"I believe there were several short circuits regarding Mateta. I tend to believe and I think, and I'm also quite convinced, that Milan, like other clubs that negotiated with Mateta, were unaware of the problem. Also because I can tell you that up until a few hours before the end of the transfer window, this problem was initially denied by people close to Mateta's entourage and then downplayed. Evidently, then, there was something that went wrong in Mateta's management. I think on everyone's part."
"At Crystal Palace, if you know you're putting a player on the market who needs surgery, in a thousand inverted commas, you try to 'dump him' on the other teams. Because if you put someone on the market who isn't well, you try to 'rip them off'. Even in the management by the entourage, something went wrong, because then in practice you have to look at the facts. The player was pursued for a long time by Juve, then he rejected Turkey, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa (who however had always had as their primary objective, former Roma and Milan player Tammy Abraham)."
On February 1 Milan and Crystal Palace reached agreement on a €30–35m deal for striker Mateta, but the transfer collapsed when doubts about the Frenchman's knees emerged during the medical. Up until hours before the window closed the knee issue had been denied or downplayed by people close to Mateta's entourage. Evidence points to mismanagement by both Crystal Palace and the player's entourage, with suggestions Palace attempted to offload a player needing surgery. Mateta rejected interest from several clubs and remains at Crystal Palace with limited playing prospects and uncertain treatment plans.
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