Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published Monday, August 11, 2025, 07:40 / Updated Monday, August 11, 2025 07:41
Genoa sold it AC Milan on the Belgian defender Koni by Winter, a player who was interested and Inter Milan.
The business was ended on Sunday night, and Genoa will receive in exchange for Koni de Winter 20 million euros plus another up to 5 million bonuses.
Koni de Winter will receive 1.5 million euros per season at AC Milan
From this amount, about 15% will go to Juventus, based on the agreements concluded between Bianconeri and the Ligurian club when Winter was sold in Genoa in 2023. The medical control and the signing of the contract are scheduled for the beginning of this week, the objective being that the central defender is available for the Italian Cup.
The player who will receive a contract of 1.5 million euros per season in Milan was also interested in Cristi Chivu. But inter -acted on time, negotiating for Giovanni Leoni, so he chose with a failure on both fronts. Parma does not want to sell Leoni.
Milan, on the other hand, hastened the completion of the Winter negotiations and because of the sale of German Malick Thiaw defender in the Premier League, Newcastle United, but also the fragility of a defensive made on Sunday in the friend with Chelsea (1-4).
The Romanian central defender Andrei Coubiș failed the most important test
In the test, the coach Massimiliano Allegri introduced in the center of the defensive on the Romanian Andrei Coubiș (21 years old). But he had a nightmare day.
Allegri used a system with three central defenders, and Coubiș was a defense colleague with Filippo Terracciano (22 years) and Fikayo Tomori (27 years old). The friendly started stupid for him and Milan from the 5th minute, when the Romanian gave his autogol.
Andrei Coubiș was eliminated with “red” directly in the 18th minute
Reece James (25 years old), Chelsea's right defender, executed a free kick from the edge of the box, the ball hit by Coubiș and entered the gate defended by Mike Maignan. Three minutes later, Joao Pedro scored with his head, being ideally served by Pedro Neto. The Brazilian was escaped from Milan's defenders and scored without problems.
In the 18th minute, Coubiș received directly red card from the referee Salisbury, for a foul as a last defender. Chelsea's goalkeeper, Sanchez, released, and the ball passed the center of the land. Joao Pedro exceeded at the Romanian speed, which could not keep up with the star that Chelsea paid 70 million euros. COUBIȘ to do it, and the “central” showed it directly the red card.
