Koni De Winter admits transferring to Milan ‘doesn’t appear actual, it’s like a dream’ and he’s completely happy to be reunited with Max Allegri, who gave him his huge Juventus break.
The defender had been linked with Inter, Tottenham Hotspur and Bournemouth thus far this summer time, however to the Rossoneri this afternoon.
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The price of the operation is believed to be round , with 20-25 per cent of that determine going to his earlier membership Juventus.
“I can not describe my feelings, it doesn’t appear actual. It’s actually like a dream,”
“I wish to do properly and achieve extra expertise. Not everybody will get to put on this jersey, so I wish to take pleasure in each second of it.”
Curiously, his two final coaches at Genoa are each former Milan gamers, Alberto Gilardino and Patrick Vieira.
“I do know lot of fellows, Messias was right here too. We talked about Milan, all of them informed me the identical factor, which is you’re going to a giant membership with nice individuals, you’ll be high quality.”
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De Winter can be reunited with former Juventus coach Allegri, who had first given him the step up from the youth squad to the senior staff.
“It was the coach who gave me my skilled debut, so he’ll all the time be a giant determine for me. I’ve many recollections of him, these had been my first tastes of senior soccer and I’m completely happy to be working with him once more.”
The Belgium worldwide celebrated his twenty third birthday in June and sees this as a significant step in his enjoying profession.
“It is a huge membership, it wants no introductions. I bear in mind watching Ronaldinho, Pato and Maldini, there are numerous gamers from the Netherlands, which is near Belgium, so I grew up watching Milan.”
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De Winter is the alternative for Malick Thiaw, who was offered to Newcastle United for €40m, so what does he carry to Milan?
“As a centre-back, I must really feel safe, and I wish to turn into a stalwart of this defence,” he defined.
“I count on a very good season, as Milan should be on the prime. That’s what we have to do.”
Luka Modric is one other new arrival this summer time and it’s inevitably an thrilling expertise for a younger participant to be his teammate.
“It’s nice to play with guys like Modric, who’ve received all the things, each on a person and staff degree. I count on to study so much from everybody.
“Rafael Leao above all is so robust, what impressed me is that he’s very quick for somebody who is definitely fairly huge. I wish to discover out extra about all of them.”
GENOA, ITALY – OCTOBER 7: Koni De Winter of Genoa (left) and Rafael Leao of Milan vie for the ball through the Serie A TIM match between Genoa CFC and AC Milan at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on October 7, 2023 in Genoa, Italy. (Photograph by Getty Photographs/Getty Photographs)
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De Winter has already skilled San Siro as an opponent in opposition to each Milan and Inter, however now will get to take pleasure in it with the followers cheering his identify as an alternative.
“The primary time I went, I used to be so impressed by how huge it’s and the noise the followers make. I bear in mind them singing even through the warm-up.
“It’s essentially the most lovely stadium I’ve ever seen and I believe it’ll be even higher to play there carrying the Milan jersey.”
Did he assume rising up that he might attain this second in his profession of enjoying for AC Milan?
“I used to be simply pondering earlier, I by no means even imagined that sooner or later I might play for a membership like this in a stadium like this, however life is unusual.”