Milan are nonetheless paying a €4m-per-season contract to forgotten former Liverpool cult hero Divock Origi, who has not been seen on the membership’s coaching floor for the reason that starting of the 2024-25 marketing campaign.
Origi, who was a part of Liverpool’s Champions League successful squad in 2018-19 and the Premier League successful aspect in 2019-20, left Anfield on the finish of the 2021-22 season and joined Milan on a four-year contract operating till the summer season of 2026.
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The 32-time Belgium worldwide didn’t dwell as much as expectations throughout his first season in San Siro, netting twice from 36 appearances throughout all competitions in 2022-23, largely from the substitutes bench.
He was then loaned again to the Premier League to affix Nottingham Forest for 2023-24, however failed to attain a single purpose from 20 appearances within the prime flight.
Milan loanee Divock Origi of Nottingham Forest through the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Spherical Replay match between Nottingham Forest and Bristol Metropolis. (Photograph by Gareth Copley/Getty Pictures)
Milan nonetheless paying €4m contract to unseen former Liverpool star
Since then, the ex-Liverpool favorite has been out of the first-team undertaking at Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic declared originally of the season that in Serie C versus the first-team beneath then-head coach Paulo Fonseca.
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Nonetheless, Origi has not but made a single look for Milan Futuro this season, and has not been concerned in first-team coaching at any stage of the 2024-25 season.
He’s nonetheless beneath contract, and in line with , Milan are nonetheless holding up their finish of the €4m-per-season deal, however are anticipated to hunt a termination of the participant’s contract within the close to future.
Tuesday’s report means that Milan might want to supply a compensation bundle so as to pay Origi out of his present contract, except a brand new purchaser steps ahead, which La Gazzetta dello Sport describes as ‘sounding just like the plot of a SciFi film’.