Malick Thiaw switches to Newcastle United for 40 million euros!

Malick Thiaw switches to Newcastle United for 40 million euros!

Newcastle, England - Newcastle United has completed an important transfer and hired the 24-year-old central defender Malick Thiaw from AC Milan. The change, which was announced today, costs the northern land of 35 million euros as a basic revenue, which can increase to up to 40 million euros through additional bonus payments. Thiaw is the third -ample German defender in the history of football, behind Shkodran Mustafi, who switched to Arsenal for 41 million euros, and Thilo Kehrer, who went to PSG for 37 million euros

Thiaw, who is a triple DFB international, signed a contract that is valid until 2029. In his career at AC Milan, he played 85 competitive games, but lost his regular place in central defense towards the end of last season, which means that he often had to act as a substitute.

profit for Schalke

Schalke 04, Thiaw's youth club, benefits significantly from this transfer. You will receive 10% of the transfer plus, which will bring in over three million euros. This is done by the FIFA solidarity mechanism, which enables youth clubs to be involved in future transfers. Schalke plans not to use these income to reinforce the squad, but to cover the negative equity.

Thiaw was a valuable investment for Milan; The club had signed it from Schalke in 2022 for over 9 million euros. In the current transfer period, AC Milan has already taken 146 million euros through sales and at the same time spent 81 million euros on newcomers. Finally, she agreed on a transfer from Koni de Winter to Genoa CFC, for which a transfer fee of 20 million euros was agreed without bonuses.

market value and competition

Malick Thiaw's current market value is 18 million euros, which represents a decline compared to 30 million euros in late 2023. The move to Newcastle is part of a number of costly transfers of the "Magpies" after they had previously signed Sandro Tonali from AC Milan for 58.9 million euros.

The transfer once again shows the dynamics of modern football and the increasing transfer sums for talented players. Newcastle takes another step to strengthen his squad while AC Milan uses its financial resources through sales.

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