. In fact, he is a person who can help the captain to the extent that he is with Son Heung-min in private.
But Emerson is different. It was also receiving a somewhat ambiguous evaluation as a backup role for prisoners, and its position was getting narrower. Emerson lost ground as Tottenham managed to sign the Leeds United superstar Archie Gray in this summer's transfer window.
Emerson on the release list received the attention of AC Milan. Fabrizio Romano, an expert in the European transfer market, said on the 3rd (Korea time) "AC Milan wants a new right fullback. Emerson wants a move and is keen to join AC Milan," he said. In a recent interview, Emerson also thanked AC Milan for their interest and said they were open to new challenges.
Emerson immediately negotiated with AC Milan and agreed to move to Italy. Italy's Calcio Mercato said on the 4th, "'Contact with the player has already begun. The negotiations were positive. Both salaries and contract periods have already reached a consensus in principle', he said, adding that negotiations between AC Milan and Emerson would not be an issue.
The key was to negotiate a transfer fee with Tottenham. Tottenham reportedly wanted at least 25 million euros (about 37.4 billion won) because they intend to reinvest the transfer fee earned through Emerson. Calcio Mercato explained that there is a difference in the transfer fee between the two sides, saying, `AC Milan does not intend to spend more than 17 million euros (about 25.4 billion won) on Emerson's transfer fee, even if it includes bonuses.'
According to reports, there was not much difference between the two clubs, so it seemed that there would be a sufficient agreement. However, AC Milan reportedly wants an agreement for a much smaller amount. The BBC said on the 5th that AC Milan hopes to recruit Emerson for about 12 million euros (about 18 billion won). Tottenham are not actively sending Emerson out. If AC Milan don't hand over a better offer, they'll have a player with them,' the report said.
Emerson was born in 1999 and is still available for the Brazilian national team. Tottenham's loss is huge to sell for 12 million euros. The ransom set for Emerson is also 18 million euros (about 26.8 billion won).
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