CorSport: Newcastle willing to offer €40m for centre-back but Milan want more | OneFootball

Newcastle United are back in talks with AC Milan after the Sandro Tonali deal last summer and they are ready to make a sizeable offer for Malick Thiaw, a report claims.

This morning’s edition of Corriere dello Sport (via PianetaMilan) confirms the reports that have been doing the rounds from other sources in the past few days regarding Newcastle’s interest in signing Thiaw to bolster their centre-back department.

The German defender arrived at Milan in the summer of 2022 for €7m including bonuses from Schalke 04 and is coming off a complicated season, also due to an injury that kept him out for several months.

The Magpies, as per the paper, are ready to put €40m on the table to buy him, showing that they clearly believe in his potential for the future even after a year that did not go to play. However, Milan also believe in him as they do not deem that amount to be enough.

So far there have just been enquiries from Newcastle and at the moment there is no official bid to consider, but the operation could come to life in the next few days. The relations between the clubs is excellent and, a year on from the sale of Tonali, they could do more business.