Torino president Urbano Cairo has celebrated 20 years in cost on the Serie A aspect and in an look on Italian TV, revealed behind-the-scenes details about Samuele Ricci’s transfer to Milan this summer season.
Talking on TeleLombardia, , Cairo was requested about rumours that Italian midfielder Ricci had already reached an off-the-cuff settlement in January to hitch the Rossoneri in the summertime, to which the Torino president replied “There’s completely no reality to it. There was nothing like that. Ricci was a participant Milan had been curious about however in January I by no means as soon as mentioned such a deal. Additionally as a result of for us he was necessary and essential to having the great season which we ended up having. We had hoped to attain much more however Zapata’s harm hindered us quite a bit.”
HONG KONG, CHINA – JULY 26: Samuele Ricci of AC Milan appears on throughout the Liverpool FC v AC Milan Pre-Season Pleasant match at Kai Tak Stadium on July 26, 2025 in Hong Kong, China. (Picture by Yu Chun Christopher Wong/Eurasia Sport Photographs/Getty Photographs)
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, signing for a reported charge of €23 million plus an extra €1.5 million in bonuses. The 24-year-old was a long-time goal of Milan, who had beforehand tried to signal the participant from Torino and through his time at Empoli earlier than he left the Tuscan aspect in 2022.
Cairo reveals reality on Milan hyperlinks to Belotti in 2017
Cairo additionally introduced some background info on Milan’s reported curiosity in Andrea Belotti in 2017, with the participant’s €100 million launch clause elevating eyebrows as a high-spending Rossoneri ready a transfer for the Italian ahead.
VERONA, ITALY – MAY 05: Andrea Belotti of ACF Fiorentina appears on throughout the Serie A TIM match between Hellas Verona FC and ACF Fiorentina at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on Might 05, 2024 in Verona, Italy.(Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photographs) (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photographs)
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Talking concerning the Belotti deal, Cairo revealed Milan provided a mere “paid mortgage, value round €5 million, with an obligation to purchase in sure circumstances” after then-Rossoneri director Marco Fassone admitted his aspect had “no cash left now.” Cairo described the supply as an “insult” and the ahead stayed in Turin.