Why Milan are seriously considering a bid to beat Juventus to Motta

It has been widely reported that Thiago Motta has a verbal agreement with Juventus ahead of potentially taking over there next season, and yet AC Milan have not give up.

A report from MilanNews starts by establishing a basic principle when it comes to doing business in football: long as there are no signatures, nothing is ever certain.

We have seen Franck Kessie declare that he will remain with Milan and sign a new contract after returning to Italy before then departing months later on a free, while Marcus Thuram reached an agreement with the Rossoneri then scored the goal to earn Inter the Scudetto.

Will it be the same for Thiago Motta and Juventus? We will see. However, the issue does seem more open than before and all while Motta’s Bologna are competing with Juventus in the race for a Champions League spot.

The story is that the Italian-Brazilian head coach reached verbal agreement with Juve chief John Elkaan without, however, putting pen on paper in any way. Could Milan get themselves firmly back into the running?

One thing is clear: the management are now back to evaluating other options to replace Stefano Pioli because of the backlash over the Julen Lopetegui news. Among the profiles admired is certainly – and for some time now – also Motta, who ticks a lot of boxes.