{"id":60237,"date":"2025-08-05T13:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/60237\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:31:11","slug":"reports-young-boys-star-now-one-step-away-from-milan-after-new-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/60237\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Young Boys star now ‘one step away’ from Milan after new bid"},"content":{"rendered":"

AC Milan are working on multiple fronts to try and strengthen Massimiliano Allegri\u2019s squad, and they are close to signing Zachary Athekame.<\/p>\n

Milan have been linked with a number of different right-back targets already this summer from Guela Doue and Dodo to Vanderson and Marc Pubill. Athekame\u2019s name is a relatively new entry onto the scene, but the acceleration in negotiations has been obvious<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the latest from Matteo Moretto \u2013 who spoke during a video on Fabrizio Romano\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a> \u2013 the Rossoneri are now one step away from signing the young Swiss defender after raising their bid.<\/p>\n

\u201cAthekame is one step away from AC Milan. An offer of \u20ac8 million plus bonuses. A few details are missing. I expect everything to be finalised between Wednesday and Thursday, given that Young Boys will play against Basel on the 6th,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"Athekame\"Photo by Daniela Porcelli\/Getty Images\u2018Almost there\u2019<\/p>\n

Fabrizio Romano<\/a> has also provided an update, stating: AC Milan expect to get Zachary Athekame deal done by the end of this week. After \u20ac7m bid rejected, \u20ac8m plus add-ons on the table and deal can get done after Young Boys vs. Basel game. Almost there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The management have acted quickly, knowing Athekame was being eyed by Bologna above all<\/a>. Last season, the defender made 44 appearances in all competitions, scoring one goal and providing three assists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AC Milan are working on multiple fronts to try and strengthen Massimiliano Allegri\u2019s squad, and they are close…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-60237","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\/60237","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=60237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}