{"id":441101,"date":"2026-01-31T15:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T15:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/441101\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T15:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T15:44:16","slug":"two-hurdles-for-milan-to-overcome-before-landing-mateta-deal-for-e35m-with-crystal-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/441101\/","title":{"rendered":"Two hurdles for Milan to overcome before landing Mateta deal for \u20ac35m with Crystal Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>              <a class=\"mg-blog-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/two-hurdles-for-milan-to-overcome-for-mateta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jean-Philippe-Mateta-glance.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-936723 has-webp\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 18: Jean-Philippe Mateta of Crystal Palace during the UEFA Conference League 2025\/26 League Phase MD6 match between Crystal Palace FC and KuPS Kuopio at Selhurst Park on December 18, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Alex Pantling\/Getty Images)\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/820;max-width:1200px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LONDON, ENGLAND &#8211; DECEMBER 18: Jean-Philippe Mateta of Crystal Palace during the UEFA Conference League 2025\/26 League Phase MD6 match between Crystal Palace FC and KuPS Kuopio at Selhurst Park on December 18, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Alex Pantling\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><\/a>              &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Reports in Italy claim that Milan are closing in on a full agreement with Crystal Palace for centre-forward Jean-Phillippe Mateta, but the Rossoneri still have two obstacles to overcome before welcoming the Frenchman to San Siro.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Friday\u2019s reports, Milan have <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/milan-agreement-mateta-nottingham-forest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an agreement in place with Mateta<\/a>, who is pushing to join Massimiliano Allegri\u2019s side in January. Updates from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Calciomercato\/Milan\/31-01-2026\/mateta-milan-trattativa-palace-disasi-cisse.shtml?refresh_ce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">La Gazzetta dello Sport<\/a> on Saturday morning claim that Mateta is set to join on a contract until 2030 with wages in the region of \u20ac3.5m per season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Saturday\u2019s update, Milan are still waiting to see whether or not it will be feasible to complete a deal with Crystal Palace in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What Milan need to land Mateta deal with Palace<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jean-Philippe-Mateta-Crystal-Palace.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-906401 has-webp size-full\" alt=\"CRAWLEY, ENGLAND - JULY 25: Jean-Phillipe Mateta of Crystal Palace looks on during the pre-season friendly match between Crawley Town and Crystal Palace at Broadfield Stadium on July 25, 2025 in Crawley, England. (Photo by Bryn Lennon\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/>CRAWLEY, ENGLAND \u2013 JULY 25: Jean-Phillipe Mateta of Crystal Palace looks on during the pre-season friendly match between Crawley Town and Crystal Palace at Broadfield Stadium on July 25, 2025 in Crawley, England. (Photo by Bryn Lennon\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>If they are able to get a deal done before the close of the window, Milan are prepared to pay a fee of \u20ac35m including bonuses, which will drop to \u20ac30m including bonuses if they are made to wait until the summer transfer window.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In order for the deal to go ahead in January, Crystal Palace will first need to find a replacement, as Oliver Glasner will not be satisfied purely by a loan deal for Aston Villa\u2019s Evann Guessand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, Milan must also formalise their sale of Christopher Nkunku, who is expected to be sacrificed in order to make way for the arrival of Mateta. Milan would prefer to sell Nkunku outright, but La Gazzetta dello Sport claims that they could also be tempted by a loan offer with a conditional obligation to buy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tPost navigation&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON, ENGLAND &#8211; DECEMBER 18: Jean-Philippe Mateta of Crystal Palace during the UEFA Conference League 2025\/26 League Phase&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-441101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}