What they were saying was the additional testing would have taken to long the deadline would have been expired but they don't give any reasoning for the additional medical
Seems like Milan would be well aware of timing required for testing. Maybe they said. “Oh, we need test done to buy now. But, no time. So, we are willing to do loan with option to buy and get testing done after deadline.” Who knows? Doesn’t appear like a straight forward deal. Maybe just a scam to get Wigan to loan them Robinson for second half of season.
I mean... we didn't but I kinda feel like we got got catfished including Antonee! Sooooooo close to being signed, sealed and delivered. Sign..... at least it's not like the Heath Pearce "signing" with Bursaspor where he was presented to the media, took questions from them and then it was..... sike.... we didn't get this deal in before the deadline closed. Oooops, our bad!
This is what I gather as well. The English version was a transfer, for €10 million or more. The Italian version was a loan, that would become a transfer only if he played 7+ games, which was unlikely to happen. I'm not sure Wigan is to blame here. So, to avoid the he-says/she-says, both clubs are opting to go with the medical timing story. PS: I doubt Milan was going to pay big for him, they were just counting on a loan and sending him back, Theo is not the sort who misses games.
Good for Wigan for not giving him up for any length of time without a guaranteed and satisfactory transfer fee.
Why go for Antonee? Someone who would have to learn the language and see if he could even get up to the leagues speed? If Milan were looking for a 6 month band-aid, there are other more proven Serie A veterans that they could attempt to acquire for a similar price if not cheaper? I think there was genuine interest in his upside, and a lot of similarities to Antonee. I'm not saying that Antonee was a shoe-in and like for like quality replacement, but with some mentorship and adaption, there was opportunity.
Of course. But may have been an excuse to pressure Wigan into a loan. “We can’t buy now without the extra medical but are willing to bring him in now on a transfer and then do the medical later as we evaluate option to buy”. Whatever it was Milan was trying to do didn’t make sense to Wigan.
Because they never intended to pay the price, and other Serie A clubs were not going to loan them an equivalent-or-better guy for the rest of the season on a "we shall see" basis. They were counting on Wigan and Antonee being naïve enough to fall for it.
Why wouldn't a Serie A club be willing to let go of someone to get a salary off their books, which I imagine wouldn't be out of the question considering there are older players on larger salaries warming the bench. Best case scenario for that team is that person plays well and they are able to sell them in the future, worst case, the player continues to sit on the bench and they don't have to pay the salary anymore. Once again, why would Milan take a loan for 6 months for a player who would not be starting over Theo, who doesn't speak the language (or spanish, or french for that matter), and is coming from the Championship? Antonee would barely be speaking Italian by the end of the season before they would just ship him back to Wigan? There would be so much that could go wrong for Milan if they were just trying to bamboozle a Enghlish Championship club for 6 months in my opinion. I could be very off on this, but that doesn't seem like a smart move by Milan (even if they have made dumb moves in the past, looking at you Piatek).
Not sure I follow. Why wouldn't they of just recalled Laxalt from his loan in Torino in the first place then?
Laxalt's contract ends in 2021 so they have to sell him this summer. He was going to be bench-riding with Theo always playing LB. The idea was for Laxalt to get enough play time with Torino so he could be sold for a nice fee. Now, Laxalt has been recalled. Also, keep in mind Robinson's not officially capped & has only played friendlies for us. Had he succeeded at Milan against all odds, with Theo breaking a leg or something, the English may have been tempted to cap him first. I think that very unlikely, though, since I feel he's quite limited as a defender.
Still not sure I follow... 1. Why pay such a large transfer fee if he isn't in their plans whatsoever? 2. Why not give those minutes that Robinson would of got to Laxalt if he wasn't in their plans, avoid the transfer fee and enhance Laxalt's marketing presence to other teams with Robinson's minutes? 3. Using that same logic of selling Laxalt, what would happen if Milan sold Laxalt and Theo (who they'd likely get a ton of $$$ for this year)?
Most bizar almost transfer in ya history. Edit. Holy god, wigan are in a relegation spot and agreeded to this deal??? My first thought is must be something nefarious...
They were not going to pay that fee. That fee was only in case AR played more than N games, which was unlikely. He'd be there only as an emergency sub. Because there were zero minutes guaranteed. Diego has already played near 600 minutes with Torino for the first half of the season. As Theo's backup, he'd have been lucky to play the 45 minutes Rodriguez got since Theo's debut. It'll be summer by then, with many more possible deals open. They only wanted someone to make the four months left until the end of the season. They could have promoted some Primavera guy, or they could have gone for someone who wasn't going to be expensive as a loan and only expensive if they decided to buy him. Since they were not going to buy him, Robinson was a cheap alternative as a loan. They played him less than the threshold to activate the buy clause, and no harm no foul. Remember we've been hearing the Wigan version of things for the most part. The whole idea that Milan was buying him for over €10m came from them. For Milan, it was a "prestito con diritto a 10 mln." = a loan with a chance to buy for €10m. https://www.spaziomilan.it/2020/01/sky-milan-nuova-offerta-per-robinson-del-wigan/
Not necessarily bizarre or crazy at all. I'm taking the announcement at face value--the transfer fell through because the docs found something during the physical that required further tests (otherwise, why bother with the physical?). The club decided, with the docs' recommendations, that the tests are necessary. This precluded the transfer because of time constraints. That's my take, anyway. We may learn more about this during the rest of the season if Antonee suffers an "unexpected" medical problem.
Well I thought this was a bad idea in the first place. Who knows what happens from here this could really derail him. Or he could keep his head up and find a landing spot in the summer, let’s hope.