{"id":8549,"date":"2025-03-30T18:20:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T18:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betwealthsuretips.com\/blog\/why-tonali-chose-milan-over-juventus-despite-de-ligt-attempt-i-really-didnt-know-football-italia-march-30-latest\/"},"modified":"2025-03-30T18:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T18:21:18","slug":"why-tonali-chose-milan-over-juventus-despite-de-ligt-attempt-i-really-didnt-know-football-italia-march-30-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betwealthsuretips.com\/blog\/why-tonali-chose-milan-over-juventus-despite-de-ligt-attempt-i-really-didnt-know-football-italia-march-30-latest\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Tonali chose Milan over Juventus despite De Ligt attempt: \u2018I really didn\u2019t know\u2019 – Football Italia – March 30 latest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sandro Tonali of Italy looks on during a Italy training session at Bozsik Stadion on September 08, 2024 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Claudio Villa\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Sandro Tonali has explained why he decided to join Milan over Juventus from Brescia in 2020, despite an attempt from former Bianconeri defender Matthijs De Ligt, who had attempted to lure the current Newcastle midfielder to Turin as opposed to San Siro.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tonali joined Milan in the summer of 2020, on an initial loan deal, which became permanent the following year at a total cost of around \u20ac35m including the original loan fee, the transfer fee and bonuses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 25-year-old admitted that there was serious interest from Inter and Juventus as well as from Milan, and that he \u2018really didn\u2019t know\u2019 which team to sign for until a few days before the close of the summer transfer window, despite being a boyhood Rossoneri supporter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview with Cronache di Spogliatoio, Tonali explained how he decided which team to sign for, and how De Ligt attempted to talk him into signing for Juventus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Brescia group was in Sardinia. We met De Ligt at a restaurant. It was the last year we played against each other in Serie A, the COVID year. He spoke very highly of Juventus, and as a player he advised me to think about it. It was around then when I was negotiating with Milan,\u201d Tonali said, reported via Milannews.it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/picture>\n

\u201cIt was the summer when I ended up in the newspapers. It would have been difficult for me to return to Serie B with Brescia. Milan, Inter and Juve were all trying throughout the summer. People were telling me: \u2018Come to Inter, come to Milan, come to Juventus\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf we\u2019re talking honestly, I was coming off my last year with Brescia where I had a a \u20ac200,000 (per year) contract. I had a summer where I never knew who to sign with. Until the last five days, I really didn\u2019t know which team I would go to.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tonali went on to explain that signing for Milan was the realisation of a childhood dream, although he hinted that achieving so many goals played a part in his later struggles with gambling, as he had already achieved everything he had set out to by the age of 21.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/picture>\n

\u201cIin the end I found myself at Milan, which is the team I always supported as a child, with a contract of around \u20ac2.5m (per year). I said to myself \u2018Okay, I did it, I\u2019ve arrived. That\u2019s it\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, coming from a city and not having a rich family, I said to myself: \u2018Okay, that\u2019s enough, I\u2019m just having fun now, I don\u2019t have to think about anything anymore\u2019. And I was a 21-year-old kid who was living in Milan with his girlfriend, earning a lot of money, playing for my favourite team. I had no more goals in life.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n