“Money? If it had been a problem, I would have signed in Saudi Arabia. A year ago they wanted me”, the revelation out of nowhere by Samuel Chukwueze in the interview given to the notebooks of the Gazzetta dello Sport. The right winger born in ’99 also explained that theoffer delivered to him from the Middle East it was particularly generous: “10 million net per season? No no, it was much more…”.
Not everyone can refuse an offer like that, there have been several sensational cases of young talents flying to Arabia. But the former Villareal player didn’t want to hear of it and even went against the advice of his agent: “My mind was set only on Milan. My agent told me: ‘Hey, look, there’s this money…’. But I didn’t: ‘I don’t want to go anywhere else’. So he gave up. If that money comes, it will come. The most important thing now is to believe in myself, I’m still young, I want to make it, I have to stay in Europe”, explained the 25-year-old Nigerian.
Ensuring that this year in Serie A there will be a new version of him after the first year of settling in Italy and in the red and black: “Does it seem like a different player? Yes, the coach gives me confidence. Now I have to prove that I’m fit for Milan. I think it’s my moment”.