AC Milan are aiming to secure the renewal of Ismael Bennacer but there are some rather complex elements to the negotiation, a report claims.
La Gazzetta dello Sport starts from the certainty that Milan do not want to lose a key player like Bennacer and they have already been active for months in trying to extend his current contract, which expires in 2024.
At present the Algerian earns just over €1.5m net per season, and the idea of the management is to double his salary, though that may not be enough. His agent Moussa Sissoko is hoping to secure even better terms for his client and wants around €4m, therefore an amount not far from that of Theo Hernandez.
There is therefore an economic issue that must be resolved given that the amount requested is close to the maximum ceiling that ownership have established for the salaries of individual players, so it is possible that bonuses could come into play to find a definitive agreement.
There is another aspect: Bennacer has a release clause of €50m which will be active again next summer. Not only that, but if we were to get to next summer – July 2023 – without a renewal agreement, the temptation to sell would be there to avoid another Franck Kessie situation.
