At noon on March 1, Beijing time, breaking news came from Spain, the Spanish media "Daily Sports" revealed that AC Milan's midfield star Casey confirmed that he was going to Barca, he has accepted Barca's offer, and has reached an agreement to join, will officially wear the Barça shirt on July 1. Casey, who is now 25 years old, has grown into ac Milan's new midfield star, scoring 10 goals in a single season, and he and AC Milan have a contract renewal disagreement, and the two sides can not agree on salary packages.
According to the contract information, Casey ended his contract with AC Milan this summer, when he will join Barca on a free transfer. The Daily Sports newspaper said that Barça and Casey's agent Attangana completed several negotiations and reached a smooth agreement, Casey also accepted Barca's offer, although the Premier League team also joined the competition, but Casey prefers Barca.
The media also analyzed the reasons why Barca introduced Casey, believing that Barca valued Casey's 3 characteristics, first, Casey's high-quality and inexpensive characteristics, his contract with AC Milan is coming to an end, which allows Barca to complete the visa exemption and reduce economic pressure; second, Casey is very young, only 25 years old, can score 10 goals in a season, has excellent physical fitness, and has strong technical ability; third, Casey is full of ability, has the attributes of gold oil, can be competent in the middle of the back, can also play both sides of the midfield, is a real B2B player.
This season, Casey's form has remained stable, scoring 6 goals and assisting 1 time in 26 games for AC Milan, and the value of "German Turn" has risen to 48 million euros, according to his age and status, normal transfers are enough to generate more than 50 million euros in transfer fees, so joining Barca this summer is equivalent to making AC Milan lose at least 50 million euros. According to transfer history, this will be the second time AC Milan have lost their midfield top card, they have already lost the top attacking midfielder Charhan Oulu last season, Cha10 joined Inter Milan on a free transfer in July 2021, when Cha10 was only 27 years old; currently Char Khan Oulu is also in stable form at Inter, scoring 6 goals and assisting 8 times in 31 games this season.
Consecutive years of loss of important stars, AC Milan's results are worrying, next, AC Milan ushered in the key schedule of the championship, in the beginning of this month, consecutive matches between Inter Milan and Napoli, first of all, at 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on March 2, ushered in the Semi-finals of the Italian Cup, the opponent is Inter Milan; at 3:45 a.m. Beijing time on March 7, AC Milan will usher in the Battle of Tianwangshan in Serie A, and the 28th round of Serie A is against Napoli. In such a crucial fixture, news of Casey's transfer could affect AC Milan's morale. For Barca, the introduction of Casey will be an investment in the future, extremely cost-effective, Di Marzio revealed that Barca for Casey's annual salary of 6.5 million euros, can be said to be a big profit. In terms of lineup, Casey can make Barca's attack and defense more balanced.