According to reports from La Gazzetta dello Sport, three surplus players at AC Milan are no longer part of the club's plans. RedBird's owner is willing to continue paying their salaries but will not include them in the first team.

Leaving AC Milan, even while continuing to receive the club's salary, is essentially what has been demanded. Gerry Cardinale has made it clear to Fikayo Tomori, Youssouf Fofana, and Santiago Giménez: if these three high-earning "out-of-favor" players still have contracts with AC Milan when Italy's summer transfer window closes on September 2, they will remain excluded from the team's plans.

This means the trio will train separately from their teammates and will have no opportunity to play. For this reason, Tomori, Fofana, and Giménez were not included in AC Milan's official squad list for the new Serie A season.

Tomori has one year remaining on his AC Milan contract, with an annual net salary of 3.5 million euros. Unlike the other two, the English centre-back cannot be loaned out unless he signs a contract extension first, but this option is currently difficult to achieve. Thanks to Italy's Growth Decree, Tomori's actual annual cost to AC Milan is 4.55 million euros. This is quite paradoxical: his gross salary is higher than Fofana and Giménez, yet his net cost is lower for the club.

In January 2025, Tomori came very close to leaving AC Milan. At that time, AC Milan essentially accepted Tottenham Hotspur's offer and was also willing to sell him to Juventus. Ultimately, Tomori firmly refused to leave, and his decision proved justified, as he has remained a regular starter since then and is highly trusted by both Conceição and Allegri.

Rúben Amorim decided that AC Milan could no longer rely on Tomori, a decision subsequently backed by Cardinale. As a result, Tomori was excluded from the team's plans in early August, along with Okafor, Nkunku, and Fofana. The first two have since left AC Milan, and now Giménez has joined them.

Where can Tomori go now? That is genuinely unclear. Aston Villa recently inquired but subsequently abandoned the idea. At Juventus, Frederic Massara, who brought the English player to Italy, has a relationship with him, but currently there has been no significant progress between the two parties beyond mutual admiration.

What about French midfielder Fofana? The former Monaco player has primarily attracted interest from Premier League clubs, with Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace, and most recently Brighton all making inquiries. However, so far, no club has entered into serious negotiations or made an official offer to AC Milan. Fofana himself has quickly shut the door on a return to France.

His annual net salary is 3 million euros, with a total annual cost of 5.5 million euros—not particularly high—while AC Milan is demanding a price between 15 and 20 million euros. However, there have been no significant negotiations to date. A few days ago, Fofana also posted a photo on social media showing him and other "outcasts" smiling together at Milanello training ground, which looked almost like a provocation.

Meanwhile, Giménez has been waiting for days to be allowed to join Porto. The issue remains that Porto and AC Milan have yet to reach an agreement. Porto previously offered a loan with an optional 15 million euro purchase clause, but AC Milan rejected it. AC Milan wants to increase the amount by at least 5 million euros and is asking for the optional purchase clause to be converted into a mandatory purchase clause under more favorable terms, but Porto is still considering its position.

Discussions between the two clubs have been ongoing for some time, so unexpected developments cannot be ruled out, including the involvement of other clubs entering the race. With 6 days remaining before the transfer window closes, Cardinale hopes to find a solution for all three players in everyone's best interest.

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