For Libero the season at Brighton hasn’t gone badly (he’s twelfth) but not as great as one might have thought at the beginning of the year
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Milan want De Zerbi but Brighton have inserted a 14 million clause. The newspaper Libero writes it, which has a predilection for the coach from Brescia.
Libero writes:
There are still doubts about Thiago Motta’s character, considered too angular, and about his comeback against Juventus who are far ahead in the negotiations, therefore the De Zerbi idea is making room, also because he would be technically perfect: he has ambition, he would give a new identity of the game, would enhance the talents chosen by the management, would be welcomed by the public.
The obstacle that initially pushed De Zerbi to the bottom of the list is the 14 million release clause needed to free him from Brighton. It is not used in Italy, so the idea of paying a coach’s fee is never part of the budget hypothesis. But the injury to Maignan, who has missed 40 official matches since he wore the Rossoneri, practically a championship, led to the idea of selling him.
At that point part of the proceeds could be diverted to De Zerbi. Which is a market opportunity, as they say for footballers: the season at Brighton didn’t go badly – we forget too easily the size of the English club – but not as well as we might have thought at the beginning of the year (the last success remains the one against Roma in mid-March, and after the last dark period he slipped to 12th place).
De Zerbi’s Brighton also loses to Bournemouth, they are 12th in the table. Roberto De Zerbi is probably the most defeated coach with the highest approval rating. The more he loses, the more he is in demand on the market. It is the strange case of the coach from Brescia which has certainly fascinated the journalists who deal with football and partly also the fans. Maybe not the Brighton ones. They lost today too, defeated 3-0 by Bournemouth who are above them in the standings. the De Zerbi boys are twelfth in the standings and now they have four matchdays left (they have a match to make up). It is difficult, very difficult, for them to reach Europe from which they left after losing 4-0 to De Rossi’s Roma.
Defeated yes but with 70% of ball possession. The three goals were scored by Senesi, Unal and Justine Kluivert.
Brighton have not won in the Premier League since March 10th when they defeated Nottingham Forest 1-0. In the last six matches they have suffered two draws and four defeats.
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