Midfielder Franck Kessie has signed a four-year contract with Barca, after his contract with Milan expires at the end of this season.
Move news expert Fabrizio Romano says the transaction is complete. Kessie will receive a salary of 6.5 million euros ($7.2 million) annually at Barca, including bonuses. In return, Barca do not have to pay a transfer fee because Kessie will expire his contract with Milan at the end of this season. He will play for Barca from the 2022-2023 season.
Milan wanted double the salary, but still couldn’t keep Franck Kessie (No. 79). Photo: Reuters
Kessie scored 6 goals in 30 games for Milan This season, in the central midfield position. The Ivory Coast player once played for the Atalanta youth team, before moving to Milan in the summer of 2017. He has been a mainstay of Milan for the last 5 seasons, scoring 36 goals in 214 matches. The 25-year-old midfielder also scored 6 goals in 56 games for the Ivory Coast team. His salary tripled after joining Barca.
Apart from Kessie, Milan have many other players whose contracts will expire this summer, such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Junior Messias, Alessandro Florenzi, Alessio Romagnoli or Antonio Mirante. Milan have offered to extend Ibrahimovic’s contract but both parties have yet to sign a new contract.
In the 2021-2022 season, Barca brought in 5 free players, including Eric Garcia, Sergio Aguero, Memphis Depay, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Kessie. Apart from Aguero, who had to retire due to heart disease, the other players all started a lot.
Barca also want to renew contracts with several players whose contracts expire at the end of this season, such as Sergi Roberto or Ousmane Dembele. Coach Xavi believes Barca can keep Dembele, as this player has played great in the last month. He scored one goal and made seven assists in just the last 30 days.
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